Maybe instead of buying all those sponsored posts that littered my feed a week or 2 ago, soundcore should have used that money to engineer a better product.

Thank you for a REAL review.

Thank you for actually doing a review on these! I’ve seen so many KZfaqrs promoting the features on these but saying nothing about how they sound!

I own many other soundcore earbuds and enjoy them. I have only returned 2 headphones in the past year. These Space One and a pair of Bose 700. Great review, thanks.

Thanks for the video. Would love to see reviews of price competitors for the Soundcore like 1MORE Sonoflow or Status Audio Flagship ANC

What a shame. There is 0 excuse for such poor performance when other wireless headphones have already shown how good DSP is.

THANK YOU for talking about these. Of course certain tech tubers are praising these things. They dropped and people (cough certain KZfaqrs) just calling them AirPod killers and recommending them heavily. Kind of sucks these are so bad. Anker has some good audio products for the price, but man, what a bummer for such a hyped product to be so trash. I wouldn’t be surprised if Anker is paying folks to say good things. Kind of reminds me of…Raycons, anyone?

Omg I was expecting an advertisement. I've tried these and as you said they are total rubbish for music. Thank you for your integrity! You have earned my subscription sir.

Thanks for the warning!

bought this headphones recently and instantly returned. my q30 sounds may better straight from box, yeah they are in a bad condition, but I still use them and love them. of course design and comfort with space one is amazing, but just as I played the track, I was confused, like I’m using 20$ headphones. it was a sad moment, but it is as it is. still looking for a proper replacement of q30

Thanks for the video,DMS

He didn’t just drop the mic, he dropped the whole headphone.

I've seen so many reviews on these saying these are amazing and you're the first to tell the truth! Vocals on these hurt !!!

I properly laughed out loud when I saw that response graph.. The only other time that's happened was when I saw the graph for the Raycon E25's.. I actually can't believe they managed to make it that bad, it HAS to be a botched tuning job.. Otherwise they have to fire their sound engineers

I'm watching this video from Brazil. I have a very good Anker Q30. I thought about getting this one because it was more current, but I was surprised by the lower price and today I was put off. Now I understand, It's really not worth it, thanks for the sincerity in the video. Today we rarely see technical reviews with truth, most of them are just marketing. Thank you again. Hugs 🤜🏼🤛🏼

Exact same problem my Liberty 3 pro's have. Huge bass with that midrange drop; then just tons of random energy in the highs. Honestly it's nice to see someone pointing this out because the TWS crew on youtube just shills damn near everything Soundcore comes out with. I think people like them because they've just not really heard much that sounds proper - the consumer curve tends to be big bass with recessed mids. They're fine for watching youtube videos / low fi crap. Otherwise I use my Qudelix/S12 pro's.

"Good for cancelling out the noise while you sleep." That was a good one.

The real question is Why are audiophiles reviewing a budget headphone and expecting them to have the worlds best tuning out of the box

I love that you still cover gear at this price level! The perspective is much needed and you never know when you’ll come across a gem! Personally, I’ve kinda sworn off of wireless headphones unless it’s a matter of convenience or I just need to travel light. I also don’t place a high value on ANC because the better the ANC, the more artifacts of its effectiveness I hear in the sound! But maybe that’s just me! Where I’ve found value has been with some of AKG’s headphones and iem’s. They can be found heavily discounted with great build quality and very good sonics. They’re not a first thought and because of that fly under the radar. I used their N400NC iem’s for a couple of years now. I picked them up directly from AKG for sub $50 and they were made to sell for $150. A very neutral and balanced sound. Built like a tank! Unless you absolutely want or need to be totally wireless, my first suggestion will always be to get a portable BT receiver to use with your wired headphones/iem’s if sound quality is important to you.

I have the headphones and yes it is tuned very weird. But with enough trial and error you can get good audio in my opinion. But it will definitely take some time to get them tuned correctly.

Silly question perhaps, but how do you determine where to align up the new measurement on the graph? Is it simply from the previously adjusted dBs that you aim for?

I have the Soundcore Space Q45 and can say exactly the same, the sound on this headphone is like Soundcore not even trying to make it sound good enough. It's almost the same rollercoaster and it's very, very noticeable.

