by Anker Space Q45 Adaptive Active Noise Cancelling Headphones, Reduce Noise by Up to 98%, 50H Playtime, App Control, LDAC Hi-Res Wireless Audio, Comfortable Fit, Clear Calls, Bluetooth 5.3

So I have been a huge audiophile my entire life driven with rhythm and sound of nature and creation. I have tried many audio devices and have never quite had the experience that I've been able to receive from soundcore audio. I have purchased the p20, p3i, p40i's twice (one for me and my wife), I also have the space q45s. And recently took advantage of the 46% off for the aerofit pro. The q45s functionality clarity and noise canceling are near unparalleled by any other audio device I have ever experienced. These are not active where for me at all. For me these are strictly a sit back relax enjoy the deep immersive isolate of sound. Allowing for sound deprivation of more than -24 decibels in my experience. They are comfortable and not extremely heavy. The control interfaces are very simple and easy to reach and control. The mic quality for calls are very deep. Yet still do not seem to have voice isolation for the receiving end. Unmatched Bass of all other soundcore devices I have used. These are excellent gaming headphones. Perfect for games that require clear sound to find things. Ultimately the value for money is an excellent benefit to anyone that once clear detailed immersive sound isolated experience.

Nowadays, I wouldn't buy a pair of bluetooth headphones blindly (or deafly?) online unless it comes with an app that allows you to tweak the sound/EQ. There's no point in spending money on a pair of headphones, only to not like the sound when they arrive. There are 3rd-party EQ phone apps, but those are sometimes dubious, plus they only work with the phone/tablet device being used at the time. It's best to have the native headphone's app do it within the headphones themselves, in which the custom EQ settings travel with the headphones to whatever device/system is being used -- even those without the possibility of EQ apps. So with built-in EQ, you don't have to worry as much about whether the headphones match your preferred sound profile -- at least, to a point, since some things like soundstage and the "feel" of open vs. closed headphones can't be customized, although the "Transparency" app settings sort of emulate the latter a bit, albeit via noise cancellation. These headphones come with a really good app for configuring most things (with one feature request down below*), including the EQ, noise cancelation, volume limiter, firmware updates, etc. You can also configure the headphones to auto-power-off if not in-use after 30/60/90/120 minutes or "never" (default is 60 minutes). The 8-band EQ has a 21 presets (or 22 if you count the "BassUP" on/off toggle on their "sound core Signature" preset), along with allowing to create/save multiple custom EQ profiles. The app finds and connects to the headphones immediately with both my Pixel 7 and Pixel 3 (which I now use as just a tiny tablet, since it only has WiFi). I only have Android phones, so I can't speak for the iPhone app, but I'd guess that it is the same, other than the LDAC stuff (which Apple devices don't support, and will default to AAC). Note that these headphones don't support any aptX protocols, so your options are LDAC/AAC/SBC for Android devices and AAC/SBC for Apple devices (both phones and computers). My computer is an Apple MacBook Air M1, so I can vouch for the AAC connection on that, although when sitting at my computer, I prefer using my wired headphones (Beyerdynamic 880's). But overall, I am liking these Q45's more than my Sennheiser HD 350BT bluetooth headphones. I don't really use noise cancelation, so I can't speak to that in subjective terms, and so keep in mind that my rating does not take into account noise cancellation. But in terms of features, it has a lot of customization, with both traditional NC modes (with five custom levels plus adaptive/automated) as well as separate transparency modes (with five custom levels plus "talk" mode). But even with the NC turned off ("Normal" setting), the headphones actually block-out quite a bit of noise naturally, since they seem to form an almost air-tight suction. The battery seems to last long too. I'm a person that re-charges any device before it goes below 60%, so I can't say how long a full battery drain lasts, but I go quite awhile between charges nonetheless, even using LDAC (which uses more battery). In AAC/SBS mode (not LDAC), probably slightly better than my Sennheiser HD 350BT's, while in LDAC mode, probably a bit worse (but only a bit). For comfort, I find these very comfortable with prolonged use. I just bought a new Pixel 7 phone (w/Android 13), and the bluetooth w/LDAC works extremely well with this phone/headphone combo, with no connectivity issues under reasonable use, even when LDAC is forced to 990kbps. The headphones also connect to the phones fairly quickly. In terms of holding the connection w/LDAC, I live in a two-bedroom apt with each bedroom on opposite ends of the apt, separated by ~20 feet. I put the phone in the furthest corner of one bedroom, shut the door, and walked around the apt: --LDAC @990kbps: It worked fine without any skips up to ~30 feet away and through one wall (including door closed). I didn't start to have skips until going into the other bedroom with its door also closed -- so not until over 30 feet away and through two walls. --LDAC @660kbps: I couldn't break it within my apt. No skips, even in the second bedroom with both bedroom doors closed -- so it still worked at ~35 feet away and through two walls (including both doors closed). --I didn't bother checking 330kbps, since 660kbps worked so well in all my scenarios. --LDAC Best Effort (Adaptive): Same behavior as @660kbps (never breaks/skips), which tells me that Android isn't actually operating at @990kbps (either part of the time or never), even though the Android ADB logs always say @990kbps at initial connection with no subsequent changes. So at least partially, it is operating @660kbps or @330kpbs. But the vagueness of Adaptive LDAC mode isn't the fault of these (or any) headphones -- this is an Android issue. However, the choice to use Adaptive LDAC mode in the first place is controllable, which brings me to my one gripe below... *My one complaint/request for the app is that it could force-customize the LDAC settings. All it allows you to do is enable LDAC (Preferred auto quality) or disable LDAC (Combine audio and connection, which then defaults to AAC). In the Android Developer settings, it always defaults to "Best Effort/Adaptive", which doesn't tell you what it's doing, even in the ADB logs, which only logs 990kbps at first connection, but never logs subsequent adaptive changes. There's a Sony Music Center app that works for some people in forcing the LDAC bit rate mode, but when I tried it, it only worked around 50% of the time on both my Pixel 7 w/Android 13 and Pixel 3 w/Android 12, so I ended-up removing the app. But it apparently works for others, and if Sony can apparently force the LDAC settings within their app, why shouldn't the SoundCore app be able to do it too? I'm sure I'm not the only one who would like the SoundCore app to force-customize the LDAC settings. Ideally, I'd like it to control the actual bit rate mode (ie, explicitly set it to 990kbps or 660kbps), as well as set the sample rate and bit size, since I don't listen to music beyond 44.1kHz/16-bit anyway, and so I also like to down-tune the sample rate/bit size to 44.1kHz/16-bit, to save a bit of phone battery. But at the very least, the app should be able to force-set the main LDAC bit rate setting (990/660/330/adaptive), so we don't have to go into the Android Developer settings every time the headphones re-connect. It's a minor nuisance, but considering that LDAC is a major selling point of the headphones -- you'd think they'd want to allow people to ensure ideal LDAC settings? Regardless, I'd still give these headphones five stars for the price range.

