True wireless headphones have become one of the indispensable equipment in people's daily life, such as on the commute by bus and subway, they will wear wireless headphones to listen to music or listen to books, but the cluttered environmental noise will obviously affect the quality of listening, at this time wireless headphones are required to support active noise reduction function, filter out the noise of the external environment, and create a relatively quiet listening space. Lenovo recently launched TC550 noise-canceling wireless headphones, support ANC active noise reduction function, noise reduction depth up to -25dB, built-in 10mm large-size dynamic unit, and has a good wearing comfort, let's talk about the actual experience of this wireless headphones.
The outer packaging box is white as the main color, the accessories inside the box are securely fixed, in addition to Lenovo TC550 noise reduction wireless headphones, there is also a USB-C charging cable, an instruction manual, and four pairs of silicone ear caps of different sizes, wireless headphones currently only have a color version of Storm Black.
Counting the silicone ear caps that have been assembled on the wireless earphones, a total of five pairs of silicone ear caps can be replaced, the choice of ear caps will directly affect the wireless headset wearing experience and noise reduction effect, after all, different users of the ear canal size is not the same, if the choice of too small ear cap can not fill the ear canal, to a certain extent will weaken the physical sound insulation effect.
The shell shape design of the charging case is quite calm and simple, placed on the desktop or held in the hand is not obtrusive, the whole uses black and gray double color, the upper cover is a black glossy design, the bright surface feels warm but simple will stain fingerprints, so you need to wipe the clean surface from time to time, the middle is printed with the Lenovo logo, the effect of the glossy polishing process, the lower cover is designed with a gray matte surface.
There are no complex lines or contours on the shell, the details are meticulous and there is no roughness, the edges of each connection surface are rounded instead of right-angled, making it quite comfortable to hold, four white status indicators are designed on the front to show the current power level and charging status, and a USB-C power input interface is designed on the back.
The charging case also supports Qi standard wireless charging function, supports 2.5W charging power, can completely get rid of the shackles of the cable to achieve charging at any time, there happens to be a mouse pad that supports wireless charging function, the charging compartment is placed in the wireless charging area of the mouse pad, the charging indicator light turns red, the indicator light of the charging compartment flashes, which means that the charging compartment is in a wireless charging state.
The size of the charging case body is 27×46×64mm, the weight is 46 grams, with a light weight and small volume, the charging case adopts a magnetic clamshell design, supports the function of opening the lid, and there is a reset button designed inside, if you press and hold for two seconds to clear the connection and pairing record of the earphone and the mobile phone, the earphone needs to be placed in the charging case to take effect.
A single wireless earphone has a built-in lithium battery with a capacity of 45mAh, and the battery life is about six hours when the active noise reduction state is turned off, and the lithium battery capacity built into the charging case is 450mAh, in the case of the two cooperation, the total battery life can reach thirty hours, if the active noise reduction mode is enabled, the battery life will be shortened accordingly, basically do not consider the problem of battery life.
Lenovo TC550 noise reduction wireless headphones use in-ear structure design, the earphone shell is made of plastic material, the overall color is black, the outside of the earphone handle adopts a smooth and shiny design, and the inner surface is covered with comfortable skin-friendly material, this detail treatment can be described as very intimate, fingers touch with a fine matte texture, after wearing the ears will not feel cold.
A single wireless headset weighs about 4.8g, and supports IPX4 level dustproof and waterproof function, for daily sports wear will not have any impact at all, this Lenovo TC550 noise reduction wireless headphones built-in 10mm full-range driver unit, using NdFeB permanent magnet with polymer composite diaphragm, large size unit can bring better transient response and fuller low-frequency performance, actual sound quality and hearing and so on to share.
Wireless headphones are not equipped with exclusive applications, only through the outside of the fuselage for the touch interaction module to achieve control, fingers only need to touch the surface to control, through click double-click long press and other different ways to achieve a variety of interactive control, such as track switching, answering and hanging up calls, wake up voice assistant and noise reduction mode switching and other operations, commonly used operations can basically be realized.
Wireless headset support Bluetooth 5.3 connection technology, lower transmission delay when connected with mobile phones and tablets and other devices, stable connection with mobile phones within a distance of ten meters, and better performance in energy consumption, extend the battery life of wireless headsets, and support AAC and SBC two Bluetooth codecs, in the game scenario preferred AAC, sound delay will be lower.
