[]REVIEW] EP-51 HD - HIGH QUALITY TAGGED LOW PRICE !

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2016-05-15 16:39

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Edited by Himanshu_singh at 2016-05-15 20:18

 

Hello everyone

Just few weeks back we had such an amazing time of back to back launch and also we did our very first MX5 review for the forum.

Just if you remember along side devices Meizu launched their very first Bluetooth earphones.
Today I bring

UNBOXING/FIRST HAND REVIEW
EP-51 HD

Lets first of all look around the packaging. the box is slide to push style to open the outer covering and the inside box is pure red and this box than later on sides open like a card.

           

With this above we are through to the inside compartment.
And this is how the box looks in whole isn’t this amazing.

 

Moving on to the earphone itself they are intact with cardboard + foam design so that they do not break free or sustain any damage .

 

The packing of the device sure was tough I had to use scissor to cut the compartment to get them out of the packing.

 

And final after they came out this is how they looked

 

This was all for the packaging and box.
Let’s ROLL!

PRICING

With being available in china for 60$ price and also available for worldwide shipping. They sure break the current Bluetooth earphone range with a very competitive price. They directly come in head to head clash with so called jaybird design which start at price range of 100$.
So as far as pricing is concerned you are sure to get them at the budget of your pocket!
They won’t disappoint you at all!

DESIGN

 

With an aluminum finishing of the ear piece which also act as the magnet to stick together. This sure brings in the innovative design. If we consider ergonomics of the same they feel very light and cozy to the ear.

I was also able to test out the so called feature of it being sweat proof and water proof

Specifically referred as “Nano waterproofing” and it sure did so with no water being absorbed over the entire body.
Except USB port {I didnot tried pouring it on that part as this is not my review unit rather it is my personal and only unit}

 

The overall design of product feels elegant. It comes with 4 set of ear piece. So that one can adjust them accordingly. This is most common in today’s time

 

The quality of material use in designing is nothing plastic or rubber. But a proper polysilicon material which is mainly seen in top tier headphones aux cable. It also felt quite good in quality when moved around through hand.
For charging, theMeizu EP51 uses a micro USB interface which takes up approximately 2 hours to fully charge. The sound unit in the EP51 uses a low power technology which ensures up to 6 hours of talk time or music playback time. The headset offers40-45 hours of standby time with Bluetooth connected and a very long standby time of 400 hours when the Bluetooth is disconnected so that you do not have to worry about charging the headset over and over again.

 

Moving on to the technical aspect.
Meizu with ep51-hd now have completed the entire set of headphone category!
The very first one which came to its comparison in EP-21HD

 

I have had used EP-21HD for quite long time and they were fairly good for regular earphone to be able to provide base in such earphone was something unique.
Of course if to consider in with EP51. They are not close to it at all the overall sound of EP-51 gets higher than the regular earphone if we are to consider and the mid’s and low’s of a music can be heard quite clearly if you are in a quite environment.

 

As already told EP-21 was used by me long time back as they were primarily later replaced by le.eco and skull candy titan. As in-ear phones were far conducive to my needs as they provided far better noise cancellation as compared to regular EP-21/earphones.

Plus with noise cancellation music was fairly loud and base enhancement is supreme if to consider *titan* as they offer best base and mid’s enhancement overall. But it all comes with a prize with a 15$+ than the EP-51 HD.
Moving to equal pricing I have had le.eco wired with EP-51HD.

 

In pricing le.eco is fairly cheap but then here EP-51 HD have upper hand due to being wireless.
First thing comes is the volume. The 100% of EP-51 scored equivalent to 80% on regular in-earphone. As EP-51HD does provide noise cancellation but due to small size of earmuff noise can be easily heard.

This also becomes the reason in volume levels as in-earphone has a larger earmuff.

Sound enhancement!

If we consider for audiophile like me I never compromise when it comes to quality of music. So I went around and let EP-51HD be played for all sort of genre which I actually have.
My list ranged from –EDM(Afro, guetta, grixx,), country, acoustic, instrumental and also orchestra and symphony (Beethoven and Mozart)

 

To my surprise the EP-51  performed in equivalence of my in-earphone(skull candy titan) and also produce similar surround like sound of headphones(skull candy crushers).

Yes I have all range of headphone/earphone!

The mid’s of most HQ music were clearly listened but it failed to produce in low’s of music genre.
As far as treble and base is concerned they have very high tendency to optimize to right level fit as per volume. I also tried going with enhancement module and they were able topass 8/10 times in most scenarios.

 
Now it was time to see weather do they fit in with Meizu devices or not.

To my expectation they were performing average when connected with Meizu devices. And it was same of the case with my in-ear and headphones as the OS unlike previously doesn’tsupport audio enhancement hence it was like listening to regular music over EP-51  with my MX5,M3note,M2note .

But this doesn’t stop me from testing its so called APT-X system. I was able to get my hands on asus zenphone which support the same system enhancement and to my surprise the outperformed what I was hearing in Meizu devices.

The Apt-X work quite charm! If you listen to lossless most of the time.

For me I prefer lossless in Beethoven and instrumental music. And it was a 10/10 for me.

 

Final food for thought.

In current time these might be a best in class and price one can get Bluetooth earphone. What they offer in terms of sound enhancement is something which only comes with 200$ price tag.

So if you ask me for a 60$ it is not worth!
It is the right choice!

They would never disappoint you wether you go for workout or hiking or even for regular day use.

They are perfect escape from the wired music design!
NOTE- this might be my final review of product series from last month launch.
for
M3 NOTE - check other tester review.
M3 and pro6 not coming to india hence i would not be getting any review unit.
for that you shall ask admin team to come up with decent review!
Have a Good Day!