Hi, this is Wayne again with a topic “Soundcore Frames are Glasses You Can Hear…”.
What is this about? Oh these, clip onto this gotcha ooh, it’s kind of convincing, no k-pop! Oh right, you look like you’re a bts right now right right, right right, but i mean it’s like high-tech, i’m high-tech k-pop. Maybe i don’t know i’m here for the bts mule, i’m that 100 that’s leading off the whole video. You know you’ve seen a couple companies play in the idea of it that you’re gon na have this open sound, oh wow! This is really weird that you’re going to wear some sunglasses that are going to provide audio to you, so that your ears remain open to the universe and environment. Am i crazy, or am i crazy or am i crazy soundcore here – took it to another place because they gave you a variety of styles to choose from. I have a pretty wide head. Dual speakers, positioned above and behind each ear, are driven by a custom audio processor for a new dimension of immersive, sound okay.
So this is some hip hop. That’S a sandwich. Two mics for clear calls 5.5 hour play time top comment. Unbox therapy brought me here: ipx4 water resistance, it’s like to mimic in a way as if you had music on in the room and of course interchangeable frames is their big component. So i’m going to try on some styles and see if i can find my favorite.
Oh, that’s the look there you go. Wait, yes, we’re [ Applause, ], not welcome highway to the danger zone. There’S a variety of things, including some accessories. Here.
Those are the the important components. The actual arms which house the speakers in them. They’Ve got another set of frames that came inside this box, the tour style, so we had to throw those into the mix as well. These are like an aviator style of frame.
You can tell there’s some electronics going on some contact points in there for charging and some speaker grilles as well. This is a case. What is this? Oh wow magnetic enclosure, nice texture to it.
So this will protect your frames. I guess from getting scratched up and and whatnot whoa, it’s crazy thin cabling. Look at that.
So we can snap on. It is magnetic very slim, usb type, a termination points. I don’t know when it comes to having the fat uh the large kind of arms. Then you start to think about which style typically would have that and i’m immediately thinking this is going to look best with this style right here or like this one like somewhere in here and less so on the aviators.
But it’s a personal preference thing. It’S up to you: [ Applause, ], okay, these are the uh, the audio temples and you can tell right away there’s a little curvature to it for presumably a better fit. It’S going to wrap around your head a little bit. You can see the speaker units which are going to live right over top of your ear and then the contact points for charging are below that. Now i’m curious about this component, which is going to clip in i want to just right away reach for what i think is going to probably be my favorite of the bunch, which is this. Would you wear glasses, regularly anymore sunglasses, any glasses, glasses, almost never uh. Just like first thing in the morning when i wake up uh sunglasses in the car, normally that’s where that would be all right. So here we have a set of frames.
This is called wander style little bit of a construction to it, satisfying click. This is kind of interesting how you keep this metal piece as a connection point. These are actually it’s kind of it’s kind of convincing. I mean.
Obviously you have a speaker unit, so the arm is going to be little larger than typical sunglasses, but with this particular frame it kind of blends, is there a power button, or do these immediately go into pairing? I i don’t. Do they have a power button? Are these already do these? Just this is actually a good moment to see how this goes on so that just clips, oh, you just closed them and then that’s a tough thing to figure out like an optimal design for such things. We’Re gon na plug this in and we’re gon na. Do it completely overkill with this giant battery unit, which has actually been coming in handy around the studio? Quite a bit? We don’t need to use as many extension cables you just lug this thing over slap, your cable in and you have way more battery than you’re gon na need for a while. It’S a beast and i see a little tiny green light on each of the connectors, letting us know that we are charging up and i think that’s gon na make it immediately available on the app it just says: wear it for wear for charge for one minute And then wear it to activate it. So that’s been a minute right. Yeah that’s been close enough to a minute, then we slap it on and i i presume that slapping it on kind of powers it up and look at that sound core frames right away. I hear the speakers there’s like a startup chime connected simple, i’m ready, i’m ready.
Oh look at that frames. Battery life, there’s a privacy mode which aims to limit the amount of sound bleed. I mean there’s only so much that can be done here because the speakers are facing outward and your ear is picking up sort of the sound in this vicinity. So but anyway, the privacy mode is like it’s an eq.
That’S gon na limit, some of that transmission. Uh there’s also the default mode, which is sound core signature and then some other presets for eq acoustic bass, booster bass, reducer classical, and then you can even do a complete custom eq. If you just want to tune the sound yourself, you feel like you need more bass, it also has wear detection, so music will automatically pause when i take the shades off, which is a nice feature, let’s listen to something here, okay, so this is some hip-hop. That’S a sandwich all right now, hip-hop’s gon na be a tough one for a system like this, because it’s got.
