Plantronics, a well-known manufacturer of mobile phone accessories, including Bluetooth headsets for voice calls, has been working for years in the production of headphones and earphones for music listening. While Plantronics headphones were previously available, they were mainly developed for call-center phone calls, or for video games.
With the Plantronics Backbeat Pro headset, Plantronics has thrown a pavement into the pie. For less than $150, this Bluetooth headset offers one of the best sound signatures on the market, with wearing comfort that only the best Sony headphones can envy. A serious opulent but articulate, a precise and soft medium, silky high frequencies, Plantronics has won the jackpot with the Backbeat Pro. Better, this aptX compatible headset is equipped with a detector and pauses when it is no longer on the head. Its only weakness is an active noise reduction perfectible.
If we speak of Plantronics, is that the manufacturer's range has just added to Bluetooth headphones, of True Wireless headphones and new Bluetooth mobile headsets. They join the models Backbeat Pro, Backbeat Pro 2 and Backbeat Pro 2 SE.
Two new models of headphones are now available, Plantronics Backbeat Fit 2100 and Plantronics 88120-41 M165, according to the saimdeals the Plantronics 88120-41 M165 is one of the best headset ever by Plantronics in 2019. The first is a Bluetooth waterproof round neck, ideal for sports and even swimming. The second is the True Wireless model (totally separate Bluetooth headphones), also waterproof. Battery life varies from 5 hours (True Wireless) to 7 hours (round-neck) with a fast charge that saves 1 hour of autonomy in 10 minutes. Good news, the prices are very attractive, with less than $150 for the model Backbeat Fit 3100 True Wireless.
The Plantronics Backbeat Go 410 Bluetooth headphones are designed for mobile listening in non-extreme conditions. They are also equipped with an active noise reduction system. So convenient for public transport and noisy streets.
As for the new headsets, Plantronics offers the Plantronics Backbeat Fit 500 and Plantronics Backbeat Fit 505, Bluetooth models designed to resist perspiration and rain (IPX2), thanks to a specific Nano-coating. The 505 model comes with a hard case, while the 500 is with a soft pouch. These headphones benefit from the Bass Tube technology and offer an autonomy of 18 hours in musical listening (16 hours in conversation).
Finally, the new Bluetooth headset with active noise reduction is the Plantronics Backbeat Go 810. In addition to the Bass Tube technology, its particularity is to offer two different tone settings.
All of these new Plantronics earphones and headsets use the SBC universal codec for music listening.
