Creative Outlier Gold TWS True Wireless Sweatproof Earphones with Software Super X-Fi, Bluetooth 5.0, aptX/AAC, Long Battery Life 39hrs Total, 14hrs Per Charge, Siri/Google Assistant (Gold)

I've had these earbuds for a few weeks now and they are well 'run in' by now. There's also been plenty of time to find any faults with them. Thankfully, there has been nothing that a factory reset didn't cure and I only had to do that once.The sound quality on these earbuds is really good: they are balanced, the bass is natural and the treble is not harsh. In audiophile terms, they are neutral which is a good thing unless you are an absolute bass head. I've played a lot of different types of music through them and they've delivered with all of them. They even work really well with audio plays: voices sound very natural and that emphasises the audio neutrality of their sound. They provide an enjoyable to listen to everything that I've played through them so far.The fit for me with the attached ear tips is excellent. You put the tip into your ear and rotate the earbud towards the back of your head and they fit really well. They are surprisingly comfortable. Creative recommend that you shake your head slightly to make sure that you have a good fit and this is a good tip. If they feel loose, then refit them.I use them mainly with an AK70 music player. At first, I had some sound drop outs but performing a factory reset solved that and the issue has gone and the sound has been rock steady since. You will have to re-pair the earbuds after resetting them, but that is easy enough. One other tip is to spend literally a few minutes reading the operating instructions as it tells you how to pair them, add another device and factory reset them if you need to. I also got an email from Creative with some further instructions, which were handy and good Customer Service from Creative.I've also used them with an iPhone, but not as much. I did download the Super-Xfi app for my phone to test out. Yes, it does improve the sound and the stereo spread immensely but, unless I'm doing something wrong, Creative need to do some work on the app as gapless playback doesn't work in the app. It does with the iPhone's music player, so don't let that put you off.Noise isolation is good for my needs but they are not noise cancelling: you'd have to pay more for that feature and the battery life for noise cancelling earbuds is currently nowhere near the battery life of these little gadgets.Overall, they are an excellent pair of true wireless earbuds and I can fully recommend them to anyone. I hope that this review is of help.

DESIGN, CHARGING AND COMFORT'That looks fancy'. 'That is a cool gadget'. It's just two of the comments heard when pulling out the case of either the Creative Outlier Air or Gold. While the charging case is not the most compact, their brushed dark grey of the Outlier Air and light gold of the Outlier Gold look good. The box looks premium too, thanks to the well-known brand name on it. When you push out the side to slide out the tray with the earphones, the cool factor is complete. These are well designed.The same goes for the earpieces of the Outlier Gold and Air themselves. They carry the same color as the charging cases, with a round black button in the center - with a LED-light ring around them. Fortunately, that LED doesn't shine when you carry them in your ear and listen to them.The earpieces of the Creative Outlier Gold have a Pebble-like design on the inside. They're easy to put in most ears, but it may require some time to get used to the fit. They feel smaller in your ears than the Jabra Elite 65t and Sennheiser Momentum True Wireless, and a bit bigger than the cheaper Wavefun X-Pods 3/ Ytom T1.The upside from this design, is that the earpieces already go deep in your ears, so you don't need a big rubber tip to fill out your ears completely - which can be uncomfortable. The downside is that the earpieces are quite big themselves. Your ears may have to get used to them to enjoy their seal. The Creatives don't provide the tightest fit, and it may not be recommendable to sport with these earpieces. Still, it doesn't fall out of your ear easy when just listening or commuting with them.The biggest star of the show, however, is the enormous battery life of these models.Creative claims a 10 hours battery life on the Outlier Air and a whopping 14 hours on the Creative Outlier Gold. It's important to know that these are theoretical scores, however, which can likely only be achieved when you're listening on the lowest volumes.In different real usage tests - of myself and other reviewers and users - the Outlier Air scores a whopping 8-9 hours of battery life. The Outlier Gold even beats it, with up to 12 hours of listening time on medium volume. The charging case is capable of recharging the earpieces 2,5 times fully before needing power itself, thus providing the earpieces of more than 30 hours on a single charge of the case.The battery scores of the Creative Outlier Air and Gold are top of the bill in the industry, and a fantastic achievement under the 100 dollar price point.TWS TRUE WIRELESS EARPHONES - UNDER $100Creative Outlier Air Gold review comparison versus.jpgFOUR STARS - The Creative Outlier Air and Gold are true battery champions among TWS true wireless earphone under 100 dollars. But the theoretical 10-hour playtime of the Air and 14 (!) hours of the Gold, aren't its only strengths.DESIGN, CHARGING AND COMFORT'That looks fancy'. 