Design and features:This Bluetooth wireless home/studio-style on-ear model provides very good sound. Although it lacks active noise reduction, the closed design helps to reduce both outside noise and sound leaking out into your environment.
Additional features include:
Has integrated volume control, microphone, and call connect/disconnect control.
Additional features include it can be connected via the USB charging/data cable to Apple iPads or Macs with USB-C ports to play audio files stored on or streamed to them. Free Beats app download for Android mobile devices adds additional features and software updates when used with Android mobile devices.
Sound quality:We found the Solo 4 delivers sound quality that falls in the very good range - it reproduces music and voice very well although it does have some noticeable sonic quirks. The bass (as in bass drums, bass guitars, stand-up bass, etc.) has good impact and goes deep but is a bit boomy. The midrange (voices, guitars, horns, etc.) is fairly even but is a bit grainy and etched (a bit more sharply outlined then it should be) and a bit hazy, constricted and congested (think sonic traffic jam). The treble (cymbals, the upper range of violins, etc.) is extended but is a bit prominent, smeared and sizzly (sounds that should have a delicate shimmer have a sound reminiscent of bacon frying). The sound also has a good sense of liveliness and is somewhat open--sound-wise it almost seems like you don't have anything plugging up your ears and does a decent job of recovering room ambience. Mixed character - warmish bass with coolish midrange and cool treble. The overall sound can be summarized as bit sizzly and a bit grainy.
Comfort and Fit:We found that these headphones produce a sense of moderate pressure on the ears. As typical of on-ear models the ear pads might feel hot and/or sticky after prolonged use.
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Users with larger heads might find that the headband does not have enough adjustment range resulting in the headband pressing uncomfortably on the top of the head and/or the ear cups not sitting properly on the ears; the less-than-ideal fit on the ears might interfere with the ear pad seal and may reduce the bass response and/or noise reduction capabilities of the headphone.
Some users may find that when they lean far forward the headphones feel unstable and shift forward.
Users with large heads will find that when they lean forward that the headphones feel stable and don't shift forward.
