Phiaton PPU-BN0600BK01 900 Legacy Bluetooth On-Ear Headphones with Microphone, Digital Hybrid Noise-Canceling, Black, PPU-BN0600BK01

Sound quality: 9/10Comfort: 10/10Build quality: 10/10Battery life: 9+/10 (after a week I still haven’t run out of battery yet!)Comparison models: a quick comparison list of headphones I’m comparing these to.Bluetooth features: 10/10Sound quality. These headphones have a bit of a slant towards bass. Not a boomy bass but a more rich bass response than I anticipated. One of my big concerns with any headphones is distortion. I work in video production and motion graphics, I spend a good 40% of my workflow dealing with audio in some fashion on my timelines. I also come from a strong audio editing background—working in recording studios, broadcast radio stations, and playing in several bands on instruments. I play bass and I absolutely the fidelity of these headphones so far. The bass is rich and much more true to the way it sounds without having headphones on. I think I most enjoy the listening experience on these headphones with noise cancelling turned OFF. Why, I think I just like being able to hear things around me when listening to music—makes me feel more like I’m in a band playing rather than recording in a studio that is dead quiet.Now let’s talk about comfort. These are pretty good sized headphones. They are comfortable to wear. They do get warm but not as hot as other (very well known) brands. After working in studios where the headphones had to come off after every take, these are a welcome change. I can leave these on for quite a while and not get uncomfortable. An hour is pretty easy. I usually don’t leave them on that long because I go a little nuts when I’m editing and like to take frequent ear and eye breaks… regardless they are comfortable. 

Build quality. These feel like they will last a while. I really can’t give much of an assessment on the length of time these things will last until I use them for a long enough time. My only assessment here is on perceived quality and the way they feel and the materials used. Carbon fiber should last for a long time. The carbon fiber also has the added benefit of really making these things look better than other products at a similar price point.Battery life. At this point I feel like I should talk about the battery life. I know that the advertising for these is a 43hrs battery life. All I know is that you get the cord that comes with the headphones and use a standard power block to charge them up. It’s been a solid week so far and I’ve not had to recharge them at all. Also, I discovered something interesting, the literature talks about using the AUX cable (supplied) to listen to music with noise cancelling turned on giving about 52hrs of battery time. I used the Aux cable and never even turned the headphones on for a while. In theory they shouldn’t be using any battery when not turned on, right? I would *guess* that these are able to be used as “passive” headphones indefinitely. They sound great in this mode, by the way, and as I’ve already said is my favorite mode to use these headphones. To be completely transparent here, I plan on coming back to this review every 6 months or so to make assessments of the battery life itself.Comparison models: Audio Technica ATH-M50x (proprietary cord=boo! ;reliability=great; comfort=5/10)Audio Technica ATH-R70x (proprietary cord=boo! ; reliability=awesome!; comfort=8/10; a great set of headphones but you have to pay an additional $100) 
AKG K371 (build quality=5/10; isolation=meh; sound leaks on these things; these things begin to fall apart after a year or of use)Beyerdynamic DT1770 (Sound quality=10; build quality=9/10; Price point is $450 and up though)Hands down the Phiaton 900 legacy headphones are the way to go at this price point!Bluetooth features. After using these things for a while I stumbled upon something that I missed when reading the illustrations that came with it. They are touch controlled. The right side outer surface allows you to turn up what you are hearing with a simple swipe up. Double tap to pause. Swipe forward to go to the next song and swipe back to restart that song you are on. Kinda cool. I use the volume up and down on the side all of the time because… well I don’t know—habit.Pairing with a device is super easy. Simply put it in the pairing mode and then find it on your device—done.These are set up for accepting phone calls too. In case you are wondering these are really just headphones, but there are microphones on the headset that are (technically) there for the noise reduction to work. [The mics pick up the sound around you that need to be reduced and when the noise reduction is turned on, you get a very nice result.] They basically are using those to work as the mics that pick up your voice. In my tests they work great with my iPhone (Xr) and my iPad (ver 3), and my MacBook Pro (2019). They don’t work with Zoom on my (2013 MacPro). I think it’s probably because the bluetooth is too old on that computer for whatever version of bluetooth these headphones are using. You can hear the zoom calls really well with them; but, I can’t get the mic to work as an input on that computer. So, you might consider how old your bluetooth devices is that you plan on using with these.Bluetooth signal. I’m impressed with these things. I haven’t lost the signal at all in my normal day to day activities. I can go out side with them and continue my conversations without taking my phone with me. I can listen to music while going to check the mail or get something out of my car or whatever, I’m impressed with the range I get out of them.All in all, I feel that these are a great set of headphones.

I use these headphones for everything, and will talk about how this is PERFECT for all of them. It has great sound quality, best noise cancelling I've experienced, and easy to use for every occasion.1) NOISE CANCELLING: As many are, I work from home. My kids are in virtual school, and they are not very quiet. I have multiple zoom calls going on around the house, piano lessons, remote physical education, and the noise traffic is quite high. Even if I close my door, I hear foot steps, voices, kids fighting, running around. This was one of the main reasons why I purchased noise cancelling headphones. These block out noise VERY WELL, much better than a Bose I used to have. I am able to once again focus on my work - I put on a little piano/classical music and push the noise cancel button, and I am in the zone. It's AWESOME.2) PHONE CAPABILITY: These are perfect for my conference calls, and these work seamlessly. Voices are clear, while people have no issues hearing me also. One thing that is really interesting is a lot of over the ear noise cancelling headphones that I've used in the past would make my voice echo in my ear when I talked. With these headphones, I don't get this effect with these headphones and I sound natural to me and in my ear. Hence, why I use these for conference calls.3) Streaming/Gaming/Music: Sound quality is great. I like to crank it up especially for movies and games, and no distortion and the clarity persists to quite high volumes. The bass is strong, but it's not the cheap bass you get from other headphones, it's deep, powerful, and refined. Voices and dialogue in movies is extremely clear, and the actions scenes also feel very powerful.4) EASY/INTUITIVE: These are very intuitive and easy to use, right out of the box. Pairing is easy, just hold down a button and it pairs. You can pair it to multiple devices and switch seamlessly. Controls are super intuitive, kind of like the feeling you got when you first swiped on an iPhone. They have touch controls on the ear covers. Tap for play, tap for stop, up for volume up, down for volume down. Two other buttons, one is power and the other is NC. Nothing else you need. When you take them off, the video/music pauses automatically.5) BATTERY POWER: The downfall of Bluetooth headphones is the inevitable moment when you forgot to charge and battery is drained. This has you covered both ways. 43 hours battery time is real, and even if you did forget, a 10 minute charge gets you 4 hours!6) COMFORT: I have had other brands like Beats and Bose, and after some time my ears hurt (like the physical ear). These do not hurt and feel weightless on my head, even when I have these on for more than 9 hours a day. Really great design. Premium materials, carbon fiber look, great carrying case that is solid to protect.