Mpow H19 IPO ANC Wireless Headphones
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This active noise cancelling headset from Mpow was discounted down from £45 to just £30 and at that price is one of the cheapest ANC headsets I have yet tried, but is it any good?.
Inside the attractive and well designed box was the headset itself, a soft carry bag, USB Charging Cable, audio cable, and User Guide. The User Guide is well written and easy to read. I attach a scan of it to my unboxing video
The headphones feel lightweight but well made and robust and are of the n over-ear type. The headset looks good with an attractive black silk finish to the body and what looks like PU leather for the headband and earcups. The padding is good but not luxurious. The build quality seems fine to me with no sign of the padding on the band working loose, poor stitching, visible wires or weak joints – all elements that have failed on similar headsets I have owned in the past. There is nothing to make me suppose that the headset is not well made or that it will fail anytime soon.
The Active Noise Cancellation, as with all such headsets is better described as Active Noise Reduction, works very effectively for sustained low pitch noises – traffic, road roar, engines, – rather than for sudden high pitched noises but in general, makes a big difference. The music reproduction changes when ANC is turned on but not necessarily for the worse, it is a matter of taste. The headset can also be used as normal earphones and an audio cable is provided for this purpose. There is a marked increase in audio quality when the ANC button is pressed.
The simple control buttons are easy to find and identify by touch and by sight. There is the usual track/volume and multifunction buttons to control audio and phone operations on one earcup and an On/Off switch for the noise reduction feature on the other. The buttons are large, not recessed and this makes them easy to use by feel and for me, this is a big plus.
Bluetooth Pairing simple enough and achieved in the usual way by depressing the Multi-function/Power button for several seconds. The connection is indicated by the usual Red/Blue flashing LED with English language audio prompts. Once paired I found the connection to be stable and strong due perhaps to the use of the new QCC3003 Bluetooth 5 chip.
The 500mAh Battery life seems fine to me and I have no reason to doubt the claimed 35 hours of music time from a two-hour charge. The headset also has a fast charge feature which gives you two hours of music from a ten minute charge.
This headset is lacking a few features now often found even on budget headsets these days. The is no FM radio, SD card slot, AptX codec or NFC pairing option. The only non-standard feature is support for the relatively new CVC 8.0 noise suppression technology for the built-in microphone.
This is not an expensive headset but I was very happy indeed with the audio quality. The bass is good, clean, smooth and distortion free. Mid tones are clear and detailed and very easy to listen to. The sound quality of this headset has to be one of the main selling points bearing in mind the price. The audio quality is excellent, by no means the best I have ever listened to but good enough to warrant buying the headset for that feature alone at £30.
The headset is well made, comfortable, lightweight and easy to wear even for extended listening sessions and with decent sound quality too. It is a pity there was no SD card slot or radio but I wonder how many people would actually use them? Nevertheless, the excellent audio reproduction, ANC and good build quality make this a great buy for the price asked.
The Good
Great Price
Attractive Looks
Good Audio Quality
Easy Access Controls
Good build quality
Comfortable to wear
Microphone
Bluetooth 45.0
Carry Bag
The Bad
No NFC
No SD card
No Radio
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