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shoutout to Squarespace for sponsoring today's awesome video hey YouTube it's good to be back again I'm excited about this one I'm excited about these headphones actually this might be the game changer this might be the true competitor to these Sony 1000x m3s I'm talking about the Jabra 85 H it has tons of bells and whistles and some of the specs damn it might actually beat out the king welcome back to my youtube channel if you're new please stay the entire time as I do many real world tests for you at home to experience now let's take a look at the unboxing in the background while I talk about price real quick here as always full disclosure I personally paid for this at the retail price of 299 dollars that's $50 cheaper than the main competitors at the retail prices I'll place my affiliate links down in that video description below click on my links for the most updated prices in real time you never know what these things might go on sale as a side note I just moved out to California I am loving it here but things are still new to me so the new studio in the background over here might be a little bit off and I'm looking for new places to film so later in this video the video might not be as polished I'm working at it guys I'm Jimmy with Jin's review and I'm here to help you guys make that purchase decision welcome everyone to another video so going over the physical features first I love the look of this thing job R went with simply fabric is it durable over time so far it's been good I have been purposely not using their amazing protective case just to see over the past several weeks if the fabric starts to show signs of abrasion especially when I throw it into my bag it hasn't but if those watching in the future here help out the Jim's room community by giving us an update hopefully it holds up well now here's one of the biggest reasons why I'm excited about the Jabra 85h the jabbers are rain resistant the fans that been with me all these years here no I'm not peeing on this video clip right here it's only a spray bottle but all seriousness Jabra on their website says there's a nano coating on the internal components I'm assuming this is very similar to what j-bird does with their products as well and with my testing the fabric does retain water so it does feel a little bit soggy you gotta wait until it dries before putting them back on your head but overall with my clean water test the headphones are still working I think for those who commute a bunch takes transit or on that one day that you get caught in the rain here this gives so much peace of mind and I'm putting this on my wish list as a feature for future headphones let's go Bose come on now taking a look at the adjustable arms Jabra went with a resistant or friction based adjustable arm is that a ratcheting type it doesn't have these little cliques or anything like that very similar to Bang & Olufsen h9 eyes and these Sennheiser HD ones I do like how they feel as it does resemble something a little bit more premium a little bit more refinement here clamping them down isn't an issue but loosening them while you're well they're on your head here as you guys can see it's very tough here let me clamp them down and I'm trying to push them up right now not easy not a deal-breaker but something to be aware about you gotta take them off slightly adjust them a little bit easier as you do it this way then put them back onto your head now getting into my stress test for those new to the channel I'm not trying to break these here but I want to hear and feel if there's any kind of weak spot creeps or cracks and does it retain its shape for big headed people there is some minor creaking at the hinge more so than the competition but nothing that would see that I saw or feel to be an entire side of things and pulling these headphones apart and then releasing them as you guys can see they do retain its shape now moving down to the ear cups and just overall comfort the ear cups are plush enough for me I found them comfortable but they do heat up my ears in as little as 30 minutes now in sunny California when the temps recently been 75 degrees and feeling like there's zero humidity it's been amazing I can still feel these warm up a bit I can't imagine what it's going to be like in the summer time or if I'm actually back in the south now the ear cups are replaceable though so a heads up on that if you would ever want to replace these discus yank them out there we go now as for overall comfort I weighed this I might trust the official Jim's room scale also available at your local Best Buy and Shaklee these are close to 300 grams to give you an idea of the of what the best of the best offers at the moment these sony 1000 X 3s are around 250 grams and they feel really good the Bose QC 35 twos they're just the best in comfort no question if you look at the numbers they're around 236 grams if I recall off the top of my head they feel great for me the Jabra is on the heavier side of things but Jabra did a really good job of distributing the weight the crown of my head never had the feeling of being pinched or feeling sore after several hours of wearing the clamping force around the jaw line has been perfectly fine the headphones stay in my head without sliding here and honestly with my testing ice at the entire after doing typing away and never felt fatigued wearing fatigue that is which is why shocked to find these weighed in as much as they did what I'm saying they're comfortable for heavier headphones alright let's get a closer look the buttons are all on your screen pause the video if you need to but the one button I want to talk about is the one on be very left ear cup after each click you're able to cycle through three options of the amount of noise that you want to let in first one is completely off so nothing synthetic it's purely passive noise isolation the second is here through which allows you to pump in your