Anker Q30, Hybrid Active Noise Cancelling Over-Ear Headphones

I've had these headphones for nearly a month now and the difference they have made is incredible. I have ADHD, I get overwhelmed/overstimulated by noise quite easily so I use earbuds to block out noise. I wanted some new headphones as my old ones are uncomfortable and don't reduce noise all that well. I read the reviews on these and decided to give them a go and I'm so glad I did. I recently went away and forgot my earbuds but I had these headphones, the noise cancelling on them reduces noise so well even before I start playing music. It made such a huge difference. They work even better when you play music, you go in to your own little world and forget people around you. I had to travel on the train and I find this very stressful because of all the noise, but these headphones blocked out 95% of the noise and made the journey so much more bearable for me. I also love being able to flick through to transparency mode just by touching the side of the headphones. It is sensitive and can be activated accidentally but I don't mind this as it's so easy to put them back on to noise cancelling mode. I really like the app and that you can customise it to however you like. I think that's a great feature as everyone enjoys listening differently. The battery life is really good too. They last me quite a long time before they need to be charged and they're quick to charge too. The sound quality for me is so good, so clear but I'm not really in to bass tones etc so others may disagree but this is just how they are for me. I've also tried them out on calls too and I've been fed back that I sound clear, and I can hear others clearly too. The wireless range is excellent too. I live in a 3 story house and I'm on the top floor, I was able to get to my kitchen, closing all doors along the way and got all the way to the back of the kitchen before the wireless started dropping out. Which I found very impressive. I would say, the only con for me personally is they are big but that's not down to any fault on the headphones. I have a small head so adult headphones have always been big for me and kids headphones are too small unfortunately. Even with them being big, they are still comfortable and I can wear them for hours and I have done. For the price I paid for them (£49) as I got them when they were on offer, they exceeded my expectations. I bought them under the assumption that I'd have to send them back as I've had to do with so many others before for various reasons. But I have been pleasantly surprised by them and I'm so happy they proved me wrong. These headphones honestly have changed my life. I'd go as far to say they block out more noise even without playing anything better than my earbuds do and my earbuds reduce noise levels up to 28dbls so they're also good. I'd be more than happy to pay full retail price for them, they're that good and I've raved about them to my family and friends. If you're looking for a great pair of headphones with great sound quality, long battery life, great noise cancelling and are comfortable to wear then give these a go. I think you'll be surprised like I was and if they're not for you, then they can always be returned.

I got these to replace my old Q20i headphones and they are an upgrade. I am always impressed with the sound quality of Soundcore kit and these don't disappoint. Noise isolation works well enough the bus and train and the battery life is impressive, even with noise cancelling turned on.

I've used these nearly every day, all day for over a month connected to a Windows 10 PC and Android phone. I had some cheap Mixcder E9s and my daughters Sony MX1000XM4s which I will mention for comparison. TLDR; Unlikely to beat them under £100, NC/App not as good as expensive Sony's, but sound quality is somehow better IMHO. Battery life is amazing. Bluetooth is great but wired support is poor. Microphone just OK for meetings. Battery life: is amazing! Mine are turned on 8+ hours per day with NC turned on and around 4 days. They also charged in less than an hour using my 20/30w USB C charger, otherwise 2-3 hours from low to full on a normal USB port? Sound quality: is probably the best I've owned, not saying much :-) However, my daughter has the top rated Sony MX1000XM4s and I was able to compare back to back, play with both apps and features side by side etc. Its subjective but the with out of box, default settings on both, the Q30 wins for podcasts, and the hard rock and electronic genres I tried. Just much punchier and more alive, I think an audiophile would say the XM4s are more neutral though, and you can change the EQ etc...Both of them thrash my old Mixcder E9s which sound really dull in comparison - real noticeable improvement. Noise cancelling: I had my Mixcder E9, Sony XM4s and these side by side next to my ridiculously loud portable aircon in my small office. I mean NOTHING short of ear plugs is going to cancel that out, no question the Sony has the best NC and turned the roar into a whisper. Q30s cancel out most the roar but still leave some of the rushing noise of the fan. I also wandered round the house and stood outside etc, in every situation Sony wins. BUT... The Q30s are still very good, and not that far off the mark and trounce the cheaper E9s in this dept. You get three modes, I leave it in "Transport" which is good for cancelling out fan noise and rumbling etc. I think the modes basically focus on low, mid and hi frequencies. Comfort: My cheap Mixcder E9s are still the most comfortable headphones I own. These are a quite good, I wear a LARGE motorcycle helmet so I guess I have a large head, and for the record massive ears ( Think Prince Charles ) and the Q30s are comfortable for up to 2 hours at a time. Fit is loose and easily accommodates my glasses, but had to mess around to get the head band in the a comfy, stable place. Sony's seemed slightly better for me but can't compare as only borrowed for a couple of hours. App/Features: Sony is way more advanced with "Adaptive Sound Control", its really clever. Plus both Google/Alexa built in. There's no comparison and might be where a chunk of your extra £150+ goes - IF you use it. Soundcore App works well, connects easily and no crashes on my Mi10Lite and has a nice simple UI to let you change the Noise cancelling and EQ. FYI... The EQ/NC DSP circuit is IN the headphones. So it works across all devices whether you connect the app or not, and it remembers the settings fine. You can play/pause/volume/toggle NC using the headphone buttons. Microphone: Used for Microsoft Teams meetings daily and its a lot better than my cheap headset, but obviously without a proper mic arm its not as good as my purpose made meeting/gaming headset. It picks up background noise more, so if you're in a quiet room its fine, but people have struggled to hear me in noisy environments. N.B. On Windows it creates separate "voice/chat" and "music/general" devices. That means you can't hear your PCs sound while on chat. Only an issue for gaming maybe? Other: Transparency mode is activated by touching the right ear cup, but its a gimmick IMHO, as it sounds weird and you can't hear your OWN voice very well. Wireless/Wired: Bluetooth reliability is excellent (never dropped out in a month) and range is good (next room but not furthest room through 3 walls). Its been great with Android and Win10, and that's how I use them 90% of the time. But wired... Plugging in a 3.5mm cable just turns them off! No NC, EQ, even volume controls, all turned OFF! I read this is a recent firmware revision and they USED to work wired but it was unreliable, which is why they disabled it. Sadly wired quality is now bad and is almost pointless. DO NOT BUY TO USE ON WIRED CABLE - That's why I dropped a star, my old ones work great on wired with full NC. I already bought one cheap no-brand NC headphones and was worried I was literally buying cheap, buying twice... maybe three times! I've had Anker stuff before and they are known for being the premium end of cheap but these Soundcore's have boosted my opinion of Anker. My daughter bought the Sony's at the same time and I was ready to send these back and do the same but the price difference was not worth it for me. Hope that helps. * I haven't posted a review here for a long time as I received a warning from Amazon for commenting on problems with review authenticity.