I have owned a few speakers from Soundcore and even before they were known as Soundcore (Anker). The general gist of their brand holds true here: budget conscious products that try to strike a balance between very good and forgettable performance. The same is true for the Q45. These headphones are comfortable enough for a short plane ride but not so comfortable that you’d forget they’re on your head. The battery well above average in my experience but not 50 hours of continuous playback to minimize recharging. The sound quality is good but you aren’t going to experience that immersive soundscape that higher priced and performing headphones offer. They’re lower and punchy bass notes are muffled and sometimes distorted at the highest volumes and the high frequencies are there but don’t give you any shimmer or clear ring in playback. So they’re good, not great headphones. I appreciate a decent ANC option which does do a ln above average job of limiting exterior noise. The ambient mic does its job although I prefer slightly more surrounding environment input/level than what is offered. Compared to my Apple AirPod Pros V2, these lag in overall sound quality but offer more battery on board and perhaps a slightly improved noise cancelling feature. They’re fairly easy to use - nothing is unique or out of place for buttons and placement. And they work with everything I own because they’re typical Bluetooth so they will work with tablets, PCs, smartphones alike and not experience connectivity issues or non-compatible challenges. They’re sort of worth the money but only if you really are trying to watch your spending. I believe you can do better if you shopped around the $200-$250 price point.

Overall WIN! If you are packed like sardines in the new "open concept, no cubicle for better collaboration" BS companies are building to save real estate costs, you'll want these. I'm an engineer and need to hit the "zone" and focus on problem-solving critical issues. The sound is great, takes TEAM's calls perfectly, and the noise canceling is so good I've been scared by my colleagues several times over the last month as I'm so focused and in that flow state. When you have to constantly collaborate with colleagues across the world, and there are days in calls 6 hours straight, I need a dependable, comfortable headset that will last. I require good sound for the times I'm listening to music for focus. And finally, it must cancel out the noise and not leak through the 3 people surrounding me in different meetings 12 inches away. Thank you, Ankur, for making an affordable headset since I have to fork out my own money. I cannot speak to longevity yet; it's only been a month of constant use, but these are half the cost of the other big names on the market. Fingers crossed these last closer to 2 years. Most of the other headsets I have bought only lasted a year for various issues - Jabra, Steelcase, Bose, and Samsung. They were all initially great, but only the Steelcase survived for over a year.