environment through the built-in microphones these works great by not over amplifying your surroundings but offering a very natural experience as though you're not wearing headphones at all the last feature is simply the ability to turn on your a and see your active noise-cancelling which I'll demonstrate shortly now going back here to finish up these physical features you can answer phone calls which did super well it's possibly one of the best experiences that I've had on any pair of headphones here's a quick sample so here's the microphone test the job or a dd5 ages guys things down below I'm sitting outdoors right now a very slight reason for the time being we've got some going on and some people around me chattering wanna take a quick walk they want to see if it does pick up any kind of wind noise and also any kind of noise from me moving around as well here we go all right folks beautiful day in California so right now again still a slight breeze I don't know if you guys are picking that up right now also with these vehicles driving by pretty soon it goes one or two of them here and I don't know down the comment section below let me know what you guys think talk to you guys later bye and last but not least you do have the three-and-a-half millimeter inputs for physical connections and a USB type-c makes its way around for 2019 now this should be the norm for most devices if you're spending several hundred dollars just make sure that you have USB C to future-proof yourself the Jabra 85 H has fast charging Jabra claims 15 minutes on a dedicated 500 milliamp wall charger gives you five hours worth of music listening back and better life these things are impressive with 36 hours of playback claimed by Jabra and that's with active noise canceling on kind of in-your-face Sony know with my test that 50% volume to get a middle-of-the-road results and of course ANC activated I'll leave that number on the screen for you guys now such an based on Bluetooth technology we're at the newest version as of this video which is Bluetooth 5.0 equal to the best out there testing range I'm able to get the full length of my apartment and having the signal go through actually several walls here with zero issues now measuring maximum range with straight line of sights perfect for those in the gym I'm getting about 85 linear feet before this signal starts to crackle as per video playback my samsung s 8 plus played both YouTube and Netflix perfectly fine my iPhone Netflix played perfectly in sync but oddly YouTube was off by maybe a nanosecond and last this is a big one for many you can have two devices connected at the same time with Bose you can do the same thing with Sony you're still unfortunately stuck with one no oddly there were some connection confusion at times the headphones would see that I am paired as I am currently right now and then out the blue the app would disconnect me and say I'm not paired and the only way for the app to see these headphones again is to redo the process in the bluetooth menu this was a huge nuisance repairing the phone wasn't too big of a deal but I shouldn't be doing that anyways here's proof right now the headphones are connected if you look at my phone right now I'm gonna bring this up show you the Bluetooth connection it shows right there that it says Jabra elite 84 or 85 H but on the screen here on the app it says turn on your headphones what's going on here I don't know and I do have the latest firmware updates alright moving on here now jumping into the high tech features this is where you might find a lot of value first up this has Auto pause and play when you take off your headphones the job Rose automatically pauses your music or video put them back onto your head and it resumes once again this function flawlessly and it was highly convenient it's official second the jars can't connect to your phone's voice assistants like Google in Siri but there's also Alexa available you just have to press the button on that right ear cup once and you can ask your question and go from there this worked intuitively third there's a find my headphone option or feature if you ever misplace these things again another awesome piece of tech and I did confirm it will relocate your headphones and will reveal on the app where you last place them forth Jabra is pushing this thing called smart sound Cobras claiming this is artificial intelligence that analyzes your surrounding environment several times a minute based on the audio around you the 85h will switch from either active noise-cancelling or turn hear through on for you the anticipation is the headphones should intelligently determine when you need these safety of hearing your surroundings such as when you're walking around the city you can always turn this feature off with my testing it somewhat works but doesn't get it every time from my experience it's actually worse in a somewhat quiet room the perfect example let's say I have a and C on right now but as I type on my mechanical keyboard the ANC oddly just turns off I would have to manually turn it back on within the app here to keep it constant or just basically turn off the feature altogether now Sony on the other hand although clearly not perfect either with a very similar feature and I really use that feature as well but honestly it works better than Jabra it recognizes motion I think it's how it works it's able to recognize the times when I'm sitting down moving in transit like on a bus or so or when I'm simply walking and that alone will Auto adjust again or according to movements again not perfect by Sony but again a little bit better than Jabra keep in mind Jabra to say that these are artificial intelligence so it should learn over time it might get a little bit better as time progresses we'll see I haven't noticed that yet after several weeks of testing these but like I said let's see maybe give it a 2 months or so let's get into the audio test first up here's active noise-cancelling please put on