Design and features:This Bluetooth wireless noise-canceling home/studio-style over-ear model provides very good sound and good active noise reduction. Its closed design and electronic noise canceling feature reduce both outside noise and sound leaking out into your environment.
Additional features include:
Has integrated volume control, microphone, and call connect/disconnect control.
Sound quality:We found the Consumer ATH-S300BT delivers sound quality that falls in the mediocre range - meaning that it has sonic shortcomings that leave a lot to be desired when listening to music but don't rule it out for dialog and communication and good active noise reduction. The bass (as in bass drums, bass guitars, stand-up bass, etc.) has good impact and goes fairly deep, but is prominent and boomy. The midrange (voices, guitars, horns, etc.) is a bit grainy and somewhat muffled, and has a noticeable plastic resonance. The treble (cymbals, the upper range of violins, etc.) is somewhat sizzly (sounds that should have a delicate shimmer have a sound reminiscent of bacon frying) and the upper treble is muted. The sound lacks liveliness and it is closed (sound-wise it's fairly obvious you have something plugging your ears) and does a so-so job of recovering room ambience. Warm character. The overall sound can best be summarized as boomy and somewhat muffled.
Comfort and Fit:There is a sense of moderate pressure around the ears. As typical of over-ear models the ear pads might feel hot and/or sticky after prolonged use.
Large
Users with larger heads might find that the headband does not have enough adjustment range to allow the ear cups to rest properly over the ears and/or that the headband slightly presses on the top of the head .
Users with larger ears might find that the over-the-ear fit of the ear pads feel cramped, or that the ear pads sit on, rather than around their ears; in that case the less-than-ideal fit around the ears might interfere with the ear pad seal and reduce the bass response and/or noise reduction capabilities of the headphone .
Small
Users with smaller heads may find they can get a good ear pad seal.
Incidental contact with the touch controls on the left/right/either ear cup can cause unintentional playing, pausing, or track skipping.
Stability
Some users with small to medium head sizes may find that when they lean far forward the headphones feel unstable and shift forward, not so for those with larger heads.
Other noise
When wearing this model while walking the muffled vibrations from each foot step can be heard slightly through the headphones regardless of whether or not the headphones are in noise cancelling mode .
When the audio cord is used the sound of it rubbing on clothing may be faintly heard through the headphones .
