Best Soundpeats Wireless Headphones

Back Story: As I am going through my initial discovery stage regarding headphones and In Ear Monitors (IEM’s), I wanted to experience both wired and… Read more

wireless and at the same time I bought the Soundpeats H3 wireless noise cancelling earbuds I also purchased a Linsoul IEM setup (IEM, IEM cable and IEM DAC), (one of my recent reviews).

Some Tech Stuff: Specifications:

Soundpeats H3 wireless noise cancelling earbuds (About this item (from Amazon)):

• CNET "Best Of" Award Winner—"SoundPEATS H3 wireless earbuds deliver standout Hi-Fi sound that punches above their weight—crisp highs, rich mids, tight bass—for an impressive, detail-packed audio experience at its price."

• 【Dual BA + 12mm Dynamic Hybrid Drivers for Hi-Fi Sound】 Engineered with a triple-driver system (Dual Balanced Armatures + 12mm dynamic driver), SOUNDPEATS H3 wireless earbuds deliver powerful bass, crystal-clear mids, and brilliant highs. The custom PU + wool composite diaphragm produces natural, rich low frequencies, while BA drivers reproduce fine details and vocals with precision. Certified Hi-Res and tunable via the PeatsAudio App EQ, these in ear headphones offer a next-generation Hi-Fi wireless audio experience.

• 【Multi-Authoritative Certifications for Lossless Audio Excellence】 Soundpeats H3 is dual-certified with Hi-Res Audio and Snapdragon Sound, supporting aptX Lossless, LDAC, and aptX Adaptive for pristine sound. Hi-Res captures fine details beyond CD quality, while Snapdragon Sound ensures end-to-end HD transmission, customizable via the “PeatsAudio” app. Enjoy CD-level lossless playback with aptX Lossless, immersive 24bit/96kHz audio with LDAC, and intelligent bitrate adaptation in varying environments with aptX Adaptive. ※Compatible devices required for each codec.

• 【Industry-Leading 55dB Noise Cancelling Earbuds】 H3 Bluetooth headphones feature hybrid ANC that suppresses up to 55dB of noise, eliminating airplane engine rumble, busy streets, and office hum with ease. With AI adaptive noise control and advanced microphones, these earphones effectively reduce high-frequency noise around 4000Hz, giving you a personal “quiet zone” whether on the subway, in a café, at work, or at home.

• 【6 Mics with AI Call Noise Reduction & Transparency Mode】 Each earbud is equipped with 3 microphones (6 total), enhanced by AI algorithms and cVc 8.0 noise cancellation for crystal-clear calls. They isolate your voice from background noise, ensuring clarity in crowded or windy environments. The voice-focused transparency mode amplifies human voices so you can talk naturally without removing your earphones.

• 【Premium Craftsmanship & Comfortable Fit】 Designed with over 16 processes and 6 premium materials, these Bluetooth earphones combine elegance and durability. The metal mesh + anodized aluminum nozzle reduces interference for extended treble and spacious soundstage. Ergonomic in ear design ensures a secure and comfortable fit for all-day wear. The crystal-clear housing reveals precision craftsmanship, making SOUNDPEATS H3 more than just headphones—an audio masterpiece.

• 【Extended Battery Life & Fast Charging】 Enjoy up to 37 hours of total playtime (7 hours per charge, plus 30 hours with the charging case). A quick 10-minute charge provides up to 2 hours of use—perfect for busy mornings or last-minute trips. Whether commuting, studying, traveling, or relaxing, these noise cancelling in ear headphones power your day with music. Note: Tested under AAC codec, 60% volume, ANC off. Actual results may vary. Approx. 4 hours per charge with ANC on.

Setting up the Soundpeats H3 wireless noise cancelling earbuds:

The purpose of getting this Soundpeats H3 wireless noise cancelling earbuds, was to use it as an allrounder for my smartphone, a Samsung Galaxy S25 Ultra; for walking the dogs, taking the train to work, gardening and house jobs.

The case for the earbuds is quite large, compared to my Sony WH-1000MX3 earbuds, which I have used for the past 3 years.

The Soundpeats H3 case is somewhat fancy with a black plastic base, a gold band or stripe across the middle and a smoked plastic lid. There is a signature type font expression inside of the front of the case, ‘Hear the difference’. It really is an experience, compared to buying, say, a flagship Sony, where Soundpeats are pulling out ‘all of the stops’.

The Soundpeats H3 are quite large for earbuds, more like IEM’s. They are beautiful to look at, with a gold coloured ‘S’ letter on the end of the earbuds, on a translucent gold base.

The Soundpeats H3 inner workings are on display and encased in a clear plastic or resin case.

There are plenty of earbud tips to choose from in the kit. I found one that suits me and the ear-seal is great, assisting immensely with the ANC.

The Soundpeats H3 earbuds clip in solid to the magnetic connectors in the case, which is very satisfying, making them feel more premium.

Charging of the case is by a USB C port at the bottom of the case

Soundpeats H3 wireless noise cancelling earbuds functionality:

The Soundpeats H3 are setup via the proprietary Peats Audio smartphone app, which you can download via your phone’s app catalogue.

The app is very easy to use, with the ability to change the touch functionality on both earbuds, which I did to my liking. It was very easy to do.

You can change the level of ANC to Noise Cancelling, Normal or Transparent as well but I just leave mine on the Noise Cancelling Traffic Mode for maximum outside noise suppression.

This, combined with the silicon earbuds, works really well and is comparable with my Sony earbuds.

Connectivity is very good via Bluetooth 5.4, supporting the Snapdragon Sound and the aptX Adaptive codec. It also uses LDAC.

Soundpeats H3 wireless noise cancelling earbuds Sound:

There are a set of pre-made sound signatures on the app as well as the ability to create your own, which is what I did.

These earbuds are nothing short of fantastic, with a clean, clear, rich sound. The music across genres is full sounding but with a lot of detail.

The bass is a real standout, getting nice and low. It is a tight, precise bass that just helps songs bloom with the fuller frequency range.

Final Thoughts:

The Soundpeats H3 are not studio in ear monitors, unless you EQ them that way. And that is one of the beauties of these earbuds; you can actively change their sound signature to your taste.

These are the type of earbuds that you can live with for a while, like I have done with the Sony’s.

The fact that these are not mainstream earbuds, allows you to intuitively make them your own, to adjust the earbuds, the EQ, the ANC, to workout what really works for you and this in turn makes them more about you, and what you really like and how you really want to hear your music.

This is not a mainstream player, where you blindly accept what is being offered and feel grateful in doing so.

No, it is the beginning of wisdom, where you truly work out what is right.

This type of earbuds just makes you want to listen more and springboard off with the experience into more of what personalised earbuds and IEMs can do for you, like getting your ear canals mapped and having them made just for your own physical strengths and weaknesses.

It is all an experience, just waiting for you to apply your own personality to it.

What more could you ask for, right?

Earbuds like the Soundpeats H3 are a blessing for what they bring and what they give you and for that I could only score them 100 out of 100.

