Another trip down 1MORE lane with a pair of in-ears with a focus on gamers and just about anyone looking for a fun pair of buds that both sound good and also glow. The latter because gamers seem to want everything they touch in their setup to pulse with LEDs to represent the energy they bring to the game (I mean, I nailed it right?). With that, we are referring to 1MORE’s Spearhead VR BT In-Ear Wireless Headphones.
Somewhat similar to their Dual Drive BT ANC headphones (only minus the ANC in this case), these headphones feature an around the neck-band design, with wires coming out of both ends and meeting at each bud. Just like the many models that came from LG that seemed to have started the style trend. Only unlike LG, 1MORE seems to put a lot more effort into the quality and performance of their buds (sorry LG, but they tend to win at this category).
A red and black theme throughout, with neat red accents on the band, solid red wires and red/black logo on the back of each bud. The portion of the band that wraps around your neck is covered in silicone for comfort and to help prevent the band from sliding around too much as you move around. It seems to do an ok job at this as long as you don’t get too excited while gaming (you should also apparently stay away from jumping jacks while wearing them).
The logos on the back of the buds light up and glow with built-in LEDs inside. You can control this and choose between on, pulse (breathing), heartbeat or off. This is a neat tough in itself, although it would have been nice to see the layered black/red sections of each side of the band do the same (maybe back-light the lack portion so the red section would have a soft accent glow. Of course, this would more than likely affect battery too much, so that might be why they left it out.
You get up to 6 hours of listening with these headphones, so you can tell that already you might be losing something with the LED effect. We have seen other band-style wireless models last up to 8 hours or more. Thankfully, these do support fast charging, so you can get right back into the game within no time at all.
All of your controls are located on the left side of the band. The volume up and down controls (buttons) are shaped as “-” and “+” which makes for less of a distraction when playing games, as you can quickly feel for it, adjust and move on. If using them for music, they can also control next/previous track by holding them down. Below them is a round button that functions as your normal multi-option button. It powers them on and off by holding them down, and can pause/play your music, answer/deny/hangup phone conversations, and also acts as your control for the LEDs on the buds (quickly press it 3 times, and then use the volume buttons to scroll through the options).
That’s it for buttons. They kept these simple for sure. There is a small hatch around the side of that area that leads to the micro-USB port for charging them with. There is also a small hole that leads to the tiny microphone inside.
They have ENC to help deliver crisp clear sound during phone calls or chatting with your teammates while you are gaming, and they sport what they call “Real-Time 3D Audio”. Outside of the clarity of your mid-highs and highs, we couldn’t quite figure that one out. I think what it means is the range of these earbuds is crisp and accurate, allowing for you to hear things like footsteps and bullet ricochet with better quality. There aren’t any options to enable like you would find dialogue lift on a TV or soundbar, so that seems to be an explanation of this. They just came up with a fun way of summarizing it into a fun titled feature.
Range-wise, they are indeed crisp and clear, and because of this, yes, you will hear things like that with great clarity. As mentioned, the mid-highs and highs are nice and crisp, making games and music a blast to listen to. By no means will we use the term audiophile this round, but instead we simply stick to “clarity” (like A-T’s Sound Reality models). The detail in the headphones (for a dual driver) is pretty defined, allowing it to be a lot of fun listening to music. For some reason, we have been stuck on listening to GUNSHIP all morning with these.
In range, they have around 20-30 ft from your connected device, which is around average for wireless in-ears. So you may not be able to walk around your entire house freely with these depending on the size of your home, but they won’t shy compared to other similar models or anything.
They are also quite comfortable which is nice. We recently covered a wonderful pair of buds that we couldn’t stop talking about, except for the comfort level was poor and caused you to want to take them out after some time. We didn’t seem to experience this at all with these. They fit nicely into your ears and stay there without wanting to constantly remove them and massage the ears. The band is also pretty light in weight, which helps for it to kind of blend into things and you kind of forget that it is there after a while.
You of course want to (as always) stick with the largest tips possible, but right before you feel any discomfort. This way you can also trap in the lows. These aren’t as warm as their triple drivers, so you will want to trap everything you can get. If you do, they will sound quite nice.
Surprisingly, they do not come with the normal selection of tips that you find with a lot of their products. You can sometimes walk away with up to 8 or 9 pairs of sizes split between silicone and foam. This round, you get just four to choose from. For most people though, this should be more than enough.
They do come with a short USB cable to charge them with, as well as a large pouch to store them in. Beyond that, you have some documentation and the 1MORE sticker that comes with all of their products (like what you find with Mac products).
Our Conclusion
For the price really, these prove to be a neat wireless solution, with good overall sound, and some fun features to go with them. ENC support is important so that other people listening don’t have to listen to everything else going on in your environment (that’s a quick way of getting yourself muted and ignored in games). Battery life could be a little more, but you do get the neat feature of LED-lit buds that can pulse in your ears for added character.
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Our Rating | Average Price* $99.99 |
*Average price is based on the time this article was published
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Specifications:
- Model: E102OBT
- Weight: 32 g
- Charging Time: 1 hour
- Talk Time: 6 hours
- Music Play Time: 6 hours
- Impedance: 32
- Wireless Range: 35 ft
- Input: 5V 1A
- Bluetooth: Bluetooth V 4.2
- Bluetooth Protocol: HFP / A2DP / AVRCP
Co-Authors: Ryan Sanders, James Hrenak
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