'That is a cool gadget'. It's just two of the comments heard when pulling out the case of either the Creative Outlier Air or Gold. While the charging case is not the most compact, their brushed dark grey of the Outlier Air and light gold of the Outlier Gold look good. The box looks premium too, thanks to the well-known brand name on it. When you push out the side to slide out the tray with the earphones, the cool factor is complete. These are well designed.The same goes for the earpieces of the Outlier Gold and Air themselves. They carry the same color as the charging cases, with a round black button in the center - with a LED-light ring around them. Fortunately, that LED doesn't shine when you carry them in your ear and listen to them.The earpieces of the Creative Outlier Gold have a Pebble-like design on the inside. They're easy to put in most ears, but it may require some time to get used to the fit. They feel smaller in your ears than the Jabra Elite 65t and Sennheiser Momentum True Wireless, and a bit bigger than the cheaper Wavefun X-Pods 3/ Ytom T1.The upside from this design, is that the earpieces already go deep in your ears, so you don't need a big rubber tip to fill out your ears completely - which can be uncomfortable. The downside is that the earpieces are quite big themselves. Your ears may have to get used to them to enjoy their seal. The Creatives don't provide the tightest fit, and it may not be recommendable to sport with these earpieces. Still, it doesn't fall out of your ear easy when just listening or commuting with them.The biggest star of the show, however, is the enormous battery life of these models.Creative claims a 10 hours battery life on the Outlier Air and a whopping 14 hours on the Creative Outlier Gold. It's important to know that these are theoretical scores, however, which can likely only be achieved when you're listening on the lowest volumes.In different real usage tests - of myself and other reviewers and users - the Outlier Air scores a whopping 8-9 hours of battery life. The Outlier Gold even beats it, with up to 12 hours of listening time on medium volume. The charging case is capable of recharging the earpieces 2,5 times fully before needing power itself, thus providing the earpieces of more than 30 hours on a single charge of the case.The battery scores of the Creative Outlier Air and Gold are top of the bill in the industry, and a fantastic achievement under the 100 dollar price point.CONNECTIVITY AND CONTROLSYou wouldn't say it from the design, but the Creative Outlier earpieces have physical buttons you have to press to control them. Press once to play or pause music, press twice on the right bud to skip a song, or the left bud to return a song. Changing the volume is also possible, by long-pressing the right or left bud. Because the buttons are in the center of the earpieces, you will press the Outlier Air and Gold in your ears somewhat when controlling them - not the best feeling.The Outliers activate differently than most other wireless earbuds. On the first use, you take one earpiece out, press its button for three seconds, connect it - and then connect the other earbud to your device. The brilliance about this is that you can use both earpieces also independently from each other.Connectivity, unfortunately, is a weak spot on the Creative Outlier Air and Gold. Especially when walking with the phone in your jeans pocket, the connection is tacky. The Bluetooth connection regularly drops when you're walking with them. Both the earpieces and your device and the earpieces can have disconnections between them. What's worse, is that the earpieces sometimes speed up or slow down the music for a slight second to catch up again. Surprisingly, sitting or standing still with them, or cycling with them with your smartphone in the same jeans pocket, doesn't offer those issues.Furthermore, on both models, the earpieces disconnected to my Android Bluetooth 5.0 smartphone sometimes, before re-establishing a connection out of themselves again afterward. On the iPhone, both the right earpiece of the Outlier Air and Outlier Gold stopped working just after getting it out of the case, requiring to put it in the case again and take it out again to reconnect.CALLING AND WATCHING MOVIESWhen you're on an Android smartphone that supports Bluetooth 5.0, synchronization between audio and video is excellent. On iPhone, the scores are less convincing, with a delay while playing games and a very noticeable lag in the YouTube-app. That remains tricky, from the cheapest to the most expensive true wireless earphones.The call quality on both the Creative Outlier Gold and Air is impressive. While the other end of the line may hear you're calling through an earpiece-microphone, your voice comes through with great clarity - inside and outside. On moments when you're talking, background noises are kept to a minimum as well.SOUND QUALITY OF CREATIVE OUTLIER AIR AND GOLD: MINOR DIFFERENCESCreative Outlier Gold Air sound quality compared.jpgThe Creative Outlier Air and Gold have no-nonsense sound signatures with a lovely bass, smooth mids and highs, and a sweet, airy feeling.The bass on the Outlier isn't the most textured, but it strikes fast and delivers a nice thump. It's easy to dance to these earpieces - but they won't force you. If a song is intended more laidback, it will sound laidback on the Outliers. The sub-bass, besides, delivers a powerful rumble when called for, such as in James Blake's Limit to Your Love.In the mids and highs, the Outlier Air and Gold sounds smooth. Upper mids and highs are pushed forward, yet they never touch the limits. They never sound harsh, and they have no sibilance (emphasis on sss's). You won't turn down the volume anytime soon, because