We’ve picked out 10 of the very best earbuds, at all budget levels. Ask us for better options – seriously, email us, we’re here to help – or read our in-depth review of the Solo3 Wireless, coming soon, for comparisons. Bose QuietComfort 35 II will announce whether noise-canceling has been activated, the Studio3 Wireless throw all common sense to the wind with their fun guessing game. Best headphones roundup advising listeners to avoid them. The beats solo pro wireless Wireless have very good mid accuracy. The low-mid is overemphasized, which can muddy and clutter your mixes.
Using Apple’s W1 chip, connections are the easiest and most useful part of the Studio3 Wireless. Having said that, it’s almost sad that proximity pairing and connectivity is the only good thing about this pair of headphones. It’s also worth noting that newer products, like the aforementioned AirPods Pro, use an even faster chip to connect. The Sony WH-1000XM3 Wireless are better headphones than the Wireless.
The whole thing can sound a little clogged up with a lack of separation. Trebles aren’t particularly sophisticated and lack that sparkle that can reveal parts of songs you never really heard before. We particularly liked that you can pair the Beats Studio3 to multiple devices at once. It will only allow one active connection, but it makes life easy if your switching between devices regularly.
Multipoint allows you to link to more Bluetooth devices and switch between them. For example you can easily switch calls from one device to another without having to manually disconnect and reconnect. It uses Bluetooth 5.0 technology to provide low latency audio , which is useful when you want to avoid audio lag (e.g. when playing games). It is capable of a very high bitrate of 990kbps, which provides high resolution audio. It can also automatically adjust to a lower bitrate of 330kbps or 660kbps to increase stability.
When you first unbox these headphones, just power them on and hold them next to your iOS device like an iPhone, iPod Touch or iPad. A little window will appear showing the Studio3, in your chosen color, twirling around and asking you if you want to pair. Click “accept” and these will be linked with your iCloud account and available for quick switching across your Apple devices. The Studio3s have two microphones that pick up ambient noises and voices, along with a software element that analyzes the sound.
On the bottom of the left ear cup is the 3.5mm input, so you can plug in the included audio cable with a mic and remote. And, no, it doesn’t end in a lightning cable, nor does it come with a dongle. Moving over to the right ear cup, you get the power button and five small LED lights that let you know roughly how much battery is left. Double-tapping the power button also lets you toggle the active noise cancelling on and off, so long as you’re on an iOS device.