your own headphones or earphones to hear my biner old test that's the best way that you can hear must be probably the only way that you can actually experience it again sorry for the weird angles in this upcoming video but I'm new to the area and I don't know if certain places like Security's friendly or not and I don't want to stick a camera in people's faces so here again rural tests enjoy we meet me just for that there's one has simple romance that Denmark Netherlands from what you tell how you feel as long as you can show me a good time I don't need promises honestly no big deal as long as you can show me good all right folks audio recorded on my end and then played through your earphones or headphones were not the best depiction audio quality but the body road-test it's better than nothing and hence my review here starting off with active noise-cancelling alone it was good but it didn't beat out the best here I was hoping so so we can continue raising that bar but Jabra was still an amazing experience this does black out a very good amount of ambient air suppresses a good amount of voice chatter movement and some of that background noise I usually hear in like cafes and such like that and if you were curious and how ANSI performs on these before buying with my test here I would say the ANSI test there's nothing that would deter you from considering of purchasing these but if you're looking for the absolute best then yes the sony did cut out the most though and boast came in second the Jabra 85h let in a little bit more bass and a little bit more voice chatter in general as you might have been able to tell in those samples as for the music test the java 85 h has a very similar audio characteristic to the truly wild earphones that they usually have starting with bass there's enough thump in just punchy bass that's ever so slightly above neutral keep in mind this is in its stock form before making adjustments on the job or equaliser within the app it's okay there is more bass added if you do adjust it within the app but honestly it just sound a little bit more droning at times and other times it just it was a little bit of an increase it just wasn't enough to be satisfying now compared to these sony 1000x m3s sony was slightly bass ear vs bose the QC 35 s has the least amount of bass out of the three least deep bass that is but it's honestly the cleanest now if you're a bun that job or might not have enough bass i actually think it does but the 85 h does make it up in the mid-range and the high frequencies the audio signature goes a little bit brighter and a little bit more forward than Sony which I personally like as much as I love the Sony 1000 xm3 headphones I did mention it in my review a wild and it's the same here Sony is just ever so slightly recessed in the mid-range compared to a good handful other headphones out there again it's not a bad thing and it sounds great for EDM and hip hop bass your songs and it hits most genres most mainstream music genres that a lot of people listen to and it's great in that aspect but if you prefer something a little bit more forward or brighter again the draw bros or maybe even the boast hits it right on the head now moving through the high frequencies man you get some snares on this thing and Jabra hits it with authority every time without being tingey or screeching out of the three Java really shined by putting authority on tambourine cymbal crashes that sound you hear in the background ergo just a nice snap each and every time a jumper does great with left and right audio separation you're able to distinguish an instrument playing and be far left and one maybe closer to your right sound stage though was equivalent to the competitors good enough for headphones but nothing better or worse in my opinion last these sony had the least amount of sound leaking that Java came in second which was still very good here and Bose leaked the most out of the three headphones when playing at about 75% volume now speaking of volume I didn't get any kind of weird audio fluctuations most of these headphones here all three of these headphones basically played around 60% in vibe for very casual listening if I'm intending on jamming out I've noticed I've been listening to seventy seventy five percent volume on any one of these three so with everything that I've tested so far Jabra almost hits it on the head after the hype died down and I'm back to my unbiased test the Jabra did really well and I really enjoyed them I really enjoy their sound signature the better life is nuts and just have any waterproofing alone gives this a lot of value and considering they're $50 less than the competitors at their retail prices I'm somewhat okay with not having the best ANC out there also with the other high tech features you get them on Sony and Sennheiser but compare them to boast Bowers & Wilkins and let's say Bang & Olufsen up top my head here the Jabra still offers more and is still cheaper so that's something to take into consideration you got to be ok with a slightly heavier headphone though and I wish drawbar made that Bluetooth connection a little bit more solid those two things are probably the biggest gripes that I have for the headphones but other than that everything on here it's definitely definitely an alternative to the competitors out there hey folks check out Squarespace they offer an amazing powerful and beautiful online platform for you to create your own website or your very own online store there's nothing to install there's no patchwork you never need to upgrade as it's all done for you it's an all-in-one platform so it's super easy to use so that way you can focus on what you do best it's for musicians designers artists I don't know restaurant owners you name it as Squarespace has award-winning templates just for you not to mention award-winning 24/7 customer service if you ever need it folks make sure you use my link down in that 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