cymbals or female vocals suddenly sound too hard. The Outliers have decent tonality for the price too. They don't color music overly warm.The best part of the Creatives is their soundstage. The sound is all around you, with vocals in front of you and instruments coming in from left and right. It doesn't have the biggest depth, and it can be hard to place each instrument - still, it fares way better than samely priced competitors shown below.The main thing about the Outliers, is that they sound just right. The sound is cohesive - it just works.Both have a funny addition too: you can use them with the SXFI-app from Creative, available on iOS and Android. When you import your own music in that app, a SXFI-toggle gives the track a live concert-feeling by placing the music all round you. On paper, that is. It makes music sounds more artificial mostly, with some huge tonal differences in mid-centric instruments. It's a neat gimmick - nothing more.Are there any differences when you put the Outlier Air vs the Outlier Gold? Yes, tiny ones. On both the iPhone X and Xiaomi Mi A1 as the source, the Outlier Gold sounds a tad darker than the Outlier Air, with a little more emphasis on the low-end frequencies, such as darker sounding instruments. The bass of the Outlier Gold has a slightly bigger punch - although this shouldn't be mistaken for a heavy pounding one. It is, however, a bit tighter, a bit more striking than the one on the Outlier Air. As its counter-offensive, upper mids get a bit more room to breathe on the Air. Drum kicks and female vocals shine a bit more.The differences aren't big by any means though - both the Creative Outlier Air and Creative Outlier Gold are good, balanced allrounders. They provide the same smooth sound signature on lower and high volumes that work for all genres.

This was my first Creative purchase since owning an MP3 player that I had and loved many years ago. I bought creative as a cheaper alternative to Bose and Sony true wireless earphones. The quality of the sound and the battery life at the price is well above standard for the price point. What pleased me most is the call quality. There seems to be little difference between phone mic and earphone mic in terms of quality both indoors and outdoors in windy weather. No major interruptions from a connectivity aspect. I do expect a few as with any true wireless set but they have been few and far between to date. As I intended on using these for exercise I was not interested in Active Noise Cancellation from a safety point of view. I did get lucky that the fit is good enough to block out a sufficient portion of outside noise regardless. I have the Bose quiet comfort 20 and Sony WH-1000-XM2. While I didn't expect the sound to match those levels, it isn't far off which is super considering the price. I'll find it hard to put down the Outlier Gold when deciding what to use.

After much research on these wireless buds, i narrowed it down to these lovely looking beasts and the Cambridge audio melomania 1s. i opted for the outler golds as reviews mentioned the pronounced bass, which I like.on receiving them, i played about with the tips and found all of them to be absolutely useless. Fortunately I had plenty of spares and wacked a medium spare set on there and got a nice seal. sound was great, very vibrant and plenty of bass for the face.I'd been using them lightly for 2 weeks before sound stopped coming from the left bud. absolutely gutted, as I was really starting to enjoy the luxury of no wires and the battery life was incredible. I've ended up returning them for a refund and I'm opting for the recently released audio technica ath cks5tw, on pay day. similar battery life and sound from what I can gather. I already own some ath m50x already, so I know build quality will be strong.i really don't want to pee on anyones bonfire, but unfortunately these fell very short of my expectations. 2 weeks of use before breaking doesn't fill me with the confidence required to pay 95 quid for these, when there is plenty of other choice. also the build quality issues aren't isolated, I chose to ignore them and found to my detriment that they were right, unfortunately. i dare say the airs would be a better choice as they are even cheaper and the super xfi is nothing more than a gimmick.can't really recommend them on that basis.

At first, the sound was good - it had a fair amount of depth. Not a bad range at all.The battery life seem good too and the case was well designed.However, I couldn't get the fit right, ever. I could hear my footsteps effecting the sound and the buds would come loose quite often when just walking, let alone running.It suffered from frequent loss of signal, which given the buds were less than a meter from the phone is pretty dire.I could have overlooked those issues and did, for a month, at which point the right bud volume dropped massively. If the right bud is in, the volume is comparable (when up full) to the left bud being held around 20cm away from my ear.I have factory rest the unit (put them in the charger container and held both buttons down until they flash blue) many times and it hasn't fixed it. I also missed the return date and would've had to look at RMAing the poxy thing.Can't be bothered because RMA is a total faff and the last time I RMA'd something, I had to pay delivery out, only to be told it would cost almost the same amount as the product cost new and then have to pay delivery back.Last Creative product I ever buy. Which is a shame, given I have had many products from them over the years and they have been consistently okay - if not always great.

