WEBVTT 00:00:00.200 --> 00:00:05.800 You've heard of truly wireless earbuds, but how about an open wearable stereo? 00:00:05.800 --> 00:00:10.240 This is some pretty cool compostable packaging here. 00:00:10.240 --> 00:00:14.280 All in all, sponsor this video to check out these, the OWS Pros. 00:00:14.280 --> 00:00:18.840 Now, none of this goes in your ear. That would be kind of a stretch if you know what I mean, 00:00:18.840 --> 00:00:22.000 but it goes around your ear, so you can hear other stuff. 00:00:22.000 --> 00:00:27.600 I'm very interested to see how they fit, how they feel, if they stay on, how they sound. 00:00:27.600 --> 00:00:30.720 So first, gotta look at what's in the box. 00:00:30.720 --> 00:00:34.000 People enjoying life. Little bit of info about the company. 00:00:34.000 --> 00:00:37.560 Plus, apparently there's a suede carrying case, 00:00:37.560 --> 00:00:41.120 which looks kind of sick. Also have a bit of a quick start guide here. 00:00:41.120 --> 00:00:46.240 Tells you about the touch controls. Yeah, this thing just keeps going. 00:00:46.240 --> 00:00:49.840 But we'll get to all, this is easy stuff. I don't need to look at this thing. 00:00:49.840 --> 00:00:53.000 What about charger and stuff? You get a cable, USB-C to A. 00:00:53.000 --> 00:00:56.280 That is a nice twist high wrap. That is like a machine. 00:00:56.280 --> 00:01:01.280 A machine did that one. That's all you need. USB-C in the back of this charging case. 00:01:01.280 --> 00:01:04.480 All right, so let's look at this charging case and what's inside it. 00:01:04.480 --> 00:01:08.960 The case is this big and this heavy. Wow, 100 grams on the dot. 00:01:08.960 --> 00:01:12.680 What about the buds themselves? 27 grams. 00:01:12.680 --> 00:01:16.600 And you know, in the case you don't like to do math, there you go. 00:01:16.600 --> 00:01:19.800 The case looks very clear. Like there's no way you're gonna be confused 00:01:19.800 --> 00:01:23.060 as to how these go in. You can't screw this up. 00:01:23.060 --> 00:01:27.540 Which actually I think is something that matters. I don't like fumbling with the case. 00:01:27.540 --> 00:01:31.900 It's very lightweight. Well, you saw that. Contact points for charging at the top of it. 00:01:31.900 --> 00:01:35.140 Indicator for left and right. Very basic, simple. 00:01:35.140 --> 00:01:39.140 This is what it sounds like. And on the front it's got some indicator lights, 00:01:39.140 --> 00:01:43.500 four indicator lights for battery life. I'll give you guys a little pocket test 00:01:43.500 --> 00:01:48.940 in my Lulu's here. Woo, drop it down. 00:01:48.940 --> 00:01:52.860 All right, let's look at the things themselves. They come in lots of fun colors. 00:01:52.860 --> 00:01:56.740 This is the most subtle color, the kind of gray on black two-tone. 00:01:56.740 --> 00:02:00.500 But some of these other colors are like, boom. Like look at that green. 00:02:00.500 --> 00:02:03.860 The reason it's two-tone is because half of it, the part that is in contact with your head 00:02:03.860 --> 00:02:07.460 is this soft touch silicone. It looks very nice. 00:02:07.460 --> 00:02:13.660 And there's just a lot of doodads on the outside of this. That looks like the charging contacts for the case. 00:02:13.660 --> 00:02:18.300 There's a little vented grill here. I think sound is actually gonna be coming out of there. 00:02:18.300 --> 00:02:22.380 Then there's more vents on this side. And then some holes. 00:02:22.380 --> 00:02:25.820 Those are gonna be your microphones. There are six microphones in here. 00:02:25.820 --> 00:02:30.700 They're gonna be collecting noise from the outside to block winds down during calls. 00:02:30.700 --> 00:02:35.620 And there's actually some active noise canceling with these guys, believe it or not, as well, 00:02:35.620 --> 00:02:41.540 even though they do go on the outside of your ear. I see a little power button icon there. 