TCL Q7/Q750G QLED vs Hisense U7K [U7, U75K]

What is this trash tier review? These are not travel headphones, they are not outdoor or activity headphones. They are stationary, open back, sound stage media consumption headphones. It’s like if you started doing reviews on TV’s and monitors by the same standard. This is dumb. The lack of information around testing is also so absurdly sub par that It’s insulting to see this was ever published. Latency 55ms? Were you using a 30 foot RCA cable? Did you test with the Optical cable at all? Why is 22 hours of battery life for wireless monitors that use a dedicated docking station a negative? These are not leaving your house with you. 0 points for BT and 5 points for wired? These are by design, and not bad design choices. These are not BT headphones.

To digress for a moment, I don’t think this is ONLY an issue with this review. I’m sure there are other wonderful devices that have terrible reviews on this site simply because every pair of headphones need to be compared to each other regardless of their intended use case.

Show me an RF based open back pair of headphones that supports up to 100m range and 24 hours of usage with a better sound stage than these and I’ll eat my words… I am on a mission to find an update/replacement for my Rs-185’s that I have had for nearly 8 years, but they are still above and by far the best option on the market.

Oct 30, 2024 02:57 PM By eldragon0

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What is this trash tier review? These are not travel headphones, they are not outdoor or activity headphones. They are stationary, open back, sound stage media consumption headphones. It’s like if you started doing reviews on TV’s and monitors by the same standard. This is dumb. The lack of information around testing is also so absurdly sub par that It’s insulting to see this was ever published. Latency 55ms? Were you using a 30 foot RCA cable? Did you test with the Optical cable at all? Why is 22 hours of battery life for wireless monitors that use a dedicated docking station a negative? These are not leaving your house with you. 0 points for BT and 5 points for wired? These are by design, and not bad design choices. These are not BT headphones. To digress for a moment, I don’t think this is ONLY an issue with this review. I’m sure there are other wonderful devices that have terrible reviews on this site simply because every pair of headphones need to be compared to each other regardless of their intended use case. Show me an RF based open back pair of headphones that supports up to 100m range and 24 hours of usage with a better sound stage than these and I’ll eat my words… I am on a mission to find an update/replacement for my Rs-185’s that I have had for nearly 8 years, but they are still above and by far the best option on the market.

Hi there, I’m sorry that the review doesn’t meet your expectations. It’s a rather old review that hasn’t been updated to our current Test Bench 1.8, which would include test benches in between that improve things like latency testing. To your point, it’s true that we’re bumping up against the limitations of our testing and scoring with RF headphones for TVs, and these days we try to contextualize the performance scores more clearly in the text. The scores aren’t meant to replace the review’s writing and we anticipate that specialized headphones won’t score perfectly, and ideally, that’s accounted for in the text.

We’re interested in improving our work, so what kinds of tests do you think would be more useful to include? What kinds of details about how headphones are tested would you like to see in our reviews?

You’re right that the market for RF headphones is pretty limited these days. Manufacturers seem to have begun shifting towards solutions like the Sonos Ace Wireless, which integrates with the brand’s home theater setup. Thanks for your feedback.

Nov 04, 2024 06:30 PM By  Jasper Lastoria

Hi there, I’m sorry that the review doesn’t meet your expectations. It’s a rather old review that hasn’t been updated to our current Test Bench 1.8, which would include test benches in between that improve things like latency testing. To your point, it’s true that we’re bumping up against the limitations of our testing and scoring with RF headphones for TVs, and these days we try to contextualize the performance scores more clearly in the text. The scores aren’t meant to replace the review’s writing and we anticipate that specialized headphones won’t score perfectly, and ideally, that’s accounted for in the text. We’re interested in improving our work, so what kinds of tests do you think would be more useful to include? What kinds of details about how headphones are tested would you like to see in our reviews? You’re right that the market for RF headphones is pretty limited these days. Manufacturers seem to have begun shifting towards solutions like the Sonos Ace Wireless, which integrates with the brand’s home theater setup. Thanks for your feedback.

Outside of validating latency between RCA and Optical, I honestly think this review wasn’t bad, just the referenced scale compares it to high end portable Bluetooth headphones, and they get docked points for not being that As you pointed out a lot of these views are clarified in the text review. It’s just unfortunate that there isn’t a realistic means to compare these headphones directly against their competitors …. If there even are any. Over ear, open back RF headphones are spectacular for content consumption and gaming as long as you’re in an environment that supports that format.

Nov 06, 2024 09:31 PM By eldragon0

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Outside of validating latency between RCA and Optical, I honestly think this review wasn’t bad, just the referenced scale compares it to high end portable Bluetooth headphones, and they get docked points for not being that As you pointed out a lot of these views are clarified in the text review. It’s just unfortunate that there isn’t a realistic means to compare these headphones directly against their competitors …. If there even are any. Over ear, open back RF headphones are spectacular for content consumption and gaming as long as you’re in an environment that supports that format.

That’s a fair critique about the RCA and Optical connections here. I don’t want to leave you hanging on other current options on the market. It occurs to me that depending on how you watch and stream media, I think another avenue worth exploring is gaming headsets. If you have a PlayStation or Xbox console, or if you use a PC as your entertainment hub, you get a greater selection of wireless headphones with low latency to choose from if you look at gaming headsets. Using the apps for Netflix (and other streaming platforms) on a gaming console (or PC) would allow you to get more options for wireless headphones. Of course, that’s a moot suggestion if you’re connecting directly to the TV. Anyway, I just thought I’d mention that as a possibility if it’s of any use.