Anker Soundcore Life Q30
Pros
- Sound Quality
- Great Comfort
- Great Battery
- Improved ANC
- Good Accesories with the included package
Cons
- Poor Mic and Call Quality
- Increased price compared to previous generation
Hey lovely People, We’re going to take a look at the Anker Soundcore life Q30 Review. This is a pair of Active noise canceling headphones that come in at around $70. Where they compete with the Sony and the Bose models that come in at $350 plus. We will check out some of the features & the specs and see Anker Soundcore life Q30 worth the price.
Anker soundcore is one of those companies giving you a lot of value for the money. They don’t cut back when it comes to features or sound quality,
so, I was very excited to review Anker Soundcore Life Q30 and see how well they stack up against Bose, Sony, and other big brands.
Let’s Jump into the Anker Soundcore life Q30 Review…
Discussed Topics
Overview
Now to start with Anker Soundcore Life Q30. These are a High Res audio certified pair of Wireless headphones and have hybrid active noise canceling.
These wireless headsets give you 40+ hours of battery life. They also have NFC pairing, and they have an ambient mode, so this is a lot of features you can expect for under a $100 price tag from a well-reputed brand
What's Inside
Did they cut down with the accessories? let’s check that.
As far as what you’re getting inside the box, these do come with a hard case. If you’re somebody that travels a lot, that definitely comes in handy because you’re able to throw it in the case and not has to worry about it getting damaged.
It does come with a 3.5mm headphone cable that way if you don’t want to use them wireless you can plug them into whatever other devices you have.
Anker Soundcore life Q30 : Design and Build
Now moving over to look at the headphones themselves,
I really like the design of these, and I also like the fact that they are incredibly lightweight, but on top of that, you do have the ability to fold these down. The ear cups do swivel and lay flat.
Now as far as the build quality on the top of the headband it has like an aluminum feel to it, but the rest of the headphone is plastic so as far as long-term durability it might be a pair that you have to be careful with because with plastic you can have a pair that will last you a long time or it could be a pair that breaks two weeks from now.
It really kind of depends on how well you handle your headphones.
Anker Soundcore life Q30 : Comfort
Comfort at its Best in Anker Soundocre Life Q30?
as far as the padding on these, I was very impressed with how soft and thick the padding is. It’s pretty comparable to the Sony pair.
In fact, the ear cups are much thicker on the live Q30s. Still, it has that same plush feel. The ear cups are memory foam still, you can tell that they definitely wanted to make sure this is a comfortable pair of headphones. I would almost say it’s overkill because it doesn’t have a tight clamp force.
There’s not much weight on the headphones since these one made out of plastic mostly, so I don’t even think they needed to use as much padding.
Anker Soundcore life Q30 : Controls and Connectivity
As far as controls and features everything is physical button controls except on the right ear cup you can cover with your hand, It will switch it over into ambient mode so you can hear people around you or hear your surroundings.
Then you just put your hand back on the right ear cup. It will switch it back into whatever mode you were using previously. Now, as far as the button controls on the left hand side, you have your power button and your pairing button.
A huge plus about this model is that it has dual pairing mode to pair up to two devices at one time. That just makes it easy to switch between whatever device you’re using.
You have your volume up and down, your track controls, and your play and pause on the right hand side
Anker Soundcore life Q30 : App Compatibility
They use soundcore app, which is one of the most impressive apps out there in the headphone market. What they do is it allows you to have control over the EQ settings so you can manually EQ it yourself, or you can choose between a lot of their pre-built EQ options.
I personally just like the sound of them right out of the box, but we’ll check about that a little bit more in sound. This is definitely an upgrade over Anker Soundcore life Q20
Anker Soundcore life Q30 : Sound
Let’s talk about the main topic, the Sound.
The sound on these are not for people that want a flat reference sound (Audiophiles maybe) because this is a very dynamic sounding headphone even if you switch between the different EQ settings, it’s tough to just flatten out the sound of these
I would prefer the sound signature out of the box (Personal preference, your preference may vary).
I would definitely like bass pushed where there’s a lot of punch which I personally prefer
I listen to a lot of genres and movies and some genres it just fits very well with the same thing with the treble you can tell that it’s tuned up in a way where it’s trying to counterbalance that heavy bass.
The mids are pushed enough that you can hear a lot of characteristics and vocals
I definitely like the warmer tone that it has but still allowing details to come through because of the brighter treble, as far as the sound stage and the sound imaging these are not as open sounding as the Sony or the Bose it’s definitely still not a closed in sound.
Still, you can tell that it just doesn’t open up as much as the other pairs because of the dynamic sound but as far as telling where instruments are coming from and hearing different characteristics from different angles, Anker Soundcore Life Q30 handle these with no issues.
Anker Soundcore life Q30 : Active Noise Canceling
Another thing that the app allows you to do is to switch between three different noise canceling modes with these,
So they’re calling it their multi mode noise cancelling
Transport mode – which you would use if you’re going to be traveling
Indoor mode – that you’d use obviously if you’re indoors like at your house
and then they have an Outdoor mode do want to say this right off the bat that I was very impressed with the noise canceling that these have.
Now obviously you’re gonna put the Sony and the Bose right up here at the top and let’s say they cancel out about 90% of the noise, I would put the Anker soundcore life Q30 right at around 70% which given the price difference I think that is very impressive.
I can tell that the soundcore was more aimed at blocking out lower noises like AC units and engine noises. I still notice that you know people talking and any kind of higher pitched sounds would still come through, but given the price difference I was very impressed with the noise canceling on these.
For the ANC performance of Q30 we have even named this in Best Budget ANC Headphone for Airplane
Anker Soundcore life Q30 : Battery
Like I referred earlier, these get 40+ hours of battery life on a single charge as far as the charging cable, it uses a USB Type-C Cable.
If you do happen to pick them up and they’re dead, they also have a fast charge feature where a 5 minute charge will get you four hours’ worth of use now as far as quick charge features that’s some of the best that I’ve seen on a pair of headphones
Anker Soundcore life Q30 : Call Quality
Anker using dual mics, but I can say that this is one weak point of these headphones. You can definitely tell this is a weak point on these headphones once you listen to your own voice.
My voice sounds pretty tiny and digital, and I don’t feel like it’s picking up bass tones very well. Definitely not recommended for calls due to this Mic issue.
Hope Anker Soundcore address this issue in their next product.
Conclusion
As an end result, I would like to conclude that these really only have one disadvantage or weak point and that is the microphones,
The mic is the definite weak point on these headphones so if your main focus is to use these headphones for phone calls this is definitely a pair that I would skip out on.
Ignoring that, I think these are a great pickup, especially for the price tag, again where they’re giving you a lot for your money. This pair is around $70 where the Sony and the Bose come in at $350.
I mean you could easily get four pair of these headphones for the cost of one of those and sometimes pairs like this is just kind of a no-brainer if you don’t want to spend a lot of money and don’t want to sacrifice on sound and features i think this is an excellent pair to check out.
Soundcore recently came up with a Headphone called Space Q45 You can check that review here
Let us know what you think about the Anker Soundcore Life Q30.
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