There will be no punishment, only music to your ears (depending, of course, on your choice of music). :cool:Let me know how/if you like/love em.
Well, the sound on these headphones is pretty fantastic, especially after I adjusted the EQ in the app. They are very comfortable on my ears, although the top of my head hurts after using a while (similar problem I have with helmets). The noise cancellation is impressive, also. So, too, is the range- MUCH better than my cheesy bluetooth earphones. The controls are quite good, and the voice controls are also good. Haven't tried with phone calls (might never); also have not tried multi-connect.
The up to "30 hours" claim depends mostly on DSEE- it must be off. With DSEE on (and noise cancelling on), it is only claimed for 18 hours (a MAJOR loss)! Honestly, I can't tell much difference with DSEE on/off. I would probably never use it with noise cancellation off (which would jump it to a claimed 38 hours).
The lack of a real "off" persists in this model- the "off" battery life is only 200 hours- that is one of my fears. It means after just 4 days of not being used and "off", it will have lost HALF the battery charge; leave it "off" for a week and it will be completely dead. So one has to charge it all the time. I don't understand why these devices can't have an actual "OFF"; they can't be awakened by anything but a button press and don't DO anything when "off." The only thing I can think of is bootup time. I don't know about you, but I would rather have the option of a several second startup time if it meant I can store them as long as I like, knowing the battery is going to be almost where I left it, instead of dead when I want to use them.
Despite the top-head pressure and no actual "off", so far I am happy.
Also, you have to do some digging and reading for this but if you use the phone app to change the EQ settings (any setting other than off) you will turn off DSEE (Digital Sound Enhancement Engine).
There is no mention of that anywhere in the manual or anywhere else I can find. Why do you think DSEE turns off if the EQ is not set to off? Interestingly, there is no "on" setting, only "auto" or "off" so one doesn't really know when it is on or off in "auto." Considering how much battery DSEE consumes, perhaps it being off is a good thing, anyway?