Ankbit E600Pro Hybrid Active Noise Cancelling Headphones with aptX HD & Low Latency, Over Ear Bluetooth Headphones Wireless Headphones with Build-in Microphone Hi-Fi Deep Bass, 60H Playtime

Does writing a review now even matter now that they're no longer sold? Probably not, but I've been meaning to do this for a while, and that won't stop me.I've been using these headphones for 8 months as of writing this review, seeing how I like them, and I have to say they're pretty good. I'll start this review off with the pros.Pros:Pretty good price. Every headphones I've gotten have had some structural issue, while also being kinda pricey. These being kinda cheap I'm more okay with getting another every so often.Definitely Hi-Fi deep bass. I was looking for something with more bass than the Harmon target, but not Crusher. This fits the bill.Long battery life. I don't think I've had the battery be an issue. Even if I forget to charge it for more than a day or even leave it on.aptX. It's kinda rare, and is the only reason I went for these over something else. Good thing I did, I probably would've wished for more bass if I got the 710BT headphones recommended by others online.Reliable pairing. With my previous Bluetooth headphones, I'd often need to re-pair them to get them to connect. These seem to always just connect no matter what transmitter I use.Really good support. I had an issue, which I will get to later on, and support was nice and even sent me another for free.Before I get to cons, I'll get to things I've noticed. These are more so one off or fixable issues that I've had using these.Using some Bluetooth transmitters, these headphones make a loud pop noise when signal cuts out. I've only seen this with a TX200 transmitter I was using. I've used a Taotronics transmitter, 1Mii B06TX, Avantree DG60P, and various phones with these headphones without any issue. Not sure if it's a issue with these headphones or something else, but randomly they will make the same loud pop from time to time for seemingly no reason. Doesn't seem to matter what transmitter, and it doesn't seem to be cutting out so not sure.Somewhat recently I had the headphones make a electronic bzzt noise and shut off. Only happened once, and they still work. Not sure what caused it.While writing this review I heard some weird noises from the left ear cup, sounded electronic, kinda like metal scraping. Not sure what it was, but doesn't seem to have done anything.Cons:Failure points. Like every headphones I've owned, these have failure points. I've kinda repaired it, and it's good enough for now. With them being so cheap it's not that big of a deal. See images if you want to see them. The right side (first and third image) is where the issues have happened, taping up that area on both sides seems to have saved the left side, which can be a reference for how it's supposed to look. (second and fourth image)Creaky. I guess I can't complain too much for the price, but it can be distracting at times. However they've either been creaking less or I've just gotten used to it. I don't notice it as much as when I first got these headphones.Driver buckling. (I forgot the proper term) These headphones, if I push on the cups, they make a thunk kinda sound. This is the speaker diaphragm getting pushed by air pressure out and back in. I do believe this caused the right side of my headphones to sorta break. I believe it got a crease or made a hole somewhere. When it first happened, the right side sounded bad, there was no bass and the ANC made a weird whistling noise if I used it. This is what got me a replacement. However I mostly used one side anyways, so I kept using my original headphones. The right side later kinda fixed itself and sounds almost normal again. I do have some weird popping if I use ANC and are around certain sounds, and it sounds slightly off still.Fixed ear cups. Originally when I asked support about this, I was told these only could use the ear cups they came with, you can't take them off and replace them. Later I asked and they said you could, but didn't say how. The ear cups, at least to me, don't look removable. I feel like I'd be ripping them off if I tried to take them off. I was wanting to get bigger sized ear cups, but I eventually got used to them. When I originally asked about this and the popping issue, I got a partial refund, so that's another example of good customer support.The ANC is a bit odd. Using it, it only blocks out the lower-middle frequencies. I've found this to actually be useful if I want to block out loud background noise but still be able to hear people talk. However I would like to have full range ANC for distraction free listening.Only a USB C port, no separate headphone jack. I have to use a USB C to 3.5mm cable included with the headphones. If this cable breaks or I lose it, I'm not sure where I'd get a replacement from. I'm also putting more wear on a single port.More sensitive to 2.4GHz interference. I've noticed these headphones, compared to my previous ones, cut out more often if I use them around my router or the microwave.The headphones power off if you plug them in. Not that big of an issue, most headphones seem to do this, but it would be nice to have it stay on. I've only had only one stay on if you plug them in, and it was the first wireless headphones I ever got. From before Bluetooth was even viable, they used a custom 2.4GHz transmitter.This is basically the end of the review. Not really sure how to conclude this other than it's pretty good, get the upgraded model if you want these.I will now get into like a wish list for a new model. Email support seemed to like my feedback, so that's the main reason I'm adding this. In order of how much I'd want it. It would basically be my ideal headphones.1: Metal construction. I would like to see metal, probably aluminium, used in creaky or failure prone areas if not completely instead of plastic.2: Separate headphone jack. I'd prefer a standard cable I can find basically anywhere in any length I'd want. Could also include a microphone and remote too.3: Better ANC. It would be nice to have full range ANC, and a third mode that lets voices pass through like the current ANC.4: Replaceable or bigger ear cups, so they fit better and are more comfortable.5: The other cons not mentioned above.