The connection of the case is quite flimsy and will break eventually, mine did last year. Seems to be charging fine but doesn't charge the earbuds anymore when closed, which is quite a shame, because the earbuds are quite nice and good quality.

Amazing sound quality. Deep bass (equivalent to skull candy levels of bass, I'm a basshead tbh), clear treble, distinct mids. These have gotten good critic reviews for a reason. But by far the best thing is the amazing battery life. I haven't had to charge mine on long days when I'm out for 12 hours, probably using these for around 5-6 hours and standby for the remaining, can always count on them to last.Noise isolation is good, people around me can't hear my music even when on loud in my head.Noise cancelling just by way of in ear fit is pretty good too, once you have music playing you can't hear much of the outside world at all.Bluetooth connectivity is generally very good, only drops out in Liverpool Street station for me but that's to be expected as there's too many signals in one place. Reconnects automatically. Can disconnect and connect quickly also.Do wish they weren't gold though, and the button pushing is a bit uncomfortable but these are really small trade offs in my opinion in a world where there are way too many wireless earphone options.So yes overall amazing sound quality and amazing battery life.

I have been using these earbuds for 2 weeks now. I will say that these are good but there are a few flaws with them.Firstly, the build quality of the case itself is good with an aluminium build however it also feels kinda cheap when sliding to open the case as the sliding mechanism wobbles slightly. The earbuds themselves have good build quality overall and are very light-weight. The earbuds are magnetically attached strongly to the case so there are no worries of them falling out. The earbuds also have blue lights slowly flashing when no media/audio is playing and is connected to your phone/device. When any media/audio is playing, the lights will stop flashing. The earbuds also have a tactile touch button on both earbuds so you have to press them into your ears to control your media/audio playback. This causes pain to your inner ears if you press them hard so I had to use two fingers to pinch them in order to avoid that. I would have prefer the controls to be touch responsive instead because of this. The good thing about these button controls is that it has most of the functionality that you typically need for true wireless earbuds :One press (L&R) = Play/PauseDouble press (R) = Fast forward media/audio playbackDouble press (L) = Rewind media/audio playbackPress & hold (R) = Volume upPress & hold (L) = Volume downDouble press (Main earbud) while media/audio playback is paused/not playing = Siri/Google AssistantHold for 1 second (L&R) = Turn on earbudsFor the comfort and fit, the eartips that came with these are 2 smalls and 2 medium-sized ones. In my opinion, both tips are almost the same size so there is really only one size of eartips. This makes it hard to find a good seal with your ears if you have large ears. The earbud nozzle is also very short and so this makes the drivers in the earbuds to be as close as possible to your ear canals. For me, I have smaller ears so the eartips have a good seal for me but my right ear sometimes can't get a good seal. I had to fiddle with both earbuds quite a bit to get a good fit. However my right ear canal is abnormally shaped and I have tried a few earbuds before and had this problem before so that could just be my problem. For me comfort wise, these are comfortable to wear for long periods of time when you get a good seal and fit of them. These earbuds are also rated IPX5 so it is water and sweat resistant. I have used them for light jogging and they are still working fine and they also stay in my ears.For the connection quality, these earbuds have Bluetooth 5.0 and support APTX for Android devices and AAC for IOS devices. I have an android device (Huawei Mate 10 Pro) and I had some connectivity issues when paired with them. When commuting with the earbuds, I had some minor stutters and a few dropouts while listening to music with my phone being in my front pocket. I'm not sure if this problem is my phone itself or the earbuds but I also had the same problem with other true wireless earbuds such as the Mifo O5 so I will give it the benefit of the doubt and say the problem is with my phone. I also noticed some latency when watching videos on Youtube and Netflix but I also think this is the fault of my phone. The call quality microphone of the earbuds is very good and one of the best that I have tried on a true wireless earbud. The battery life of these earbuds are stellar and also one of the best I have tried so far. I get about 11 hours on one single charge at about 80-90% volume. With the case in total, I get about 34 hours and while the total battery life with case is not the best compared to another true wireless earbuds that I have tried before which is the Mifo O5, the long