After reading other reviews I decided to buy these headphones. I am glad I did. They work straight out of the box, being simple to link and, using the app, adjusting the noise cancellation was a breeze. These truly are excellent value for money and the sound quality is crisp and clear with plenty of bass should you require. I totally recommend these of you're looking for cheap headphones with upmarket sound.

These arrived yesterday. I wasn't wholly sure they would live up to the claims made for them but I have had other products from Anker which have proven excellent so this and the +ve product reviews on Amazon and elsewhere persuaded me to give them a whirl and I really needed some more comfortable wireless headphones. I was immediately impressed with the look and feel of the headphones which seemed very solidly built but also relatively light compared to other headphones I use. The phones came with a large carry bag, a carry pouch, USB C lead charger lead, Audio cable and printed manual. I found the printed manual a little hard to read but I downloaded a pdf copy from the soundcare website and also installed the soundcore app. Although the phones appeared to be partially charged, I decided to charge them up fully before attermpting to use them. It took an hour or two before the red charghing light extinguished but, to be honest, I wasn't timing it with any precision. I found the headphone controls a bit fiddly and hard to make out the symbols but my eyesight's not that great and the online manual could be "blown up" to read easily and correlate with the actual controls on the phones. Every manufacturer, retailer, etc seem to want me to install an app on my phone these days. As a result, I've got literally hundreds of the damn things occupying storage space on my phine. Unlike many, the soundcore app is quite useful though and -unlike some apps- it wasn't fazed by my recent installation of phone-link for Windows 11 on my PC and phone. I soon had a Bluetooth connection....time to try things. I usually use some older Bluetooth headphones that were very expensive - being one of the frst to use the APT-X codec - they were nearly 10x the price of the Q30's but can become uncomfortable to wear for more than an hour or two. As the saying has it, comparisons are odious, but the Q30's immediately impressed with its relative ease of pairing, connecting and setting up a connection. Crucially, for my purposes, they felt very light and the sound they produced playing the flac files I store on my NAS proved a pleasant surprise. My old phones (and indeed every Bluetooth headphone I have ever used or tried) struggle with reconciling a reasonable volume level without incurring droputs. This seems an intrinsic Bluetooth limition but the Q30's are very good in this regard and I found that I had to turn everything up to an almost painful volume level before dropouts became frequent. Those who like heavy bass will be impressed with the low frequency performance! I tried connecting to my PC. Again pairing and setting up of a connection proved easy. I watched some stuff on BBC iplayer, Amazon Prime etc. With a little fiddling of my network connections, I got excellent perfomance with no obvious lack of synch between lip movements and sound. I tried wired performance using the provided cable and whilst the sound quality was better, expecially at higher volumes than with Bluetooth, the comparison with my old headphones used in wired mode was less favourable to the Q30's when paying light classical material -Elgar et. However, with material like Toto, George Duke, Frank Zappa, Gil Scot Heron, OAsis etc, there was little in it and the Q30's were equal if not better. By this point I had been wearing the Q30's for several hours and experiencing no discomfort. I took them to bed an listened to a Audible book and eventually fell asleep still wearing them. Amazon always ask for reviews too soon IMHO but I'm so impressed -and pleased- with these phones that I felt they deserved a review here and now. There are some features I have only quickly checked out as yet except to establish they work. Only a couple of minor issues encountered:- *I've already mentioned the physical size of the manual. *Some use of coloured plastics to distinguish between the various controls would be useful. *The result of tapping the headphones could be better explained *once installed the soundcore app offers updates - which is good However, it doesn't warn you if, having downloaded and installed it, you try to reinstall it. Surely the app could detect what version is installed and warn you that it is already installed? The Q30's are indeed an absolute bargain at the £42.99 I paid for them. The issues hardly justify deduction of a star and 5* doesn't seem over-generous.