The first part of your description of the sound quality is ok point because I have the soundcore liberty air 2 pro and my experience with them are just like that. I don’t really enjoy the sound quality that much, I always have to crank up the volume to enjoy the songs which gets frustrating. With my old headphones in 2015, I didn’t have to do that, but I did it alot because it did make the experience a bit more immersive. Songs I’ve listened to in 2016 whenever I listen to them on the soundcores they sound ok but nowhere near as good as they sounded on my 2015 headphones, I forgot what they were called but they can fold just like the sony wh xm3. The listening experience just wasn’t as good. I’ve had this complaint with nearly every single headphone/earbud I’ve had since those stopped working back in summer 2016. The earbuds I’ve had after that were pretty good. Sound on my Onn wireless earbuds were pretty good, but still wasn’t as good as my old headphones. The bass was a little overpowering at times. For example, back in summer of 2016 on my old headphones I listened to this song by wiz Khalifa called “Paperbond” and I enjoyed it so much. It felt like I was at the beach when the hook played and I heard the seagulls in the background as a melody for the beat. And another song I listened to was called Slip and Slide by Jonn hart and I fell in love with the beat and the rhythm was so catchy, I was literally moving along with the music it was incredible. I never had that same kind of experience again when I listened to it years later on other earbuds and headphones. The new pair I got in 2017 for my 14th birthday was almost as good as my old ones but just wasn’t loud enough and I felt the bass wasn’t as good. I remember listening to another song called “4 digits” by Eric bellinger on my new pair of headphones in early 2018 and it was nice, but still wasn’t nearly as great as on my old ones just because the sound stopped working on one side. Then in Christmas 2019, I was surprised by a new pair of headphones but from a different brand and loved them. The sound was very close to my 2015 headphones. A song I listened to on those that amazed me was all we do by Trey Songz, the feeling of being in the studio watching Trey Songz kill those vocals to the beat was insane. The feeling was hard to explain. Fast forward to December 2021, I listened to that same song again on my soundcores, and the experience was a downgrade, it wasn’t as fun to listen to as it was on my headphones from 2019, their called the santana by Carlos Santana. Idk if that’s a real brand or not but those were incredible, only thing that sucked was the range. But yeah, i just don’t enjoy the sound quality of the soundcores that much

What noice cancelling Bluetooth headphones do you recommend in the sub 150 range?

Glad I found one of few honest reviewers. Many other are so fake and bought by Soundcore. I used to be fan of Soundcore. I had 2x Motion+, Motion Boom and Q30. But last year or two they are releasing only subpar products with fake youtube reviews. Screw them!

When I glanced at the title of the video I thought it said "why isn't everybody recommending this headphone" and was so confused when he started dragging it. Enjoyable video though!

Do they have angled drivers? I need over ear headphones to be angled. I find the imaging to be weird when on non angled over ear headphones.

what you suggest instead of this headphone?

Have been tempted to buy the Q45 a couple of times and when these came out the usual fluff reviews which dare not to say anything negative flooded KZfaq. I like Anker stuff and I accept it isn't always the best sounding but there service is excellent and there design is normally well thought through. Pound for pound they are usually a good buy. No not the best but good value. My last purchase was there Liberty 4 NC ear buds and the noise cancelling is really poor compared to the Anker Liberty 3 Pro's they were replacing. So not sure if Anker are becoming a bit complacent or their QC is not what is once was. Anyway riddle me this. what is the best Noise cancelling wireless headphone for under £150?

Hey, I'm looking for some really loud headphones. Can you recommend a good one

The frequency response graph makes me suprised the space one isn't a raycon collab

GIF for that last part please.

These have been shilled to moon and back. I'm glad someone actually talks about the sound instead of just making the entire video feel like a glorified advertisement.

What would you recommend in lieu of these for around the same price point? What about the Sony 720Ns?

Does anyone know what the vertical mesh lamp is? At least there is one product in this video that I am interested in!

I have the lower end Q20i and tbh they're sound very good especially for being cheaper than these

I also own a soundcore product (VR P10), and after I see this, I can say that soundcore's "house sound" is just bad. EQ can save them a little, but in general, just avoid them unless you reaaally like the aesthetic or the thing have a certain feature set you don't find on other products.

I would love a review of q35 from you boss. I heard they are good. And i love this review.

Glad to see someone putting a company on blast about what they have produced. Some other reviewers seem to have tip toed around the actual sound quality because of the rest of the qualities of this headphone. Sorry but it is a headphone and the sound is part of it, if it garbage, it's garbage and they need to address that by updating it or fix it on the next model. We used to use the term "constructive criticism" , but today everyone wants to be overly positive so not to hurt anyones feelings. Thanks for letting us know when a turd is a turd.

But how do you really feel?😛 Thanks for making it real. I hated the midrange on the Q45s but thought it must just be me after everyone, including comments,raved about them!. Glad to know I'm not losing it. I do like the Q30s and several of their earbuds and their Motion+ speaker is excellent, again after EQing in all cases. The Signature Sound is consistently bad! I've complained about that for a long time! Thanks again. I was considering these.

Are these ok for a casual user. I’ll use maybe twice a week.

