French Days – The nomadic Urbanears Plattan 2 Bluetooth Red headphones at €43.45 (-21%)

Going from the best-seller that was the first Plattan, which had received the rare and very bad rating of one star, to the Plattan 2, hailed with a respectable three stars, Urbanears had been able to question itself and learn from it. — in terms of audio in particular. Departed from its wire, the Plattan 2 Bluetooth of course promises wireless freedom, but also improved sound reproduction.

Externally identical to its wired version, the Plattan 2 Bluetooth royally ignores the criticisms we made of the Plattan 2. However, the switch to wireless is quite convincing thanks to complete controls, excellent autonomy and the possibility of sharing its music with a second headset. The audio rendering, despite particularly soft bass and a slightly tight stereophonic field, remains intelligible, powerful and devoid of distortion.

Strong points

• Music sharing via mini-jack output.
• Complete orders.
• Foldable, flexible, removable ear cups.
• Good maintenance.
• Powerful, low distortion.
• Intelligible voices.
• Good autonomy.
• Comfortable for small heads.

Weak points

• Deployment of the arch too tight for large skulls.
• Bloated bass.
• Treble set back.
• Tight stereophonic field.

NB: The reported price drop is calculated by comparing the lowest price of the day with the average of the lowest prices charged by all merchants for the product last month, with security rules to exclude prices from shops whose the VAT policy is not clear (known as “grey” shops, typically in the case of imports from China).

Alternatively

Well designed, very pleasant to use, particularly durable and equipped with an effective hands-free kit, the Elite 45h masters its subject in terms of ergonomics. For better sound performance, you may prefer the Live 500BT, for example (or its version with noise reduction, the 650BTNC), which is more melodious, but less feature-rich — even with a mini-jack input!