Music to the ears

A PAIR OF wireless earphones perfect for anyone who jogs in all weathers, the Jabra Elite Active 65t have good sound quality and a long battery life.
The phones conform to the IP56 rating against sweat and dust and come with a two-year warranty. The rating means the Elite Active 65t are protected from limited dust ingress and protected from high-pressure water jets from any direction so you’ll have no worries if you are running in the rain. 

The Elite Active 65t come as compact earpieces without any wire but communicate instead through radio signals.
The in-ear phones look sleek, especially the black ones with a gold finish in the middle circle. 
The right earphone weighs just 6.5 grammes and the left a little less at 5.8g while the charging cradle is only 65g so you can carry it along comfortably. Each piece has a footprint of only 27x30x22.5mm.
The earpieces are small and lightweight enough to wear for hours with discomfort. The package comes with three sizes of silicone eargels so you can choose the best fit and enjoy music while you exercise.
The Elite Active 65t phones have great sound quality. Each earbud uses a 6.0x5.1mm driver and the speaker has a sensitivity of 103dB and impedance of 16 ohms as well as frequency response of 20Hz to 20 kHz.
Actually, the Elite Active 65t could be regarded as a smart headset as the phones come with motion sensors to detect whether they are in your ears and the settings can be further customised to suit your music taste using an app.

And for those who tend to forget where they have left their possessions, the Jabra Sound+ app will find the earbuds wherever they are. 
The Elite Active 65t is intuitive to control with two volume control buttons on the left earbud and the multi-function button on the right. 
Apart from using the multi-function button to play and pause the music, you can simply remove an earbud from your ear while listening to music and the music will automatically pause. To unpause, pop it back in the ear within 60 seconds. The auto-pause music settings can be configured using the Jabra Sound+ app.
The multi-function button can also be used to turn the earbuds on or off.
When there is an incoming call, you press the multi-function button to answer and hang up or double-press to reject a call.
The same button can also be used to activate voice assistant of either Siri or Google Now by pressing and holding it for about one second when not on a call.

The volume up button and volume down buttons can also be used to skip to the next track or previous track respectively by pressing and holding it for two seconds.
I found during the test that the silicone eargels and active noise cancelling function using built-in microphones effectively blocked the environment noises and allowed me to enjoy the music. This, of course, can be dangerous if you happen to be running on a road so the Elite Active 65t comes with HearThrough function.

This uses the built-in microphones to enable you to pay attention to your surroundings and engage in conversation without needing to remove the earbuds. You can turn the HearThrough on or off by double-pressing the multi-function button when not on a call. You can also use the Jabra Sound+ app to configure the HearThrough settings, which cover travelling, working and exercising.
What I liked most about the Elite Active 65t is that you can use the app to adjust the sound settings. The are six pre-set sound settings to choose from – default, Speech, Bass boost, Treble boost, Smooth and Energise. You can also drag the music equaliser curve to find the sound setting that you like.
During the test, I enjoyed using the Bass boost to listen to rock music for hours. I found the bass was powerful despite the tiny speakers and the mids and highs were clear as well.
The earphones can be used as a fitness tracker to count your steps while exercising or walking just by activating the Jabra Sound+ app.
In the Active section of the app, you can tap on the start button for the earbuds and the app to track your fitness activity that will report in length of time, total steps and speed of your walking or running.
The Elite Active 65t is good as a smartphone headset thanks to its active wind noise cancelling function. The four built-in microphones help effectively reduce wind noise so your conversation partner can hear you clearly.
The earbuds have a good battery life too. Once fully charged, the Elite Active 65t can last five hours and the portable cradle can charge it twice, each time providing five more hours of use.
Jabra Elite Active 65t is distributed by RTB Technology for Bt6,990 and it is available at Studio7, iStudio by SPVi, iStudio by Copperwired, Jaymart, King Power, Digital lab Siam Discovery, Power Buy, Amcon, Loft, TG, www.Lazada.co.th, www.GadgetThai.net, www.Shopee.co.th and www.Shop24.com.
 
Key Specs
>> Headset type: In ear
>> Speaker size: 6.0 x 5.1mm 
>> Speaker sensitivity: 103dBSPL at 1kHz/1mW
>> Speaker impedance: 16ohm plus/minus 15 per cent at 1kHz 
>> Speaker frequency range: 20Hz to 20kHz 
>> Microphone type: 4 x MEMS
>> Microphone sensitivity: -38 dBV/Pa
>> Connectivity: Bluetooth 5.0
>> Battery: 2 hours of charging time; five hours of battery life (10 hours more from portable charging case’s power bank)
>> Main unit dimension: L 27 x W 30 x H 22.5mm, charging case L 72 x W 51 x H 26.5mm 
>> Weight: 6.5g right headset 5.8g left headset, charging case 67g