SoundCore Liberty 5 Review: Daily Driver Dresses

Soundcore Liberty 5

Msrp $ 130.00

“Freedom 5 returns to the bases (and nails them).”

Pro

• Shine

• Anc very effective

• Excellent transparency

• Excellent for calls

• Long -term battery life

Liberty 5 SoundCore’s wireless ear dresses are, in many respects, exactly what I have been waiting for the brand owned by anchor. They are a medium set of loops that attract the noise that do almost everything you can ask for, and at $ 130, they are still very affordable, especially when comparing them to Apple’s Airpods Pro 2 ($ 249).

Soundcore says it has made some improvements about the previous model, including the best System of the Anc company so far. On the other hand, some features are drawn: there is no more spatial monitoring followed by the head or heartbeat monitoring. Here’s what you can expect from Liberty 5.

modeling

So far, Soudcore fans are very familiar with the brand design approach, and Liberty 5 has all the big signs, including stem -based ears, a sliding lid, LED grass -style lid indicators, and wireless charging, and ear charges have good protection against dust and water (IP55).

You get a four-color choice, and inside the box is a short USB-a charging cable on the USB-C, along with a five generous sizes of silicone ears (six if you include pre-arinstalled media).

The most significant difference is moving from touch controls to pressure -based squeeze gestures to click on ear flows. It is similar to the controls Apple uses in its series Airpods 4 Series and Airpods Pro. Soundcore presented this feature in Liberty 4 and then added a slide gesture for volume control in Liberty 4 Pro. Liberty 5 still uses squeeze to click for volume instead.

Comfort, controls and connections

Overall, while I find the ears of style flow a little less confident than their cousins ​​without a flow, they are more comfortable for more people. I’m not just thinking that-Samsung switched to a stem-based design for the Galaxy Buds Pro 3 for this reason.

Freedom 5 is no exception to this generalization. With the predetermined ears, I found them very easy to wear for long periods. And just if you are not sure which ears to use, the soundcore app will help you find those that provide optimal anc and sound texture (only you can indicate if they are also quite smooth).

I like new squeeze controls very much. They offer a precision that you just can’t get from touch controls, and they are accessible even if you wear gloves. Thin gloves. They would be a little easier to use if the stem were tubular instead of flat oval, but this is simply drawing on my side.

The checks are fully personalized within the sound-sound application, with four gestures for the ear (a double, double-double-click, and a long pressure option). There is also an optional option of smartphone camera cameras, but surprisingly, it can only be associated with one -click gesture.

New for Liberty 5 is the option to silence MIC when in a single -click call. It”s useful, surely, and you get a confirmation tone immediately, plus one 20 seconds while staying quietly. Just keep in mind that there is no other confirmation of your silent status – iOS phone app will not adjust the state of its silent button to match the condition of the ears.

Assistance with music control are dress sensors, which almost immediately rest and resume your tunes when removing or replacing an earring.

With Bluetooth 5.4 and Google Fast Pair, connecting loops is a breeze in Android and iOS. Wireless range is about average: 20-30 meters inside, depending on obstacles, and further if you are out, and I have not noticed any dropout during my test.

Bluetooth Multipoint works very well, and I’m excited that Soundcore has adjusted its app so you can see all your previously paired devices, allowing you to choose the ones you want to be active. Even better: Soundcore has arranged a restriction where you had to decide between Multipoint and LDAC codification support. Now you can execute both at the same time, something that competing models from Earfun (eg, Air Pro 4) cannot do.

However, Liberty 5 (in fact, all sound products so far) lacks Bluetooth auracast compliance. If it matters to you (and I think, increasingly, it will matter to us all), the ear can be worth watching.

The quality of the sound

Outside the box, The Liberty 5 sounds good, with many answers to the bass thanks to the double sound tubes that Soundcore added to the acoustic architecture. However, for my ears, there is a lack of brightness at the high end, and the average feels a little missing. If, after giving them a hearing, you feel the same, I strongly recommend using the two features of personalization of the soundcore app: Hearid and the test of the sound preference. It takes about 10 minutes to do both, but it’s absolutely worth it.

The change that resulted in EQ addressed all my concerns – while maintaining that sharp bass by improving both the middle and high levels.

I could have managed this manually-existing an opportunity to adjust the equation myself or through pre-determination (many predeterms!)-but the integrated personalization of the app made it much easier.

I still ended up making small changes: a little more bass and a less hair at high levels, but in general, I was very impressed by the results.

Soundcore has included three Audio Dolby predeterms (music, podcast and movies) for supposedly diving sounds. They offer soft improvements, but after calling in EQ based on Hearid and the preference test, Dolby’s processing did not give significant improvements, so I kept it off.

For those of you with Android phones, in any way, activate the LDAC codification in the app. In calm conditions (and when playing a source without audio loss), you can listen to more details and nuances compared to the standard AAC code used by the iPhone.

Cancellation and noise transparency

Liberty 5 has the best Soundcore ANC (according to Soundcore), which can reduce close voices better than previous models. I saw this really difficult to verify compared to Liberty 4 Pro. My feeling is that while Liberty 5 may be a little better in killing the highest frequencies associated with voices, they are a little worse (than Liberty 4 Pro) in treating lower frequencies. So this can come to personal preference based on the sounds that make you the most.

I think what matters most, however, is that both models have a good noise cancellation – you will be very happy regardless of which way you go.

The soundcore app allows you to tear the force of the ANC and there is also a way of reducing the wind that, as its name implies, helps reduce wind noise when the cancellation of noise is on.

Transparency has also made a long way. Liberty 5 is not quite at the level of the Airpods Pro of magic transparency, but now it is so close that if you do not use the function constantly, I think it is more than good enough for most people.

Call quality

Soundcore is one of the most reliable brands for wireless ear calls. Liberty 5 continues that tradition with excellent masking noise in the background and good reproduction of your voice, especially in quieter conditions.

You can activate an automatic side tone way, which turns loops into transparency mode as soon as you get or set a call. This helps a lot in terms of the ability to listen to your voice, though you do not expect it to perform, as well as the normal way of transparency. When they are on a call, MIC should do more work, reducing the loyalty of the transparency effect to maintain a high quality for your callers.

longevity

Soundcore pels battery life in Liberty 5 in 12 hours of game time with off anc and 8 hours with activated Anc. When you include a fully charged case, the total increases to 48 and 32 hours, respectively.

My limited test suggests that these numbers are correct, but the usual remarks apply: if you hear more than 50% volume, if you are in a very noisy environment, or if you turn on LDAC, these numbers may fall significantly – up to 30%.

However, Soundcore offers a fast -paced feature that provides an extra 5 hours (maximum) for 10 minutes charging, so you won’t find yourself without energy for long.

cONcluSiON

Soundcore gets so much right things with wire -free ear ears 5, you need to get a comb with good teeth just to find any flaws. I very much recommend them. As for missing supplements, such as tracking of spatial audio and heartbeat followed by the head? If you really want them, look at Beats Powerbeats Pro 2, but prepare to pay for privilege.

At the moment, the greatest weakness of Liberty 5 is the price. If you are not a big bass head, you can get a very good set of ears, like Earfun’s Air Pro 4, for a regular price of $ 90. With constant discounts on the Amazon, you can often find them as little as $ 60. Given the current economic situation, which can change at any moment, it puts a lot of pressure on the soundcore.

Still, I look forward to that Soundcore will push a lot to stay competitive in price, so if you don’t need to buy right away, you probably wait and see what they bring in the next few months.