RUNDOWN: I am a uni student. Was looking for noise cancelling headphones but didn’t want to pay an odd 100-200+ on headphones. I saw the reviews on thes headphones- on both Amazon and YouTube etc and decided to give them a try. What is inside the box: - headphones+ box - 2 cables (one charging, one AUX) - manual (guide) Noise cancelling: - 4/5: amazing noise cancelling that you get for the price of the item. The app allows you to change the noise cancelling level and depending on your environment also. However, I found that there were a lot of leaks and they were not as noise cancelling as you would expect. With music playing it is great but as someone who sometimes likes not listening to music I needed a pair that would do it without. They did, just not to my standard. Pairing: - 5/5: pairing is amazingly easy even without the Apple M1 pairing chip found in the Beats headphones and Apple products. You do not need the app to pair, the app simply controls noise council UG and equaliser (more on that later). As the headphones are able to connect to multiple devices (2) at one given time, I decided to try it connected to my iPhone and MacBook. It worked amazingly well, HOWEVER, I found that there was a delay in switching audio from one device to the other. For example, if I played something on my iPhone, the headphones will not play what is playing on my MacBook until the iPhone is closed (on lock screen). This isn’t really an issue, however may or may not be the same when you receive a call while watching something on another device. Battery life: - 5/5: haven’t got much to say about this as I have decided to return them due to aesthetic reasons. Build quality: - 3/5: this is probably the only bad thing I have to say about the these headphones- and ultimately the reason I am returning. They are very sturdy and the build is amazing (hence the 3). It has a metal top bar and the rest is plastic- yet this does not downgrade them at all. HOWEVER, they are very large and make it seem as if you have a halo around your head. I am very small, this may be the reason. They also have a branded logo which seems to mimic ‘beats’ a bit too much- wish they put this logo in black so it would not stand out. These are ideal for travel, studying and I’m guessing will last a very long time! Sound quality: - 5/5: best sound quality I have heard on a pair of headphones in forever. Despite the price, these pair of headphones are probably the best headphones for sound quality on a budget. Although the sound changes when you change the ANC settings, it isn’t much different. As an avid listener of ASMR I gave it a once over test and the headphones honestly captured every little sound and detail! Within the app you can change the equaliser which for me was a must as the headphones are very flat without changing it (although it is down to preference). The bass is amazing also. My only problem with the sound (and it’s not necessarily bad) is that you do NOT need to even go past half way on the volume. The headphones are super loud- the loudest I have possibly ever heard in headphones. This does mean also there is a LOT of sound leakage during the higher volumes- everyone will hear your song preferences on the Tube lol. Mic quality: - 4/5: I did not get to hear it for myself, however I called my sister and she said they sounded fine. My only concern was the practicality of the headphones on a loud tube or street- which I did not get to test. Weight: -4/5: these were rather heavy, but nothing you can complain about- it doesn’t weigh your head down! Fit/ feel: -4/5: as someone with a small head they were rather big. If I turned my head to the side noise leaked in- another reason I am returning. Also mentioned they look rather large around your head- but again might just be me. They feel super comfortable, you do not get a headache or pressure on your head whilst wearing at all. The cups on the headphones themselves remind me of a memory foam/ feather pillow. They do get a little hot around your hears over time- but that’s something you cannot avoid with headphones. Overal: 5/5- AMAZING quality for price- if you are looking for backup headphones, or are a first time headphone user I would 100% recommend!

Headphones are solid, the colour is pretty and the anc is pretty useful. Charging is quick too and volume is easy to switch. Besides that, all of the features are really good and the audio comes through really well. I wouldn't recommend it for prolongued use as my ears did get uncomfortable but they work well anyways. The cushioning between the headphones and the top off my head got really airy so comfort might be a bit of a strain. But all in all, it's a good pair of headphones. Already recommended it to others 👍

Brilliant quality and value for money. Call quality I haven’t used so can’t say. Charging super quick. And size prefect, weight good. Reason for 3stars is they have small black dots on the foam within one use on the airplane for 3hrs. Unknown what it is. Because I can say I am a clean person so don’t judge. Thanks.

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really good headphones, this is my third set of headphones in as many years and liking this brand the best so far. Comfort is good. Build quality is good. Nice and solid. Good noise cancellation too. Good sound quality.

Great values and quality.