Nowadays, in addition to smartphones, Bluetooth headsets have become a must-have digital accessory for most users. Generally speaking, if you are not a die-hard fan of a particular headset brand, it is more appropriate to choose a Bluetooth headset of the same brand as your phone, in addition to the basic functions, you can also experience more convenient pairing, multi-device seamless flow of these small design to enhance the convenience of use.
My main machine is OnePlus, originally intended to buy with OnePlus Buds Pro 2, but nearly a thousand dollars of the price makes me hesitate for a long time. It is priced at less than $500, but has many highlights, such as the industry's first bamboo fiber diaphragm, 49dB deep noise cancellation and so on.
The packaging design is very simple, marked with the model number in the upper left corner, gray background printed with a rendering of the headset and storage compartment, and the lower right corner of the Hi-Res certification of the small gold label.
Share a set of family photos, including headphones, charging storage, Type C charging cable, replacement ear caps and instructions.
The storage compartment uses a double-layer design and gradient coating process, the inner layer is light green, the outer layer is transparent texture, with a rounded shape, the overall impression of a pearl, crystal clear, usually held in the hand does not hurt at all. The light green color I chose is called "Bamboo Shadow Green", and there is also a "Green Frost White", the names of the two colorways are poetic and echo its main bamboo fiber diaphragm.
The OPPO logo on the front of the compartment is stamped in gold and has a very nice texture, with an indicator light below.
The Type C charging port is designed at the bottom of the compartment.
OPPO Enco Free3 is an in-ear headphone, the shape is roughly the same as most in-ear headphones with headphone stems. The color scheme of the headphones and the storage compartment is the same, but OPPO has specifically reduced the length of the headphone handle to make it smaller and lighter.
There is a capsule-like design on the outside of the handle with built-in touch buttons; the microphone and metal charging contacts are designed at the bottom of the handle.
The volume of the headset cavity is moderate, and the inner L and R directional logo is designed in a hollow form, and the bass vent is combined into one, a very clever design. Near the ear cap where there is another microphone opening.
After normal wear, the tilted ear cap deep into the ear canal, the inside of the cavity against the ear screen, headset handle can also play a supporting role in the bottom, wearing comfort and solidity are very good. Like the case of narrower ear canals at home, you can replace the ear cap with a smaller one, which can also achieve a comfortable and solid wearing experience.
Thanks to the reduction in the length of the headset stem and structural design optimization, the overall weight of the headset is controlled at 4.3 grams, heavy users wear for a long time will not cause significant pressure on the ears. Combined with the actual use of a few days to see a few hours of continuous wear, ear pain and swelling of the feeling is indeed much better than the previous headphones.
It is also worth mentioning that this headset also supports IP55 level waterproof and dustproof, enough to resist the erosion of sweat and rain in daily use.
OPPO Enco Free3 uses Bluetooth 5.3 chip and supports LDAC ultra-clear transmission protocol. And OPPO or a plus phone close will have a pop-up window, a key connection more convenient. After actual testing, it can be connected normally within 10 meters, and when I wear it to parks and shopping malls with high traffic on weekends, the connection is also stable, and there is no interference or disconnection.
The OPPO Enco Free3's seamless streaming feature is not picky about the device, Windows, Android and iPhone can all be used, which is better than the relatively closed Apple ecosystem. This is better than the relatively closed Apple ecosystem.
In addition, Bluetooth 5.3 also focuses on optimizing the headset's latency performance, controlling the transmission latency of low latency mode to less than 54 milliseconds. Usually when catching up on a drama or playing a game with low latency mode on, the audio and picture are basically synchronized, no delay and dragging feeling.
Sound quality performance is a major feature of the OPPO Enco Free3, which uses bamboo fiber material as the diaphragm of the headphone unit, an industry first, this material was only used in the high-end bookshelf speakers in the past. Compared with the traditional titanium-plated diaphragm, the bamboo fiber diaphragm is lighter, easier to be pushed, able to respond faster to changes in sound and enhance transient performance. At the same time, the bamboo fiber diaphragm has a large internal resistance, the sound generated after the vibration can be faster to stop vibration, corresponding to the actual performance, you can filter the high-frequency burr sense, more soft sound.
