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[EDIT REVIEW 5/5]
I am going to leave the original review up as a record of what happened, but I just wanted to let everyone know that Anker Zolo contacted me and went above and beyond in communication and support on this issue. They ended up expediting me a new pair of Liberty+ to make up for the problems I was getting with my liberty+ and also the issues with my original Liberty. I can now confidently say that Anker is a good company and will take care of you 100% in the case of defect or failure. I have never had a company so willing to go out of their way to make things right like anger did. That being said, I still recommend the Liberty+ over the original Liberty due to, in my experience, better connectivity, audio quality, and feature set. Me and my friends mentioned below all ended up using the transparent audio feature WAY more than we thought we would at the gym. It allowed us to clearly hear people talking and noises around us while still being able to enjoy music.
After my experience I have to say, even with the issues I personally had, my Liberty+ are my go to pair of headphones on ALL occasions now, and they are without a doubt the best sounding, the most comfortable, and the most useful pair of wireless headphones I have ever purchased. I now highly recommend you give them a shot!
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[ ORIGINAL REVIEW 1/5 ]
A Great Idea You Should Stay Away From!
A few days ago I purchased the ZOLO Liberty headphones for working out, and for the first 24Hrs I was amazed. The packaging, build quality, sound quality, and call quality were amazing. These things sound great, and I physically COULD NOT get them to fall out no matter how much jumping around or how hard I shook my head. These things weren't going anywhere. I loved them so much for the first 24Hrs I recommended them to two of my friends who each placed an order for a set of their own. Now you might be asking yourself at this point, why is this a 1 star review if they were so amazing?
24Hrs later... The left ear bud started cutting out. I thought maybe the reset would fix it, but to no avail. I tried charging them all the way up, draining them all the way, doing the reset procedure in the manual which specifically talks about this problem, AND I tried syncing on another iPhone. The problem got so bad, they started cutting out 4-5 times per SONG. Then things got worse, the left ear started cutting out and then a few seconds later, both buds would disconnect and then 4-5 seconds later reconnect. I had to rush to my friends and have them cancel their orders before they wasted their money.
I contacted the ZOLO support number included in the box, and they were very helpful and arranged for this pair which they believe to be a defect, and a rare occurrence ( despite many reviews with the same issue on both amazon and youtube review channels ) to be returned but said I would be better off ordering a replacement through amazon so I could get a replacement sooner ( prime shipping vs. ZOLO standard 3-5 day shipping ). In the end I decided to hold off on the original return for a few days so I could see if the Liberty+ model acted any differently and to see if it was worth ordering them instead of a straight replacement of the standard Liberty.
I have since done a ton of research on these now, and from what I can tell, this problem has been resolved with the ZOLO Liberty+ model using bluetooth 5.0 instead of 4.2 ( Confirmed by Youtube reviewers who had issues with original Liberty and didn't have any issues with the Plus model ). I have ordered myself a pair of those and hope that they won't have the same issue as these, but this is where I ran into another issue. The friends I mentioned earlier changed their order to the Liberty+ as well, but ordered theirs 24Hrs AFTER I ordered my Liberty+ and theirs have both shipped ( coming to the same town ) and two days later mine still say order placed. I have now placed a NEW order for another pair of Liberty+ and we will see which ships first ( somehow they say they will arrive on the same day??? ).
These headphones are great, when they work... So do yourself a favor and STAY AWAY FROM LIBERTY. Buy the Liberty+ model instead if you are interested in these headphones. So far I am very disappointed as I am now $400 in on these headphones ( 1 Liberty and 2 Liberty+ as they won't ship even though amazon shows in stock ) just trying to get my hands on a pair that works.
I love the product, but they have some issues. If anyone from Anker ZOLO sees this and could make something happen that would be great, thanks!
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Pleasant Surprise; Comfort and Clarity
I have to say, I have been searching for a reliable pair of bluetooth headphones for quite a while now. I tried (and returned) a few different off-brand devices. I have tried JayBird and Monster devices. I contemplated trying some devices from Bose, but I thought I would try these from Anker.Anker has been building goodwill with me in my home for years now. I'm finding more and more looking for Anker's version to a solution, so this purchase was a natural progression. I thought I would give them a try before I would spend more than double on a Bose device.I was very skeptical of trying earbuds, I preferred corded bluetooth devices because I thought that they were less likely to be lost. These devices hold in my ear very snuggly. I never worry about these falling out.Pairing is amazing, pull them out of the case and they automatically turn on. I haven't had any dropping issues that some other reviewed are reporting. The sound is clear. Admittedly, I'm not an audiophile thought. The device just works well.Battery life is at about four hours non-stop and then you need to seat them back into the charger.I was concerned with the size, these aren't too big, they nest into my ears nicely without looking too obvious. Very comfortable!I'm smitten with my purchase, so much that I've decided to write a review. Great job Anker. I know Anker reviewed Amazon reviews, so I'm hoping that the next iteration is smaller, with a longer battery life and that you extend the pass through audio option to this model. Sometimes these devices are too efficient with blocking noise around you. These aren't complaints, only some feedback to the Anker team.Great job Anker!UPDATE:After using these things non-stop for about five days, I have some feedback that I would really like Anker to address in this (or future iterations of the device). The device is biased toward the right-ear. What I mean by that, if you pull just the right ear device, you can use this device as a single pod in your ear. I keep one of these devices in my ear in my office. My right ear faces the door, so I want to keep that ear free, so in order to keep only one pod in my ear, I need to pull both out of the case, keep the right pod on, but sitting on my desk and keep the left pod in my ear. An ideal solution would be to have an app for this device that maybe allows the user to determine what pod should be a primary pod. This would actually kill two birds with one stone, because it would allow the user to keep the pod designated as the secondary in the charger keeping it juiced up and then when the primary device dies, you can swap them out and change the primary in the app.This leads me to my second wish on this device. I wish they had an app that allows the user to check battery life, change the EQ of the pods, change the primary/secondary pod etc. Some of Anker's competitors (JayBird) does this very thing, I would love to see the product develop this functionality. I know the Liberty+ has an app, I don't know the functionality though.Everything about this update doesn't change my love for this product, I still think Anker hit a homerun with this product, these are just feature requests. I know Anker reads these.
