Music headphones with active noise cancellation won’t eliminate the lawnmower sound (won’t protect your hearing one bit); it might just mask it so it isn’t as irritating. I use regular earmuffs to block the noise when I mow. But then, I already have some hearing loss. (Probably from certain forum members yelling at me from halfway across the globe .)
1 single 3.5mm jack, on the left can. Also, 1- 1M 3.5mm M/M cable included.
Got my H10’s yesterday. They sound decent for the $. You definitely won’t be going deaf using Bluetooth with your phone volume on high, but is just below too loud to be enjoyable. Sound & vocal definition is pleasantly crisp and a bit neutral.
Yeh, these all use the same cable, so you can interchange them at-will.
My QC15s, though, when I misplaced the cable or something (forgot why I had to do it in the first place, or maybe I was just being proactive), I had to wire up my own plug on one end, because the “pinout” was intentionally non-standard. Ground was like at the tip vs at the sleeve, and L/R were reversed, something retarded like that.
Just got’n’replaced new earpads for ’em, too, before that hateful little alkaleak took a dump down that hole. No way to get at it without completely disassembling the earmuffs.
So… rechargeable Li cell vs alkaleak? standard TRS-to-TRS cable vs mangled pinout? Ain’t looking back.
Just got my H10 today. Definitely good for $11 shipped (tax in WA). The microphone is pretty meh, but the drivers are definitely worth it. Clear and crisp. I have some custom 3.5mm cables I use on other headsets, and it also works good without the bluetooth processing of the audio.
Over ear isolation is pretty decent. ANC is ok for around the house, definitely not as good as my old QC15 (with cable and with bluetooth adapter when needed - only used on air planes). But for clarity and soundstage on my headphone amps (Elekit 882 Tube AMP, Massdrop THX AAA 789, and SMSL SH-8), it is as good as some $100 headphones, I would say balanced but a little bass heavy. Enjoyable. Will burn in and re-evaluate.
Definitely not up to $200+ headphones like my trusty Sennheiser HD600 open air headphones (custom cables)
My only complaint so far is the built in microphone, and it clamps my ears a little hard.
Thanks for the post. This so far is definitely worth the $11 spent.
I received the H12s today— they are very similiar to the H10 —- They look a little more refined—blacked out
They could very well be the same headphones with a different look
I didn’t realize the ANC worked even if the headphones weren’t on
I ordered 3, 1 delivered (H18s). Gonna gift at least one to the gf, her choice (sound, fit, etc.).
Will try A/B/C tests when I have ’em all.
I did notice on the 18s that when the battery voltage starts running low, there’s no beep, no warning, etc., but they just start breaking up at random, more and more. Was listening to a not-very-stressing “Behind Blue Eyes” when it started cracking up, smooth bass guitar but no thumping percussion or anything. Gave ’em a quick charge, fixed right up, so let ’em top off whilst I listened via my purely-passive B3s.
And trying to listen to ’em while charging, is a no-go. Plugged into a laptop port, weird angry buzzing. Plugged into a powerbank, slow weird “fwoop, fwoop, fwoop…”.
So charging + listening doesn’t work too well, even with everything turned off.
And the 18s are rather wide, too. Noticed when I saw my reflection in a laptop screen (off) that I looked like one of the Cybermen.
Thanks, I missed that update. So the H12 and H10 are the same sound and just different frames? Whats with these mPow versions, there are so many of them! I see one H12 with USB C charging which is much better specs.
I’m amazed what people are expecting from a $40-$50 set of headphones — Let alone a $10-$14 set—-I think they sound dam good for what we are paying for them
These MPOW keep up with or in lots of ways sound better than the $250 Bose set I have from a casino giveaway
I have several sets of higher end headphones — they all do something good but none are perfect — plus are amp and cable dependent to get the sound I like