Cambridge AudioMelomania P100 Headphones - Bluetooth, Active Noise Cancelling with Hi-Fi Sound, 100 Hour Playback with User Replaceable Battery, Gaming Mode and Carry Case - White

Melomania P100 not only delivers exquisite wide range and precise sound into your ear, they work seamlessly in the real world - chappeau to the engineers that made a set of highquality headphones and then put the appropriate electronics inside with such a simple, elegant way of operating them, it just relieves you of stress, so you can pick up the head set, put them on and ive into a weightless sound environment. The 100 hours battery life, is on the safe side, it's probbaly more, I've been using them as delivered, for a week at least 8 hours a day, and the battery has gone from 80% to 64%.But the sound quality, didn't i mention that. It's as perfect as you're going to get, because the bluetooth is so rock solid and the sound system immaculate.Not many purchases these days live up to expectation, let alone go beyond. The Melomania P100 headphones are way beyond. I had previously used very high end earpieces from the extremely expensive sound specialists (I'm sure you know the ususual suspects). The whole technology of these overpriced sound specialists of sound delivery using bluetooth, wifi, ANC, transparency, clear is generally very low grade, I mean, it has to deliver the signal and work, before you can judge the sound? Anyway I digress. They're light, you don't feel them because the cushioning so gentle.All the packaging is 100% recyclable, so you don't feel like a plastic junky, it's all compostable! The packaging design reflects the product. Simple, extremely intelligent, robust and does exactly what it promises.I haven't found anything I dislike, or can find to be critical about. Cambridge Audio have really cracked it. Bravo!If I could give a 10/10 for probably the best headset I've ever used, I would.

Build and design quality is superb, app works well too. But, most importantly the sound is up to the usual Cambridge Audio standard. I moved from Sennheisers to these and the sound quality, comfort, look and feel of these is much better. The noise cancelling is very good but not quite up there with the Bose, Sony, or Sennheisers. For me the sound quality is the importantly thing however and you really would have to spend twice as much to improve on these and then you really won't hear improve at all. Great cans.

I purchased these recently as, what I thought would just be a pretty decent pair of gym headphones, boy was I wrong!I also have the Bowers & Wilkins PX8’S (which I’ve now given to my wife - see why below) and the Bang & Olufsen H95’s. And chose both after extensive research and watching and reading many reviews.After being disappointed with the performance of the PX8’s and a hissing sound when moving my head slightly, I gave them to my wife who’s not really too bothered with sound quality - a really poor use of nearly £600!Never mind, I thought, I’ll just have to take that one on the chin! So then spent around £800 on the H95’s thinking, this is it, these will give the best performance - now, don’t get me wrong the H95’s are excellent and the comfort, build quality, clarity and depth in the music (of all genres) are all fantastic, however…The Cambridge Audio P100’s are as good in sound quality as the H95’s, and the volume goes louder than I can handle, without distortion. The build quality is excellent and although a little heavier, they are perfectly comfortable on my rather large noggin!This is where they trump the H95’s. At max volume the H95’s are just not loud enough.The only thing that’s better on the H95’s are the controls, which are less fiddly than the P100’s - but that’s it!So, to sum up - buy the P100’s - at £200 they are a quarter of the price, just as high quality and go LOUD!So, I’ll be using the expensive H95’s for the gym instead!

I tested these headphones in comparison with the Sony WH-1000XM5, but in the end returned them as I couldn't make up my mind which was best. I would have kept these if the ANC and controls were better.ProSound quality is excellent, with sparkling, punchy dynamic sound. Vocals and guitars sound great, treble is smooth and bass is deep but well controlled. I hear something new in every one of my favourite tracks, which makes me want to re-visit them all.They are comfortable with sufficient depth for my average-size ears - I don't feel my ears getting too hot after extended listening.The battery life is outstanding.ConThe basic level of isolation is not very good and pressing the headphones tighter to my ears does not improve this - the ANC is already at a disadvantage.The ANC is not as effective as, for example, the Sony WH-1000XM5 - when listening to a podcast on the headphones, I can still hear the speech on the TV in the same room.When the ANC is switched on there is a noticeable background hiss.When moving around a room with ANC switched on, the level of background noise changes as I turn my head - the Sony WH-1000XM5 headphones do not do this, the level of noise cancellation stays the same as I move around.I find the physical buttons difficult to use - the most used (FN) button which controls play/pause, call pickup/reject is only 2mm dia. while less-used vol+ vol- buttons are rectangular and much bigger. I do like physical buttons, but one large button on each side using multiple presses for different functions would IMHO work better - the buttons on the Melomania One earbuds are perfect.