Kicker-Feiao EH3 NC Wireless Noise Reduction Headset Evaluation

One minute to learn about EH3 NC

reference price: 998 yuan (the recent average online price is 878 yuan)

tuning style: the sound is neutral, relatively transparent and clean, the human voice is thin, the sound field is good, the high frequency is strong but hard, the slight residual sound and cave sound, after the noise reduction is turned on, the whole becomes stuffy.

is suitable for music types: female voice, string music.

wearing comfort:/Good/Average/Poor

workmanship level:/Good/Average/Poor

sound insulation effect: excellent/Good/Normal/Poor

stethoscope effect:/mild/normal/severe

Bluetooth support: SBC, AAC, APTX, APTX, HD, APTX LL, LDAC

noise reduction performance: excellent//Normal/Poor

Endurance: measured for about 47 hours (when the active noise reduction function is turned off)

sound quality score

scores of various qualities

Evaluation text

, the two largest red seas in the earphone market are undoubtedly wireless noise reduction headphones and TWS headphones. The mountains that cannot be bypassed in TWS headphones are APPLE's AIRPODS series, while there are two mountains that cannot be bypassed in wireless noise reduction headphones, one is called "SONY" and the other is called "BOSE". Although challengers have been constantly coming, the two bosses are still unchanged, today, a new sect came to them, named "Feiao", and the players sent out were called "EH3 NC".

Optional color matching

The EH3 NC has only one color.

EH3 NC is still Feiao's low-key and simple route in recent years.

accessories include:

1. One 3.5MM headphone cord.

2. One portable leather storage bag has a good texture and is pressure-resistant and waterproof.

3. One charging line for USB-C interface.

storage bag to prevent the earphone cavity from rubbing against each other. I have never worried about these details.

EH3 NC is a wireless noise reduction head-mounted moving coil earphone with a unit diameter of 45MM. The diaphragm material is made of strong magnetic double-sided titanium-plated diaphragm, 32 ohm impedance and 98DB sensitivity. The Bluetooth decoding chip adopts high-pass CSR8675, is equipped with Bluetooth version 5.0, and supports SBC/AAC/APTX/APTX HD/APTX LL/LDAC. EH3 NC has taken a relatively safe route in appearance design, with a stable and low-key overall and a business style. Most of the earphones are made of plastic and lightweight. If the plastic material is used on the premise of ensuring texture and quality, it is obviously helpful to improve the wearing experience. EH3 NC is still a proud standard in terms of workmanship, so there is no need to worry.

earphone is stretched, the scale feeling is obvious and smooth. The addition of the stretching scale indication is actually very necessary for the use of the headset, and Feiao did not drop it. However, the author personally believes that it would be better if stepless stretching can be used while controlling the damping size. When the company used EH3 NC, the author had a little sister to try it out, there is a problem that the author has never encountered before, that is, when she wears the scale at 2, she feels the cavity position is low, and when the scale is at 1, she feels the cavity position is high again (laughing and crying manually).

EH3 NC adopts a two-way rotating shaft design, so that the earphone can be rotated and folded for storage, thus compressing the space required for storage and making it more portable.

The thickness of the leather head beam of EH3 NC can be seen visually from the above figure, which is relatively thick among the headphones evaluated by the studio.

function operation, EH3 NC all uses push-button operation. In this respect, the author prefers touch operation, but Muhiko is more inclined to push-button operation, and there is no difference between the two.

Function buttons, 3.5MM headphone jack, noise reduction button and power button are distributed at the bottom of the right cavity of EH3 NC. There is only one TYPE-C interface at the bottom of the left cavity, which is highly praised! The addition of TYPE-C interface not only has better adaptability, but also can do USB digital audio decoding when using computer.

In addition, I would like to remind you that if you use your mobile phone to control the volume adjustment, even one grid will change greatly. It is recommended to use the headset volume key to adjust, and the change will be much smaller.

For more information about the key operation functions of EH3 NC, see the above figure.

EH3 NC cavity adopts 2.5D glass panel and the overall structure cover made of carbon fiber texture is the key point to improve the texture of EH3 NC. From this angle, five power indicator lights can be seen, showing bright blue lights during work. To be honest, although Feiao intends to improve the texture of these blue lights, the actual experience still feels that the overall texture of headphones is lowered a little, but if you don't like it, it can be closed through APP, which is more humanized.

EH3 NC also supports NFC function, and the touch area is also located in the panel, which makes listening to songs convenient, efficient and fast.

earphones can be rotated and laid flat, with left and right marks printed on the inside of the earpads. The earpads are of detachable design and are equipped with protein cortex earmuffs as standard. At the same time, mesh earmuffs can be purchased, which will be better in terms of air permeability.

