According to the manufacturer, the new A4Tech Bloody M90 has a reduced level of latency for wireless audio transmission, and therefore can be used for mobile gaming, as well as connected to a PC or console. At the same time, the headset is equipped with most of the popular features for everyday use — from active noise reduction to wireless charging — and the cost of even the flagship model of the line remains relatively low. In terms of price - quality ratio, the A4Tech Bloody M90 clearly aims for a leading position. Let's see what her chances of success are.
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trendsmacro forex brokerDesign and constructionThe headset is made in black, and the red decorative details are responsible for the "aggressiveness" of the design inherent in gaming devices.
On the front of the case is the logo of the line, above is a series of four LED indicators showing the charging level.
Between the lid and the main body of the case is a red insert with a "metal" texture. On the back side, the loop for opening the lid is clearly visible.
There were no backlashes, unnecessary gaps and other problems with the assembly of the case. The lid opens easily, and is held in the closed position by a magnetic attachment. There is no door closer, but there is a fixation in the open form, as the opening process increases, the force required to move the lid increases. Because of this, when closing the copy that we got periodically creaked a little, but not too loudly and generally not annoying at all.
Connection
To communicate with the source, the A4Tech Bloody M90 uses Bluetooth 5.1. After opening the case cover, the headset tries to connect to the last used source for a while, if it fails, it activates the pairing mode.
The Bloody M90 multipoint does not support it, and when you try to connect to a new device, the connection with the old one is immediately broken. We saw this when we tried to connect the headset to both a smartphone and a Windows 10 PC at the same time. In parallel, using the Bluetooth Tweaker utility, a list of supported codecs and their modes was obtained.
Management
The headset is controlled by touch panels. The quality of their response is quite high for relatively low-cost headphones-it happens that touches are not registered, but this happens very rarely. But there are no problems with phantom clicks, which is very good. The required delay in the course of double and triple taps is slightly higher than that of most of the headsets we tested — you will have to get used to it.
You can't control the volume with a touch, but you can call a voice assistant, and then use it to do everything you need. We will not describe the control scheme, it is better to quote the instructions, where it is shown as clearly as possible.
Operation
The headphones are very light, they sit comfortably in the ears, but not too securely. During moderate — intensity activities — jogging or light gymnastics-they remain in place. But during jumping rope or heavy strength exercises, the attachment begins to weaken. However, as a headset for sports, the Bloody M90 can be quite recommended, especially given the IPX4 moisture protection.
The heroine of today's review also supports active noise reduction. But it works extremely delicately, cutting off only a certain part of the noise. For this price segment, this is quite normal. Plus, this implementation of "shumodava" has a number of quite interesting advantages: for example, it does not cause the familiar feeling of "pressure in the head"for many users. And the inclusion of ANC does not affect the sound of the headset at all, which we will definitely return to later.
The quality of voice communication is extremely important for the gaming solution, and with it, the A4Tech Bloody M90 is completely fine. The microphones do an excellent job, the ambient noise is filtered using the ENC system — we tried to communicate in various conditions: from a noisy shopping center to the side of a major highway, and in all cases the communication was quite comfortable. Of course, from time to time it was necessary to raise the voice, but the interlocutors heard everything clearly and did not ask to repeat any of the said phrases.
Battery life and charging
The level of autonomy of the A4Tech Bloody M90 is average for the segment under consideration: the manufacturer promises up to 4 hours of headset operation and another 20 hours, taking into account charging from the case — up to a day, respectively.
To begin with, we will briefly recall our methodology for testing the autonomy of wireless headphones. The safe sound pressure level when listening to music with headphones is considered to be 75 dB, but in practice, most users prefer a level in the region of 90-100 dB. We transmit white noise to the headphones, fixing the SPL level in the region of 95 dB, immediately after the start of playback, we start recording the signal from the measuring stand — by the length of the resulting track, it is easy to understand how much each of the headphones worked.
The results of our tests were quite interesting. First, only the left earpiece worked for the stated 4 hours, but the right one consistently showed a noticeably lower result. Which led us to believe that he is the host — this has already been discussed above. Traditionally, we will summarize all the results in a table.
Given that the majority of listeners will use the headset in stereo mode, it is clearly worth focusing on the values that the earphone that worked for less time showed. Accordingly, we have about 3 and a half hours of autonomy, which in general is not so bad and not much less than the manufacturer claimed — if you reduce the volume, you can clearly "squeeze" out of the headphones and the required 4 hours.
And it is also worth noting a small difference in autonomy when active noise reduction is enabled, which quite curiously once again illustrates its effectiveness. But do not take this feature as a clear reason for criticism — we will continue to talk about this in the chapter on the sound of the headset.
From the wire, the case is charged for about 1.5-2 hours, and wireless charging is also possible, the duration of which is slightly higher and strongly depends on the memory used.
Sound and frequency response measurements
The headphones use 10 mm speakers with an unusual membrane. The manufacturer writes that it is made of "carbon mycelium" (M. O. C. I. technology-Mycelium of Carbon IT). The sound they provide is quite interesting, but peculiar-clearly more designed for gaming than for listening to music. The so-called "deep bass" is thoroughly emphasized, while the low-frequency range itself is slightly taken back. This allows you to perfectly sound various special effects — even the loudest explosions are reproduced clearly and without wheezing, but the parts of bass guitars and double basses are served loudly and devoid of detail.
Results
For its price segment, the A4Tech Bloody M90 headset is a very interesting solution that has a number of features that are more typical for more expensive devices: from active noise reduction to wireless charging. Well, among gaming fully wireless headsets, there is no special competition at all yet. At the same time, the headphones are not just called gaming, but really have a number of relevant features-from low latency for wireless audio transmission to optimized sound for gaming.
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