00:02:41.540 --> 00:02:46.260 And then this is a button. Like it doesn't really click like a tactile button, 00:02:46.260 --> 00:02:51.740 except for the sound. It looks like they have some amount of play 00:02:51.740 --> 00:02:54.740 for all the different heads that they're designed to go on. 00:02:54.740 --> 00:02:58.260 It's funny, you can tell looking at this thing, like, yep, that's for your ear. 00:02:58.260 --> 00:03:02.780 All right, let's get these things on the body. This has a little indicator that says it's the right side. 00:03:02.780 --> 00:03:08.380 So I guess this goes behind the ear. And that just sits like that. 00:03:09.660 --> 00:03:14.260 All right. Shoop. Man, that's like crazy fast to put on. 00:03:14.260 --> 00:03:19.740 Feels like I'm wearing nothing at all. It feels kind of counterintuitive because you're so used to like drilling these things in 00:03:19.820 --> 00:03:23.700 and like getting that seal. No seal here. 00:03:23.700 --> 00:03:28.700 You could totally go skiing, ride a motorcycle. 00:03:29.100 --> 00:03:33.660 Would they fit in a helmet? I think they might. And other activities where you wanna listen to music, 00:03:33.660 --> 00:03:36.940 but you always feel a little bit weird, trepidatious, 00:03:36.940 --> 00:03:41.100 having a seal in your ear. These really just let you have the elements around you. 00:03:41.100 --> 00:03:47.500 Have a conversation, go hiking. A big one for me is going to bed with music on 00:03:47.500 --> 00:03:54.100 and not wanting to be that kind of parent who's like, hey, spouse, you listen for them crying in the night. 00:03:54.100 --> 00:03:57.940 With these, I can have both. I can have my cake and eat it too. 00:03:57.940 --> 00:04:00.980 You could definitely have your head down on a pillow this way. 00:04:00.980 --> 00:04:04.900 Can you be a side sleeper? Can we get a pillow in here? 00:04:04.900 --> 00:04:07.820 You're sweet. Let's see what that's like. 00:04:09.460 --> 00:04:13.180 Probably wouldn't recommend sleeping directly on them like that. 00:04:13.180 --> 00:04:17.500 Wow, that camera angle from the top. I think you could easily work out in these. 00:04:17.500 --> 00:04:21.780 Like if you're dropping down to lay on a bench, they feel pretty in there. 00:04:25.180 --> 00:04:28.420 They do, they put a little bit of pressure downward 00:04:28.420 --> 00:04:33.780 on the back of your ear. So it's like normal earphones in that they weigh something, 00:04:33.780 --> 00:04:38.500 but the place that they put that weight is just a little bit of a different place. 00:04:38.500 --> 00:04:42.200 I wanna see how they sound and how they interact. So let's get the phone going. 00:04:42.200 --> 00:04:46.820 This is the homepage of the app. We got a visualization of the headphone. 00:04:46.820 --> 00:04:50.980 What do I call these, earphones? Battery life indicator for left and right. 00:04:50.980 --> 00:04:56.220 And what is this? Okay, here's where you configure what the controls do. 00:04:56.220 --> 00:04:59.900 And there's a separate page for music and for calls. That's cool. 00:04:59.900 --> 00:05:04.900 And I guess, wow, you can just turn all the touch controls 00:05:04.980 --> 00:05:09.580 off altogether if you want. So it's not really a button. It is a pressure sensitive touch control 00:05:09.580 --> 00:05:13.260 with micro sensing technology. So let's see what that does. 00:05:13.260 --> 00:05:16.940 Right now a single squeeze is set to play and pause, 00:05:16.940 --> 00:05:22.060 but you can change it to do nothing or to be next and previous and volume up and down. 00:05:22.060 --> 00:05:26.660 Cool. I think it basically looks like, oops, 00:05:26.660 --> 00:05:30.680 you tap each one of these to be adjusting it. 00:05:30.680 --> 00:05:34.580 And they all have the same option inside, 00:05:34.580 --> 00:05:41.100 which is my preference. When I was looking at the manual earlier, I wondered if it mattered which ear you did these commands on, 00:05:41.100 --> 00:05:44.180 but the volume up and down is actually just sliding forward 00:05:44.180 --> 00:05:47.500 and back on either earbud. So that is cool. 00:05:47.500 --> 00:05:51.500 That said, I don't know how double squeeze can be both next and previous. 