To find fault with earbuds like these, would be to find fault with yourself. All you need to do is go with what you feel from what they give you and you can’t go wrong.

4/12/2025 - Update:

Today I used the Soundpeats H3 when I was walking the dogs. I then spent a couple more hours cleaning the windows at home and by the end the right earbud was telling me it was running out of power.

These earbuds should get 4 hours per charge with ANC on.

If the right earbud keeps running out of power after a couple of hours; it will be a return for a new set I think, so more shortly.

5/12/2025 - Update

Today I walked the dogs then cleaned the house and wore the Soundpeats H3. I began running the earbuds at 12.29 p.m. The right earbud power failed after 2 hours and 45 minutes. The left earbud failed after 3 hours and 45 minutes. During this time the ANC was off so the earbuds should have run between 4 hours and 7 hours.

Apart from getting a minimum of 4 hours power on ANC, one earbud should not have such a vast difference and die on you an hour before the other one, right?

I have already booked a refund with Amazon and will be dropping it off at the post office tomorrow, much to my dismay.

The sound from these earbuds is so good for the $107.00 price. Even when the bass was loud, it was still clear. When I walked the dogs, I had one notch higher than when the sound level is in the black on my Samsung S25 ultra, so just in the 'red zone'. However, I turned it down back to the 'black zone' when I got home, as there was no traffic noise, only the vacuum and the floor hard floor cleaner.

I am genuinely sad to see them go.

I am considering waiting for them to go on sale again and buy them again, hoping I get a set with a better battery, but I'm probably wishful thinking ... we shall see.

I just so wish companies would really do a better job with their quality control.

The irony is, now I am left with the Linsoul wired earbuds set, which sound amazing, as the 'last set standing'. I will give them a run tomorrow, as I love what they do. (checkout my other review regarding the Linsoul wired earbuds, Linsoul DAC and upgraded Linsoul cable).

At least with this set, you are reliant on the phone running out of juice or the amplifier, which is very unlikely.

6/12/2025 - Update:

I had a listen to my Sony WF-1000XM3's and I can say that the quality of sound simply pales in comparison to the Soundpeats H3's.

Using the Sony app didn't really help much. I EQ'd the Sony's but they simply lacked the bass, soundstage and clarity of the H3's.

So, I did something I never do: I bought them again! I am hoping the battery in the set coming on Sunday will last longer. The price was the same, at $107.00.

And the good thing is; it is easy to do returns with Amazon, you just fill out a few things via the Amazon app and you get a QR code that you take to the post office and they print out the postage stickers and stick them on the box.

I always keep the boxes of electronic items in case of return but also in case I sell them, as it is always nice to have the original packaging, when you are buying something used.

My next update will be whether the next set of H3's battery lasts the distance.

This review is going to end up as more of a journey or a log than a simple review, but you learn a lot during that journey, right?

7/12/2025 - Update:

Received the second Soundpeats H3 in the post from Amazon today and were fully charged and ready for testing from 4.06 p.m.

I started with playing a Tidal playlist and then went onto playing a playlist from Spotify. I played on adaptive ANC with only moderate sound level.

By 7.28 p.m. the right sound bud had already died and at this time the left soundbud died. This giving a total of 3 hours and 22 minutes with adaptive ANC on and playing at medium or moderate sound levels, one below red on my Samsung Galaxy S25 Ultra.

I will test it again tomorrow, to see if there is any change. If not, they are going back to Amazon as a battery failure again.

8/12/2025 - Update:

Today I set the Soundpeats H3 (second set) to Noise Cancelling: Adaptive Noise Cancelling.

I took the dogs for a walk and then came back and did some house repairs, leaving them running with my phone, playing Spotify lossless.

I started at 11.32 a.m. and by 2.32 p.m. the right earbud was down to 25% and the left earbud was down to 50%.

By 2.54 p.m., the right earbud battery expired (always seems to be the right earbud first?).

By 3.06 p.m. the left earbud battery expired.

So, the right earbud got 3 hours and 22 minutes and the left earbud got 3 hours and 34 minutes.

A lot of reviewers don't put up with anything less than 5 hours.

Tomorrow, I am going to test what the Soundpeats H3 are like with ANC off, both in sound quality and battery life and then make a decision.

9/12/2025 - Final Update:

Today I tested the Soundpeats H3 (second set) in 'Normal' mode, without ANC, walking the dogs and doing tasks inside and outside the house, starting a 11.17 a.m. The seal with the silicon tips are good enough to cancel most traffic noise, as vehicles drive past you.

The right earbud expired at 4.11 p.m. and the left earbud expired at 4.47 p.m. That gives nearly 5 hours for the right earbud and 5.5 hours with the left earbud.

What struck me the most was the sound quality of these earbuds throughout the test. Obviously better indoors, but walking outside past traffic, you still got a really good rendering of music through the lows to the highs, with such clarity.

Therefore, I have made a decision to keep them, mainly for their sound quality but also as a benchmark to compare to the next earbuds.

I know their shortcomings now, so I will have a spare set of earbuds with me when I travel, if the Soundpeats H3 run out of power.

If the quality of sound is as good or better and the battery life with full ANC and no ANC is better than the Soundpeats H3, than the next set will be something to write about (And I will!).

This has been another Ant review (albeit a longer one). I hope you have enjoyed reading it, as much as I have had compiling it.

Sharing My Thoughts with Soundpeats:

On 10/12/2025 I emailed Soundpeats, telling them about my experience with the H3s. I told them the reason for doing so, was to encourage them to improve things like the battery life; to make a fantastic product and not just a good product.

Mira and David from Soundpeats got back to me and were very informative about the product:

'We understand that the battery life issue may affect your experience, so we will resolve this issue for you as soon as possible. May we know which codec (AAC,SBC,APTX,LDAC) you use when testing the battery life?

Please kindly note that the H3 using AAC codec can play the music for about 7 hours at 60% volume without ANC on.

We recommend that you try the following steps to see if the battery life of the earphones can be improved:

- Clean the charging port of the earphones and make sure the earphones are fully charged. - Adjust the volume to a moderate level. Excessive volume may shorten the battery life and affect hearing health. - Make sure your device is fully compatible with the earphones and update to the latest firmware, or change another device to test the battery life. - Avoid using the earphones for a long time in extreme temperatures, which may affect battery performance. - Discharge the earphones completely and then fully charge them, reset the earphones to factory settings, and then pair them again.

How to reset H3?

With the earbuds inside the charging case and the case lid open: 1.Restore Factory Settings: Press and hold the charging case button for 10 seconds until the charging case indicator light flashes red and white alternately twice to indicate a successful reset. 2.Manual Pairing Mode: Press and hold the charging case button for 3 seconds, and the indicator light will flash white quickly until the earbuds successfully pair.

If the above methods do not help, please contact customer service again. Please be assured that we will respond in good faith to the end. Thank you again for your support and feedback!'

