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EPOS ADAPT 660 Headphones

Sennheiser evolves with AI and Multipoint Bluetooth

This month’s review remains audio focused with headphones from the legendary Sennheiser, under a new brand ‘EPOS’.

The ADAPT 660 are aimed at working people and perfectly suit homeworking where many of us struggle to concentrate working from home with children, other family members and pet noise, distracting and interrupting our work flow.

Out of the box, the ADAPT 660 feel really highend, solidly built which fold up into a leather pouch. Their relatively large over-ear design is exceedingly comfortable all-round. Unfolding

them effectively switches them on; immediately, the noise reduction technology kicks in and does a great job of filtering out unwanted distractions, but can also allow conversations to take place. I was sitting next to a air-con unit and found the drone nicely removed. This is achieved by an array of 4 adaptive ANC microphones which actively monitors your environment.

Audio prompts inform you of the connection status via Bluetooth and the multi-point features allow for simultaneous connections to more than one device at a time.

This means you can connect to your computer via Bluetooth or using the included BTD 800 USB dongle. I was able to connect easily to my MacBook Pro and remain connected to my Sony Xperia 1 mobile phone. I could edit video on the MacBook, but also receive notifications and calls from my phone at the same time; it worked very well.

Audio comms are achieved by the inclusion of an AI-driven microphone system, which uses 3 microphones and machine learning developed algorithms that gives optimal voice pickup giving clarity and nicely filters out background and unwanted noise in conjunction with the additional 4 ANC microphones previously mentioned!

The headphones are controlled using capacitive touch on the surface of the earpiece, there are a selection of actions, such as stopping and starting audio playback, adjusting volume controlled, but also connecting to Alexa using a ‘tap and hold’ gesture. I love the inclusion of interaction with digital assistants and as they evolve, the experience gets better and better.

On the side of the headphones is a dedicated Microsoft

Teams button as the headphones have been given

UC (Universal

Communications)

Certification which allows them to effectively act as a virtual telephone handset.

Being wireless, the headphones provide 30 hours of audio playback and are charged using the included USB

Type C lead.

This were truly fabulous headphones and I could quite happily have continued to use them as a permanent solution to my current home working; sadly, they had to be returned.

You can purchase the EPOS Adapt 600 for around £249, which might be a bargain in exchange for keeping your sanity!

See you next month! Matt

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