single charge battery life makes up for it. They also charge via USB-C which is good for future proofing. One feature that is not essential but useful to have is to wirelessly charge the case to make it even better. The volume of these earbuds get loud enough for me and at 90% volume is already very loud for me so the volume is very good for these earbuds. There is also an app for these earbuds called 'Super X-Fi' and this is supposed to enhance your sound quality of the earbuds by using your phone's camera to map out the shape of your ears. Personally for me, I feel like this is kind of a gimmick as I tried it once and feel like it made the sound worse so I would advise to ignore the app. Also, the functionality of 'enhancing' your sound quality does not work with streaming services such as YouTube, Spotify, Netflix, etc. Creative's other products support the streaming services so don't buy this earbuds if you want that functionality. With these earbuds, this functionality will only work with locally stored music in your phone/device.Now for the sound quality of these earbuds, this is where these earbuds makes up for all the flaws regarding them before at least for me. This review would have been 3 stars or even 2 stars if not for this category so it gets 4 stars for this. The sound quality is amazing and firstly I have to say it is a v-shaped sound on the EQ graph so this makes them a very fun type of earbuds to listen to any type of genre music. The bass being very punchy and impactful but not too much to make the sound muddy. The mids and vocals are very clear and distinct. The highs and treble are very bright but not ear piercing and also crystal clear especially for classical music. The soundstage is very open for a true wireless earbud and the imaging of these earbuds are also very clear and precise so you can accurately pinpoint where the sound is coming from.Overall, these earbuds are very good but they have a few flaws with them that make them not the perfect earbuds for me. The sound quality and the battery life being the main reason I will still keep them. If you have large ears, I would advise to look for other true wireless earbuds if you want to have a good seal and fit.Update (30/11/19): I had a recent software update for my phone (Huawei Mate 10 Pro) and this fixed the latency issues I was having when watching videos and movies. My phone update fixed issues regarding any Bluetooth connections it was having before. There is very minimal latency that I can see now. This confirms my speculation that it was my phone that was causing latency issues before and not the earbuds themselves.

Ce sont mes premiers écouteurs sans fils, et je dois dire que j'étais très impatiente de les utiliser car j'en avais un peu marre des écouteurs classiques, lesquels devenaient vite inutilisable à cause du fil qui s'abimait. Les sans fils sont par contre parfaits.Je peux également me balader chez moi sans perdre de connexion, même si mon téléphone est dans une autre pièce. La qualité du son est excellente, et les basses de bonne qualité. Faites attention au volume car ils sont puissants, et vous risquez le mal de tête au bout d'un certains temps.Etant fan de rose, la couleur "rose gold" est parfait pour moi. La batterie tient très longtemps, et le chargement est très rapide. Enfin, avec Prime, j'ai reçu les écouteurs en seulement 12h ! Simplement épatant. Pour conclure, je suis très contente du produit, et je le recommande fortement.

Hola, tras usarlos 6 meses unas 10H diarias os cuento mis experiencias:1° ¿realmente dura 14H la batería?Depende pero si es posible, yo los uso por bluetooth 5.0, conectados a windows los uso con el volumen de windows entre el 30-60%(mas no porque sencillamente se oye muy fuerte) la bateria completamente cargados me dura de media 10H aveces las 14 que dice el fabricante, alguna vez me duraron 15H y otras 8, básicamente depende el volumen pero de media con un sonido el suficiente para tener que quitarte los cuando te habla alguien duran 10-12H en mi caso, con el movil el mismo bluethooth 5.0 con un volumen al 50% approx los llegue a usar 9H y me decia bateria baja2° AlcanceAqui depende de la antena bluthooth del movil pc o a lo que este enviando sonido a los cascos, ejemplo, con una antena 5.0 que tengo, me alejo unos 10 metros y 3 paredes en medio y se sigue escuchando genial, con el movil se corta3° conexionel movil pc o lo que sea se conecta al auricular maestro que puede ser izquierdo o derecho, el auricular maestro envia el audio que recibe al otro auricular y ya tienes estereo espero que se entienda y lo digo por dos cosas 1- si estas lejos y te guardas el auricular maestro en el bolsillo veras que el otro se entrecorta, acercas los dos y todo bien, eso pasa a largas distancias(en ese caso usa uno y deja el otro en la caja) , cerca no pasa, 2 la bateria del auricular maestro(izquierdo o derecho) dura algo menos la bateria pues se encarga de enviar la señal al otro y gasta mas, de echo cuando se apaguen por falta de bateria si guardais en el