They also refunded $30.00 back via Amazon. I told them the review and me contacting them was not about the money, it was about a belief in a product and that it could be better, which is why I kept the second set.

David told me he understood that and that it was a small gesture of their gratitude, about honoring the trust I placed in Soundpeats.

On 16/12/2025 Icy, the Public Relations Specialist from Soundpeats emailed me and asked if I would be interested in trying their Air5 Pro+ earbuds. I told Icy I would love to post an honest review, here on Product Review about them.

They arrived on 20/12/2025, so look forward to my next review of the Air5 Pro+.

I have not used an 'open stem' design of earbuds (as Icy called it), like the Apple and Samsung earbuds (with the small stick outside the ear) so I have no preconceptions of how it should or should not function or sound, so it will be an honest review of discovery.

Update: 2-Feb-2026:

Today I received a message from Product Review regarding several aspects of Soundpeats earbuds, including Call sound outdoors.

I decided to create call sound matrix, a table in a Word document for all the earbuds and headphones I am going to test, as there will be several more to come soon.

For the Soundpeats Cove Pro, to my surprise, they came out best when compared to the Sennheiser HDB 630 headphones, Sony WF-1000XM4 earbuds, and Soundpeats H3 and Air5 Pro earbuds.

I called my own phone number and left test messages in my call message bank.

Here are my comments regarding call testing in different settings for the Soundpeats Air5 Pro+:

- Caller's Voice: Useable. A bit fuzzy. - In Office: Good. Good. Very useable. Nil background noise. - Fan-wind test (level 3 fan speed): Very slight wind noise. - Outside traffic ambient sounds: Slight whooshing sound of cars passing by. - Computer plane tone (YouTube video): Nil noise. - Computer Restaurant ambient sound (YouTube video): Can hear a lot of noise

Here is the reply from Icy, Soundpeats Public Relation Specialist, with regards to the Air5 Pro+:

SOUNDPEATS H3

Sweat Resistance: IPX5

Wireless Charging: Not supported. Fast USB-C wired charging — 10 minutes charge provides approximately 2 hours of playback.

Outdoor Call Quality: Equipped with cVc 8.0 noise reduction for clearer calls.

Additional Noise Control Features: · Advanced Adaptive Hybrid ANC (Up to 55dB Reduction) – optimized for indoor and commuting use. · 4 ANC Modes via App – Adaptive / Indoor / Outdoor / Traffic modes available in the PeatsAudio App. · Passive Noise Isolation – ergonomic in-ear seal enhances physical noise blocking. · Natural Transparency Mode – lets ambient sound in naturally without removing the earbuds.

Back to me:

If you have any other questions or tests you would like conducted (within normal and reasonable use) please contact Product Review and I can see what I can do.

Back Story: On the 31st of December 2025 I posted a review of Soundpeats Air5 Pro+ Hybrid Driver Wireless Earbuds. Soundpeats sent me them for an… Read more

honest review, so check that out, if you are interested.

Their Public Relation Specialist, called ‘Icy’ emailed me and asked me if I would like to review another set of headphones, this time, not an earbud but an over-the-ear set of headphones, called ‘Cove Pro’.

I said, ‘Yes,” and they sent me the set in the last week, so now I have some time to review them.

This is what Icy told me:

‘I’m reaching out because we have a new over-ear model, the SOUNDPEATS Cove Pro, scheduled to go live in Australia on January 20th. Given our previous collaborations, I wanted to see if you’d be interested in testing a unit.

We’ve priced this at $69.99, focusing on high-end specs for the price point:

• 56dB Adaptive ANC: Strong noise cancellation for travel and office environments. • 95-Hour Battery: Exceptional longevity (10-min charge provides 11 hours of playback). • Audio Quality: Certified Dual Hi-Res & LDAC support. • Call Quality: 7-mic system designed to filter out wind noise up to 30km/h.’

Unboxing:

The headphones came tightly sealed in a headphone sized box, of which I quickly removed the cellophane seal.

Upon opening the box, I found the headphones, and a USB type C cable wrapped in a lightweight white-semi-translucent plastic sheath, each sitting in a compartment on a thin plastic tray.

The set came with the standard blue coloured user guide, registration card and a set of ‘cool’ panda stickers.

To be honest, I was expecting one more thing: a case, to protect the headphones and store the USB C cable, but for $69.99 I guess you can expect this and look for a suitable case at your hi-fi store.

I, like a lot of people, look after my stuff and I want to protect it from damage, scratches, etc., so for a minimal few extra dollars, I would pay for a nice Soundpeats case, with a cool gold or silver coloured Soundpeats logo.

As soon as I got the headphones out of the wrapper, I plugged them in, as I always do, to fully charge.

So, in the meantime, here are some specs, you can find on their Amazon store (they are on sale for a limited time, for $64.49 AUD):

‘About this item

• 【40mm Titanium-Coated Diaphragm Dynamic Driver & Immersive Sound】 Experience studio-grade audio with a custom 40mm patterned dome, nano-polymer titanium-coated driver. Its design minimizes distortion and enhances high-frequency clarity. The titanium's rigidity and lightweight nature, paired with an N48 magnet, deliver powerful, deep bass and exceptionally detailed sound. Perfect for feeling every beat of your favorite playlist or getting lost in a movie's soundtrack.

• 【Hi-Res Dual Certification & LDAC 】 Cove Pro is dual-certified by Hi-Res Audio for both wired and wireless listening. Supported by the LDAC codec, it transmits audio at up to 990kbps for stunning, lossless quality. Whether plugged in or on Bluetooth, hear your music with breathtaking clarity and detail, exactly as the artist intended.

• 【7-Mic Adaptive ANC & Wind Noise Reduction】 Equip yourself with silence. Our 7-microphone Hybrid ANC system adapts to your environment, canceling noise up to 56dB deep—perfect for flights or busy offices. A dedicated Wind Noise Resistance mode combats wind interference up to 30km/h during calls or listening. With AI call enhancement and the option for wired, powered ANC, your focus remains undisturbed.

• 【All-Day Comfort & Foldable Portability】 Designed for marathon sessions. Weighing under 250g, it features an ergonomic headband that avoids pressure, and over-ear cups swathed in premium protein leather and memory foam for a cloud-like seal. The adjustable stainless-steel slider ensures a perfect, balanced fit. Fold them flat to slip into your bag, and enjoy private listening without sound leakage in libraries or cafes.

• 【Wired/Wireless Dual Mode & Gaming Mode】 Never miss a cue. Switch seamlessly between Bluetooth 6.0 wireless and low-latency USB-C wired audio. Tactile physical buttons prevent mis-presses. Activate Game Mode for ultra-fast 0.06s audio sync, giving you the competitive edge in shooters or action games on your phone, PC, or console.

• 【95H Ultra-Long Battery Life & Fast Charge】 Play for days. Enjoy up to 95 hours of playback with ANC off, or a massive 58 hours with ANC on. When time is short, a quick 10-minute charge delivers an impressive 11 hours of power. Ideal for long trips, commutes, say goodbye to battery anxiety and enjoy endless music and calls.