Lenovo TC550 noise reduction wireless headphones support ANC active noise reduction technology, noise reduction depth up to 25dB, this noise reduction level is decent, if you need to turn off noise reduction or switch mode, can be achieved by long pressing the touch button, when the next time the headset is turned on automatically switch the corresponding mode, wireless headphones provide active noise reduction and transparent transmission mode, the specific actual noise reduction effect will be discussed below.
Active noise cancellation will detect the external environmental sound in real time, and cancel the external noise by reverse sound waves, wireless headphones also support transparent transmission mode, similar to the common transparency mode, can not take off the headphones, or pause the song playback, you can also hear the voice of the people around you and the external environment sound, in the outdoor cycling scene is particularly convenient.
Because individuals are very concerned about the wearing comfort of wireless headphones, it will directly affect whether they will carry headphones out for use daily, this Lenovo TC550 noise reduction wireless headphones actually wear a pretty good feeling, the shape design and the outline of the ear canal have a good fit, their own light weight and no sense of weight, equipped with different sizes of ear caps to choose from, can easily adapt to different users,
The shell of the wireless headset is covered with skin-friendly material, which increases the skin friction coefficient to improve the wearing stability, reduces the sliding displacement of the headset, and the slight shake of the head does not have the shaky feeling, which can cope with sports such as walking or cycling, of course, it is not recommended to wear the headset to perform more intense sports such as jumping.
Wireless headphones built-in three EQ modes, namely bass mode, midrange mode and three-band equalization mode, can be switched according to different use scenarios, although there is no corresponding voice prompt when switching EQ mode, but the difference in sound playback effect between different modes is more obvious, as long as you listen carefully, you can identify which mode is currently located.
Next, let's talk about the actual sound quality of wireless headphones, this experience chooses three-band equalization mode, the sound balance is natural and has a wider sense of space, the resolution is medium to high, the sense of low frequency volume is moderate and the dive is general, the mid-frequency vocals are more clean and accurate, the sound restoration is good, the high frequency is brighter and resistant and not harsh, which is quite suitable for listening to popular style songs, as for liking low-frequency electronic tone style, you can cooperate with EQ mode to enhance the low-frequency effect.
The experience of wireless headsets in the actual game is still very good, although there is a slight sound delay, within the acceptable range, but it will not affect the effect of listening position, the footsteps and other environmental sounds in the game can be transmitted to the ears in time, and the game can be switched to the bass mode to enhance the feedback of various sound effects such as footsteps and vehicle sounds in the game.
In terms of the actual active noise reduction effect, from the 25dB noise reduction depth value is indeed not high, but the in-ear structure has passive noise reduction ability, in the wearing has blocked part of the external noise into the ear canal, when the wireless headphones enable the active noise reduction function, most of the external noise is filtered out, such as the low-frequency noise emitted by the car can be well eliminated, there is no ear pressure feeling in the active noise reduction mode, which is worth giving a thumbs up, officially said that this is called comfortable noise reduction, in order to pursue noise reduction comfort, Do deep customization in noise reduction, rather than blindly pursuing noise reduction depth, to avoid bringing uncomfortable ear pressure.
If you are riding on the side of the road or running on the side of the road, it is recommended to switch to the transparent mode, although it will affect the listening quality and reduce the sound details, but in the transparent mode through the sound to know the general situation of the surrounding environment, such as human voices and car sounds, it will be relatively safer.
Overall Review:
Lenovo TC550 noise reduction wireless headphones with in-ear shape design, cavity and ear contour fit is high, lightweight body surface covered with skin-friendly rubber material, to reduce the discomfort when wearing, so that it has a good wearing comfort and stability, but also has IPX4 dustproof and waterproof ability, can cope with general sports scenes, wireless headphones support ANC active noise reduction function, noise reduction depth is -25dB, the overall noise reduction effect is not very prominent, but in the anti-wind noise and low-frequency noise effect is good, The tire noise engine sound of the car has been significantly weakened, which can create a quieter listening environment, whether it is traveling and commuting or even sports, the actual noise reduction experience is good, and it also supports transparent transmission mode to cope with different use scenarios, and the concept of comfortable noise reduction reflects the design concept of experience over parameters.
Wireless headphones have a single battery life of about six hours, with the charging case comprehensive battery life up to thirty hours, and support wireless charging function, get rid of cable restrictions and charge with more convenient, do not worry about battery life, in general, this wireless headphones can be comprehensive, whether from the appearance design, sound quality, noise reduction effect or game delay and other aspects can be comprehensive, highlights and features are not many but there are no obvious shortcomings, to meet the diverse needs of various scenarios is not a problem.
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