Sound check and measurement
As we test, we have already explained in the basic article "Gaming Headsets: Myth, Truth and How we Test" very detailed and transparent, because with the usual audio-swirl of bass thunderstorms and high-pitched whips you can't really get any further. You have to be able to listen subjectively well and measure at the same time.
If you look at the curve, it looks pretty good except for a very annoying dent and you wonder why it really had to be. The (audible) consequences are immediately reflected in the subjective audio impression. Nevertheless, you have to certify the installed drivers (Votrik HD500) a decent performance. Up to the hole…
Let's also test subjectively what you have on your ear. The headphones sound a bit bass-heavy at first glance, but you must not be fooled. The cause is slightly higher.
Bass
The bass becomes a little more restrained from about 70 Hz down, but still has enough presence and even a quite passable resolution. The large bass drum comes sufficiently crisp without unpleasant knocking or whimpering. Settling behavior and level strength are acceptable to good, but Hi-Fi is of course not. The subcontraoctave is audible and you can still sufficiently perceive the effect track of good surround blockbusters. The good thing is that at least you don't get a hearing loss.
The upper bass up to approx. 150 Hz sounds reasonably balanced and natural. The male vocals are played very rich and warm, the instruments are hardly distorted. Overall, the resolution is acceptable and does not allow sources to perform too dominantly.
Frequency range
The lower middles (also basic tone range) are approx. 150 to 400 Hz. And exactly here we find the reason why one might suspect too much cardboard bass if one does not listen carefully. Not bass and upper bass are too strong, but you fall at approx. 340 Hz briefly into a deep hole. This acoustic valley of tears is also what distorts the soundscape and leaves a somewhat bony impression.
Female vocals still get to the point quite neatly. The timbre of the recorded instruments, however, deviates audibly from the original and creates a slightly harder and cooler impression. The stage and the subjectively perceived quality of spatial resolution are both at an acceptable level. An orchestra still seems (purely subjectively) set up far enough, even if individual, rather quieter sources cannot always be located with real certainty.
High-pitched range
Between two to about 3.5 KHz, human hearing is most sensitive, but the headphones can no longer afford any weaknesses from the upper middle. The playback is very detailed and balanced, here listening is really fun. The medium heights (3.5 to six KHz) allow the speech reproduction as an overall picture to succeed well, because the S- and hissing (sibilants) fit so without descending back into the metallic. High and super high tone are well trained.
Battery life and charging times
The headphones come to the customer unloaded. So if you want to start so excited: no, no – it means waiting. It takes up to 5 hours to load a full load, which you should really treat yourself to the first time. Reloading is always possible, of course. The stated up to 50 hours should not be taken quite so seriously, but even with our copy the lights went out after 34 hours at normal volume.
The privately owned Sony, which are indicated with up to 20 hours, only create the same level that we pre-set. 12 hours. This means that The Hammo TV from Noontec offers almost three times the running time with the same single-player loop! You can live with this, because no person will want to wear the parts in one piece for so long. can.
Summary and conclusion
The Noontec Hammo TV are real cross-country skiers with partial cellulite in the middle, but without bringing a pronounced bath tub tuning. For movies, games and even music, the whole thing is quite suitable, even if the price of approx. 140 Euro is already somehow very self-confident. Other products in this price range, however, don't sound much better, but they almost always tend to be sluggish.
Why we tested these headphones of all places can also be explained quickly. Apart from the fact that the PR showed a certain tenacity, the pre-test convinced us. The author was on the road for four days without the bulky charging station and in the meantime had enough time to use it on public transport and relaxed breaks. Only an active noise-cancelling would still be the certain cream hood, but you can't have everything in the end. The price was too high for us and the 340 Hz delle was too low for a purchase tip. The rest fits that way.
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