• 【Customizable EQ via App】 Tailor your sound. Use the SOUNDPEATS APP to choose from presets or craft a custom EQ to boost the bass, clarify vocals, or enhance soundscapes. Your music, your rules.’

Soundpeats Cove Pro Looks and build:

If you like a minimal look, this headphone has it, with an all-black finish and the Soundpeats lettering on the side of each earcup, also in a black colour, albeit slightly shinier than the earcup shell. The earcups are clearly labelled ‘L’ and ‘R’ with large burnt orange-coloured letters, which I like (a reminder of Subaru’s famous burnt orange coloured XV car).

This is an ‘all-plastic affair’, with everything bar the earcup pads and the top inner head pad being made of tough plastic (as well as the inner metal arm extensions).

The padding is very soft and luxurious, using protein leather and lovely soft padding inside.

The plastic arms above each cup extend on ratchetted metal inner arms, with a satisfactory click, you can quickly find your fit.

When placed on your head, and adjusted over and around your ears, they fit and seal magnificently.

At the time I did this, I was playing music on my computer, and it instantly removed about 75% of the sound, while the headphones were turned off, so that’s a real big tick, for a first-class ear seal from the outside.

Buttons: Lots of Buttons:

Having tested two of Soundpeats earbuds recently, I am kind of used to setting up and operating headphones or earbuds via the software on my phone and via the soft-touch haptic feedback buttons on the side of the earbuds, so having buttons on a set of headphones kind of solidifies what the functions are.

The buttons are all on the bottom of the right earcup and going from the top, there is the ANC button, then the power, volume up/down. Between some of these buttons is the LED indicator and a microphone.

Setting up:

On the bottom of the right earcups, sit all the buttons. The second-from the-top button turns the headphones on.

The internal voice tells you they are on and you then go to your phones Bluetooth settings and find the Soundpeats Cove Pro in the device list.

Once you have paired the headphones to your phone, as I did with my Galaxy S25 Ultra, I then used the Peats Audio app to find the headphones and then continue to set up the headphones via EQ.

Note: at this point I tested the ANC settings: Noise Cancelling, Normal and Transparent.

Nosie cancelling added about another 5% noise cancelling, blocking out a little more of the music from my computer, not Bose or Sony premium standard but quite good.

I set the headphones to my go to settings: ‘Adaptive Noise Cancellation and LDAC, for the best possible resolution and best ANC.

I took the adaptive EQ ear test and created a profile, I could hear all the tones, so I am not sure if the ‘My-EQ’ setting could enhance my listening experience, so I ran some test tracks, with volume at 50% at first. This seemed somewhat muted, so I upped the volume 1 notch into the red, which brought out the upper and mid tones.

Bass was tight and punchy. The soundstage felt somewhat muted.

The upper and mids needed a lift and therefore a personalised EQ was required with the 10-band Equalizer.

I called this EQ my personal universal EQ, as I wanted it to balance all the tracks on my test playlist. Interestingly, the sub and upper bass was too strong and had to come down a few notches, whereas the highs and mids had to come up a few notches.

As I was going through this, I realised one thing: the headphones fit and comfort simply shined. Weighing only 250g and being very well-balanced made the experience all that much nicer. This is normally Bose territory, and I can see this headphone being a good travellers set, for that absolute cushioned comforting fit, really first rate.

Sound test: check-one-two!:

With the EQ set, it was time for testing.

Having watched James Bond Living Daylights movie recently, I played the theme song by a-Ha. I went up one notch in volume and confirmed my EQ was still right, as it brought out the best of this track, with the high hat and other elements gaining that lovely separation from the vocals, guitars and kick drum.

My go to reggae track of the moment, Redemption Vibe by Clive Darien et al is a good test for the punchy drums and deep bass, with the melodic vocals.

Interestingly, when music is playing with adaptive ANC, I could not hear the music from my PC in my office. I turned up the volume on my PC and the headphones continued to do a great job of blocking out all sound.

I turned the volume down one notch and ran a YouTube Airplane white noise video quite loud, on my PC 7.2 surround sound Denon amplifier. Whilst the music was playing from my phone through the Soundpeats Cove Pro headphones, you could not hear the plane sound at all

However, once you stopped the track, you could hear the plane sound albeit very muted. This is Bose QC territory and does as good a job as my Bose QC 25’s, which are wired.

I then played a restaurant ambience YouTube video. Agan the Soundpeats Cove Pro did a very good job blocking all bar the punchiest sounds, that ran for only fractions of a second

I plan to get the Bose QC Ultra 2’s, so will be able to see how the Soundpeats Cove Pro compare.

I can say that the over-ear experience of these headphones is far better than the Soundpeats earbuds, such as the H3 and the Air5 Pro+. A lot more outside noise is eliminated by the earcups alone.

Sitting next to a room fan (moving fan head test):

• Transparent lets in 85-90% of wind noise and again, sound like a low-resolution audio recording (artificial – not a natural sound). • Normal mode removes about 10-15% of wind noise. • Noise cancelling removes about 50% of wind noise.

(Interestingly, this was the same for Soundpeats Air5 Pro+

Also, just as interesting, is that the earcups seal the ears properly, so I can only put it down to the microphones on the earcups recording the wind / fan sound and pushing that sound to the speakers.

This I believe, would be a software fix.

I also did a traffic noise test by sitting in my garden closest to the road and ran through the ANC choices. Adaptive Noise Cancellation did the best as expected, blocking out about 60-70% of car noise, leaving only a ‘whooshing’ sound, as the cars whizzed by. Normal let in about another 10-20% sound. Transparent let in about 90% sound but like their earbuds, it sounded like a low-res recording but still ‘usable’.

All-in-all this is an area that could do with a lot more work. Again, the sound quality of the drivers carries these earbuds through these tests, as did the H3s. However, more enhanced technology is required, to get it fully up to the standard of say a Sony or Bose.

Train travel:

I will be travelling by train again, in the next few weeks so this review will receive an update regarding how well these headphones do with blocking out the noise of the announcements from the train cars and the general ambient sound of the people on the train and the train wheels rolling on the tracks.

Battery Test:

For real world use I would only use the following settings for maximum sound quality:

• Noise cancelling o Adaptive Noise Cancellation • LDAC

I will be running a test, regarding how many weeks it takes me to recharge these headphones, with approximately 2.5 hours travel per day x 5 days. (I make it 12.5 hours per week. If you divide the full charge battery time of 58 hours by 12.5 hours of travel time, I should effectively need to charge after 4.64 weeks, or 23.2 days. This is using ANC, Adaptive Noise Cancellation and LDAC.

People want the maximum noise cancellation and the best sound / music quality, and I am sure this is the setting most people would use for this product.

This will form the subject of my second short update of this review.

Final Thoughts (at the time of posting part 1 of this review):

For sound, I would give an A –. Better ANC would isolate the music better for overall performance. It just needs that slight extra step to really bring out the overall sonic range of these headphones.