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Ottimi auricolari e grandi bassi! RISOLTO problema dell'abbassamento VOLUME.
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Reviewed in Italy on June 28, 2018
Si era drasticamente abbassato il volume di entrambi gli auricolari dopo un mese di utilizzo, ho contatto assistenza Anker che si è dimostrata una grande azienda, mi hanno chiesto se volevo il rimborso o un prodotto sostitutivo, ho chiesto prodotto sostitutivo ma anche questo dopo neanche due mesi lo stesso problema, il volume degli auricolari era diventato bassissimo.
Ho CAPITO leggendo su internet come RISOLVERE il PROBLEMA dell'abbassamento del VOLUME!!!
In pratica la ghiera metallica color oro che sta sotto il gommino che protegge l'auricolare si sporca di cerume e non è sufficiente spazzolare la ghiera per pulirla come suggerito da Anker perché il cerume si accumula anche sotto la ghiera e non fa passare il suono determinando un drastico abbassamento del volume.
Io ho tolto con un coltellino la ghiera, ho pulito per bene e poi ne ho messa un'altra che avevo delle Samsung Iconx 2018, la misura è la stessa e credo che in questo tipo di cuffiette sia standard.
Come per magia il suono, che era bassissimo sulla cuffia sinistra e praticamente assente sulla destra, è tornato al massimo volume!
Rimane comunque un grave difetto di fabbricazione di queste cuffie visto che si deve "sostituire" la ghiera e non basta pulirla perché lo sporco va anche nella parte posteriore, dovrebbero fornire delle ghiere sostitutive in confezione come fa Samsung.
RECENSIONE:
- Il SUONO è buono e le cuffie hanno degli ottimi bassi, sicuramente la tonalità più accentuata mentre alti e medi sono nella norma. Si ascolta piacevolmente la musica senza eccessive pretese, io ascolto prevalentemente punk quindi per me sono ottime per quello che dicevo sui bassi accentuati. Sicuramente se volete una qualità sonora più elevata e non volete spendere 300 € per delle cuffie bluetooth vi consiglio di prendere le Samsung Iconx 2018 (anche per queste vale la sostituzione della ghiera quando si sporca ed in più in queste va tolta anche la pellicola bianca sotto la ghiera) oppure le classiche AirpPods che sono una garanzia, si spende un circa centinaio di euro in più ma sicuramente sono prodotti superiori almeno dal mio punto di vista.
- Il BLUETOOTH è molto potente e permette di allontanarsi anche 10 metri dal telefono o dalla fonte della suono. Tenendo il telefono in tasca il suono rimane quasi sempre stabile, ovviamente per correre e non avere disconnessioni meglio mettere il telefono in una fascetta porta cellulare legata al braccio, così senza ostacoli tra telefono e cuffie avrete un suono perfetto durante la corsa o sessioni in palestra.
- Le cuffiette hanno una AUTONOMIA di circa 3.5 ore in riproduzione musicale, non male per delle cuffie che comunque al momento si trovano a meno di 60 €.
Cosa molto positiva la scatolina di ricarica che garantisce altre 24 ore di ricarica e autonomia musicale, non male, hanno la stessa capacità di ricarica della più blasonate AirPods. La scatolina di ricarica è abbastanza resistente e ben fatta anche se un po' plasticosa, ha tre led davanti che indicano lo stato di ricarica del case e basta scuotere la scatolina che i led si illuminano ed indicano quanta carica ha la scatolina.
- Queste cuffie NON hanno la funzione TRASPARENCY, ovvero la possibilità di ascoltare i suoni ambientali, quindi i rumori esterni, per avere questa funzionalità insieme a più autonomia della scatolina di ricarica (mi sembra fino a 48 ore) e un'applicazione dedicata dovete comprare le ZOLO Liberty PLUS che costano circa 40 € in più.
- Le cuffie hanno un bottone ciascuna nella parte esterna, premendolo una o più volte si possono sfruttare varie funzioni come stoppare e riprendere la musica, rispondere o chiudere una chiamata, chiamare l'assistente vocale.
- SPORT, io le ho provate per andare a correre e per andare in palestra, non cadono dall'orecchio anche perché ci sono diversi gommini ed alette per adattarli ad ogni padiglione auricolare, però devo dire che queste cuffiette non sono proprio piccolissime quindi se uno ha un orecchio particolarmente piccolo forse fa meglio, se vuole delle in-ear, a comprare una cuffia più piccola cole le attuali Samsung Galaxy Buds.
- Anche io come molti utenti ho riscontrato dei LAG quando si vedono video, come su YouTube, il suono arriva un pochino in ritardo ma nulla di sconcertante.
IN CONCLUSIONE:
Ottime cuffie, valgono il prezzo che costano e non deludono, ripeto che per me le Samsung Iconx 2018, che possiedo, e le AirPods, che ho provato, sono superiori come qualità sonora e per tante altre funzioni che hanno compresa un'autonomia più lunga.
Ma visto il costo di queste Zolo Liberty devo dire che il rapporto qualità/prezzo è eccezionale.
Possiedo delle cuffie cinesi da 25 €, lasciamo perdere, suono di bassa qualità e bluetooth che si disconnette appena muovi il cellulare o ti allontani per più di 3 metri...
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