The power on/off and pairing procedure is a bit quirky and leaves something to be desired from a notification standpoint. Pressing and holding the small button on the bottom of the right ear cup turns the headphones on and, if held for an extra second, puts the headphones into pairing mode. However, unlike most headphones that greet a user with a welcoming chime or voice when turned on, as well as an indication of pairing mode, these headphones do no such thing. To make sure they were on and in pairing mode, I had to take the headphones off and look at the white indicator lights that turn on and then begin pulsing when in pairing mode. The Studio3's ANC is not the best execution I've heard, but it helped to reduce the low droning of the construction crew using some large power equipment outside my window. On the positive side, when connected to the Samsung Galaxy S5, I could easily walk around my 900 square-foot apartment and a friend's roughly 1,500 square-foot house, all without a single dropout. Impressive! Call Quality They certainly don’t suffer from a surfeit of bass (long held as a defining trait for the brand). It’s the mid-range that dominates instead.

Creation Consumer Finance Ltd is authorised and regulated by the Financial Conduct Authority (Register no. 311518). Press the power button on your headphones for 5 seconds. When the five Fuel Gauge lights flash, your headphones are discoverable. These two extra goodies go together to provide highly effective noise cancellation. It isn’t quite as good as the Bose QuietComfort 35 at creating that eery bubble of silence – you can still hear the hiss of the noise cancellation wave in quiet environments – but the flipside is that there’s less of a sensation of pressure created by the ANC than with the Bose. All of the fuel gauge LEDs will blink white, then one LED will blink red. This sequence will happen three times. When the lights stop flashing, your headphones will have been reset.

The headphones fit snug to the head, which gives them a cool streamlined appearance. The ear pads are synthetic leather, but soft as Mr Whippy’s finest. They’re comfortable, although after a few hours your ears will begin to sweat. It should not be understated how brilliant Apple’s W1 Bluetooth chip is. It turns what could otherwise be a rather fiddly, fussy procedure into an absolute breeze. Using the Studio3s on quite a few calls during my testing, the call quality was clear on my end. When I asked other people if they could hear me, on multiple occasions they told me that the audio was clear, and they couldn't tell that I wasn't on a handset.

As EDM and hip-hop are two of my favorite genres of music these days, it’s nice to have a pair of cans that really let you feel the bass drop. The feeling that chaos was about to erupt was palpable": Thurston Moore's memoir Sonic Life is a fascinating insider account of life-changing outsider art, and one music geek's insatiable lust for the loud To answer a second incoming call and put the first call on hold, press once. When two calls are active, this switches between calls.Beats Studio3 Wireless headphones deliver a premium listening experience with Pure Active Noise Cancelling (Pure ANC). The clear choice for those that place a premium on comfort without sacrificing sound quality and noise cancellation