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MPOW H19 Hybrid ANC Headphones -- REVIEW
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Jun 22, 2024
Affordable bluetooth headphones featuring hybrid ANC? Tech expert Dave Taylor of https://www.AskDaveTaylor.com/ checks out the MPOW H19 Hybrid ANC Headphones featuring dual 40mm drivers, CVC 8.0 for conversations and 30+ hour playback time and finds them to have a lush and rich sound along with surprisingly effective active noise cancellation. There are a few things that could be improved, however, but overall, a solid option for the price. Learn more at Amazon: https://amzn.to/2X2qrIS
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Hybrid ANC headphones? Let's check these out. â™
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Dave Taylor here, and I'm checking out these. These are the MPOW H19 Hybrid ANC headphones
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and they're pretty darn nice. So, what's Hybrid ANC? We'll get to that in a second
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But first, I just want to point out that they have swivel earpieces
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and they're foldable, so they're very portable, and they have a really nice case. We'll get to that in a second
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But what makes these really cool is they have really nice sound
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Each earpiece features a dual 40mm driver, which means you're getting pretty large amounts of sound
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It's big, rich sound. Very nice. The earpads are memory foam. They call them, like, protein foam or something like that
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but it's just memory foam, same as you'd have on a bed, which means that when you put them on your ears
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they rest comfortably, they're not tight, I have a fairly grande cabeza
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and they're really comfortable, and they gradually sort of fit to the shape of your head
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which means that they're, even just in sort of passive noise cancellation
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they block out a lot of the ambient sound. But, of course, you want to use the ANC
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and what they mean by hybrid is that they're doing some sort of additional circuitry to get the ANC
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to work even better with lower frequencies. I can't exactly tell, and unfortunately
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I can't get on an airplane to test it, but I have tried it out in my noisy house
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and it's worked pretty darn well. It's a pretty nice ANC. Now, as is typical with a lot of these products
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on the right ear, as you can see in the close-up, there's the volume up and down
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and then there's what they call the multifunction button, which basically does everything and the kitchen sink
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and then on the left ear, there's ANC, which is just an on-off slider
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Now, that's a nice design, and it also means that if you use these as wired headphones
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which is an option, you can still turn on the ANC, which is a real win, but the problem is that
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if you leave the ANC on and you're not listening and you put them down, then that battery life
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is going away, sayonara, because it's just going to run out of battery because it's working
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all the ANC circuitry even though you're not actually doing anything, kind of a drag
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So, trade-off there, so just remember to turn off the ANC. Now, Bluetooth 5.0, which is really nice
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This is the latest generation of Bluetooth, which gives you better connectivity
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and a more reliable connection. I had no problem with these, even just walking
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all over my house with my source device just sitting at a table or something
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totally no problem. That worked out really well. Now, on the Amazon page, they say it has
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45 hours of playback. That is super optimistic and enthusiastic of the company
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Prop to them for enthusiasm, but even on the box it actually says, let's see on the box
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it says playback up to 30 hours without ANC. So, realistically, somewhere around like
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25 hours without ANC and 20 hours with ANC. And ANC, active noise cancellation
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eats up battery, but you know what? It's worth it because getting rid of all
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that background noise, if you're working at home or something, then getting rid of
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the noise of the kids or all the machinery or something near you, total win
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So, you just have to sort of be ready for that. So, when you put them on, then you can adjust
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the headband to get the perfect fit. And then it's a double tap on the
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multifunction button. You can get to your voice assistant if you're on an Android or an iPhone
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Either way works fine. And they also have a microphone built into this
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so you can use this for phone calls, which means you could also use this for
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things like video chats. Now, the microphone being up here is a long
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way from your mouth. So, they do have CVC circuitry. This is CVC 8.0
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So, that technology just keeps getting better. And what that does is that tries to eliminate
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ambient background and passive background noise just to make your voice sound better
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But it's still a long way from your voice. So, it's still kind of a balancing act there
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So, you know, they're okay for phone calls. They're okay for video chats
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If you're mostly just listening, these will work fine. But if you're the star of the show or the host
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of the meeting, you probably want something where the microphone's a little more front and center
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That's okay, because these still are really nice as headphones. And I will say that they make videos and stuff
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pretty darn nice. If you want to watch Netflix, you're going to get
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all the drama of the latest action movie and all the gunshots and explosions
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are going to sound real good with this. Because it has a lot of bass
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Now, comes with, let's see, we have a micro USB charging cable
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I'm going to give them minus one for micro USB. Please step to USB-C
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It's just a better connection technology. Also comes with a wire if you want to use
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these wired or if you run out of battery. Keep this for emergencies
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You plug one end into the headphones and the other end into whatever device you have
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Now, of course, if you have something like this iPhone 11, then you're kind of a little bit
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not able to do that because you need yet another adapter. So it's not like a lightning to 3.5 millimeter
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Que sera, sera. But I like that you have the option of using it wired
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And for some people, having it wired is going to give them much of the benefit
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of the audio quality and everything without any of that circuitry or worrying
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about battery life. So, that's nice. And this cable is about four feet long
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because I know someone's going to ask. And you can also use, here's that little
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carrying pouch I was talking about. And it's really nice. It's this very soft little pouch
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So you can really fold these up as much as you need to, put them in the pouch
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and you are ready to rock and roll. That's pretty nice. These make these very portable
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for when you are able to take an airplane trip or jump on a train or something
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It's exactly the great environment for ANC. Which brings us to the sound
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So what do they sound like? The answer is, they sound pretty darn good
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for the price, especially. They sound remarkably good. I mean, you really, you know, you want that ANC
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to get rid of all the low environmental rumbling and noises around you
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But you also want really good sound. And these deliver. They're really nice
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They are very comfortable. I've listened to them for four or five hours at a stretch
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And you almost forget you have them on. So some headphones, when you have them on
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you sort of have that squeezing effect like the walls squishing in in Star Wars, right
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It's like that with your head. Not very comfortable. These do not have that problem
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So they sound really good. So they have a nice sound stage
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They have a solid bass response. And it's really at the higher ends that they really are nice
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So they have a nice clarity to them. So if you're listening to something like
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say, some classic jazz, John Coltrane or something like that, it's going to sound really sweet
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If your tastes are more to hip hop or something, then you're going to be able to hear all the individual instruments
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Lots to like about these, really. So only thing left to talk about
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the only thing I want to other say, or say in addition, is how much it costs
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But before we get there, I'm going to ask if you can subscribe to my channel. It's just one click or a tap away
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on that little red button. Go for it. Subscribe. I really appreciate that. Great
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Now, these are the MPOW H19 Hybrid AM2. H19 Hybrid ANC headphones
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And they will cost you a remarkably low $59.99 at Amazon.com. And $60 for these is a pretty screaming deal
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And if you keep your eyes open, you might find them to be even less in other places
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So, worth checking out. Now, super quick before we're done, the MPOW also has the H17
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In fact, I just reviewed them recently. And those are nice too. The difference between those and these
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is that these have that hybrid ANC, so they should have even better active noise canceling
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And these are Bluetooth 5, whereas the H17 is back on Bluetooth 4
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So, maybe not huge issues, but the obviously, well, and I guess the design is a little different too
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They don't look exactly the same. I really, I'm impressed with these. These are really nice
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I know my kids are going to try to take them and I'm going to say no
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So with that, I'm going to get back to my music. And that means I'll catch you in my next video
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Thanks for watching
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