To capitalize on the gaining reputation of TWS earphones, the Razer Hammerhead TWS Professional is the corporate’s second try. A lot refined from its first providing, the Hammerhead TWS Professional guarantees higher sound high quality and efficiency. However within the sea of high-end wi-fi earphones, the place does Razer’s providing stand?
Design and construct high quality
Whereas the general case of the Hammerhead TWS Professional is moveable, it appears a bit on the slippery facet. We like that the case has a matte end nonetheless it will have been nicer with a texture. It sports activities the hinge, the LED indicator which glows inexperienced, orange and pink relying on standing, a Kind-C USB port and an indent to open and shut. There may be additionally some refined Razer branding on the lid of the case which exudes minimalism.
Talking of the lid, it’s construct on a powerful hinge. The opening and shutting mechanism of the hinge is powerful and fairly satisfying. Though when opened, the hinge does wiggle and creak a bit beneath stress. Reverse to the case’s exterior, the inside is shiny, housing the earbuds pretty nicely, virtually reminding us of the Huawei FreeBuds Professional.
As comfortable because the earbuds look, fortunately there are fairly simple to take away from the case. Given the facet ratio of the case, we don’t assume one-handed use to place them on is viable. Nevertheless, placing them on in any other case shouldn’t be any hassle. Razer additionally has a helpful companion utility with the Hammerhead TWS Professional to examine their match, one thing we are going to elaborate on in a later part.
Sadly although, the precise construct high quality of the earbuds is nothing particular. They really feel a bit low cost nonetheless that does make them a bit extra light-weight than standard. The buds include adjustable rubber ideas that embody barely grippier ones too, that are helpful for exercising pairing nicely with the headphone’s IPX4 score, and particular ones from Comply. Their stem can be a bit on the longer facet which makes them simple to placed on and take away however annoying as this makes them cling onto issues a lot simpler. Opposite to the case, the Razer emblem is clearly etched on the outside of the earbuds making for a not so minimalistic look.
Hammerhead TWS companion utility
An integral half in regards to the Razer Hammerhead TWS Professional is its companion utility. Right here, you’ll be able to management so much in regards to the earbuds, proper from its Energetic Noise Cancellation (ANC) settings, gestures, sound profile and match. The appliance additionally offers you an actual time illustration of the earbuds’ battery life, which is one thing you can’t observe precisely by way of the buds or case alone. With the earbud match take a look at, the applying allows you to discover the proper match. It performs a observe to detect how sound travels via your ear canal providing you with an optimum consequence. We discovered this to be pretty correct, with it suggesting modifications after we deliberately tried an unsuitable match.
Subsequent up, we now have gestures. There are a selection of various ones you’ll be able to customise based mostly in your utilization. We really feel by default, having the identical gesture mapped to each earbuds is a bit counter productive. Altering that is pretty simple and you’ll select from various totally different capabilities. Furthermore, the gestures can be configured in a different way when receiving calls, which is a pleasant consideration to element from Razer. Whereas most of those gestures work as meant, we discovered the outside of the earbuds to be too attentive to them. So, even when barely adjusting the earbuds, we discovered ourselves by accident triggering a gesture which might get annoying over time.
Lastly, we come to the equalizer. Right here, there are many modes you’ll be able to select from however our go-to remained the THX preset. With this, sound high quality appears to enhance massively complimenting the good frequency response of the Hammerhead TWS Professional. Different presets embody Amplified, Enhanced Bass, Vocal and Enhanced Readability except for a Customized one. Nevertheless, we want there was a method to make small changes to at least one preset as an alternative of getting to construct your individual from scratch utilizing the Customized choice.
Efficiency
There are quite a lot of points in regards to the Razer Hammerhead TWS Professional that we like. As an illustration, the earbuds’ 60ms low latency gaming mode. Whereas that is marketed to be a gaming centric characteristic, it may very well be used simply as simply for multimedia watching. With this enabled, you’ll be able to expertise virtually zero lag between pausing and enjoying media. In fact, the decrease latency can be extraordinarily helpful when enjoying PUBG or different FPS titles the place response time issues so much.
This expertise carries over properly for sound too. With its 10mm drivers, the Hammerhead TWS Professional lends itself to an awesome listening expertise. It doesn’t matter in the event you use the earbuds for music or vocals, you get a pleasant balanced sound profile. This implies the lows, middles and trebles are lined nicely by the earbuds with one thing for everybody as long as you employ the suitable preset.
Even the damage detection on the Razer Hammerhead TWS Professional is nice. Once you take away an earbud, tracks mechanically pause and when positioned again within the ear, they play. And this works even with only one earbud. Arguably although, the earbuds don’t include robust ANC akin to love Sennheiser. Personally, the extent on the Hammerhead TWS Professional is sufficient though sure sounds nonetheless make their manner via. Fortunately although, it’s not overbearing and doesn’t pressure my ears after prolonged use, one thing I discovered with the Jabra Elite 75t earbuds. There may be additionally an ambient mode to the earbuds which works pretty nicely if you wish to hearken to your environment whereas sporting the earbuds.
One characteristic we missed on the Hammerhead TWS Professional was the power to connect with a number of gadgets concurrently. This implies for every system you employ, it’s a must to manually join the earbuds. Nevertheless, a pleasant characteristic constructed into the Hammerhead utility is Fast Join. This enables the earbuds to mechanically reconnect to the final paired system which is right if you end up leaping between two gadgets.
Battery life
In relation to the battery lifetime of the Razer Hammerhead TWS Professional, it varies. For our use, the headphones lasted 4 hours and quarter-hour earlier than we needed to recharge with ANC turned on. With the case, it is possible for you to to rise up to 4 cost cycles. This sort of battery backup is suitable contemplating we not often journey throughout these unprecedented instances. Nevertheless, for worldwide flights, the battery life on the Hammerhead TWS Professional may very well be missing. There may be additionally no quick charging help on the earbuds and the case doesn’t help wi-fi charging.
Conclusion
Should you decide the Razer Hammerhead TWS Professional on sound alone, it’s nice. With a balanced sound profile, anybody who makes use of the pair will probably be glad. Not simply that, the earbuds provide you with added worth which a low latency mode, which can be utilized for each gaming and multimedia consumption. Nevertheless, with ANC not so good as the competitors, an inexpensive feeling design and the dearth of wi-fi charging, it’s possible you’ll wish to have a look at different choices completely earlier than you choose the Razer Hammerhead TWS Professional.