Sound quality: rendering sound in a quiet space is sublime and is right on the money on all levels and if you want to adapt these headphones to a particular genre: just create another EQ – too easy!

For comfort and fit, I would give and A +++

For the ability to EQ: A+++. This works, I mean really, really works.

Across all the Soundpeats music headgear, the EQ app is extremely functional and worth your while and attention. It is the main app feature that gives you more of what you personally want from your headphones.

If I were to sum up the sound signature; I would say with a bit of EQ: a very lovely balanced, liquid flowing sound signature, with the ability to play all genres, a Soundpeats trait that runs through their headphone / earbuds.

Soundstage is good, for a closed back headphone and occasionally, depending on the track, you get the ‘out of headphones’ experience, where the music appears to come from somewhere away from you.

ANC is again the issue here. It does an okay job overall but not great.

Last Word:

For the price point of $64.47 to $69.99, you would be hard pressed to find a better set of headphones with all these features.

Striking me square in the face, is the absolute comfort and fit of these headphones.

To date, these have been the best wearing experience of any headphone, to the point where you actually forget you have a set of headphones clamped around your head and ears.

Yes, they are that good.

These are the headphones you can fall asleep wearing.

The software app is excellent and very usable, from initial setup to finer tweaking.

The only two areas I can see need improvement or change are ANC and a fitted case.

The first is a lot more elusive, it appears to Soundpeats, but it is better implemented in these headphones, compared to their wireless earbuds.

Perhaps there can be the ‘Cove Pro+’ with better ANC or a special version, simply called ‘Cove Pro ANC’.

For that, I would happily pay double what they want for the Cove Pro.

A fitted case with a lovely Soundpeats logo would not only make me happy but make me proud to take it out of my bag, in front of my work colleagues and tell them all about it, showing off that famous Soundpeats stylized ‘S’ logo. (Yes, it is that simple!)

This has been another Ant review, the first for 2026.

I hope you have enjoyed reading it, as much as I have had in compiling it.

Update: 2-Feb-2026:

Today I received a message from Product Review regarding several aspects of Soundpeats earbuds, including Call sound outdoors.

I decided to create call sound matrix, a table in a Word document for all the earbuds and headphones I am going to test, as there will be several more to come soon.

For the Soundpeats Cove Pro, to my surprise, they came out best when compared to the Sennheiser HDB 630 headphones, Sony WF-1000XM4 earbuds, and Soundpeats H3 and Air5 Pro earbuds.

I called my own phone number and left test messages in my call message bank.

Here are my comments regarding call testing in different settings:

- Caller's Voice: Excellent (best of all tested) - In Office: Excellent. Nil background noise. - Fan-wind test (level 3 fan speed): very, very slight whoosh sound. - Outside traffic ambient sounds: Nil traffic sound at all. - Computer plane tone (YouTube video): Nil noise. - Computer Restaurant ambient sound (YouTube video): Nil noise.

If you have any other questions or tests you would like conducted (within normal and reasonable use) please contact Product Review and I can see what I can do.

Comment: Considering these headphones are sub-$70.00 AUD, they did a better job the Sennheiser, for call quality, and the Sennheiser's are more than ten times the price.

(Sennheiser HDB 630 review coming soon!)

21-Feb-2026 - Update:

This week I was back to taking the train. I was initially going to use the Cove Pro for both trips, to work and back but decided to just use them in the morning and use earbuds I am also testing for the trip home.

It will also serve as a guide, for not only how long the Cove Pro battery power the headphones but how long it can hold that charge. I am thinking it will last 1.5 to 2 months, but we shall see.

How it sounds on the train:

Again, the comfort factor is sublime, and you can just relax, close your eyes and get into the music.

I found the ear seal of the cup pads to be exceptional, assisting with blocking out a lot of the noise of the train, however I would say that in total, with the ANC, it only blocks out about 60% of all noise. We are talking about the creaking of the train body, the wheels screeching and rumbling on the tracks, the banging and thumping of the train car, ambient car noise, with people's chat, music, heavy footsteps and the voice over the car speaker system.

Also, leaving the train station, city end, walking up the street in a head wind, you can hear the wind fairly loudly against the ear cups. You can hear the wind, as it swirls around the ear cups- front to back.

When you turn the ANC on, when you are on the platform, waiting for the train to come in, you can hear it kick in, with a bit of a suction type veil but it is not as strong or as powerful as other headphones or even anywhere near earbuds like the Technics AZ100 or Bose QC Ultra Gen 2.

It is a shame, because there is so much to like about the Cove Pro, especially the sound quality. I must say, even though the ANC is not as strong as others, the rendering of music with such clarity makes it worth every penny. Regardless of the outside noise getting in, you are still very much able to enjoy the music.

My next update, in a few weeks, will be about the battery life and anything else I discover along the way.

Back Story: In early December I posted a review of the Soundpeats H3 Wireless Noise Cancelling Earbuds. Once it was posted, I emailed Soundpeats… Read more

directly, hoping to draw their attention to the findings of the review, with a hope that they will improve the battery life.

They liked the honesty of the review and their Public Relation Specialist, called ‘Icy’ emailed me and asked me if I would like to review another set of wireless earbuds, their Air5 Pro+.

I said ‘Yes’ and on the 20th of December 2025, they arrived in the post.

This review will be in-depth experience of these earbuds and include everything from packaging, to sound quality in both music and phone call terms.

I have not owned or reviewed a wireless earbud with an ‘open stem’, as Icy termed it, so I have no preconceived ideas how it should feel, work or perform.

I will compare the Air5 Pro+ to the Soundpeats H3 wireless earbuds, as not only are they from the same company but they are packaged and designed similarly and use the same phone app.

Some Tech Stuff: Specifications:

SOUNDPEATS Air5 Pro+ Hybrid Driver Wireless Earbuds, xMEMS & Aptos Class-H Amplifier, LDAC & aptX Lossless, Hi-Res Audio Wireless Certified, 55dB Adaptive ANC, Bluetooth 5.4, Fast Charging (About this item (from Amazon)) (ZeYuan-AU is the authorized seller of authentic SoundPEATS products):

• Awarded “Reference-Grade Hybrid” by Audio Science Review: “The Air5 Pro+ achieves what single-driver designs cannot: perfect tonal balance. Unlike traditional balanced armatures which often render harsh, ‘tinny’ highs, or dynamic drivers that struggle with treble extension, its xMEMS micro-speaker delivers flawlessly articulated details without a trace of metallic sibilance. The midrange avoids the clinical coldness of typical armatures, presenting vocals with a warm, textured richness, while the custom 10mm composite driver provides a low-end that is both powerfully deep and remarkably fast, eliminating the ‘muddy’ boominess of conventional designs.”

• 【xMEMS Silicone Speaker & Dedicated Aptos Class-H Amplifier】Experience the acoustic revolution with the world's first true Hybrid Driver system. The xMEMS silicon speaker delivers a response speed 4x faster than traditional drivers for breathtaking detail, while the dedicated Aptos Class-H amplifier ensures every nuance is powered to perfection. This groundbreaking combo redefines clarity and precision in wireless audio.