If I had not already subscribed, this video would be the reason that I would have subscribed. Thank you for telling the truth and proving. Furthermore, the sadly most not all of the reviewers, especially the sponsored ones, are just being paid to tell lies about this headphone and they're taking the check to do it rather than telling the truth.

That graph is how do I say it, imma quote dankpods from his equally bass heavy audio stuff review "that's what we call in the trade scoopin' the mids"

What's the alternative for that price rang?

Have the life q30s. Sounded disgusting out of the box. Thankfully eq saved it (look up Oluv eq and start there). It isn't the best of the best but for the price I payed, it's pretty good. I have the HD 560s now but I still prefer the q30s for hip hop and watching media(especially when I'm eating).

I bought my Soundcore Q45s based on the rave KZfaq reviews about a year or so ago. I would say they are good but I wouldn't say they are exceptional like some of those reviews were claiming.

What wireless over-ear headphones under or around $100 would you recommend?

I loved this review. It’s rare to find this level of honesty in a world of supposedly objective content creators being influenced by manufacturers in all sorts of ways.

DMS, how do they compare to the Q45?

i was 10 min before ordering them. i should say thank You for advice, but now i need help :) so what should i buy up to 100$ ? any ideas ? need headset for bt music & audiobooks (ip13 if it change smth) + wired game sometimes

Ran in to similair situation where I blind bought the Liberty 4 because everyone and their mother raved about it on youtube... The highs were so sibIant I can’t use them without using eq to drop it waay down.

I’ve had one Soundcore product, one of their TWS buds, ZERO bass. I’ve always been curious about the over ear headphones but never pulled the trigger, I have a home setup for that

I grabbed these at Bestbuy and I ended up exchanging them for the Sennheiser Momentum 4 instead. I hate when i touch the plastics on the headphones and it sound like i’m touching a plastic cups covering my ears.

Great advise! But sometimes I just can't help my self and think that in fact music sounds very bad today in it self.

Pls somebody tell me a good alternative for the same price. PLEASE

please review more soundcore audio devices.

I found that Edifier ANC headphones are so much better than Soundcore in terms of sound quality. The price is on par with soundcore if not a little bit cheaper even. Please review some Edifier headphones! Would look forward to it.

Anyone know which small diaphragm condenser mic DMS is using here?

Let's hope they might be good to keep ears warmer during the winter 😂

Were these tested with NC on, or NC off?

oof actually felt sorry for them I've got an Anker Bluetooth speaker (boombox) and I'm very pleased with it especially since I got it on black Friday for 20sth% off

Sounds like rough waters for this budget headphone. How about the 1More Sonoflow then?

Can you compare it with Sony xm5 ?

these are the videos I wanted, keeping the expectations real with that touch of silly jokes 👌

Maybe make some recommendations for something else in the same pricepoint...

I bought these headphones today due to the positive reviews i have seen all over KZfaq. They do sound trashy bad. There is a narrow soundstage and they are really quiet. I have the poweramp app as well and tried to use that to get better sound but that did not work either. Had a similar experience with the Q45's and ended up selling those. With the Soace One they were back in the box and returned 45 minutes after opening them. (I did the firmware update and tweaked the settings in that 45 minutes and I realised that I was going to lose no matter what so they had to go back) It's a shame as I have the Liberty 4 NC's which are quite brilliant and sound a 100 times better than the Space Ones and Q45. Soundcore should stick to earbuds.....

Soundcore products seem VERY hit and miss. The Q30's I think are great value especially with EQ, but they progressively got worse the newer their products get. The ANC and Transparency on the Q45's I think is the best I've heard for around £100 (I got mine for £87) and even at that price the sound quality is very disappointing. Wavelet improves the sound quality to my liking but it's still not ideal. Their portable speakers are very nice although I don't really have a lot of Bluetooth devices to really compare them too. I already have the HiFiMan Edition XS which I use for almost everything at home paired with my Fiio K7 which I'm love (thinking about trying out the LCD-X's) Damn, in a sea of trying out different headphones that's mostly personal preference, picking the right one is really hard. I still don't know where my personal preferences lies yet as my HiFimans are the very first headphones I've spent more than £300 on... Sidenote: I also recently picked up the Skullcandy Crusher ANC 2's, I was too curious not to see what the "sensory bass" is like. Not gonna lie, even though I think it's the kind of headphone that I think DMS would hate, it's already kind of a guilty pleasure of mine. Very fun for certain tracks in the EDM genre, even though I mostly have mine set to 10% (which is already ridiculously bassy even with some EQ adjustments in wavelet) and it's what I like to call a fun "pick up and play" kind of headphone where you listen to them on short bursts of 10-30 minutes at a time, and then put back down maybe to use later on throughout the day when I suddenly remember what track I think will sound "fun" on them. That's why I prefer them over my Soundcore products, definitely not audiophile quality by any means, but it has the "fun" aspect that you never quite get on the Soundcores. Still highly recommend the Q30's though, especially with some EQ adjustments to anyone's liking... So yeah, overly long rambling session over! would be extremely curious to what DMS thinks of the Crushers. Even though I think he won't like them, the video itself should he very interesting.

