Bragi Dash Pro
The Bragi Dash Pro takes over from The Dash as the premium model in Bragi’s lineup. It follows largely the same formula in terms of design for both the headset and the carrying case, but boasts improved Bluetooth quality and better battery life. These now give you up to ve hours playback on a single charge, so together with the ve charges provided by the carrying case gives you a total of 30 hours of playtime at a go; good for more than a full day’s worth of listening.
It comes with an onboard media player with 4GB of memory so you can use the headphones on a standalone basis, and we found this to o er the best performance in terms of having a steady connection. However, you’ll be limited to linear control of your playlist (i.e. jumping forwards or backwards one track at a time) as there’s no way to see the entire set of tracks this way; not even via the app. The new Dash Pro also o ers up a Virtual 4D Menu – which lets you literally use your head to call up and navigate a menu of commonly used functions.
Activating the menu requires you to look down till you hear a tone, then forward, and nally up again till you hear another tone. Turning your head left or right takes you through the various menu options, and then you have to look down till you hear a tone to select it. This works pretty well in practice, but given how much of a range of motion you have to go through to activate it, we doubt most people will use it in public.
Audio performance is at about the same level as the previous model, with a shift in audio signature away from the lower ranges for better performance in the highs. Naturalness is a strength with these earbuds, as they did best on live recordings like Eric Clapton’s rendition of Layla for his Unplugged album. This piece is headlined by Clapton on guitar and Chuck Leavell on piano with extensive solos for both, and the earbuds did a good job of rendering both instruments cleanly. Bass is a little dry even for true wireless headphones though, so you may nd yourself left a little wanting on rock pieces.
Good battery life. Good performance in mids and highs.
Expensive relative to the competion.