It typically has a lot of low end. So it’s like to mimic in a way as if you had music on in the room. That’S really what it feels like like there’s just some music on somewhere, except it follows you around and it remains like it sort of maintains the same proximity, but it just feels like it’s in the space like. Oh there’s some tunes playing cool, it’s not the same type of intimacy that you’re gon na get with a pair of headphones on or even earbuds in your ear canals.
But that’s okay because, like i said, i think the real target is a new type of listening experience where you’re making that exchange for some of the benefits of still being connected without even pausing this i could just approach somebody check this move check. This move ready, uh. What was that? Oh yeah? No, i remember it’s.
Ah, it’s been tough to you know not for everybody, though everybody’s been going through the same thing. I thought that was great, [, Laughter, ] and then you just slap it back on and actually it’s better than tapping or trying to tap and find a touch point you just because it’s a natural movement anyway. I like that feature steering wheel, yeah, oh wow. This is really weird. I think i might even like this better for dialogue or like an audio book or something i could picture. Also like a baseball game.
You know you, you know some people like to listen as well. You could have something on while you’re sitting in the audience and you can kind of like almost multitask from an audio perspective, so that’s kind of an interesting experience to not be closed off now. I know there’s a lot of headphones that have put in things like transparency mode, but it’s different.
It’S not your actual ears and you’re kind of aware of that, it’s better than having nothing but having your ears fully exposed is still the most optimal scenario and feels the most like you’re actually in life, while still consuming whatever content you want. So people on the street on the bikes, people jogging people at events, hence all the names of these variety of styles. Now you know i do have to try on the festival style before we get out of here. So let’s do that as well.
It’S just a friction, fit there’s these little nubs there which fit inside and that’s all it takes and let’s go ahead and get the festival style going. Yup yup, that’s the look there. You go, i’m ready for the festival. I have no idea what i look like right now.
You look great well. I knew that. I knew that much should we do one more all right. Let’S do uh take your pick point which, which other one this one really yeah.
I want to see what it looks with a skinny frame. Skinny frame you mean if somebody wanted to wear it like without shades. This is promenade style, no k-pop! Oh right, you look like you’re a bts right now right right, right, right, yeah, but i mean it’s like high-tech, i’m high-tech k-pop. Maybe i don’t know i’m here for the bts mule, i’m that 100 that’s leading off the whole video. No, it’s actually wrong because it’s weird here, isn’t it yeah? Yes, we’re here for the bts for the bts move. Now then, i’m just gon na go simple for the bgs reveal whoa.
He is very uber driver for the or matrix matrix or serial killer, [ Laughter, ] who’s. Fooling now, i’m ready for uh. What is it it’s uh yeah, but what? What is the danger zone yeah? What is the line before the danger zone? Welcome to the welcome.
Welcome to the danger it’s in the breath, late 80s early 90s was in the it was in there somewhere it’s difficult highway, not welcome highway to the danger zone. Am i crazy, or am i crazy, or am i crazy? No, it’s not highway highway to the danger zone way it’s highway! To the i don’t know. I mean the dude made a song.
What you always it’s welcome for sure. No, it’s highway to the danger zone! Oh shoot! It’S revving up your engine, listen dear howling, raw metal, undetentious about like cars. It’S about. I thought it was about planes.
What do you mean? I mean top gun is about planes but heading into twilight. I mean, i don’t remember the pace of the verse, but the chorus danger zone i’ll. Take you right into the danger zone dude. I could do this.
You look like a dad like an old man, i’m telling you man, these are uber driver glasses. These are dad glasses right now, you’re here. What is this? How are you having lyrics like this? It’S apple music. This is like ready for karaoke, but what about my look how’s, my look.
Uber driver, [, Laughter, ], all right. Let’S, let’s get you a shot all right, this is my look. Are you ready for this hold on i’m going with the kurt cobain grandma style? Oh, that’s, really, weird! It almost comes out of nowhere. Yo, i’m actually about it. It really matches your uh flannel. So i think we’re about to see the music.
The music is so weird like it comes. It just comes out of nowhere. It’S coming out. I it feels like it’s coming from inside my mind, i’m going insane, oh my god, what the f! What’S? What am i doing over here and that’s pretty cool you feel like you’re in your own music, video yeah, i felt like i was shooting music video. These are the willy. Do.
Music festival frames throw those boys on oh wow, there’s a sound. That just elsa is that elsa, no, it’s moana, it was really nice at the beginning. I think it’s a look. I think it’s a look.
What do you think you know what ben i don’t mind it you, like the look, i’m totally cool with this. I don’t mind wearing this, he’s got it all right. There you go, but you got ta, nobody drops glasses and then stares at them. I do .