• 【10mm Dual Copper-Coil Composite Diaphragm】Feel the power and depth of your music. Our custom 10mm dual copper-coil driver is engineered for exceptional performance, delivering robust, punchy bass and rich, full-bodied midranges. As the core of our Hybrid Driver system, it works in harmony with the xMEMS speaker to produce a perfectly balanced and immersive soundstage.

• 【Dual Lossless Codecs & Hi-Res Audio Wireless Certified】Enjoy true CD-quality, lossless sound. Officially Hi-Res Audio Wireless Certified, the Air5 Pro+ supports both LDAC & aptX Lossless codecs. This dual-codec system transmits over 3x the data of standard Bluetooth, preserving every bit of detail for a pristine, wired-like listening experience that audiophiles crave.

• 【55dB Adaptive ANC & Pure Noise-Free Background】Immerse yourself in absolute silence. Our 55dB Adaptive Hybrid ANC intelligently cancels external noise, while the metal shielding and anti-noise nickel ring design eliminate internal circuit hiss. This creates an incredibly pure, noise-free listening canvas, allowing you to focus solely on your high-resolution music.

• 【30H Total Playtime + 10-Min Fast Charge for Instant Power】Get 30 hours of total playback with the portable charging case, powering your commutes, workouts, and trips without frequent recharging. Need a quick boost? Just 10 minutes of fast charging delivers 2 hours of use—perfect for last-minute outings or low-battery emergencies.

• Engineered for an uncompromising lifestyle. IPX5 rated waterproof for preventing damage caused by sweat seeping in, an ultra-low 60ms game mode for seamless sync, and the latest Bluetooth 5.4 for rock-solid connectivity. All this is housed in an ergonomic design for all-day comfort(ultra-comfort even for side sleepers).

• 【30 Days Money-Back & 12 Months Replacement 】SOUNDPEATS wireless earbuds come with a 30-day money-back and one-year replacement. If you have any questions, please do not hesitate to contact our 24-hour online customer service. ★Contact information: "Your Account" > "Your Orders" > Invoice(under your order number)>"Order Summary" > "Seller profile">"Ask a Question". Alternatively, under the "Add to Cart" > "Sold by: ZeYuan-AU" > "About Seller" > "Ask a Question"

Air5 Pro+ Packaging:

The Air5 Pro+ is packaged identically to the H3s and that says a lot. The box the Air5 Pro+ come in is packaged in a slip outer case. The inner box is a pale-yellow colour, with the gold coloured Soundpeats ‘S’ logo embossed on the front (very tasteful and oozes quality). The cardboard box they come in, is hinged at the back and opens right back, allowing easy access to the contents.

The lid contains a smaller, grey-coloured cardboard box, containing the user guide, app information, stickers, USB A to C cable and two sets of ear tips, small and large (as the medium size is on the earbuds).

Notably the accessories box is well fitted into the lid with a darker grey dense foam rubber surround, so the box doesn’t fall out.

Note: the earbud tips appear to be made of two different materials, silicon for the outer shell that seals to your ear and an inner core of dense rigid sponge, for added sound isolation. I know this is not new, but from my research , different materials afford better sound isolation and assist with music reproduction, with a darker background.

The bottom of the box houses the earbuds in their respective case. The case is wrapped in a plastic film, with a clever pull handle. The case is nice and tightly fitted in the dark grey foam rubber padding, which is about an inch thick. Again, very well thought out. It looks and feels like quality.

The earbuds are housed in a black coloured matt plastic case, like a flattened egg. There is a little bit of weight to the case, making it feel substantial but not heavy.

There is a USB C port and a Bluetooth pairing button on the bottom of the case. The USB port is trimmed in a gold-coloured metal rim with a matching gold coloured ‘SOUNDPEATS’ logo on the hinge, at the back.

When you open the lid, the green LED light comes on at the bottom of the front of the earbuds case and changes to white, after you hit the Bluetooth pairing button.

The case is what I would call consider medium sized. It is bigger than my Sony’s but a lot smaller than the case for the Soundpeats H3.

The earbuds stems are wrapped in a blue coloured plastic sheath, that slips off, so they can make contact with the case charging points, to be able to be charged.

Setting up the Air5 Pro+:

All I had to do was find the Air5 Pro+ in the Bluetooth connections of my Samsung Galaxy S25 Android phone and the white LED on the front of the earbud case turned off.

I already had the Peats Audio app on my phone and added the Air5 Pro+.

I took the earbuds out of the case then and inserted them in my ears. I could instantly feel that the tips were too small and quickly swapped them over for the larger tips.

I noticed the earbud tips had a gold-coloured perforated oval-shaped metal plate at the end, that matches the shape of the inner foam material of the tips.

I found to fit the earbuds properly it is best to put the earbuds in the ear, so the stems are angled forward slightly and once fully in the ear canal, to then turn the stems downwards and slights back, towards the earlobes.

First Soundcheck:

First test was at home in my office.

I ran my Spotify lossless playlist without EQ and with Noise Cancelling, Adaptive Noise Cancellation on. Volume was set on half or 50%, one notch below red on my phone.

The ear tips sealed well and playing Nicholas Payton’s ‘I just Want 2 B with U; I was immediately gripped by the clarity and tightness of the sound.

Noticeably the high-hat sound in the track was somewhat higher and crisper in tone than the H3s.

The deep base in Saltwater-Ilan Bluestone Remix by Chicane was not as deep and full as the H3s.

The track ‘Two’ by Nicholas Payton was nicely holographic but again the overall tone was of a higher pitch, but it was also noticeably airy and sounded as if the music was pushed outside of the earbuds, and not the closed headphone sound.

Summer in E Major – Extended Mix by Chicane was lovely and airy. The expanding and swelling bass at the start of the track was not there but when the bass beat kicked in, it was tight and punchy.

The seal of the tips and the ANC appeared to work well, giving the gaps in music a deeper black.

Adaptive EQ Test and How it Changed the Sound:

After the Adaptive EQ ear test, I re-ran Summer in E Major – Extended Mix by Chicane and still found it lacking in the swelling bass at the start. I turned the volume up one notch on my phone and found the track came to life, with better bass.

I then ran Summer in E Major – Extended Mix by Chicane for a third time with the H3s with the Adaptive EQ ear test setting and found I had to turn the sound down one notch, as the bass is noticeably fuller, but the overall track was not as clear as with the Air5 Pro+.

For a re-test I created a new EQ for the H3s, with a plus 3 in the Bass and a Plus 5 in the Highs, which seemed more comparable to the Air5 Pro+. However, the bass was still fuller but not as muddy as it was before. Reviewing the Air5 Pro+ helped me create a more balanced sound for the H3s.

