MONSTER 123HR Battery and Bass! 😲 Soundpeats Space Review
Headphones are getting cheaper and better, and a great example is these SoundPeats Space active noise cancelers.
The most impressive thing about them is not the price, but that for the price - of less than 60 dollars - you’re getting a lot of value. Up to 123 hours of playtime off its 1000mAH battery, and with active noise canceling you can get up to 61 hours.
It also has Multipoint pairing, and app support with different ways to customize its sound.
But of course you know me, I’m not easy to please. So today we’re going to talk about its performance, its sound, microphone and noise canceling quality, and after that, some pros and cons of the Soundpeats Space.
Microphone quality
It’s mic quality is pretty good in quiet conditions, but in a noisy situation like this one, it wasn’t able to cut noise very well, and my voice sounded very soft. So if you’re taking a call with these headphones, it’s better to move to a quieter place so the person on the line can hear you clearly. Listen to the samples.
(Tested in both quiet and noisy conditions using some really loud cafe noise, and some wind noise from a fan.)
Active Noise Canceling
That being said, its noise canceling is pretty effective, especially at dumbing down the noise of public transport, so it tackles low frequency rumbles well, in fact, in this area it seems to be better than the Soundcore Space Q45, but it does let in a bit more midrange noises, such as background chatter from people around you if you’re not playing anything. Have a listen to the samples.
If you’re playing music, you’re not going to hear voices at all because it will be masked over by the sound of the music.
But will it be just as effective as budget offerings from the more established brands like the Sony CH720N or the Sennheiser Accentum? No. I compared them on my personal comparison tool and those are still quite a bit more silent across the board.
Transparency Mode
In terms of transparency, there is a bit of muffling in the midrange, so your own voice sounds a bit muffled, but it passes through ambient noise quite cleanly, with little hissing. It does not have peak protection though, so the beeps of barcode scanners, and other loud sounds may get through. But overall, its passthrough is quite usable for extra awareness and verbal exchanges.
Sound quality
In terms of sound quality, frequency sweeps show that it’s actually more ‘flat’ than other budget options, being a bit more prominent in the mids. But these are actually one of the more bass-boosted headphones in the budget range especially in the sub-bass frequencies, so if you want to really feel the gravity, there’s a lot more potential here to crank it up higher than its default EQ, which is called SoundPeats classic.
Its mids sound bright and crisp, but there’s not a lot of dynamic range in the highs so percussions like hi hats and cymbals could lack a certain airiness and sizzle. Its soundstaging is also more compact and closed in than I’m used to, but for some people this could add to the energy and intensity of faster paced music. Listen to the samples.
App EQ Settings
Some of that bass could bleed over into the mids, so if you want to improve the midrange separation in the graphic EQ by pushing down the 250 hz to 1khz bands, to give vocals a bit more pop and separation from the bass. It’s what I did, and I also pushed up the highs so bring back that air and sizzle I crave so much. Just don’t bother with the Adaptive EQ option, which automatically gives you a custom setting. The setting it gave me sounded like trash. It was a lot worse than the default EQ.
My recommended EQ settings
What I do like about these headphones is the volume. These are one of the loudest headphones I’ve tested, period. 40% volume easily sounds like 60% or more on other cans. But if you do choose to go above 60%, these do maintain its EQ pretty well. Overall I wouldn’t say these are the best sounding budget headphones, but they are definitely up there in terms of volume and bass response.
Okay now we’re going to talk about some pros and cons. First, the pros.
Pros and Cons
What I do like about the Space is it gets some important basics right. Its build quality is rather sturdy, and its headband flexes very well without breaking.
It's also very loud, will sound great for bassheads, and its active noise canceling is very effective for the price. This also has great multipoint pairing. Not so often you can just press play on device B and it’ll just switch over. Normally you’ll have to pause on device A, then play on device B, which is a bit more troublesome.
The battery life is also really good. I was playing it nonstop for 4 hours and the battery just dropped by 4%. That’s impressive, usually it’ll be down by 10% or more.
That being said, probably my biggest complaint about them is the comfort. These don’t clamp down hard, but their earcups are a bit small and shallow, so after a few hours you’ll really feel the drivers pressing on your ears, and it does get hot, so be prepared for sweat.
Some other room for improvements are the controls not being so responsive at times, some signal skips which doesn’t happen so often that it spoils the experience, but still noticeable nonetheless. Microphone quality is also average.
For multipoint, if I get disconnected from one device, because I walked away or something, coming back near that device will not trigger auto-pairing, so I had to manually reconnect the headphones again. Perhaps those are things Soundpeats can improve with a software update or in the next version.
But those minor complaints aside, these are looking like tremendous value for money. Definitely look at the SoundPeats Space if you’re in the market for some budget noise canceling headphones, that don’t cost anywhere close to 100 bucks. If you want to check their latest prices, perhaps even purchase them, I’ve included links to their Amazon pages below.
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Soundpeats Space - https://amzn.to/43xRRYZ
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