WHY is everyone recommending this budget headphone???

The Soundcore Space One has been called the new budget wireless king... but is that really the case? Buckle-up.

Measurement Index

How to read headphone measurements

00:00 - Intro
01:05 - Build, Design & Comfort
02:28 - Sound: Subjective
04:36 - Sound: Objective
06:21 - Conclusion

[KirkLazurus]

Maybe instead of buying all those sponsored posts that littered my feed a week or 2 ago, soundcore should have used that money to engineer a better product.

[ChubiPanda]

Thank you for actually doing a review on these! I’ve seen so many YouTubers promoting the features on these but saying nothing about how they sound!

[RaphaelStarr]

He didn’t just drop the mic, he dropped the whole headphone.

[Stevex]

I have this headphones. The sound and noise cancelling is very good BUT the hinge on the right side broke and the hinge on the hinge on the left side is cracked and also coming apart.

I have a way different experience with the found of these to this guy. The voices sound good to me.

I'm not hearing that mountain of bass he is showing here in his measurement. In fact the bass is very tame with my headphones.

[Martin_H.]

Glad I found one of few honest reviewers. Many other are so fake and bought by Soundcore.
I used to be fan of Soundcore. I had 2x Motion+, Motion Boom and Q30.
But last year or two they are releasing only subpar products with fake youtube reviews. Screw them!

[xHal]

THANK YOU for talking about these. Of course certain tech tubers are praising these things. They dropped and people (cough certain YouTubers) just calling them AirPod killers and recommending them heavily. Kind of sucks these are so bad. Anker has some good audio products for the price, but man, what a bummer for such a hyped product to be so trash. I wouldn’t be surprised if Anker is paying folks to say good things. Kind of reminds me of…Raycons, anyone?

[Dinofam]

I've seen so many reviews on these saying these are amazing and you're the first to tell the truth! Vocals on these hurt !!!

[electricfatman]

I own many other soundcore earbuds and enjoy them. I have only returned 2 headphones in the past year. These Space One and a pair of Bose 700. Great review, thanks.

[ŽaliaUgnis]

Bruh what do you expect it's 100usd.
It's a steal for this price, plus you get a ton of features.
That's a win in my book, and sound is great.

[mattparsons]

Exact same problem my Liberty 3 pro's have. Huge bass with that midrange drop; then just tons of random energy in the highs. Honestly it's nice to see someone pointing this out because the TWS crew on youtube just shills damn near everything Soundcore comes out with.

I think people like them because they've just not really heard much that sounds proper - the consumer curve tends to be big bass with recessed mids.

They're fine for watching youtube videos / low fi crap. Otherwise I use my Qudelix/S12 pro's.

[paultomaszewski]

Glad to see someone putting a company on blast about what they have produced. Some other reviewers seem to have tip toed around the actual sound quality because of the rest of the qualities of this headphone. Sorry but it is a headphone and the sound is part of it, if it garbage, it's garbage and they need to address that by updating it or fix it on the next model. We used to use the term "constructive criticism", but today everyone wants to be overly positive so not to hurt anyones feelings. Thanks for letting us know when a turd is a turd.

[curtish]

"Good for cancelling out the noise while you sleep." That was a good one.

[ShadowTheHellJumper]

I properly laughed out loud when I saw that response graph.. The only other time that's happened was when I saw the graph for the Raycon E25's.. I actually can't believe they managed to make it that bad, it HAS to be a botched tuning job.. Otherwise they have to fire their sound engineers

[arthurhaywood]

I love that you still cover gear at this price level! The perspective is much needed and you never know when you’ll come across a gem!

Personally, I’ve kinda sworn off of wireless headphones unless it’s a matter of convenience or I just need to travel light. I also don’t place a high value on ANC because the better the ANC, the more artifacts of its effectiveness I hear in the sound! But maybe that’s just me!

Where I’ve found value has been with some of AKG’s headphones and iem’s. They can be found heavily discounted with great build quality and very good sonics. They’re not a first thought and because of that fly under the radar. I used their N400NC iem’s for a couple of years now. I picked them up directly from AKG for sub $50 and they were made to sell for $150. A very neutral and balanced sound. Built like a tank!

Unless you absolutely want or need to be totally wireless, my first suggestion will always be to get a portable BT receiver to use with your wired headphones/iem’s if sound quality is important to you.

[rubenslootmaekers]

I have the headphones and yes it is tuned very weird. But with enough trial and error you can get good audio in my opinion. But it will definitely take some time to get them tuned correctly.

[WarisAmirMohammad]

Thanks for the video. Would love to see reviews of price competitors for the Soundcore like 1MORE Sonoflow or Status Audio Flagship ANC

[Lgnzzz]

The frequency response graph makes me suprised the space one isn't a raycon collab

[garyrival]

Which headphones to go for under$100?
This review made me completly drop this product.

[alfredaustrie]

I have the lower end Q20i and tbh they're sound very good especially for being cheaper than these

[uncoknwn]

bought this headphones recently and instantly returned. my q30 sounds may better straight from box, yeah they are in a bad condition, but I still use them and love them. of course design and comfort with space one is amazing, but just as I played the track, I was confused, like I’m using 20$ headphones. it was a sad moment, but it is as it is. still looking for a proper replacement of q30