72 T3 Tomorrow ’s Technology TodayAPRIL 2019 WWW.T3INDIA.COMTe s te d
K-basedAntAudioisnostrangertothe
Indianmarketstayingoutofthespotlight
untiltheintroductionoftheir newrange
servingasa sortofcomebackforthem.We
haveonhandtheTreble 900 ,anon-ear
wirelessheadsetmarketedbythe companyashaving
“extrabass”andtheycertainlyliveupthat.
Allsongshadtheirbassextremelypunctuated,
sometimestoa faultdistractingfromthehighsandmids.
It isevidentthatAnthasgoneoverboardwiththelow
endresponsewhichisgoodformegabassfansbutwill
compelthoseinthemarketforbalancedmusictolook
elsewhere.Theleftearcuphousesthe3.5mmportand 3
audioplaybackbuttonspulldoubleduty. Theywere
responsiveanddidnotcausedelays inregisteringinput
buttheirassignmentleft muchtobedesired. Toincrease
or lowerthevolumewehadtokeepthebuttondepressed
whichwasimpreciseandmadeuseitherturnthevolume
tothemaxorcompletelymuteit.Ontheflipside,a single
tapisallthatisneededforskippingforwardorback.
Userswholovechangingsongs oftenwilllikethisbut
otherswhodon’tshouldkeepthisinmind.Wefelt
noticeablefatigueduringlongerlisteningsessionsand
hadtotake abreakasthe pressureinflictedbythe cans
becamea bittoomuchturningourearsuncomfortably
warm.Theearpads include soft memoryfoamthathasa
finetexturebutcouldhavebeenthickerandthesamecan
bedoubly saidfortheheadbandwhichsufferedmore
becausethe paddingwasinsufficientmakingusfeelthe
heft ofthe metal. Clearindicatorsforthe Left andRight
directionmarkedinside the cupsareappreciatedgiven
howmanyaccidentallywearearphoneswrongduetothe
printbeingsmall. Theoverallblackdesignfitswellinany
environmentwithoutlookinggarishoroutofplace.
Comingtothebattery,afullchargetakesaround2.5
hoursandgaveapproximately 8-9hoursofplayback
time.Attendingvoicecalls wentwithoutahitchbutwe
foundoutthatthe in-built microphonedoesn’t work
whenconnectedviathe 3.5mmjack. Thebundledcabled
isjustthe right sizeforwiredlisteningbutthe miniUSB
chargingcable shoulddefinitelybebigger.It isahardsell
attheMRP(`5,999)buttakingintoaccountthe`2,099
pricepointononlineplatforms,wehave no issue in
tellingbassloverstogoforit.Drop the bass
ZERO TREBLE
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PRICE`5, 999 URLantaudio.co.ukDIMENSIONS7. 2 x
18 x 17.6cmHEADPHONETYPEOnearDRIVERUNIT
40 mmIMPEDANCE 32 OhmBLUETOOTH5.0WIRELESS
RANGE 10 mBATTERYY300mAhCHARGETIME 2 hoursVERDICT
WE’REIMPRESSEDPowerfulbass,decentbattery
WE’DIMPROVEVolumecontrols,uncomfortable for
longperiods,heavy
THELASTWORDTr eble 900 hasaonetrackfocuson
bass turning intoadouble edged swordWORDS ANKUSHMAHAJAN