estuche el maestro y se conecta al otro vereis que os da bateria para otra hora aprox,4° calidad de audioHe tenido auriculares muy buenos de todo tipo, estos que tal¿? Pues no espereis una cosa impresionante, se escuchan muy bien, no decepcionan en absoluto pero obviamente no se van a comparar con unos por cable de 150-200 de estudio5° detallesEstas son las cosas que aveces fallan y como las soluciono, 1- los conectas a windows y ves tus auriculares con y sin microfono, la opción sin se escucha genial, la opción con, bastante mal ¿significa eso que no puedo usar el micro de los cascos en windows? NO, aunque parezca raro si esta seleccionado la opcion auriculares outlier gold...... Stereo sin que ponga con microfono si que funciona el micro y muy bien, no os equivoqueis seleccionado con microfo pensando que la otra no lo tiene,2- se conectan pero no aparece la opcion stereo y solo con microfono que se escucha mal, ahi es cuestión de desconectar y conectar actuvar desactivar bluetooth asta que aparezcan bien, no suele pasar.3- si solo usas un auricular y sacas el otro, automáticamente se sincronizan y van los dos bien.Ambos tienen microfono si solo usas uno y se escucha bienSon totalmente impermeables, yo los uso en la ducha, no los he sumergido en piscina pero dandoles el agua de la ducha sin problemaEn mi caso se agaran perfectamente al oido y no se caen haciendo deporteSi es cierto quien comenta que el boton de los auriculares es duro y parece que al pulsarlo te incrustes el auricular en el oido, pero consejo, con el indice lo sujetas por detras y el pulgar aprietas y no notas nadaCuanto tardan en cargar? Pues segun mis calculos sin bateria unas 3H al 100%Fallos que les he notado al cargar: los pones bien en el estuche y no carga siguen encendidos intentando emparejar unica solucione conectar el cable y volver a ponerlos y ya todo ok no se porque, aveces estan los dos cargando a uno de ellos le da por conectarse al anterior dispositivo porque si y deja de cargar, si se estan cargando y el estuche se queda sin bateria me suele pasar que se encienden y buscan emparejarse y a gastar bateriaSe me han caido varias veces y estan como nuevosOtras dudas preguntar, ahora no se me ocure mas

Goed product. Zaten meteen goed in mijn smalle gehoorgang. Voor deze prijsklasse goede soundstage en evenwichtige presentatie bas, mid en hoge tonen. Stabiele connectie en snelle pairing met Iphone. Verder lang uithoudingsvermogen van 14 uur! Steken wel wat uit het oor, maar voor mij geen bezwaar.

Il titolo dice tutto. Questa volta Creative ha fatto centro. Questi auricolari true wireless della linea Outlier sono veramente riusciti bene!La custodia e gli auricolari sono ben realizzati. Ottimi i materiali utilizzati. La custodia - che ha ovviamente la funzione di ricarica e di alloggiamento degli auricolari - è solida e delle giuste dimensioni.La conformazione degli auricolari è una delle migliori che ho mai sperimentato (almeno per le mie orecchie). Le cuffie si adattano perfettamente al padiglione auricolare. Calzano comode e garantiscono una buona stabilità.L'accoppiamento con i dispositivi bluetooth è praticamente immediato. Le ho provate sia con un paio di smartphone in mio possesso (OnePlus 7 Pro, LG V30), sia con alcuni lettori Hi-Res (FiiO M9 ed M11, Pioneer XDP-02U, Sony NW-45) senza riscontrare alcun problema. Sostengono egregiamente anche lo streaming video senza lags/ritardi.La qualità del suono è veramente ottima. Ben bilanciato praticamente su tutta la gamma delle frequenze. Gli alti e i medi sono ben definiti e suonano chiari. I bassi sono estremamente presenti, potenti ma mai invasivi. tutte le frequenze sono ben distinguibili e perfettamente separate.Ovviamente per apprezzare in modo pieno la qualità audio di questi auricolari, l'accortezza nel saper scegliere il giusto tipo di gommini e di trovare il giusto fit nell'orecchio risulterà fondamentale.Per questo modello è disponibile anche una app sviluppata della stessa Creative chiamata Super X-FI. Questo software a detta della stessa Creative dovrebbe offrire una esperienza aumentata della già ottima qualità audio offerta da questi auricolari.Attraverso un processo di mappatura della vostra testa e delle vostre orecchie (ebbene si in fase di inizializzazione l'app vi chiedrà di fotografarvele!) il software dovrebbe riuscire ad identificare il modo in cui ognuno di noi percepisce il suono e quindi ad adattare la riproduzione audio degli auricolari in modo da offrire la migliore esperienza di ascolto ...a loro dire unica!.Sono sincero. L'idea è buona ma ancora ben lontana dalla perfezione. A parere mio questo software di "rimodulazione audio" risulta invasivo cambiando troppo e a volte anche impropriamente il suono stesso. L'esperienza in questo caso non mi ha entusiasmato. In "purezza" queste cuffie le ho trovate sicuramente moooolto migliori!Che altro ci sarebbe da dire ? Bluetooth 5.0, supporto USB-C, durata della batteria veramente ai massimi livelli, qualità sonora eccellente. Super X-FI da rivedere ma a parte questo ECCELLENTI!

