Got the
Liberty 3 Pros today. Here are my impressions:
The Good
- Sleek case, LEDs are laid out well on the case and I like how they blink in an arrow fashion when firmware is being upgraded
- These have one of the best microphones for phone calls in my opinion
- ANC is really really good, about 90% of what you get with Sony XM4
- App is probably the best out there. You can customize all sort of touch, EQ, playback controls etc.
- Sub bass is perfect, mid bass is a bit lacking and can be felt on some tracks. Acceptable mid-bass for the most part though, so not a huge issue
- Soundstage is nice and wide on these!
- Firmware updates are very quick unlike an hour on B&O and MTW2s
The Bad
- Mids are VERY lacking on these buds and sound thin. Mids sound a bit tinny and metallic for lack of a better word. Best mids I heard were on Band and Olufsen EQs, then Sennheiser MTW2. These sound very metallic...
- Transparency mode is not very good, and does not sound natural
- Treble is SO over the top that I ended up moving the last two EQ sliders all the way down. And I like my splashy treble, but this is a whole lot of treble. I think this Knowles BA is running wild to spit out this much treble. EQ fixes most of the excesive treble issue but they need to give a bit more control over bringing down the treble in my opinion.
- Would be nice to have control over ANC levels but not a huge issue.
Nothing ugly here