Jabra Elite 65T
Perhaps the most futuristic looking of the group, the Jabra Elite 65t earbuds o er fuss-free pairing and strong connection strength. These are advertised as o ering “conversations as good as music”, but we really think it should be the other way around, given Jabra’s heritage in headsets and speaker phones.
While the Elite 65t earbuds don’t o er active noise cancelling, they do o er wind noise reduction and pretty good passive noise isolation that you can adjust by way of the Jabra app on your phone. This works by way of addition in the sense that you can choose to have more ambient noise fed in for better awareness thanks to microphones on the earbuds. Jabra calls this HearThrough, and four modes are available via the Jabra app – Standard (with settings you can tweak), Commute (with HearThrough at 50% to hear announcements), Focus, and Relax. Both of the latter modes work to keep out as much of the surrounding sound as possible, though the headset will pause music from the headset to allow you to fully focus if you enable HearThrough.
Connection strength on the Elite 65t earbuds was de nitely one of the strongest of the group, as the earbuds stayed connected throughout; though we did encounter odd bits of interference noise from the left earbud. In terms of battery life, the earbuds o er up to ve hours of listening on a single charge with an additional ten hours from the carrying case. They also have a quick charge feature so just 15 minutes in the case will give you up to 1.5 hours of listening.
In terms of audio performance, the earbuds serve up a rich midrange with nice highs and a slightly dry bass. Rebecca Pidgeon’s vocals are sweet and haunting on a recording of Spanish Harlem. Shifting to a more epic piece like November Rain by Guns N’ Roses further confirms the imaging capabilities of the earbuds, as they place Slash’s vocals well forward of the instrumental madness that goes on during the solo portion of the track. Meanwhile, faster moving pieces like Jamiroquai’s Love Foolosophy are handled well, with the earbuds easily managing the pace, injecting the needed energy to get you moving.
Nice sleek design. Good passive noise isolation.
Occasionally get interference noise in the le4 earbud.