Hey All,
Here's my crappy review of the Anbes D42. I purchased them on Amazon for around $35.
I'm not good at this but I'll do my best. I compared them to my QCY T1-Pro, T1C, Tiso i4 and Anbes 359's. I swapped out the stock tips for JVC Spiral Dots size Small and I used Youtube, Audible and Spotify as my sources.
If anyone is interested here is a link to my spotify Playlist I use to compare.
First Impressions the look really cool, build quality is good and the case is excellent, but in comparison to the 359's they are massive. Almost double the width.
Fit and sound isolation is excellent, Volume and controls work great. One irritation I found while listening to music on Youtube. When I hold the button to power the headphones off it switches back or forward tracks before powering them off. I ended up have to double tap and hold to avoid this.
Volume is Excellent, I believe they are even louder than the 359's and you can really get the bass bumping.
The sound signature is similar to the 359's but the overall quantity of mid range and treble is lower and there's much more mid and low bass.
The sound Stage on the 359's is def. wider, but the D42 is still pretty good, not as good as the Tiso I4 or the QCY T1C but very close.
Highs are thinner and bit brighter, but not siblant, I didn't experience any hissing or static noise and the range is great.
I didn't experience any disconnects, but the sound sometimes seems to pan from left to right when first starting a track after pairing. I also have a pair of Syllable's that do this, but It wasn't an issue for me.
Bass on the other hand is too much for me to handle in most genre's, however for hip-hop and electronic where there's a lack of mid-bass they sound great.
They have a bump, but i wouldn't call it a punch, they lack some attack and accuracy in the bass and low bass it's boomy yet clear, but not crisp.
IMO the overabundance of bass throws off the balance of the earbuds although it doesn't seem to effect the output of the treble and mid/high mids which is nice, they are still very defined, but I wish they had a more forward presence like the 359's,
All in All, they are pretty fun. They sound great with Electronic and Hip-Hop and really good with other genre's, They are great for audiobooks. The speech is clear and crisp.
For me the boomy and round bass and mid bass could be eq'd better and the the highs and high mids need to be louder in the eq.
In Conclusion, If you like the 359's you'll like these, but in comparison, they just aren't as fun to listen to if your not bumping hip-hop, electronic or house music.
They don't have quite the excitement and liveliness the 359's and T1C's, do but they are a good quality and good sounding TWS, I'm personally going to return them. I ordered the 360's today to test them out. Hope this wasn't too bad of a review, Cheers.
My ratings are in comparison to other Chi-Fi, as I don't have any other high end TWS'
Build Quality (8
Case and Packaging (8)
Fit and Feel (9)
Sound Stage (8)
Battery life @ 3.5 hours (7.5)
Bass (8.5)
Mid (7/7.5)
Treble (7.5)
Overall Sound Quality (7.75)
Value (7.5)
Here's my crappy review of the Anbes D42. I purchased them on Amazon for around $35.
I'm not good at this but I'll do my best. I compared them to my QCY T1-Pro, T1C, Tiso i4 and Anbes 359's. I swapped out the stock tips for JVC Spiral Dots size Small and I used Youtube, Audible and Spotify as my sources.
If anyone is interested here is a link to my spotify Playlist I use to compare.
First Impressions the look really cool, build quality is good and the case is excellent, but in comparison to the 359's they are massive. Almost double the width.
Fit and sound isolation is excellent, Volume and controls work great. One irritation I found while listening to music on Youtube. When I hold the button to power the headphones off it switches back or forward tracks before powering them off. I ended up have to double tap and hold to avoid this.
Volume is Excellent, I believe they are even louder than the 359's and you can really get the bass bumping.
The sound signature is similar to the 359's but the overall quantity of mid range and treble is lower and there's much more mid and low bass.
The sound Stage on the 359's is def. wider, but the D42 is still pretty good, not as good as the Tiso I4 or the QCY T1C but very close.
Highs are thinner and bit brighter, but not siblant, I didn't experience any hissing or static noise and the range is great.
I didn't experience any disconnects, but the sound sometimes seems to pan from left to right when first starting a track after pairing. I also have a pair of Syllable's that do this, but It wasn't an issue for me.
Bass on the other hand is too much for me to handle in most genre's, however for hip-hop and electronic where there's a lack of mid-bass they sound great.
They have a bump, but i wouldn't call it a punch, they lack some attack and accuracy in the bass and low bass it's boomy yet clear, but not crisp.
IMO the overabundance of bass throws off the balance of the earbuds although it doesn't seem to effect the output of the treble and mid/high mids which is nice, they are still very defined, but I wish they had a more forward presence like the 359's,
All in All, they are pretty fun. They sound great with Electronic and Hip-Hop and really good with other genre's, They are great for audiobooks. The speech is clear and crisp.
For me the boomy and round bass and mid bass could be eq'd better and the the highs and high mids need to be louder in the eq.
In Conclusion, If you like the 359's you'll like these, but in comparison, they just aren't as fun to listen to if your not bumping hip-hop, electronic or house music.
They don't have quite the excitement and liveliness the 359's and T1C's, do but they are a good quality and good sounding TWS, I'm personally going to return them. I ordered the 360's today to test them out. Hope this wasn't too bad of a review, Cheers.
My ratings are in comparison to other Chi-Fi, as I don't have any other high end TWS'
Build Quality (8
Case and Packaging (8)
Fit and Feel (9)
Sound Stage (8)
Battery life @ 3.5 hours (7.5)
Bass (8.5)
Mid (7/7.5)
Treble (7.5)
Overall Sound Quality (7.75)
Value (7.5)
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