Backgound
I’m an early beta tester for Soundcore Liberty Air (totally wireless earphones). Anker provided me with a sample that I tested for about 6 weeks before the product was released to general public. Unfortunately, unlike some other beta testers, I was unimpressed with the sound quality and performance of Liberty Air. I found that the earphones were lacking the bass performance and the overall sound quality was very dull and unenjoyable. I reported my observations and recommendations to Anker development team. I was told that they received many other reviews about poor bass response and are working on improving the sound quality with an improved version of the earphones. Very recently, I was provided with a sample of the improved version of the Liberty Air to test it again.
I’m very pleased to say that “Wow!!! what an improvement”. These improved version of Liberty Air sound awesome (just how I like).
I know my earphones/headphones. I have also beta tested Zolo Liberty, Soundcore Space NC, Soundcore Vortex, etc and have always provided my honest opinions. I’m very pleased to know that Anker listened to my concerns and more than adequately addressed them.
The pictures below are from both the samples I was provided (White and Black). There are no differences between the old and improved version of earphones (in terms of product id etc.). Only cosmetic difference I see is that White version has a very glossy case while black version has a matte finish case. All accessories are same (of course accessories color is white or black).
Specs:
Input - 5V, 0.5A
Charging Time - 2 hours (via micro usb)
Playtime (varies) - 5 hours
Weight - 55g / 1.9 oz
Impedance - 16 Ohm
Driver - 6mm x 2
Frequency Response - 20 Hz - 20 kHz
Bluetooth Ver - 5.0
Range - 10m / 33ft
Unboxing is straight forward. Earphones comes in the case with a plastic around charging port and covering the touch sensitive port of earphones. Inside the box, there is a happy/unhappy card, a warranty card and a user manual. There is a micro usb cable as well in the box along with different sized eartips.
I like the fit and feel of the default size ear tip (large). I believe it will fit most of the users. Earphones are very comfortable to wear for extended periods and does not fall out. They block most of the external sounds so it does provide passive isolation.
Sound
Now to the most important purpose of these…the sound!!!
With the improved version it sounds amazing. Prior to this I absolutely loved the sound of Apple AirPods and Zolo Liberty (both of them have great bass response). The new version sounds the same as Zolo Liberty. These now have great bass response and overall sound quality is very very enjoyable. I listened to some flac tracks of Eminem and boy what a performance it gives. Sound stage has improved dramatically and I can hear high frequency (treble) as well as low frequency (bass) without messing with any EQ settings. My suggestion is to use high quality music (320 kbps or higher).
Call Quality
Call quality is awesome and I have no trouble with calls. People on other side can hear me perfectly good. Calls are in stereo (unlike Zolo Liberty where it is mono). Only right earphone has dual microphones
Other Observations
These are very pocket friendly and I keep them on me all the time. Case can provide 3 extra charges for a total of 20 hour total run time. Right bud can be independently used but left cannot.
These earphones cannot connect to 2 devices simultaneously (some users have different opinion but I cannot get it to work with 2 devices at the same time).
I’ve uploaded some pictures comparing Liberty Air case with AirPods case and Zolo Liberty case as well.
Enjoy rest of the pictures…
To Hard Reset Liberty Air - Follow the instructions in attached video
