The Soundcore Life Q30 nomadic headphones go under €70 at Amazon Marketplace. This is currently our best value for money for small budgets.
The Life Q30 from Soundcore is part of this myriad of mobile headphones to promise us mountains and wonders at an unbeatable price. Without revolutionizing the market, it still has some good surprises in store…
Soundcore Life Q30
Introductory price €99.99
- Manufacturing & accessories
- Comfort & support
- User experience
- Autonomy
- Handsfree
- Latency
- Audio
- Active noise reduction
The Life Q30 is a nice little surprise. Of course, you shouldn’t expect great experience or stunning design quality from it, however, it fulfills its mission humbly on all terrains and sometimes even offers more than its direct competitors. This is a good starting point at a low price in the jungle of Bluetooth headphones with active noise reduction.
Strong points
- Active Noise Reduction (RBA) with very good performance.
- Homogeneous and pleasant sound reproduction (with RBA, and manual equalization).
- Nice stereophonic width.
- Good comfortable feelings, totally foldable design.
- Extremely generous autonomy (40 hours with RBA!).
Weak points
- Very average sound precision.
- Significantly lower sound performance when RBA is disabled (or headset is off).
- Fairly average level of finish.
Alternatively
Jabra Elite 45h
Introductory price €99
- Manufacturing & accessories
- Comfort & support
- User experience
- Autonomy
- Handsfree
- Latency
- Audio
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!