NuForce BE6I-BLACK Optoma BE6i Wireless Bluetooth Headphones with aptX, AAC and 8h Battery Life, Black

A good friend recommended these to me when I was complaining about some of the issues I kept having trying to find wireless headphones that could retire my old trusty Sennheiser wired noise cancelling buds, which I travel with. I am just tired of all the wire. So I ordered these. I'm glad In did.The product arrived and is handsomely packaged, and includes a little soft case to carry the charge cable and extra buds and stuff. They are very well made, with platinum colored metal housings with magnetized ends that connect the earbuds around your neck or for easier storage. I like the flat connecting cable.I let them charge a while and then paired them up with my iPhone. I have a gauntlet of tried and true songs that go back to my days in the music business in Memphis and as an audio salesman. I know these songs well, as they were used as demo tunes to show off loudspeakers, in particular to challenge them to separate the good from the mediocre. I still have a critical ear forty years later, at least when the ringing in them shuts off. (Parents please use volume limiting headphones with your young ones and put gun range quality ear protectors on them in loud environments...they might thank you when you're dead!)Anyway, a quick summary. Nice bass performance; these handled my extreme volume requirements with ease. (too many nights in front of a big PA in clubs in my youth) The BE6i's didn't rumble or stumble. The high frequencies were crystal in their accuracy, without a breaking harshness, they are just very sweet. Spatiality is superior, very nice accuracy, and great imaging.So I don't listen to hiphop, commercial pop, or techno, so I have no idea how they would sound with that. Unlike most audio folks I don't use female vocals as the arbiter of great sound reproduction, but I take a different route. BB King taught me that an electric guitar, properly played, has a sonic signature and vocal range like a five octave woman singer, but with a bit more consistency and elements of depth that push some speakers and lots of headphones over the edge. The NuForce eabuds passed my tests with flying colors, and are going right back on my head.Heres my list, going back to real vinyl and most of them Ive heard live a jillion timesFlor d'Luna Santana, Moonflower 30 seconds in I'm done. The BE6i's just flawlessly took care of the massive bass line and then just brought Carlos Santans's immaculate guitar right in the middle of my head. I know they can handle everything now, and I can focus on just enjoying this music.Walk Between the Raindrops Donald Fagen, The NightflyLove and Happiness, Amazing Rhythm Aces. The Amazing Rhythm AcesI Cant Stand the Rain, Ann Peebles, Greatest HitsAs the Years Go Passing By, Albert King, Born Under a Bad SignWoman Across the River Freddie King, 1934-1976In Memory of Elizabeth Reed Allman Brothers Band, Live at Fillmore EastHave You Ever Loved a Woman? Derek & the Dominos Layla and Assorted Other Love SongsSo, they sound great, are comfortable in my ears, don't fall out if I blink, and sound fantastic. Do yourself a favor and get you a pair of these.

I couldn't get a comfortable fit with any of the included tips and ended up using a set from another pair of earphones. There's nothing special or terrible about them other than the battery life is good for a wireless earphone. Compared to the Sony WF-1000X or PSB M4U-TW1 they sounded thin and not particularly detailed, almost a bit muffled. Of course everyone has their own sound signature preferences but I was expecting more and ended up disappointed.I have to amend my review. The fit still isn't great but sound quality depends on which device you connect to. My initial impression was based on using the earphones with a Pixel 2 XL which I have come to realize make all Bluetooth headphones sound mediocre. When paired with an iOS device the BE6i sound great. Good definition, attack and clarity. A little bright and light on bass but still a good earphone. I still think the Sony and PSB are much better but a different sound.

In my never ending quest to find the perfect pair of headphones I decided to give these a go. I had been using the sennheiser Cx300s which are fantastic value for money but are not wireless and I got tired of getting tangled up on my daily commute. These obviously solve that problem but with a couple of drawbacks. 1. While the sound quality is good the noise leakage is quite bad and in fact they are unusable in my opinion without the foam noise reducing buds that can be bought to use with them.2. they are not great for going on long runs as they don't sit well on your neck as the side with the volume control etc unbalances them and makes them prone to falling out unless you happen to have a perfect earbud fit3. The battery life has no indicator of remaining life until you get the verbal warning. At that point you have thirty mins of life left at best so good luck if it happens early on your commute as always seems to happen. So basically a solid every commuter headphone but at the price I expected something better. The search goes on!

There is some good with these earbuds. Excellent build quality, the earbuds feel solid in the hand, yet lightweight. Ample assortment of accessories, nice clicky button action on the inline remote controller. Smooth, clean treble and midrange sound on multiple genres of music and podcasts.Unfortunately, the negatives outweigh the positives. Most significant, I was unable to maintain a stable Bluetooth connection to either my Android phone or Android tablet. The signal kept skipping, even though the earbuds were one foot away from the device. No other Bluetooth activity nearby. Multipoint connection was also flaky. The other key negative is the lack of bass, barely present, even when using the Comply tips. Ear hooks are lousy: they are only slip on and easily rotate out of position. I found it difficult to switch out the various silicon tips because of wide diameter to the driver. Agree with other reviewers that these earbuds do a substandard job of blocking out ambient noise. Other brands of earbuds do better at lower cost, do not recommend.