Going back to the Air5 Pro+ was very interesting; I paid more attention to fitting them a little more tightly in my ears and found the clarity was instantly there and the bass was also more present, to the point where it felt cleaner and even that little more punchier. I then turned the volume down one notch, so it matched my volume for the H3 I had set and then it was right.

I just picked up an amazing Vocal Reggae, Nu Reggae track from a rewatching of Homicide Life on the Street series, Season 5. The track, ‘Redemption Vibe’ by Clive Darien, Gorden Mulrain, et al sounded blissful. The instruments had great separation from each other, and the vocals were just magical. The vocal harmonies just made me want to play it again.

Worthy of note: when the menu function is changed from the preset ‘Double Device Connection Feature’ to ‘LDAC’ the bass and clarity become more apparent. There is a real depth to the overall presentation.

LDAC is my go-to and only setting, for the best sound quality.

Air5 Pro+ Touch Functions:

The Air5 Pro+ custom key functions are the same as the H3 and can be changed to suit your preference.

I opt for the left earbud for following:

• 1-click: volume up • 2-clicks: volume down • 3-clicks: noise cancelling • Long press 1.5s: Undefined

For the right earbud I opt for the following:

• 1-click: play/pause • 2-clicks: next track • 3-clicks: previous track • Long press 1.5s: Undefined

You also have the following functions to use (neither I use): • Game Mode • Voice Assistant

There is also a button to reset to default.

In the main menu you have other choices:

• Noise cancelling: - Noise cancelling - Adaptive Noise Cancellation (my go to preference) - Indoor Noise Cancellation - Outdoor Noise Cancellation - Traffic Mode • Normal • Transparent - Voice Enhancement  Double Device Connection Feature  LDAC  Game Mode - Standard Transparency  Double Device Connection Feature  LDAC  Game Mode

When you toggle on Double Device Connection Feature and LDAC modes, the app resets itself, so you have to go back into the earbud app and start again.

The Game Mode and Disable Touch can be turned on and off without the app resetting the earbuds.

Overall, the Air5 Pro+ splash page, like the H3 shows a high-resolution picture of the earbuds with an indicator for each earbud and also a small icon for the case and the battery power. All being very handy, to assess earbud connectivity and battery power at a glance.

At the very bottom is a white coloured bar with three icons: Home, Equalizer and About You (person icon)

The person or personal information icon provides the following information:

Personal Centre with the name of the earbuds, your phone number, your gender and your email. You can change the name of the earbuds from the brand number for the earbuds to your own name, like ‘Ant’s Air5 Pro+ .

If you are really into customisation, you can also change the avatar picture or icon from the set panda wearing sunglasses to a picture from your camera or photo album.

Below this are three icons for the user Manual, Contact Us and Online.

There are a lot of user manuals in the same design as the hard copy you get in the box. Funnily enough there was a user guide for the Air5 Pro but not the Air5 Pro+. From what I can see, the manuals are identical expect for the ‘+’ in the name on the front page. However, there were other earbuds with a ‘+’. I guess an update is in due course.

There are five other information sets as well: • Official Web Mail • FAQ • Feedback • About APP • Settings

Official Web Mail and FAQ take you to a webpage. Feedback is in-house on the app and quotes your email address, and the Soundpeats product you are providing feedback for.

The about APP provides information relating About Us, with the Peats Audio app version, the Privacy Agreement, Version Update and Official Website.

The ‘Settings’ area holds information about Accounts and Security (where you can reset the password and delete your Peats Audio app account) and Language (you can change your language preference here). You can also sign out of the app with the blue coloured button at the bottom of this page.

Noise Cancelling Ability:

• Indoors • On the Street • Windy Area • Noisy Room

Call Volume and Sound:

• Indoors: o I found the sound quality adequate but somewhat fuzzy. • On the Street: o Adequate again but not great. • Windy Area: o Just adequate • Noisy Room: o Just adequate. You can hear a fair amount of ambient noise.

In tests compared to the H3s I found the following:

Outside Ambient Noise:

• Transparent lets in about 85-90% of ambient noise, due to the earbud tips seal in the ear canal. The sound is like a low-resolution audio recording (artificial – not a natural sound). • Normal mode sounds as if you are in a tunnel and lets in about 80% of outside noise. • Noise cancelling lets in about 70-75% of overall outside noise.

Sitting next to a room fan (moving fan head test):

• Transparent lets in 85-90% of wind noise and again, sound like a low-resolution audio recording (artificial – not a natural sound). • Normal mode removes about 10-15% of wind noise. • Noise cancelling removes about 50% of wind noise.

All-in-all this is an area that could do with a lot more work. Again, the sound quality of the drivers carries these earbuds through these tests, as did the H3s. However, more enhanced technology is required, to get it fully up to the standard of say a Sony earbud.

When I am at Southern Cross train station and put in the Sony earbuds and the ANC kicks in; you can hear and feel the noise isolation: it is very solid, like a wall blocking everything outside your ears.

When the drivers of the trains sound their horns before taking off on their next journey the Sony’s take the bite out of the horn so you don’t jump.

In direct comparison to the Soundpeats H3, I think the body of the H3s goes a long way with blocking noise from entering the ear canal, as the body of these earbuds fits the shape of the inner ear, even with just a silicon tip, albeit a much larger ear tip.

The ear tips for the Air5 Pro+ with the outer silicon and inner dense foam should in theory give you a seal in the ear canal with the silicon and added sound deadening with the dense foam inner tube, which would also keep the sound produced by the earbuds inside the ear canal a bit better than just silicon.

It is possible you would get better sound isolation with the Air5 Pro+ by using different tips, but I think the small oval shape of the body of the earbud defeats some of the potential noise isolation / cancellation, letting in much more outside noise into the ear canal.

This is real science here, where the H3s IEM design language really assists the overall sound reproduction keeping the music in the ear and the ambient sound of the world around you outside.

The Air5 Pro+ does not do any of this as well as the H3s.

Perhaps a hybrid of both earbud designs may be worth considering? – An IEM fitted ear-shape design with a stem for added battery and even some added function on the stem itself?

Battery Test:

Here, there are a multitude of settings in the Peats Audio app:

• Noise Cancelling: o Double Device Connection Feature o LDAC o Game Mode • Normal: o Double Device Connection Feature o LDAC o Game Mode • Transparent o Voice Enhancement  Double Device Connection Feature  LDAC  Game Mode o Standard Transparency  Double Device Connection Feature  LDAC  Game Mode

However, for real world use I would only use the following settings for maximum sound quality:

• Noise cancelling o Adaptive Noise Cancellation • LDAC

As such, I tested the battery for these setting on 28/12/2025 starting at 12.09 p.m.

At 3 p.m. the right earbud expired and the left earbud expired at 3.09 p.m., thus giving 2 hours and 51 minutes for the right earbud and 3 hours for the left earbud.

As with the H3s, the Soundpeats team informed me the right earbud acts as the master earbud and the left is the slave, with regards to connectivity, causing the right earbud to use a bit more power.

In my book, the battery life is not good enough for ‘reasonable extended use’, beyond the 1-2 hour train trip to work or back.

