The side panel of the right earcup houses controls for
power/pairing; a multifunction button for playback, call
management, track navigation, and voice assistants;
dedicated volume up and down buttons; and a switch
for toggling between ANC and Environment Mode (the
ambient mode for monitoring your surroundings). The
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located on the right earcup side panel, while the jack for
the included headphone cable is located in the same
spot on the left earcup.
Although all the dedicated buttons are nice, it’s hard to
feel which button is which, even though the
multifunction one has a textured mark on it. It’s easy to
accidentally press the wrong button when trying to
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everything is.
You can use the headphones passively with the cable.
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connection but will not power down the headphones, so
if you’re plugging in to save juice, you need to take that
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means you can use the cable and still also use either
ANC or Environmental Mode if you want.
Disconnecting the audio cable will immediately re-pair
the headphones with your mobile device.
Shure Aonic 50
PROS Strong audio
performance with rich
bass depth and clear,
crisp highs. Solid
active noise
cancellation.
Comfortable, secure
fit
CONS Expensive. EQ
only works when
music is played within
app
BOTTOM LINE The
Shure Aonic 50
headphones deliver
excellent audio
performance in a
comfortable over-ear
design, but their noise
cancellation is merely
good for the high
price.