{"id":24756,"date":"2021-11-14T07:49:07","date_gmt":"2021-11-14T15:49:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.podfeet.com\/blog\/?p=24756"},"modified":"2021-11-14T10:35:46","modified_gmt":"2021-11-14T18:35:46","slug":"heyday-earbuds-caleb","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.podfeet.com\/blog\/2021\/11\/heyday-earbuds-caleb\/","title":{"rendered":"$20 heyday Moulded Tip Bluetooth Earbuds \u2013\u00a0by Caleb Fong"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure style=\"float: right; margin-left: 10px\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.podfeet.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/heyday-Wireless-Molded-Tip-Braided-Earbuds-in-Misty-Green.png\" alt=\"Heyday Wireless Molded Tip Braided Earbuds in Misty Green\" title=\"#title#\" width=\"175 \" height=\"\"><figcaption style=\"text-align:center\">Heyday Wireless Molded Tip Braided Earbuds <\/br>(Misty Green)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Greetings Captain Allison, and fellow NosillaCastaways, this is quick review of the heyday Wireless Molded Tip Braided Earbuds (In Black Tort or Misty Green at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.target.com\/p\/heyday-8482-wireless-molded-tip-braided-earbuds-black-tort\/-\/A-81506112#lnk=sametab\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Target<\/a>. In the grand NosillaCast tradition: What\u2019s the problem to be solved? You want\/need wireless headphones, but you\u2019re not ready to plunk down the clams for AirPods.<\/p>\n<p>To set the level of expectations, these earbuds cost the grand amount of $19.99 USD MSRP at Target. These are not going to overwhelm anyone, but they\u2019re also not &#8216;hawt gahbage&#8217;. They use the Bluetooth 5.0 spec, they have a built-in microphone (more on this later), and get eight hours of use time to three hours of charge time. The wire which connects the two earbuds is also wrapped in an attractive nylon fiber which is pleasing to the eye, functional, albeit a little noisy when using the mic.<\/p>\n<p>Since these joined but \u2018wireless\u2019 earbuds are on Bluetooth 5.0, listening to music and podcasts is really rather nice. They\u2019re not going to impress your audiophile friends, but they\u2019re clear and have a decent sound stage. While listening to my KPOP station on Pandora the highs weren\u2019t fizzy and the bass was acceptable. When using Apple Music, the audio I had purchased in my library sounded similar.<\/p>\n<figure style=\"float: left; margin-right: 10px\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.podfeet.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/heyday-Wireless-Molded-Tip-Braided-Earbuds-Closeup-of-Tips-in-Black-Tort.jpeg\" alt=\"Heyday Wireless Molded Tip Braided Earbuds Closeup of Tips in Black Tort\" title=\"#title#\" width=\"300 \" height=\"\"><figcaption style=\"text-align:center\">Heyday Earbuds (Black Tort)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>I am lacking any really bass heavy music on my, very space constrained iPhone, but Cream\u2019s White Room sounded good as did my purchased versions of K\/DA Drum Go Dumb, The Jurassic Park Theme, and 30 Seconds to Mars Beautiful Lie.<\/p>\n<p>That all said, while the bass was present it was not very pronounced, more like punchy lower mid-range sounds. Which is kinda what I\u2019d expect, honestly. Over in podcast land-iah the vocals for most voices even the lower registers like Roman Mars were very satisfying. All in all, for the price, you won\u2019t hate these. They are exceedingly adequate.<\/p>\n<p>The buttons and interactions with the phone are similarly \u2018solid\u2019 if not almost uninteresting because they \u201cjust work\u201d. The connection sound of the earbuds is pleasant without needing to be so overwhelmingly loud that I need to pair them without putting them in my ears.<\/p>\n<figure style=\"float: right; margin-left: 10px\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.podfeet.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/heyday-Wireless-Molded-Tip-Braided-Earbuds-Closeup-of-Controls-in-Misty-Green.jpeg\" alt=\"Heyday Wireless Molded Tip Braided Earbuds Closeup of Controls in Misty Green\" title=\"#title#\" width=\"300 \" height=\"\"><figcaption style=\"text-align:center\">Heyday Earbuds Controls (Misty Green)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Now to the weakest point of these headphones, the microphone. Surprising no one the mic is very small. It\u2019s located in the right hand side pod, the other pod appears to be for the battery. As we are fairly well aware, small mics don\u2019t sound great.<\/p>\n<p>This mic is further hampered by the fact that physical movement is pretty readily captured as the joining wire drags across your hair or shirt. The placement of the mic and the controls around it lead to a basic sound that is pretty good. But it\u2019s not impressive or easy to work with.<\/p>\n<p>Audio sample of the headphones connected to an iPhone 7:<\/p>\n<audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-24756-1\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"https:\/\/www.podfeet.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/hayday-mic-test-normalized.m4a?_=1\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.podfeet.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/hayday-mic-test-normalized.m4a\">https:\/\/www.podfeet.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/hayday-mic-test-normalized.m4a<\/a><\/audio>\n<p>So what\u2019s the verdict, do you need to have a set of Bluetooth headphones now and you don\u2019t want to deal with \u201cyet another knock-off company posing as a reputable brand name\u201d? Are you more concerned with playback than phone calls? Perhaps you\u2019re getting them for a younger person, who may not have the best reputation for keeping expensive things? In any of these are true, these may be a good balance of good enough at the right price.<\/p>\n<p>&#8212;<br \/>\nCaleb &#8220;geekosupremo&#8221;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Heyday Wireless Molded Tip Braided Earbuds (Misty Green) Greetings Captain Allison, and fellow NosillaCastaways, this is quick review of the heyday Wireless Molded Tip Braided Earbuds (In Black Tort or Misty Green at Target. In the grand NosillaCast tradition: What\u2019s the problem to be solved? 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