I tried my Space one friend's, and I instantly noticed that the sound was really thin and plain, I try some rock music and it sounds really dead to me, and in every single video on youtube everyone is saying this and the q45 are the best headphones and they even compare to the high end sony/sennheiser headphones, I just dont know how much is Anker paying those youtubers to lie that hard.

In terms of budget Bluetooth how is the JBL 710BT holding up these days? I had a pair a few years ago but have em to my sister when I converted to wired, but it would be nice to have another set of Bluetooth overears

Sorry what's the third party Eq app,i want to try it out ,thanks!!

Soundcore's Space Q45 also sounds horrible, I would say it does seem to be maybe half decently tuned but as if listening through plastic cup.

Thank you for the honest review. Its really difficult to find honest reviews about products these days.

I think the Final Audio UX3000 is a great wireless headphone for the price of $150. They sound great and the ANC is actually pretty good for what it costs though it's much better with low noises than high.

Sounds like an opportunity for someone to do a colaboration with anker if they cared about sound quality .

I have this headphones. The sound and noise cancelling is very good BUT the hinge on the right side broke and the hinge on the hinge on the left side is cracked and also coming apart. I have a way different experience with the found of these to this guy. The voices sound good to me. I'm not hearing that mountain of bass he is showing here in his measurement. In fact the bass is very tame with my headphones.

🙈 I was searching for reviews for under 100$ headphones... and now I don't know what to buy 😅

still think Final UX3000 is best value for sound quality for wireless headphones

I just ordered these headphones a few minutes ago and now I found this video, I wanna cry

Q45 review?

Then i will ask; for $100 price range, which headphones would you recommend that sound solid?

hope you review goldheadset of the ps4

I love this review Dms it seems nobody on youtube had the courage to call it how it is except you. I thought about a cheap backup but i think i`ll pass now.

Wow! 🔥💣💣

You da man!

Damn! Just ordered one before finding this video. 😢

Some other channel has a sound demo and, I agree, it's pretty bad. Soundcore has tons of bass and harsh treble on a lot of things, apparently. I have the Liberty 3 Pro TWS earbuds and they are pretty harsh on default tuning, and have too much bass. However, for the price, I often do recommend Soundcore to people who don't care about sound quality like audiophiles do. Their stuff is solid and you get something that competes with Bose and Sony for a fraction of the price. Their stuff gets thousands of 5 star reviews, so many people like them, even if some audio nerds don't.

I have been impressed with soundcore sound quality. The fit of the ear ups has been the Achilles heel. Round ear cups don't fit proper, make the ear cups a oval ear shape , but maybe this new style fits better with the 8* movement

Got them yesterday, wore them for a few hours, tried all the settings, try the equalizer....The sound sucked, for music really really SUCKED!! Going back today!

Maybe this is a stupid question, but I want to make it anyway: this headphone is a bluetooth one so it's tuning is established with a chip that can be programmed with the soundcore app. Why you said it's not possible to fix the stock tuning in this way? Did I make any mistake in explaining my doubt?

i dont know, ive owned several pairs of soundcores and they've all sounded decent. have the Q45 currently and i love how they sound. maybe my ears are not as nuanced as an audio engineers, but i listen to a lot of heavy metal as well as hip hop and both genres sound amazing on the space q45s.

Which headphones to go for under$100? This review made me completly drop this product.

around 3:40 dude just roasted the hell out of it xdddd haha

People are recommending it cos they're paid to 💀

I thought these things were absolutely awful. I thought maybe I got a bad pair, so I got a replacement which was promptly sent back because they were no different. As a matter of fact, on top of the shit sound quality, the second pair had a flaky bluetooth connection I didn't experience with the first pair. Ugh, no consistency, no QC. Bad all around. Yuck.

I Cant Believe Someone Is Finally Telling The Truth About The Space One .

If these are not good headphones under $100. Please let me know which is the best at this price. I really want to buy headphones at this price. Please reply.

TY U saved me from taking a chance…😅😊

Many people think lots of bass and volume is quality. It’s weird.

Got some shity hearing,cause I use them and kinda like them,EQ ed them enough to be finally satisfied with them and not regreting it for a "budget" set of headphones(100$ for me is clearly not budget material but anyway,I don't wanna know what the prices are in the west,if 100$ are refered as budget for you guys),until now

4:54 😂