{"id":1515,"date":"2020-12-01T23:26:28","date_gmt":"2020-12-01T23:26:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thenextweb.com\/?p=1330106"},"modified":"2020-12-01T23:26:28","modified_gmt":"2020-12-01T23:26:28","slug":"cambridge-audios-melomania-touch-earbuds-promise-50-hours-of-battery-life","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.londonchiropracter.com\/?p=1515","title":{"rendered":"Cambridge Audio\u2019s Melomania Touch earbuds promise 50 hours of battery life"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

We liked Cambridge Audio\u2018s Melomania 1 headphones when we gave them a go last year<\/a>; we felt they offered standout sound quality and connectivity for their price. Now the venerable audio company is releasing its latest set of headphones, this time promising to both improve sound quality and<\/em> battery life.<\/p>\n

In fact, the company claims its new Melomania Touch<\/a> true wireless headphones offer a whopping 50 hours of total battery life (9 hours per charge, plus an extra 41 in the case) when used in a special low power mode. Even in \u2018High Performance Audio Mode,\u2019 the headphones still offer a very respectable 7 hours of battery life per charge, with an extra 33 hours in the case.<\/p>\n

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This time around the headphones use touch controls as opposed to the big buttons on their predecessors. The company says the headphones were \u201ccrafted using data points from over 3,000 pairs of ears to ensure the perfect combination of long-lasting comfort,\u201d and that they are lightweight at under 6 grams each.<\/span><\/p>\n

While the headphones don\u2019t offer any built-in active noise cancellation, I found the originals still blocked a good amount of sound passively, and Cambridge Audio seems to be aiming for similar performance here. To that end, there\u2019s also a transparency mode for when you\u2019d actually like to hear more<\/em> of the outside world. The touch controls also allow you to play and pause music, skip tracks, change volume, or summon Siri or the Google Assistant.<\/p>\n

The company says it\u2019s leveraging the similar amplification technology to what it uses in its hi-fi CX amps, claiming to offer \u201can even greater soundstage, lower noise and a higher dynamic range than ever before with Melomania Touch.\u201d The headphones feature a 7mm graphene driver, slightly larger than the 5.8mm graphene driver in the original; the material is known for its strength and rigidity.<\/span><\/p>\n

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The headphones support Bluetooth 5.0 and both AAC and AptX codecs, and promise decent microphone quality too, thanks to Qualcomm\u2019s Clear Voice Capture technology that cancels background noise. A new Melomania app allows you to set custom equalizer settings and helps you find lost earbuds. And mercifully, the headphones charge via USB-C  rather than the antiquated Micro USB this time too.<\/p>\n

The Melomania Touch will be priced at $149.95 \/ \u00a3129.95 \/ \u20ac139.95 when they go on sale starting January 1 on both Cambridge Audio\u2019s website and Amazon. It\u2019s a refreshingly reasonable price for a product from an audiophile-oriented company; here\u2019s hoping they live up to their predecessors.<\/p>\n

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