00:05:51.500 --> 00:05:55.940 That might be left and right. So I'm gonna set it up assuming that 00:05:55.940 --> 00:05:59.620 and I'll put voice assistant on triple squeeze. Let's go. 00:05:59.620 --> 00:06:01.780 Oh, I haven't heard this one in a bit. That's a good song. 00:06:02.940 --> 00:06:08.100 Okay. This is a weird sensation. I understand now why they call it a stereo, 00:06:08.100 --> 00:06:14.420 a wearable stereo. It's a very ambient, ethereal, open back sounding. 00:06:15.380 --> 00:06:19.060 Cool. Now let's try the controls. Where do I press? 00:06:21.780 --> 00:06:26.180 I heard the click noise. It paused. Click noise, play. 00:06:26.180 --> 00:06:29.980 Same over here. Cool. All right, so how do I go back? 00:06:29.980 --> 00:06:31.140 Do I double tap on this? 00:06:33.100 --> 00:06:35.980 Yes. Double tap here. 00:06:37.260 --> 00:06:40.340 Next song. That's it. We solved it. 00:06:40.340 --> 00:06:45.220 It is left and right. And then for the swipes, the part that you swipe is same as the button. 00:06:45.220 --> 00:06:49.100 Right there. Oh man, these go loud. 00:06:49.100 --> 00:06:53.740 Back to the app. Those are equalizer looking buttons. You got default, surging bass, pure voice 00:06:53.740 --> 00:06:57.660 and customized by personal taste. Click on that. 00:06:57.660 --> 00:07:01.500 It doesn't really look like a button, but it is. And then what do they give us? 00:07:01.500 --> 00:07:04.620 Low, middle and high. Eight knobbies is actually pretty good. 00:07:04.620 --> 00:07:09.100 Sometimes you get only three knobs. Sometimes you get five. Eight, I'm pretty happy with this. 00:07:09.100 --> 00:07:13.980 125 Hertz is the lowest one though. Highest 16, sound balance. 00:07:13.980 --> 00:07:17.060 Oh, crazy. Just like any other stereo. 00:07:17.060 --> 00:07:20.460 Like in your car, you can use sound balance where it's like heavier to left and right. 00:07:20.460 --> 00:07:23.580 That's actually pretty interesting because most people don't have equal ability 00:07:23.580 --> 00:07:26.700 to hear in both ears. But I've never seen that in an app before. 00:07:26.700 --> 00:07:31.020 That's sweet. Other tabs of the app looks like there's a login page. 00:07:31.020 --> 00:07:35.060 I haven't logged in yet. So evidently you don't need to log in, which is great. 00:07:35.060 --> 00:07:39.020 That was enjoyable. Let's check out the graphs. Our first chart is a frequency response graph 00:07:39.020 --> 00:07:44.140 using the default sound profile. And you can see it has really great adherence 00:07:44.140 --> 00:07:48.100 to our target curve throughout the mid range. It's overemphasized in the highs, 00:07:48.100 --> 00:07:51.100 which is gonna make it sound really exciting. And one thing I noticed when I was listening 00:07:51.100 --> 00:07:54.200 is I could hear a lot of like the hip hop callbacks, 00:07:54.200 --> 00:08:00.060 like the other Snoop Dogg voice tracks. Going back and forth more than I'm used to hearing. 00:08:00.060 --> 00:08:04.420 But it was cool. And then on the low end, in the deep bass, 00:08:04.420 --> 00:08:09.580 in the sub bass, it's really under emphasized, but it's actually over emphasized. 00:08:09.580 --> 00:08:12.740 Around the between 100 and 200 Hertz. 00:08:12.740 --> 00:08:16.260 In the surging bass profile, you basically just get even more of that. 00:08:16.260 --> 00:08:22.160 The range is a little wider. It looks like maybe 90 to 250 Hertz. 