Oppo Enco X Real Wireless Earphones Evaluation

Despite the fact that Oppo is very best known in India for its smartphones, the firm’s growing audio lineup is just one to glimpse out for. Among the its latest launches, a noteworthy product was the Oppo Enco W51, which is amongst our prime picks in the cost-effective correct wi-fi section for a single vital purpose: energetic sounds cancellation for below Rs. 5,000. Like with its smartphones, Oppo is searching to establish a robust presence in the mid-selection segment for legitimate wi-fi earphones, and its newest launch is the one I am reviewing right now.

Priced at Rs. 9,990, the Oppo Enco X is positioned as a ‘flagship killer’ among the correct wireless headsets, thanks to a instead impressive specification sheet. With a dual-driver set up, tuning in collaboration with Danish substantial-finish audio model Dynaudio, and lively sound cancellation, the Enco X guarantees a lot for a price tag that is noticeably lower than what models such as Apple, Samsung, Sony, and Sennheiser present. Is this the very best pair of real wi-fi earphones you can invest in for below Rs. 10,000 in India correct now? Find out in our evaluation.

The Enco X earpieces search a great deal like the AirPods Professional, in particular in white

 

Dual-driver set up and Dynaudio knowledge for the Oppo Enco X

The Apple AirPods Professional is possible the inspiration for the style and design of lots of legitimate wi-fi earphones, and it truly is safe to believe that the Oppo Enco X is on that listing. The glossy white earpieces with small stems are similar in form to Apple’s flagship genuine wi-fi earphones, but they do glimpse different many thanks to massive silver charging call details and a glass-like finish on the stems. The Oppo Enco X earpieces have a appropriate in-canal fit, with a complete of a few sets of silicone ear suggestions and a charging cable provided in the sales package.

The stems of the earpieces are contact-delicate, and can be utilised to command playback and quantity on the Oppo Enco X. These can be customised right as a result of the settings on an Oppo smartphone, or by way of the HeyMelody app on other Android smartphones. The earpieces ended up at ease more than long listening periods, and in good shape nicely for me.

The application handles the basic principles such as control customisation, battery degrees for the earpieces and charging case (the ranges for the case seemed inaccurate to me, nevertheless), firmware updates, and a earbud fit check to make confident you happen to be employing the appropriate ear tips. It truly is worthy of pointing out below that there is no iOS application, so if you really don’t have an Android product, you will find no way to customise the touch gestures and you are going to have to adhere to the default controls.

There is lively noise cancellation on the Oppo Enco X, which utilizes a twin-microphone method to offer two amounts of intensity – Common and Max – as nicely as a transparency method to be able to listen to ambient sounds by way of the earphones. There are essentially a few microphones on each earpiece, which are utilised for calls and environmental sounds cancellation for voice. Each earpiece weighs just 4.8g, and I identified them very snug in my ears for long listening sessions, with a secure, sounds isolating in shape. They’re also IP54 rated for dust and h2o resistance.

The controls are not totally customisable through the application alternatively, you have to decide on from predefined sets for the double-tap, triple-faucet, and slide control gestures. What irked me was the lack of ability to have perform/pause, future/past, and quantity controls at the very same time I had to decide on involving combos that skip one particular of these selections. I chose to do without having enjoy/pause, considering that eliminating a person or both of those of the earpieces pauses what is actually enjoying anyway.

The triple-faucet gesture can only be employed to invoke your phone’s voice assistant, when touch-and-maintain can only switch among sounds cancellation modes. All over again, I could only opt for two of the four probable settings – Max sounds cancellation, Standard sounds cancellation, transparency, and ANC off – which seemed unnecessarily restricting.

I had a white device for critique, and there is certainly also a black option which obviously seems a great deal a lot less like the AirPods Professional. The charging scenario is a matching shade of white, but also has a contrasting metallic silver band operating all all over the slender facet. The prime of this band has the Oppo logo, the aspect has the pairing button, and the bottom has the USB Type-C port for charging. Usefully, you will find also help for Qi wireless charging on the scenario. The again of the circumstance has ‘co-created with Dynaudio’ etched on it, to mark Oppo’s growth collaboration with Danish substantial-stop audio maker Dynaudio for the Enco X.

Danish higher-conclusion speaker producer Dynaudio has lent its knowledge in the advancement of the Oppo Enco X

 

Less than the hood, the Oppo Enco X has its most extraordinary specification – dual motorists in each individual earpiece, comprised of a 6mm well balanced membrane driver for the superior frequencies and an 11mm dynamic driver for the mids and lows. The earphones use Bluetooth 5.2 for connectivity, with aid for the LHDC, AAC, and SBC Bluetooth codecs.

LHDC is an superior Bluetooth codec which is mentioned to be on par with LDAC and aptX in conditions of transfer costs and latency, but isn’t really extensively supported on equipment however. Oppo states that the Locate X2 and Discover X2 Professional guidance the codec for now, and extra Oppo equipment will obtain support via firmware updates over the coming months. A different unit I know of that supports the codec is the Xiaomi Mi 10 (Overview), but compatibility is uncommon, and you can expect to have to possible rely on the additional widely accessible AAC Bluetooth codec.

