In its default setting, the Jabra Elite 85h delivers a very balanced output, without given any biased boost to bass which does not really sound as great on all kinds of music. Hip Hop fans will love the Bass boost EQ features which bring out the beats in the track and gets you grooving in no time. I did feel a slight distortion at high volumes or high pitched tracks, so you might want to keep an eye out for that. While all this does make a compelling story, what really baffles me is the fact that Jabra has not bundled in support for the higher end audio codec compression algorithms such as AAC, aptX or LDAC, which help to deliver music at near CD-like quality over Bluetooth. This really does put the Elite 85h on the back foot, and I hope they address this with a firmware update in the future
Coming to the call quality, the Elite 85h has delivered, by far, the best call quality among all the over-ear headphones. Thanks to the 8 microphones bundled into the product, you get to hear crystal clear calls all the time and the hear through feature is a bit of a bonus in the Elite 85h.
Finally, we have the battery life, and this is where the Jabra Elite 85h delivers the knockout punch to its competition. It’s 36 hour playback with noise cancellation and 41 hour playback without noise cancellation is unbeatable by any of the high-end headphones in the market today, and this makes the Elite 85h, a Must-have for those of you who are on the move a lot or absolutely hate to have to charge your headphone every once in a while.
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Conclusion –
All in all, the Jabra Elite 85h is a headphone that I can easily recommend thanks to its absolute exquisite design, class-leading battery life, and the superb integration of AI to give you the best ANC experience possible today. Yes, I do hope they address the codec support issue, but other than that, this product has got it all, and more.
