I’ve written many reviews on bluetooth headphones and earbuds. I’m a serial bluetooth collector, always searching for “the one bluetooth to rule them all!” (I own and/or have bought well over a hundred bluetooth headphones including, Samsung Galaxy Buds Pro – 2 sets!, Galaxy Buds Live – my overall favorites but not perfect, Apple Airpods Pro – great sound but I’m not an Apple fanboy, Shure Aonic TW2 – my second favorite but with issues, and the list goes on and on…) Like I said, I’m a serial bluetooth headphones collector. The ones I mention here were all $199 – $250 when I originally bought them, so I do know good BT earbuds when I see them.
The curiosly named WUYI Q61 earbuds are great for the price (sub $25 – $35)! The minute I got them I did what I always do. I immediately compared them to other great, inexpensive BT headphones, as well as to the more expensive I have in my collection. In this comparison I used on the hight end the Samsung Galaxy Buds Live (again, probably my all around favorites but not perfect) and on the low end the EKKIE BE1039 headphones that are very similar to the Q61’s.
The Q61’s are feature-rich, especially for the low price. The battery life is excellent – nearly all day depending on use. The touch controls are not only excellent but totally useful in terms of control (similar to the touch contols of the much more expensive Samsung earbuds). The IPX7 waterproof rating is great. The form factor and comfort are also very good. Fit and comfort are subjective but I personally love the behind the ear earhooks (like the much more expensive Shure AonicTW2’s). The charging case is one of the very best in this price range ever. The case is small-ish, charges fast, has two charge displays for the case and each headphone and gives a rated 40 hrs of additional charging. Then bluetooth 5.3 which is the latest tech in bluetooth. All very good at this price!
Here’s my gripe with these BT earbuds. I really wanted to love these, but the sound for me was a 4 out of 5. Not at all bad, but not fantastic. And the number one most important feature is sound quality. Quality sound for music, podcasts and phone calls. For music is where they fall a little short. Again, good but not great, and when it comes to sound if it’s not great it can become taxing to listen to music for long periods of time with ear/listening fatigue. The bass is there, just not super tight. The highs are also there, just not much sound separation from the low, mid and high frequencies. Even compared to my similarly priced EKKIE (also bought on Amazon for about the same price), the EKKIE’s sound separation is noticeably better, much better for me, in the lows, highs and mids. I see many of the reviews stating that the sound is “amazing”. Well, like fit, sound is very personal and subjective too. For me the sound was the one and only shortcoming of these otherwise 5/5 headphones.
4/5 is a great BT earbud, TW headpones, and again for the sub $35 price. And with all these functional features, these earbuds border on being a steal!
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