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FOUR STARS - The Dyplay BQC35 is one of the first results if you're searching for cheap ANC Active Noise Cancelling wireless earbuds on Amazon or AliExpress. It's a solid performer, if a bit big.
Specs of the Dyplay BQC35 ANC:
Bluetooth 5.0
5 hours listening on a full charge
Charging case can charge earpieces fully 5 times
Comes with 3 sizes ear tips and USB-C cable
$55-$65 on AliExpress or Amazon US/ Amazon Europe - check current price!
Below this Dyplay BQC35 ANC review, you will find comparisons of the Byplay BQC35 vs Samload ANC, Edifier TWS NB and Apple AirPods Pro.
Design, comfort and battery life
Active Noise Cancelling makes earbuds big. Except for the Apples AirPods Pro, that's a fact so far. The Samload/ Bonola ANC protrude way out of your ears, and so does the (excellent) Edifier TWS NB. It's the same story with the Dyplay BQC35.
The rock-shaped earpieces fill up your ears. They are quite large on the inside, and even have a separate little bulb placed before the nozzle and the rubber ear-tip. Happily, the earpieces also have pointy upper-ends. You may be able to place these behind your upper-ear lobes, delivering a steady fit.
The BQC35 has green LED-lights on the outside, but happily, they don't shine or blink when you're listening to music.
The charging case is even more bulbous than the earpieces. With its 600mAh capacity, it can fully recharge the earpieces five times, providing up to 5 hours of playtime per charge. Recharging the case can be done via USB-C and takes 1,5 hours. Four LED lights handily show the charging status of the case.
Connectivity and controls
The connection quality of the Dyplay BQC35 is robust, with a stable Bluetooth 5.0 signal up to ten meters. Hiccups in the sound when you're on the move with them, are rare. They easily pair when you take them out of the case the first time, and they continue to connect fast.
The BQC35 ANC has touch controls, which respond easily to your touch. First things first: the noise cancellation is started with two taps on the left earpiece, and comes with an English voice prompt that tells you noise cancellation is activated or turned off. Tapping the right earpiece twice activates the voice assistant on your phone.
With a single tap, you play or pause the music. A long touch on the left side makes you return a track; you skip a song by long-pressing the right side. Unfortunately, it isn't possible to change the volume on the earpieces.
Calling and watching movies
You can watch videos without delays and problems on Android devices, but there's a noticeable delay in the sound on the YouTube-app on iPhone. When you're gaming, there's an even more significant delay.
Calling with the Dyplay BQC35, on the other hand, is perfectly doable. When you have ANC turned on (which you will have most of the time, probably), your voice sounds very loud and clear. Some higher notes from your surroundings will be audible to the other end of the line, but your voice far outweighs those other sounds.
Taking a phone call outside is possible too. Because the noise cancelling-microphones pick up your wind sound, you will hear your wind quite clear - but the other person won't hear it as loud as on many other wireless earbuds. It's still your voice that comes through most clear, even when there's traffic around you and a fair wind. The Dyplay is good foor calling.
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Active Noise Cancelling
Calling your product BQC35 - obviously a reference to the famous Bose QuietComfort 35, raises some expectations. Perhaps a bit too much. The Active Noise Cancelling quality of the Dyplay is comparable with cheaper over-ear ANC headphones, but not as effective as Bose's example. How does it fare, without playing music on the earpieces?
You activate the Active Noise Cancelling with two taps on the left earbud. When you do, you will hear a white noise sound-effect to overrule sounds from your surroundings. Buzzes and humming from your environment, minimalize. The standard background noise caused by traffic reduces greatly. Like other ANC earbuds and headphones, you will still hear accelerating trucks, trains, heavy motors, and busses passing by.
The same goes for voices. Voices and crowds a bit distant from you, will be reduced in volume - but you can still hear voices close to you you. They do sound darker with ANC on, though, because some frequencies are filtered out.
It's not advised to take the Dyplay BQC35 out when you're walking or cycling, as wind noises will be louder than usual when you have ANC on. Furthermore, you can sometimes hear a tiny beep when you have noise cancelation on and start playing music.
When you play music, it doesn't take a lot of volume to rule out all the sound around you. This is also the case with many other wireless earbuds without ANC, however.
Looking for the best noise cancelling audio on a budget? Try the OneAudio A9 headphone.
