I got my hands on some beautiful headphones from the well-known company Creative Zen Air SXFI.
The package includes the headphones in the docking station, spare earbuds, charging cable, manual, leaflet with information about the SXFI technology that the headphones have and a link to download the necessary application. I was pleasantly surprised by the case, or rather the bag with lacing for the headphone dock.
The headphone dock is more robust, but lightweight. The design of the dock and headphones is subtle and pleasant. The headphones are also a little more robust, but they fit well in the ears and don't press after a long time, which I was pleasantly surprised by. I have to appreciate that the resetting of the headphones or pairing is done through a button on the dock, which is very user-friendly for me.
Two applications must be installed. One is for the headphones as such, i.e. customizing the touches, the equalizer. etc. and the other for SXFI technology. For me, it could have been all in one app. 2 point pairing, i.e. pairing with two devices at the same time, is sometimes useful and the distance from the device is sufficient for me. Handsfree could be better. The clarity is not bad, but the voice presentation is quite distorted, especially when walking down the street where there are other street sounds.
The headphones' sound reinforcement is not bad. In this price range, it is average. They could be a little louder for my taste. In the wide selection of equalizers, everyone will find their own, or adjust manually. In the basic settings the headphones are not very distinctive, but after switching to one of the selections e.g. POP, everything is immediately different and the headphones are much more fun. What I've enjoyed as a gamer is the choice of equalizer settings for specific games, and the difference is definitely noticeable. When the ANC is switched on, the surroundings are not so significantly suppressed. While one doesn't completely lose track of what's going on in the environment, there are times when I would have liked better suppression of the surroundings. In the case of switching to adaptive ANC, I didn't notice a change, so if this option wasn't there, it wouldn't be missed. I was very curious about the SXFI technology. Calibration is done with the help of the camera and I recommend you do it with the help of another person. If you play audio into the headphones that is surround sound, it sounds good, but the problem arises if you play music that the headphones have to convert to surround sound, there is a significant sound distortion, which I was somewhat disappointed, but e.g. for gaming, it's a pretty good feature. Unfortunately, the headphones do not have sensors, so when you turn your head, the sound stays in place. The headphone life is not bad. At maximum load they lasted 5 hours of play, which is good. Charging from 0 to 100 percent in an hour is normal for me. The headphones can withstand worse treatment and some dust, water and drops. In my opinion, these are great headphones in the price range, which will not shame their owners and will not disappoint them.