In addition, you can use "Feiao Music APP" to control EH3 NC and realize EQ adjustment and other functions.

wearing feeling

EH3 NC is 293g g. In the wireless headset, the weight is well controlled. The softness of EH3 NC's ear pad, internal space and head beam are all very good, and the headset does not tightly hold the glasses. The wearing comfort of EH3 NC is in the first echelon of the wireless headset evaluated by the studio.

noise reduction effect, endurance and connection stability

The active noise reduction effect of EH3 NC is still good, but compared with SONY and BOSE, Feiao still feels slightly worse in this respect.

EH3 NC is equipped with a large-capacity battery at the time of 1000 mA. The official publicity is that when the noise reduction is turned off, the battery life can reach about 50 hours, and the battery life can reach 30 hours when the noise reduction is turned on. The standby time is as long as 1000 hours, that is, nearly one and a half months. The studio took ZX100 and the mobile phone alternately and continuously tested at the weekend, and finally the earphone,is very good.

EH3 NC is about 2.5 hours, which is not short, but it is normal. After all, the battery capacity is relatively large.

EH3 NC has excellent Bluetooth connection stability and no disconnection.

there is almost no delay when watching video.

Live Wear Display

sound quality evaluation

: The sound quality evaluation part is based on the basic quality of headphones. Due to individual differences among listeners, the following contents are for reference only.

scoring system: Considering the different front ends held by our friends, we selected the front ends of the four price levels (refer to the price at the end of the article) to score separately and make a concise and intuitive review of listening. Each attribute score of the earphone is scored by referring to a number of earphones of the same grade as the tested earphone. As the listening feeling is briefly evaluated as a written description, there is a situation that cannot be accurately described. The official suggestion of selecting earphones is to use the earphone score as the main listening feeling comment as a supplement for reference. The words used in the listening feeling comment are all compared with the same grade. By default, earplugs use standard ordinary silicone sleeves. Without special indication, the front end uses low gain mode by default.

special circumstances

This evaluation is based on the EH3 NC noise reduction and shutdown status.

evaluation equipment

Front end: iPhone SE

Audio format: AAC 256kps

Evaluation Track

Popular: Jiangnan-Lin Junjie, Kite-Stefanie Sun, Ferry-Cai Qin

Rock: Sunburn-Muse

String: Carmen Fantasia-Mutter

Symphony: Voltava River-Kuberic

audition tracks include popular male voices, female voices, rock music, small orchestration strings, and large orchestration symphonies, which basically cover most of the daily music types. You can test the headphones and players for high frequency (the high-pitched part of the sound) and low frequency (The bass part of the sound such as drums), human voice, and analysis (the ability to restore the sound, it is equivalent to the resolution of the image), the sound field (the sense of space of the sound) and the positioning, the degree of separation (different sound mixing, the higher the degree of separation, the better the performance level, and vice versa) and other main properties.

Listening

high frequency:is bright at high frequency, with a little residual noise, and the line feeling is relatively clear and thin. The whole is hard, with slight burr feeling, strength and speed feeling.

vocals:the voice is generally young and thin. At this price, the author thinks it is quite good, clear and discernible, and the sense of mouth is relatively clear. Female voice has a certain texture, but male voice is relatively not so resistant to listening, and the whole is slightly less smooth, with slight dental sounds and cave sounds.

Low frequency:low frequency is moderate, the atmosphere is average, and many of them are not as good as the head. The low frequency texture is not bad, and the dive is average. Fortunately, the rebound speed is relatively fast.

Analysis:performance is average, which is the normal level in wireless headphones at this price.

sound field and degree of separation:sound field is not bad. Compared with earplugs at the same price, it is obviously larger. From the perspective of wireless headphones at the same price, it is also good. It is still horizontal and shallow, with obvious sense of encirclement and separation.

Other aspects:sound is relatively neutral as a whole, looks relatively clean, has average density, and its dynamic transient performance is relatively normal, which is basically expected.

Noise reduction is enabled:as a whole will become warmer and mushy, and the sound quality will decline in all aspects.

overall evaluation

EH3 NC gives the author a good overall feeling of use, with good quality, stable use, long endurance and good noise reduction effect. In terms of sound quality, the so-called "aside from price, sound quality is a hooligan". As a wireless noise reduction headset with an actual starting price of less than 900 yuan, EH3 NC is still very good, and the tuning trend has certain HIFI characteristics, I believe that non-enthusiasts will still feel that they are different from ordinary popular voices. Of course, from a strict point of view, there are still hard injuries, but these hard injuries are not enough to affect the author's definition of it as a bad headset.

EH3 NC's positioning and pricing strategy is actually quite smart, avoiding the main battlefield of foreign big brands fighting, and the price is more grounded. For consumers, it is not a product with "insufficient budget and compromise and downshift", but more like a product with "my positioning is within 1,000 yuan, and I try to do well in all aspects.

author:pear flower

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