Review on Sony WIC400/L Wireless Behind-Neck In-Ear Headphones, Blue by Anson Shao ᠌

Name: Sony WIC400/L Wireless Behind-Neck In-Ear Headphones, Blue
Item: Sony WIC400/L Wireless Behind-Neck In-Ear Headphones, Blue
Rating: 3

December 08, 2022

There are pros and cons, think before buying.

4. Soundproofing. Throw a stone at once at a person who says that Sony has good sound insulation. Even with a good volume, you will hear everything that is happening around. Compared with cx300 and meizu ep52, no one has surpassed cx300 in passive soundproofing (in the budget segment), but ep52 is an order of magnitude higher than sony. (I tried all the "gum bands", I had 4 pairs of them and additionally even tried to take from meizu, there is not much difference).
5. Microphone and all sorts of other features.
On the microphone, I can’t say much that sony has nothing special, that meizu has nothing special - you can say.
You can mention the feature of the hall sensor + magnet from meizu, connected the ears - pause, connected 2 times in a row - turned off, very convenient, and the connection itself is a very convenient thing, there is nothing right there.
And, yes, about the battery - at Sony, you can press the power button and the headset will tell you the approximate reserve (low, medium, high), but this is not so significant, because you can always look at the battery level on the smart phone itself (either in ios or in android ).
Well, Sony still has nfc, but as for me, it's generally a useless feature, just an increase in the price of the ears.
And the last - vibration when calling from sony. For an amateur. Some will get in, some won't.

Conclusion: you have a choice between ep52 and wi-c400, definitely ep52, the only plus for sony over meizu is battery life.

 I would take ep52 myself, but they are not sold legally anywhere. I bought mine last time on ebay, as a result they died due to marriage, and because of the 6-month warranty from this seller, I could not exchange it (by default - a 1-year warranty).

s. and, yes, I didn’t pay attention to meizu, but now I can’t check it. The sound lag, in the video it is somehow fixed (I don’t know how), but in games it’s noticeable. Specially checked, because. I saw somewhere that Sony has a sound delay of + - 0.25ms. Well, I don't feel it.

s. S. if there is an extra questions about meizu ep52 or sony wi-c400 - you can ask in the comments, I will try to answer from time to time.

Pros

I’ll make a reservation right away: due to the limitation of 2022 characters in a comment, I will write everything gradually in the merits-disadvantages-comments, thanks. In short. Pros: sound, build quality. Disadvantages: bluetooth transmitter, soundproofing. Meizu is superior to Sony everywhere. More details below. In my review, I rely on my previous headphone model - Meizu EP52, which, unfortunately, died a long time. So: 1. Sound. In general - everything is quite good. Medium ones are enough, low ones do not hit the ears, but the high ones are very high and often hit the ears with their "clatter". In general, I can’t say anything special, if you need frequency response - go ahead to Google. 2. Convenience and autonomy. Rim: Compared to Meizu's small and rubber/silicone rim, Sony went the other way with a large and plastic rim. At the same time, of course, they increased the battery life (for + -8 hours the charge fell by% 30-40, Sony indicates the battery charge approximately, i. E. only in several levels, like 100% -70% -.) 20 + Hours will stand quietly against 8 hours for meizu. But I like the rim and its implementation more with meizu: it is small and very inconspicuous, I hung it around my neck once and forgot it, while Sony still has it plastic and presses a little, but overall it’s fine. Although for myself I would prefer meizu, especially with a charge / dimensions. Wire: meizu has a short and rather thick wire, i. E. it is more than enough to comfortably use the headset (in length) and you are not afraid for it (because it is thick), while Sony has a wire that is not only too long (there, of course, there is a system to remove it, but it looks ridiculous and you need to it’s still time to waste), it’s also very thin and flimsy, it’s pretty scary for him, I think that he can fall off. I put it on for meizu and forgot it, I put it on for sony, corrected it 3 times and couldn’t forget because of the thin wire that always catches the shirt (due to the thin wire, all this friction is very strongly transmitted).

Cons

The headphones themselves: firstly, the shape, with meizu it is unpleasant at first, but then you get used to it and forget, with Sony it’s hard to forget, I don’t know why, but this design of the headphones themselves (with gradually protruding plastic starts to press hard after 1-2 hours wearing), I often fell asleep in meizu, because I didn’t even feel the headphones on myself, not only is there some discomfort, I’m also afraid for this flimsy wire so that it doesn’t come off in a dream. Buttons: you can understand in meizu, the buttons are made under rubber to ensure moisture protection, so they are pressed tightly. Everything is better with Sony, because it is still plastic, the buttons are well pressed, clearly expressed, everything is fine, because there is no moisture protection. In convenience, meizu is far ahead of sony, whatever one may say. 3. Bluetooth. In a review of meizu, I would not even stop there, but after buying a sony, I realized what slag is. In meizu, bluetooth beat everywhere and always, never disappeared, everything was fine. In sony . it's a pity that the mats are not particularly welcome in the reviews. I often saw in reviews about them that they constantly fall off - I thought that they were single marriages. But no, there is generally nonsense going on. I hung up the headphones, put the smart in the right front pocket - they can at any moment start losing the signal for 10-20 seconds and do whatever you want. The instructions seem to indicate that the transmitter is in front of the left end of the rim, nothing like that. If I cover it with my hands, everything is fine, so it is unlikely there. And, yes, another cool feature: "I sat down for 10-20 seconds? Let me lose the signal. Why? Don't sit down." It's generally amazing how you can make headphones so that there is such a jamb. It was from this that I burned out, they are very difficult to humanly use.