5 hours or more would be my target figure, to define good battery life on a wireless earbud or IEM. Anything less is really not good enough or just adequate.

I used the earbuds today when I was oiling the back deck and stairs, so I used them somewhat longer than I would normally, but these earbuds make you want to use them for an extended time, as they sound so good!

I can honestly say that the longer I used these earbuds, the more I like them. Spotify threw up a new track for a current female folk genre style artiste, which then played into other similar female artistes.

I love Suzanne Vega and it was reminiscent of that.

So, I had a great time oiling the deck and had the opportunity of testing out the ANC in the outside ambient noise. Traffic passes on the main road about 25-30 metres from where I was and I can say that the ANC and the quality of the music rendered by the Air5 Pro+ completely involved me in the music and the movement of my paint brush. The sound of traffic was contained reasonably well but it was from a distance.

The ANC and sound quality, like the H3s make it comparable to top tier products like Sony, except the sound quality of the Soundpeats products is far better than the Sony and Sony has much better ANC. This is a bit of a trade-off. My preference lies in sound quality over better ANC but, and a big but here: The Soundpeats Air5 Pro+ and the H3 would sound so much clearer and cleaner with better ANC.

It is also an awful shame that the battery life is so short on both the Air5 Pro+ and the H3.

To take a quote from Bladerunner (the original movie): “The flame that burns twice as bright burns half as long.”

To you, Soundpeats:

I encourage you, as I did in my review of the H3, to extend the battery life to a minimum of 5 hours for all ANC setting, especially adaptive noise cancellation with LDAC.

People want the maximum noise cancellation and the best sound / music quality, and I am sure this is the setting most people would use for this product.

Final Thoughts:

The Soundpeats Air5 Pro+ are sonically an excellent earbud, full stop.

The Peats Audio app is also excellent and allows you to EQ the earbuds to your sonic signature preference.

They have a sublime balance of being not too heavy and not too light – they are just right. They have a way of engaging you in the music, that is pleasing and easy, which is what you really want.

If I were to sum up the sound signature; I would say with a bit of EQ - a very lovely balanced, liquid flowing sound signature that keeps getting better, with the ability to play all genres.

I found by playing more tracks that the soundstage often appeared to expand a fair bit outside of the earbuds, which in all honesty surprised me. It made me smile, as the music made me turn my head to the left or right, to see where it was coming from.

This is an example or sign of an excellent earbud or headphone.

If I were to score the Soundpeats Air5 Pro+, after being somewhat more thorough, I would give them a 90 out of 100.

Because I am focusing on two key elements: ANC and battery life, I would say this; these two elements go hand-in-glove and have a symbiotic relationship and require Soundpeats to inject that much more effort / R&D into powering these earbuds for maximum sound quality.

The ANC quality is not quite there yet, not to the Sony standard.

The hardware is there, with the speaker implementation and for that you cannot fault these earbuds but please, please develop the things that power and enhance the experience of these fine speakers – ANC and battery life.

Last Word:

I thought I would add a few final thoughts on the earbuds experience of the Air5 Pro+.

I love, love the lightness of the Air5 Pro+ earbuds, how they sit so light and comfortably in the ear and produce this amazing sound, that a $2K AUD set of headphones do.

Soundpeats Air5 Pro+ are what I would consider ‘audiophile’ earbuds; in that you can instinctively feel where the energy of the product has been developed and aimed: sound quality.

Soundpeats seem to do this so easily, which confuses me why bigger more experienced companies like Sony cannot compare in this area.

I kept the H3s, accepting their shortcomings of also short battery life, because the sound quality was so good.

I would do the same for the Air5 Pro+, as they really bring the music, which is what it is really about.

For now, I will settle for this level of sound quality, as it is worth it, and be limited by the battery and ANC.

This is a great time for these products and this technology, because Soundpeats are nearly there and I believe they will get there.

Therefore, I am looking forward to these improvements being implemented by Soundpeats, to bring them level with the features of any flagship earbuds or IEMs and then Soundpeats would steal the march on them all, with ‘simple’ sound quality.

This has been another Ant review, the last for 2025.

I hope you have enjoyed reading it, as much as I have had in compiling it.

Update: 2-Feb-2026:

Today I received a message from Product Review regarding several aspects of Soundpeats earbuds, including Call sound outdoors.

I decided to create call sound matrix, a table in a Word document for all the earbuds and headphones I am going to test, as there will be several more to come soon.

For the Soundpeats Cove Pro, to my surprise, they came out best when compared to the Sennheiser HDB 630 headphones, Sony WF-1000XM4 earbuds, and Soundpeats H3 and Air5 Pro earbuds.

I called my own phone number and left test messages in my call message bank.

Here are my comments regarding call testing in different settings for the Soundpeats Air5 Pro+:

- Caller's Voice: Excellent Useable. A bit fuzzy. - In Office: Good. sounded a bit electronic. - Fan-wind test (level 3 fan speed): very, very slight whoosh sound. - Outside traffic ambient sounds: Slight whooshing sound of cars passing by. - Computer plane tone (YouTube video): Nil noise. - Computer Restaurant ambient sound (YouTube video): Useable. A bit fuzzy sounding. Can only hear a slight background sound.

Here is the reply from Icy, Soundpeats Public Relation Specialist, with regards to the Air5 Pro+:

SOUNDPEATS Air5 Pro+

Sweat Resistance: IPX5

Wireless Charging: Not supported. Fast charging — 10 minutes provides about 2 hours of playback.

Outdoor Call Quality: Triple-mic design per earbud with SOUND+ call noise-reduction technology for stronger voice pickup and wind-noise control outdoors.

Back to me:

If you have any other questions or tests you would like conducted (within normal and reasonable use) please contact Product Review and I can see what I can do.

Affordable and worth it – I have a pair of Redmi AirDots which have been fine besides the battery life and especially when I’m on the phone. They seem to pick up every noise… Read more

around me besides my voice, so the person on the other end of the call cannot hear me.

I decided to upgrade my earbuds and decided on the Soundpeats Sonic due to the affordable price and claims the microphone was meant to cancel out surrounding noise.

First impressions was the case and earbuds are well made and don’t feel cheap and plasticky.

I tested the Redmi and Soundpeats by calling a friend and he definitely noticed the difference, been that he couldn’t hear me when I used the Redmi but my voice was crystal clear even with multiple cars driving past, which he couldn’t hear.

The sound quality is also much clearer and provide a wider range than the Redmi.

They fit well in the ear and don’t stick out too much. They are definitely “heavier” than the Redmi but not where it’s uncomfortable even after a couple hours.

The only downside for me is that when they’re not in use (but still in ear, say when you’re deciding which Netflix show to watch or choosing a song) is that the earbuds light up. I feel like if I was in a dark room, there would be enough light to guide me to the door. The right earbud seems to need adjusting every time I pop it back in the charger which is a bit annoying.

Besides that, I’m very pleased with my purchase. Although I will look into other earbuds that don’t light up when not in use.