The headphones worked well! I didn’t like the active noise cancellation because it made me feel like I needed to pop my ears, but that’s not the headphone’s fault as far as I’m aware. The noise cancelling worked well when I used it though; it almost completely took away the sounds of the bus (as I take a bus to work every day) without a reduction in sound quality (though the sound itself was reduced when the noise cancelling was turned on so I always had to turn it up when the noise cancelling was on and down when the noise cancelling was off which did get annoying). Another thing that was annoying about the noise cancelling is that a women speaks every time you turn it off or on, which I believe is unnecessary. The sound quality was good (and did not change whether I used the wire connection or Bluetooth which is precisely what I was looking for!), and the battery life was phenomenal (I used it for ~45 hours a week since I listen to music at work as well and I’ve used it for 2 weeks straight without charging it). If for any reason I forgot to charge it, I was able to use the wired connection to listen to music. I quite liked that option as I’m very forgetful. Additionally, the headphones themselves have very confortable pads, even though I regularly wear dangle earrings. Finally, I really like having the buttons, especially the volume buttons, as that just makes everything so much easier and nicer in my opinion.EDIT: My first pair of headphones had a lot of problems that made me unable to use them pretty quickly. However, customer service got back to me IMMEDIATELY and sent me a new pair as soon as they good and were very nice and helpful! 5/5 stars on that. My new pair has not had any of the sound problems that my previous pair had and I’ve now owned them for longer than my previous pair so I think I just got a bad pair.

Update 3: 4/1/22Ankbit was kind enough to keep working with me throughout the incident and sent me link to update tge firmware on the headphones that fixed the issue I was having on tge replacement pair the graciously sent me after the 1st pair was defective. Customer service with ankbit has been wonderful and I appreciate them continuously ssusting me with the issue. Ankbit as I said before is a great product for the price. Id buy again. In tge end ut all depends on preference. Im no audiophile but I tend to like these and ny main yse is fir watching movies or gaming at night so that my tv siunds arent disturbing others so i like using these. Thank you ankbit for the help.Update 2: 2/5/23 the replacement headphones after light use stopped working correctly. These still connect and even stays connected but no longer transmits an sound from the devices I've connected which were multiple just trying to see what the issue could be. These were only being utilized to watch tv at night while son is sleeping. But yet another set has stopped working within the month hitting the ANC button makes it speak the settings. But no music or audio from whichever device that was connected is not bing transmitted through the headset.Updated: customer support were very helpful and assisted me in getting a new pair which currently is wotkinh fine. I really appreciate them taking the time to solve/help with the issuethey sent a replacement immediately. If any other changes com up ill post again.1st post: Worked greaat when the item 1st arrived. I ordered it oct 7th. Received it. Not big on bass but thats fine. Battery life is amazing. Sounds good. But a couple weeks ago it just started randomly powering off despite being 100% fully charged. Bought a second pair in November as a Christmas gift but seeing as to my 1st ones defective im hesitant to even give the 2nd away as a gift. Contacted amazon and they were helpful but unable to contact the seller. Im as we speak looking to contact them. So here I am writing a review. There are multiple reviews stating that these headphones have a issue where they stop working and power off. Im hoping that its just a defective purchsse because while they were working i thoroughly enjoyed them and call quality was not bad but the battery life made them great. That is until they just stopped. Ive not even used them 40hrs despite having them alil over 2 months. Shame that they just stopped working.