On this basis, OPPO also specifically optimized the cavity structure of the headphones, customized front cavity filtering system to optimize the sound structure layout, so that the bamboo fiber diaphragm high-frequency advantage to better play. The rear cavity follows the design of the bass polygonal gall, to ensure that the low frequency surging powerful.
In the case of the song "The Ferry", the opening drums of the music are surging and powerful, with sufficient depth of dive and a strong sense of elasticity. The vocal part is clear and crisp, with a lush sound, especially the elongated tones in several lines, with a particularly strong sense of extension, and a good optimization of the teeth, with no burr at all. The sound of instruments such as strings and drums is crisp and clear, and plays off of the vocals. Different frequency bands of sound released from different distances, there is a clear sense of space, the sound field performance is spot on.
In addition, this headset also provides several preset sound, Ouga phone can be directly in the headset management interface to choose, other phones need to install the "HuanLu" App to achieve these functions. The default "pure original sound" without special optimization; "low frequency pulse" focus on low frequency performance, low frequency dive depth and a stronger sense of surging, like to listen to the DJ with this style is good; "natural bamboo rhyme "The main emphasis on high-frequency performance, so that the sound is more penetrating.
If you make the headphones more in line with their own listening sense, you can enter the "Golden Listening Sense 2.0" in the App and wear the headphones to do a short little test, about less than three minutes. It will automatically scan the structure of the ear canal, and according to the user's listening sense to choose to customize a set of exclusive sound program. It can also be dynamically adapted even when worn for outdoor sports.
It is worth mentioning that OPPO Enco Free3 also supports spatial sound, in addition to not supporting head turn, is also able to provide a full range of spatial envelopment, and unlimited brands, unlimited audio sources, anytime, anywhere to enjoy the theater-level audio-visual experience. Combined with my actual experience, the sound field is obviously wider after opening the spatial sound, and better immersion if you use to watch movies.
OPPO Enco Free3 supports active noise cancellation up to 49 dB, and most of the time, as long as you open the "intelligent noise cancellation mode", it will automatically adjust to the appropriate noise conditions of your environment. It will automatically adjust to the appropriate noise reduction depth according to your environment, balancing the noise reduction effect and ear pressure. Of course, you can also manually adjust three different levels of noise cancellation depth.
In addition, the OPPO Enco Free3 is designed with a pass-through mode, similar to a real-time ear return. In my personal use, it is more practical when cycling or driving on the road, listening to the sound in the headphones while not missing the safety.
In a noisy environment with OPPO Enco Free3 phone calls, through the dual microphone and AI noise reduction algorithm support, can offset part of the environmental noise, and the human voice to do appropriate gain processing, so that the other party can clearly hear the content of my speech. I believe that the need for call noise reduction is greater than active noise reduction.
In terms of battery life, the OPPO Enco Free3 headset is equipped with a 43mAh Li-ion battery, which can last up to 7 hours without noise cancellation, and 5 and a half hours with active noise cancellation on, ranking in the first tier of similar products in terms of battery life performance. The battery capacity of the storage compartment is 440mAh, with a complete range of about 22-30 hours.
As a headset priced at less than five hundred dollars, the OPPO Enco Free3 has enough features and actual performance to compete with thousand dollar headphones. Classic in-ear structure, single-ear 4.3 grams weight, comfortable to wear and firm; equipped with Bluetooth 5.3 chip, support LDAC lossless audio transmission, dual-device connection account seamless flow; 54 milliseconds low latency optimization, chase the game audio and picture synchronization. The industry's first bamboo fiber diaphragm, custom cavity structure, balanced three-frequency performance, a wide sound field; three preset sound, gold listening 2.0, spatial audio, to meet the discerning ear; support for intelligent active noise reduction, pass-through mode, call noise reduction, to calmly cope with a variety of noisy use of the environment.
All in all, OPPO Enco Free3 is considered a very high sex price Bluetooth headset, true to the price of experience and functionality without compromise, for the OPPO and OnePlus phone users, can be called an impeccable choice.