Empecé por comprarme unos Jabra 65T que no se ajustaban a mi oído y tuve que devolver (es un buen producto por cierto, si se adapta a tu oreja). Luego he probado con estos que tienen en general críticas positivas.Sencillos de usar. un botón multiuos en cada auricular. Se trata de un botón físico, se tiene que apretar. numerosas opiniones afirman que son duros, lo cual es cierto, y que resulta hasta molesto pulsarlos con el auricular en el oído. Esto se mitiga bastante si usas dos dedos: indice para sostener y pulgar para pulsar. Podía ser mejor sin duda pero en mi opinión es un mal menor.Se puede pausar la música, adelantar o atrasar canción. El auricular maestro sube el volumen pulsado continuamente, el otro lo baja. En llamadas una pulsación acepta la llamada, una pulsación prolongada la rechaza (Que yo sepa no se puede alternar entre dos llamadas cosa que los Jabra 65t si permiten).Si no estás escuchando musica dos pulsaciones dan acceso a Siri o al asistente Googl dependiendo del dispositivo al cual estés conectado.Carecen eso si de una opción que me parece muy necesaria: no permiten que el sonido externo se mezcle a voluntad con el qué emiten desde el dispositivo. Esta opción que si tienen los Jabra 65t es de gran utilidad: si vas a la compra puedes seguir oyendo la radio o música mientras conversas con la cajera. Si vas a correr te enterarás de que viene un coche a atropellarte y si esperas un avión puedes enterarte de las llamadas de megafonía sin necesidad de quitarte los auriculares. Además en los Jabra se puede graduar en que medida el sonido externo se mezcla con el interno, genial.Emparejamiento: muy sencillo: sacas uno de los 2 auriculares de la caja, es indiferente cual, normalmente parpadeará en rojo y azul, si no es así aprietas el botón 3 segundos. En tu dispositivo aparecerá en auricular, lo conectas. El segundo auricular se emparejará solo con el primero. Una vez hecho esto se conectarán automáticamente a este dispositivo cada vez que los saques de la caja y el dispositivo esté presente y con el Bluetooth encendido.Si quieres conectarlos a otro dispositivo hay que volver a empezar poniendo uno de los dos auriculares en pre-emparejamiento como explicado más arriba.No me consta que sean capaces de recordar varios dispositivos.Cualquiera de los dos auriculares hace de maestro, depende de cual hayas emparejado con tu dispositivo. Por lo mismo se puede usar un solo auricular en mono para llamadas oyendo lo que ocurre a nuestro alrededor.Sonido: (OJO leer más abajo, en estos adminículos la adaptación morfológica al oido del usuario es el PRINCIPAl factor a tener en cuenta). No olvidemos que estamos hablando de transmisión bluetooth. Que nadie espere alta resolución Hi-Fi en una cosa de estas. Lo que se les puede pedir es que suenen de forma decente, lo menos coloreada posible, sin zumbidos, sin crossover. Estos suenan bien, no tan limpios como los Jabra 65t pero con muy buenos agudos y unos graves profundos e impactantes. Escucho música con ellos cuando voy por la calle o en transporte y la comodidad me hace olvidar las indudables ventajas en sonido de unos auriculares con cable. En llamadas funcionan muy bien en interior o en ambientes poco ruidosos. A medida que aumenta el nivel de ruido ambiente el receptor de tu llamada recibirá cada vez más ruido y confusión. En este sentido los Jabra 65t hacen un mejor trabajo para limitar estas interferencias. Pero que quereís, el micrófono está en la oreja y tu emites sonido por la boca en dirección perpendicular. No se puede tener todo.Disponer de un ecualizador permite ajustarlos a tu gusto. Especialmente recomendable el que lleva la aplicación de iTunes para Androïd. Tiene una opción para hacer el sonido más espacioso que a estos auriculares les va muy bien, sobre todo porque la aplicación aplica un tratamiento suave al sonido que no queda artificial como otros (Y pienso precisamente en la aplicación Super X-Fi para la que estos auriculares están preparados, no funciona con música en streaming, que tras torturar los bites en demasía proporciona un espectacular aumento de la amplitud sonora a costa de hacer el sonido artificial y cargarse