Soundcoreby Anker Space Q45 Adaptive Active Noise Cancelling Headphones, Reduce Noise by Up to 98%, 50H Playtime, App Control, LDAC Hi-Res Wireless Audio, Comfortable Fit, Clear Calls, Bluetooth 5.3TCO CertifiedTCO CertifiedTCO CertifiedTCO Certified

Click the Bass up switch on the app, and Watch David Gilmour - Comfortably Numb (Live At Pompeii) on YouTube, and see if you're not smiling ear to ear at the end. I'm betting you will. If you're music, these things are GREAT!I previously had a set of Q-20's that broke it's headband and was no longer usable. I went with an off brand and sent them back due to AM quality music. So I shopped and bought a set of Q-30's. Even though battery life is limited I gave them 5 stars for their excellent sound quality. Then I read about these Q-45's at about double the money of the Q-30's. In fact, I believe the Q-45's are the Soundcore top of the line. Still, 1/4 the price of name brands.The only thing I don't know about is the battery life and will update this review when I get a real handle on it. Either way, the sound quality is all Soundcore and they get 5 stars for their excellent sound quality. I can't even imagine spending over 500 dollars for a set of blue tooth headphones with these things around. The issues with the headband seemed to be solved even with the Q-30's, making the Q-30's the best bang for your buck. These Q-45's aren't double the Q-30's in headphone quality or anything else. In fact, you can't really tell them apart. They are on par with them at double the money.UPDATE: Battery life is very good. While I don't think it's 50 hrs, it's certainly at least double the Q-30's. And the Q-45's also use the Q-20's software engine, which announces the battery life everytime you first turn them on. A big plusBoth have the same sound cancelling ability which is excellent. I really don't see any discernible difference at all, other than battery life. If music is you? I very confidently highly recommend these headphones.Like I said at the top, when you first get them, click the bass up switch on the app and watch David Gilmour - Comfortably Numb (Live At Pompeii) on YouTube, you'll be a believer. Just watch your ears, as you can turn these up very loud.In my opinion, the only company Anker Soundcore is competing with is themselves. I don't care what they are, you're NOT going to find better sound quality out of a pair of headphones than Soundcore. "Oh, the Bose, are best, or the Beats are best." No, they're not. Even 55 dollar Q-30's can easily compete with all of them. And if the bass isn't punchy enough, they all use an app that has a full equalizer that can custom calibrate it. The Q-45's have an actual bass up switch and it's all they could possibly need. Hard to beat that. And if you don't care about the app, the Q-20's are only 39 dollars today, But you do have to watch the headband, they also sound fantastic. Like I said, Soundcore is only competing against themselves.

I have had these for a few months now and would like to share a few thoughts on my experience with them. I was using and enjoying the Soundcore Q30s and had read some positive and mixed reviews on the Q45s so I was curious and wanted to find out what an upgrade from the same company would sound like. Spoiler alert ...Yes I do recommend with a couple of caveats.The Q30s kinda blew me away when i first heard them and i expected a lot from the Q45s. I was at first not impressed. Like.. Where's the bass? EQing did not seem to help the bass much and like some reviewers, i felt the highs could be too sharp and bitey. I considered immediately returning them yet got too busy with other things and that window passed. I did continue to use them and compare with the Q30s and did notice they were very clear and I could hear mids and highs i could not with the Q30s. Now I am glad I kept them. So what changed?Well, I feel the bass has gotten better after a couple 3 months. A lot better. I now know why many reviews on these were so ho hum. According to Soundcore, their drivers are made of a different material. Apparently, they, IMO, require burn in time. I think most reviewers dont have the required time to take with them for the drivers to open up or even EQ them. Which is why you must always take product reviews with a grain of salt. Anyway the bass and subbass have greatly improved, being much tighter and less muddy than the Q30s ,yet they do not overpower the mids and highs. The highs have seemed to have become less bitey as well. They are also more comfortable than the Q30s with better cushioning. So are they the best sounding headphones I have tried? No, but i think they get fairly close. More on that later. They are also not vey attractive IMO and are kinda huge looking with the can on can thing going on. I bought the blue because it was different and now i think I would go with the black so as to look a little smaller and less nerdy. They are not super light either so i would not recommend for the gym or running,. However, if you do not mind the burn in time required for the bass to improve and dont mind spending a few minutes EQing them to tune them , I do highly recommend!......Update....Something had been bothering me about these headphones. In particular, I would read the occasional review where they would talk about enabling LDAC. I finally realized I had never been prompted or even seen any LDAC option. LDAC is supposedly a big selling point on these headphones. Not one for allways reading directions, I had assumed it was an automatic default kinda thing. Well,after going back into the Soundcore app. I finally found out why I had never seen it. It is like hidden almost under the settings cogwheel icon and, even though I was shown as having been up to date, it requires its own seperate download to even enable the button. Man, to think I have been listening to these for months without even knowing I was going without it. Turns out I have been really missing out. Don't let anyone or any AI-written article tell you it is hardly noticable or whatever. It makes a difference! It makes the music sound a bit more live. It allows you to hear the breathiness and a lot of other details in the music. Without adding volume or distortion. It really puts these on a whole different level than without the LDAC enabled. I really am embarrassed I just found this out. How many people have bought these and returned them without ever knowing they can sound better? Now they sound, to my ears, almost as good as the newer Beats premium cans ( which are excellent IMO). More on those later...You will also want to make sure your'e music streaming is set to highest quality and ignore any warnings about data limitations or whatnot in the app.! I pay for Spotify Premium and I had to go through the menu tools and change them.So now I'll give a quick word on how the Q45s compare to a couple other cans I have owned or tried.---- Beats Studio Pro--I purchased the Beats thinking they had an app. EQ I could configure. They, of course do not have one. I was planning on returning them when I realized this. After listening to them a couple days I realized I really liked their sound signature. They sound sooo bright. Way more bright than I thought I would care for. Their sound engineers worked some magic on them. I am very sensitive to 8K fingernail on chalkboard distortion that usually comes with overly bright treble and these got none of that. I allways considered myself somewhat of a basehead before but not anymore! The lack of an app. also makes them great for non-technical people who don't want to have to spend time configuring them. They sound great right out of the gate. Bass is excellent. You just have to turn the up a little past medium for it to really kick in. To be sonically perfect I think they do need a bass-up button for lower volumes. It is in the comfort area that they fall short. Think...vice grips for the head. I can only wear for about an hour at a time. That said, I think one would get used to them if they were you're only pair. The Q45s are way more comfortable while ,now with the LDAC, are close to being on par with them in sound quality. IMO. ...Update... O.k. After doing a lot of a-b listening of the studio pro with the Q45s I gotta admit the Beats are on a bit of a different level. They are just so ultra lively and clear. Like you are the 1st or second row away from the stage whereas the Soundcore are just a few more rows away. They do this all while using the inferior SBC codec which makes me think Spotify, even at its highest streaming level, is still not good enough quality to take advantage of LDAC. Still the Soundcore are close and I think get just a hair closer when I use the wired connection. And ,of course, they are half the cost.