00:08:22.160 --> 00:08:27.220 You get a bigger bump that's almost 10 dB. So this will be due to their new second generation 00:08:27.220 --> 00:08:31.220 bass algorithm that increases the dynamic power to up the bass. 00:08:31.220 --> 00:08:36.380 You can see there's a limit though, with just physics. Like the driver's so far from your ear 00:08:36.380 --> 00:08:40.260 and there's no seal in your air canal. So there's only so much they can do. 00:08:40.260 --> 00:08:45.700 Sam said he was actually pretty impressed with the frequency response of these headphones, 00:08:45.700 --> 00:08:50.300 given the constraints they're up against with this design, 00:08:50.300 --> 00:08:53.660 which is definitely gonna have its limitations. Then you've got the pure voice presets, 00:08:53.660 --> 00:08:57.520 which is just really nice in the mid range, less of a bass hump. 00:08:57.520 --> 00:09:01.200 The next chart is volume dependent EQ, which is a feature of these headphones. 00:09:01.240 --> 00:09:05.200 What it does is it makes the sound more consistent across volume levels, 00:09:05.200 --> 00:09:09.360 because our ears are more sensitive to treble and bass. So as you turn the volume up, 00:09:09.360 --> 00:09:14.920 the treble and bass actually get muffled down a little bit. And that gives it more consistency across the volume range. 00:09:14.920 --> 00:09:18.440 Next, we have a chart for their focus mode, which is kind of like active noise canceling, 00:09:18.440 --> 00:09:22.280 but you can see that it only affects a pretty narrow band here in the mid range. 00:09:22.280 --> 00:09:26.240 Unique New York. This is, that's what I say when I answer the phone. 00:09:26.240 --> 00:09:29.560 If I ever call you, you're gonna hear like, red leather, yellow leather, 00:09:29.560 --> 00:09:34.160 other warm up tongue twister things. I like a cold open on a phone call. 00:09:34.160 --> 00:09:37.360 Yeah. It sounds like a Bluetooth mic, but you know, it's trade-offs. 00:09:37.360 --> 00:09:42.120 It looks like they have put a lot of attention and care into trying to make these sound as good as possible, 00:09:42.120 --> 00:09:47.480 while still offering you this open design that gives you the safety benefits and, you know, 00:09:47.480 --> 00:09:51.200 convenience benefits too, of being able to hear people talking to you. Maybe you're at work and you want to get away 00:09:51.200 --> 00:09:54.920 with having headphones in. You don't want to look like one of those F-off people 00:09:54.920 --> 00:09:58.540 with the headphones and the sunglasses and the hat. Don't talk to me. 00:09:58.540 --> 00:10:02.620 That's worth something. Now let's talk battery life. It's actually pretty huge. 00:10:02.620 --> 00:10:06.580 I would say 16 hours on these and then 58 hours 00:10:06.580 --> 00:10:11.180 with the charging case. As far as ingress protection, they are IPX4 rated, 00:10:11.180 --> 00:10:14.220 which is very typical for, I would say, 00:10:14.220 --> 00:10:18.860 the vast majority of truly wireless earbuds. And what that means is that there's no, 00:10:18.860 --> 00:10:24.020 no measured protection for dust. The X means they didn't measure that. 00:10:24.020 --> 00:10:27.820 And then the four means it'll do splashes. So you're gonna be good in the rain. 00:10:27.820 --> 00:10:32.660 I would not swim with them splashes. And these are using Bluetooth 5.3. 00:10:32.660 --> 00:10:36.780 They've got multi-point so you can connect up to two devices and switch between them very easily. 00:10:36.780 --> 00:10:40.660 And all this can be yours for 230 US dollars. 00:10:40.660 --> 00:10:44.960 I wore this for quite a while and no discomfort. Maybe a small amount of warmth, 00:10:44.960 --> 00:10:48.540 but nothing compared to actually on ear or over your headphones. 00:10:48.540 --> 00:10:51.620 Check them out at the link below, guys. And thanks, I'll answer sponsoring this video. 00:10:51.620 --> 00:10:58.020 And I want to hear from you all in the comments whether this is like, yes, like they speak to you. 00:10:58.020 --> 00:11:01.980 Like you've been waiting for this design. And why not watch another ShortCircuit video? 00:11:01.980 --> 00:11:03.740 It's really good for the algorithm.