HKU students review wireless earphones on consumer TV programme

Wireless earbuds are available in every price category, so are the cheaper variants any good? The tv programme Kassa put six budget models to an extensive test. They were aided in this by HKU teacher in studio technology and music production Wessel Oltheten, together with three students of HKU Music & Technology: Thijn van Rootselaar, Tycho Verhagen and Fien Put.

The test panel reviewed the earbuds on their audio quality, user-friendliness, battery lifespan, mirophone quality and fitting. To get an objective measurement of the audio quality, they used a test ear: a microphone setup that registers the sound of the earphones as it appears to the human ear. Additionally, the microphones were tested with a recording of the same spoken sentence in the same environmemt.

Curious which earphone turned out to be the best? You can watch the episode on the Kassa website (in Dutch).