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TheSoundcore Life Q30is a set of headphone-looking headphones.

They look completely fine.

But I will admit that my expectations were a bit low from the first impression.

Black Soundcore Life Q30 headphones standing up

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Behind the vanilla exterior, however, lie some salted-caramel features.

Dont think too hard about this metaphor.

That part isnt interesting, ever.

The Soundcore Life Q30 headphones laying down and showing their various buttons

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Its features, usability, and sound quality make it well worth trying.

Again, you have multiple ways to manage this feature.

But the Q30 has a cool way around that.

Soundcore Life Q30 headphones on their side, showing “active noise cancelling” text

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If youre not, however, it does plenty to justify its existence.

Basically, they all worked, and whichever one you end up using will be fine.

The equalizer lets you adjust eight sliders representing low, middle, and high-frequency tones.

Its a simple system, and it works well.

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