Sound quality of Dyplay BQC35 ANC
The Dyplay BQC35 has a warm, smooth sound that's good for listening to while you're at work. It doesn't matter much if you have noise cancellation on or off.
The BQC35 ANC thanks its smoothed-out sound to pretty early rolled-off highs. What can be piercing, harsh sounds, such as high-pitched female vocals, violins, or the cymbals on a drum kit, sound pleasantly toned-down here on lower to average volume.
Instruments performing in the mid-tones, like guitars and pianos, come without their sharp, rough edges as well. Just like male vocals, they tend to lean toward the darker tones, but they're still present enough. Female vocals, however, can sound a little thin.
The BQC35 has a fat bass thump, that behaves well-enough when you're listening to lower or average volume, but can be a bit too much when you turn the volume up. The big bass slam pumping in your ears won't be for everyone, but if you're a bass lover - this should just be your cup of tea.
Underneath the slam, the deeper sub-bass knows how to rumble as well. The bass amount does decrease a bit when you're turning ANC off, however. With ANC on and playing a bassy track on high volume, the sound can become crowded - a bit all over the place.
The Dyplay BQC35 has enough spaciousness in the sound to make sound layers and instruments come from different directions. Don't expect to be able to precisely place instruments around you in this smooth, warm sound - but the music will still feel around you.
Selected comparisons
Dyplay BQC35 vs Samload ANC
The Active Noise Cancellation of the Dyplay BQC35 is much more effective than that of its budget competitor, the Samload ANC (also sold as Bonola ANC). Whereas the Samload only diminishes some distant traffic, the Dyplay also reduces voices, some nearby traffic and static buzzes and humming. Comfort on the Samload is better, as the inner-ear part is smaller; but the Dyplay fits and looks better in the ears, as it doesn't protrude as much.
The BQC35 sounds more engaging, with actually more emphasis on higher frequencies than the Samload, which sounds real dark.
Dyplay BQC35 vs Xiaomi AirDots Pro ANC
Xiaomi was one of the first to release wireless earbuds. The Xiaomi AirDots Pro ANC still perform good. You activate the ANC by holding an earpiece three seconds. The ANC on the Xiaomi reduces darker sounds from your surroundings, but mid-tones like slaps, claps, and talking are still audible. It doesn't have the same white noise as on the Dyplay, however. Both score around as good on noise cancelling.
With ANC on, music on the Xiaomi loses a bit of treble, which is forward and strong without ANC. With ANC on, the AirDots Pro sounds smoother, warmer, but also flatter, and less detailed. The Dyplay sounds more bassy in each scenario.
Like the BQC35, the fit on the AirDots Pro ANC is tricky, as the AirDots don't go that deep into your ears. Don't try working out with these. The Dyplay may be bigger in your ears; it has a tighter fit. It's a tie between these two.
Review coming soon - Buy Xiaomi AirDots Pro ANC on Amazon
Dyplay BQC35 vs Edifier TWS NB
Want the best active noise cancelling wireless earbuds without paying full price? The $130 Edifier TWS NB has much stronger noise cancelling quality than the Dyplay, with darker to higher frequency sounds greatly reduced. Distant traffic, humming, buzzes, people talking, and even some traffic nearby, are attacked wonderfully by Edifiers big but tight-fitting earbuds.
Soundwise, the Edifier TWS NB has an even warmer sound than the Dyplay, with emphasis on the lower tones and even quicker rolled-off highs. The Edifier sounds smoother and cleaner, with more control and refinement in the bass-area and in the higher frequencies. The Dyplay can go louder, though.
Dyplay BQC35 vs Apple AirPods Pro
At $250, the Apple AirPods Pro has a more subtle white noise-effect with ANC turned on. It reduces sound from your surroundings better than the Dyplay, with voices, humming, buzzes, and traffic reduced in a very natural way. The Dyplay does have better battery life than the AirPods Pro, but Apple outclasses the Dyplay with much better comfort. The Dyplay sounds warmer than the AirPods Pro, which has a strange mixture of full lower frequencies and a somewhat cold vocal tonality. The AirPods Pro sounds smooth as well, but more detailed than the BQC35, and holds it together at higher volumes.
Verdict
If you need ANC Active Noise Cancelling on your wireless earbuds with good call quality, the Dyplay BQC35 can be right for you. It may not have the strongest noise cancellation or the best comfort, but still is a well-rounded package with good battery life and a bassy, smooth sound.
Four stars - very good
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