After my last cheap Chinese headset fell apart on a trip to the NWT, I decided to invest in a bit more quality. These things are a great balance of affordability and capability. Great battery life, quick press of button for pass-thru, and noise cancelling on/off, and ability to pair with 2 devices simultaneously. Very comfortable to wear for long periods of time and audio quality is great.

I bought these for an upgrade from my Q20. The sound is good for a $150 but definitely wait for a sale. I even played around with the app and everything, adjusted the equalizer accordingly to some reviews these just sound like they are just missing something. In my opinion for the money the Q20 or Q30 blow these out of the water for the price for the sound out the box, except for the noise cancellation the Q20 and Q30 are very weak. I will say Q45 have exceptional good noise cancellation that is up there with the $300 ones, and the transparency mode is ok its hard to beat AirPod pro’s transparency. I was really hoping for these and a bit excited after reading some of the reviews on here. Apparently there is a burn in period for these to really sound good. Right now there are just ok. The sound quality is muddy out the box, and you have to play around with the setting to get the sound you want. The soundcore signature present doesn’t sound good at all which is sad, and the when you bass boost it, the highs are cringy. All the other preset are good for what they are. Highly recommend exploring for yourself or copy other people’s EQ. All in all they are great for the money especially when you get them on sale like I did $85. They are not the most empress sound but the ANC is amazing. Update: I returned them. I was just not happy with the sound options. You can have really clear vocals and sound with no depth of bass or really good depth with bass and terrible vocals. Tired watching a movie and thats when I finally gave up with sound tuning and just returned them. If you don’t like bass and just want clear vocals (after tuning with the app) then these may be for you. To be far you can get a little bit of bass out of them after mess with the app, but will say the presets are terrible for bass. I will add these headphones don’t sound great out of the box and you have to download the app and set your experience. Like I said early I really wanted to like these, the ANC is amazing! They are comfortable and light weight, it’s just the sound isn’t there for me.

I am very happy with these head phones. I work in clay so my hands are often dusty or muddy and these headphones allow me to talk on the phone and listen to shows without stopping what I'm doing or getting clay on my phone. I also really like the noise-cancelling feature. I'm happy with the sound and the quality.

Let me start by first saying that I'm no audiophile. However, I appreciate great clarity, sound quality and richness in my music when I do listen to it. I didn't buy these headphones for the purpose of making and receiving cellphone calls. So I will not be addressing that feature personally. Go to Youtube and watch reviews like I did before purchasing these to make that decision for yourself. Most reviews I did watch gave them a positive rating though concerning that aspect. Regarding the noise cancellation feature, there are 3 different options. The level of noise allowed through between the 3 is very distinctly different to my ears. Transparency mode allows you to hear practically everything going on around you like your not wearing the headphones. Normal mode is basically like wearing, well a pair of headphones. And Noise Cancelling mode greatly diminishes noise in your surroundings. I wore these in NC mode while the tv was on in my house, people talking, and outside traffic going up and down the road. When listening to Led Zeppelin at around 80 decibels, which is close to the maximum safe range per Soundcore's app, I was in my own world with rare sound disturbances. Speaking of Soundcore's app. If you buy these headphones and don't utilize the app, you are cheating yourself! The app is easy to use and packed full of options to customize/tailor these headphones to suit your specific tastes. The sound quality of these headphones on the lows, mids and highs is AMAZING in my opinion! And if you take advantage of purchasing the Q45's when on sale, your getting an EXCELLENT deal! I can't speak from personal experience. But I've read and watched many reviews comparing these headphones to ones that cost two to three times the price. The over-the-ear cups are very comfortable. And while the headband may not have as much padding as some other models. As a bald guy, I had no issues with finding them uncomfortable. I must have a smaller head though because I didn't need to adjust the headband out at all. For a child, these would be too big. I had these in my Amazon cart at the regular Soundcore price. But I wasn't sure if I wanted to spend that price. Then about a week later, Amazon notified me of a price drop. That's when I saw they were being sold for the same price of their lesser models. It was a no brainer at that point. I'm absolutely thrilled with the quality, sound performance, features and hard case provided with the Q45's. While on sale, I was tempted to buy a second pair tbh! LOL! So in short. If you're simply looking for a high quality set of "cans" to listen to music that won't "break the bank". Look no further. These are it!