Battery lifetime on the Oppo Enco X is not as well spectacular, with the earpieces running for a minor above 3 hrs at moderate volumes with energetic sounds cancellation on. The charging situation added an further four rates for a complete battery life of about 16 hrs for each demand cycle, which is significantly down below what competing equipment in this price assortment this sort of as the Jabra Elite 75t present.

Prosperous, specific audio on the Oppo Enco X

Though the notion of twin-driver setups is just not new, it truly is however unconventional on accurate wi-fi earphones for noticeable factors it can be challenging to fit far more than 1 driver in the limited space accessible in each and every earpiece. Oppo’s solution is thus an amazing engineering feat that provides good audio across genres and sources. Blended with good energetic noise cancellation and Dynaudio’s knowledge, this would make for an immersive and partaking listening knowledge.

I did not have any LHDC-suitable gadgets with me to examination this highly developed codec with. For my critique, I made use of the much more frequent AAC codec with an Iphone 12 mini (Evaluation) and OnePlus 7T Professional McLaren Edition (Overview), screening with songs across streaming companies, movies, online games, and voice calls.

Tidal’s substantial-resolution audio streams did have some effect on seem good quality on the Oppo Enco X many thanks to the motorists and tuning. Having said that, my being restricted to the AAC codec meant that it was not pretty as substantially a big difference as on the aptX-appropriate Sennheiser CX 400BT, with just hints of much more detail and a little tighter responses than you would get with basic SBC.

Battery life is common on the Oppo Enco X, with only all-around 16 hours of overall listening time for each charge cycle

 

However, that shouldn’t be construed as taking anything away from the seem the Oppo Enco X appears great despite this. KC and the Sunshine Band’s disco basic That is The Way I Like It sounded specific and cohesive, with great instrument separation and a roomy soundstage, as would be expected from any multi-driver earphones. Obtaining a independent balanced membrane driver for the higher variety of frequencies intended that the highs – specifically the trumpets – sounded crisp and clear, and ended up felt as significantly as heard.

The lows and mids ended up likewise in-depth and punchy. The entire seem was held collectively cohesively and managed to preserve pace with even quickly and comprehensive tracks these types of as Fatboy Slim’s Bem Brasil variation of Weapon of Choice. The various samba drums took centre stage in just the deluxe soundstage, but this at no level overpowered the vocals that are the essence of this monitor, with the two things playing well with each individual other.

The exact same track on Spotify sounded a very little fewer immersive and limited, but by no signifies significantly less satisfying. Even with the compression and reduce bitrate, the Oppo Enco X held company when it arrived to depth, sonic signature, and soundstage. Switching to Brasstracks’ electro-jazz deal with of All Of The Lights confirmed that the crisp highs, limited lows, and general cohesiveness in the sound remained firmly in location.

A whole of 3 pairs of ear ideas are included in the profits bundle of the Oppo Enco X

 

The sonic signature of the Oppo Enco X can be described as fairly balanced, but the exclusive driver setup does are likely to give the highs and lows a little bit of an edge around the mid variety. Although the differences in responsiveness aren’t substantially, this sonic signature does certainly favour specified genres of new music that count on bass and instrumentals most electronic genres, jazz, and nearly anything with a robust concentration on percussion sounded outstanding. Synth-pushed tracks these types of as Streamers by Wave Racer sounded particularly fantastic, with the Oppo Enco X capturing the essence of the personal computer-produced appears to close to perfection.

Lively noise cancellation on the Oppo Enco X isn’t really pretty on par with what I’ve heard on high quality alternatives these as the Apple AirPods Professional and Sony WF-1000XM3, but it can be also appreciably greater than the entry-level ANC effectiveness of the Oppo Enco W51. Regular family appears and the buzz of urban streets have been significantly softer with ANC active, but there wasn’t the form of stark silence you would get with premium correct wi-fi headsets.

There are two levels of lively noise cancellation, and the one I chosen was the ‘Max’ mode the ‘Regular’ mode scarcely built any big difference in decreasing sound. There is also a transparency manner which allows you listen to ambient seems via the earphones. While this does make you far more knowledgeable of your environment, it does not audio as purely natural as on the AirPods Pro, with my own voice in individual sounding strangely muffled.

The Oppo Enco X was quite great for voice calls, with crystal clear seem on both of those ends of the call. Many thanks to Bluetooth 5.2, connectivity was steady in excess of fair distances as properly, and I could pay attention to tunes or perform cell phone phone calls over distances of up to 15 ft even with some barriers in amongst. The earphones are also speedy to pair with the last made use of device on becoming taken out of their circumstance.

At Rs. 9,990, the Oppo Enco X delivers a good listening working experience for the cost

 

Verdict

Oppo’s audio solution selection is fairly underrated, and with the Enco X the company has a different hit. With fantastic attributes, good energetic noise cancellation and voice efficiency, and exceptional seem for the price tag, the Oppo Enco X is between the greatest legitimate wi-fi headsets you can purchase in the mid to quality price section right now. Despite the fact that underneath-regular battery life, oddly restricted controls, and area of interest codec help do keep it back again a little bit, the audio quality you get from the dual-driver setup will make up for these disadvantages.

What stands out the most about the Oppo Enco X is its rate. At Rs. 9,990, this pair of accurate wi-fi earphones is great worth for income, with attributes, technical specs, and sound high-quality that go further than what you would assume at this selling price. If you have a funds of Rs. 10,000, there is not a much better-sounding pair of real wireless earphones you can buy right now.

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