los bajos.)La autonomía: bestial. Anuncian 14 horas con una sola carga (A 50% volumen). Esto deja en ridículo a la competencia. no me consta que utilicen una batería del otro mundo. El truco entiendo que está en el driver de grafeno, extremadamente ligero y que requiere de menos energía para ser movido. No he hecho la prueba de las 14 horas, pero si duran 10 ya te das con un canto en los dientes. Lo cierto es que algún día los he llevado de forma prolongada al menos 8 horas sin que se les agotara la carga. Tampoco molestan en el oído al llevarlos largo rato, pero esto es cuestión de la oreja de cada uno. Los Jabra me hacían daño al cabo de un par de horas. Con la caja de recarga alcanzamos las 39 horas de reproducción. Más que suficiente hasta que llegues al siguiente enchufe.La caja en si es de un diseño peculiar de corredera. Acabada en aluminio mate dorado con el logo de la marca. Lleva 4 leds que indican el estado de carga de cada auricular, de la batería de la caja y si está cargando la caja. Puestos a poner pegas podría haber sido más pequeña lo cual es deseable con una cosa que sueles llevar en el bolsillo.Lleva un par de juegos de puntas de silicona que parecen muy, muy frágiles. De momento no he tenido problema pero el sellado es excelente y se me adaptan muy bien.En resumen: buen producto, de lo mejorcito en su rango de precio, ahora a 20 euros menos que su precio de salida. En cuanto a la comparación con los Creative Outlier Air, el modelo anterior, el cambio principal es la duración de la batería, 14 horas contra 10. Por lo demás el driver es el mismo y el cambio de color es únicamente cosmético. Eso si llevan los Gold la aplicación Super X-Fi que encuentro supérflua o al menos mejorable. Podría tener más funcionalidades que sin duda llevará un modelo poterior.Parte 2 AURICULARES IN EAR (BLUETOOTH)No nos engañemos, los auriculares bluetooth no son para audiófilos. O no son para una escucha seria de música. Hoy por hoy la tecnología Bluetooth es incapaz de emular la calidad de sonido de unos auriculares con cable. Sin embargo incluso el más exigente gusta de escuchar su música de forma decente y cómoda incluso cuando viaja en avión o limpia la vajilla.En cuanto a comodidad unos auriculates in ear sin cable es lo más cómodo. Y en estos artilugios, esto vale para los in ear con o sin cable, la calidad de sonido se basa en un 80% en 2 aspectos:- Sellado- FijaciónEl sellado es lo que permite aislar pasivamente del ruido exterior (En una medida que depende de la morfología de auricular y de si la punta es de silicona o de espuma con memoria de forma (Esto es menos habitual pero mejora, y de que manera, tanto el aislamiento como la fijación)). Al mismo tiempo es lo que asegura que el sonido sea el que se espera de los auriculares. Si no hay sellado los bajos desaparecen al mismo tiempo que te invade el ruido exterior. Cualquiera puede hacer la prueba con unos in-ear que le vayan bien. El mínimo movimiento hacia fuera cambia el sonido de forma drástica y fatal, es decir: no sirve. Puedes gastarte 500 o 1000 Euros (Si, existen, es una bestia pero una bestia a precio prohibitivo y encima parece que vayas con una telaraña enganchada a la oreja.) en unos in Ear de Audeze que si no se adaptan a tus oídos no hay nada que hacer. Tal vez unos pequeños Senheiser de la serie C, por debajo de 50 Euros, te suenen mejor.- La fijación es lo que permite que unos auriculares que nos "van bien" se mantengan en su sitio cuando te mueves, que el sellado se mantenga. Aquí lo mínimo que se les puede exigir es que no se muevan en las actividadades diarias, caminando, barriendo el suelo o mascando chicle (lo cual causa movimientos en el oído medio que algunos in ear no soportan si moverse irremediablemente). Luego están los diseñados para actividades deportivas. No opino sobre estos pues no los uso al ser un sedentario impenitente.El 20% restante se puede atribuir a la calidad intrínseca de unos auriculares u otros. Con transmisión bluetooth, incluso con los últimos codecs que estos auriculares manejan, meterse en gastos de varios cientos de euros resulta un afán inútil por obtener un sonido imposible de obtener.