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HBH-300 vs HBH-660 |
jplacson
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Has anyone done a serious performance comparison between these two Bluetooth units? Most of the comparisons I've seen here and on the net aren't as in depth as I'd like.
http://www.esato.com/board/viewtopic.php?topic=77733
I know the HBH-300 is based on the HBH-30 platform... what are the main improvements made? Or is it just a design change? Is there really some new noise cancellation chip built-in? Or is this just some piece of foam stuck to the mic end?
How does the HBH-660 fare against the 300 in terms of range, clarity, and battery life?
The older HBH-60/65 units had really short battery lives compared to the HBH-30/35 units, and had about a 5-6ft range drop as well.
My HBH-30 gives me about 3 days of standby time (always on)... How long are the real-world standby times of the HBH-300 and 660?
Oh... and does the caller ID thing on the 660 work with all SE Bluetooth phones? (Even the T68i?) Thanks!
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HjJ
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Why didn't you post your questions in the thread you linked to? There is absolutely no need for a new thread on the exact same topic.
Several of your questions are answered on SE's product pages.
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jplacson
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Cuz I know the on-paper specs. I wanted to know if anyone did a real side-by-side comparison. Se's site only states rated talk and standby times. As far as phone compatibility, the matrix they have isn't very accurate and doesn't offer a detailed chart
Most 660 users are very happy with the 660... as are the 300 users. But I was curious to see if anyone was able to do a real-world comparison.
The HBH-300 specs state a noise-cancelling feature... is this an active or passive system? How many hours can it REALLY last?
The HBH-660 has caller ID... reported to not work on some P800 models... but works in some Motorola units...
These are things I've read about and all... just wondered if anyone here did an honest to goodness test. Not just the 'stated features' and specs that SE listed. (Which usually proves incomplete or inaccurate)
For example... the older HBH-10 (1st gen) had better range than most, of not all later Ericsson and SE BT headsets. The HBH-60/65 had extremely poor battery life... lasting less than a day.
All BT headsets are rated at the 10m range mark... but real-world experience shows that other models are better than others... even though they sport the same chipset.
Most of the reviews are of one or the other... stating "great battery life" and "excellent sound" ... for BOTH... but compared to each other, what's the score?
..apologies on not posting on the original thread, I already posted this one in the accessories section actually, prior to including the link to the technical section...
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adnhk1
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Hi,
I think the problem is, not many people will own both headsets at the same time. It's mostly an either or situation thus we cannot do a head to head comparison. As a HBH-300 owner, all I can say is:
1. It's sound quality for both parties are excellent
2. Noise cacellation is active and works for most background noise except wind, thus the other party still can hear the wind noise but not the vehicles that are passing by me, including buses.
3. I own HBH-30/35 before and the HBH-300 almost doubles the battery life of both the earlier models.
I recently had a chance to listen to someone talking to me using his HBH-600 (not 660) over a landline, and I can assure that the HBH-300's sound quality is definitely much much better than at least the HBH-600.
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jplacson
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Thanks adnhk1! Re: active noise cancellation. This was something even SE CS was very vague about (I'm guessing CS didn't know what was implemented in the 300)
I was hoping someone here was able to get test units or something for both units. I know that most will just buy one or the other. Which is why I was just wondering if anyone had actually done the test.
With regards to the standby time of the 300... that's great news. I was expecting a realistic time of maybe just 3 days standby.
Although the HBH-600 is a lot worse than the 660 (According to reviewers who have upgraded from the 600 to the 660) ... I didn't see anything about noise reduction in the specs so I don't think it has the same audio DSP as the 300.
Thanks again though for the info regarding the NC and battery life.
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GroupWar
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As a formet user of HBH-30, then HBH-65, and now HBH-660, I can assure that HBH-660 is the best BT headset among them in almost all aspects, especially range (I tested it in an office room, and it reached a whoping 12 meters!), then the battery life span was also excellent (3 days stand by, average use of 5-7 min/day), sound quality far better than the other two, especialy the HBH-65. The only disadvantage of this headset is comfortablity, HBH-30 (and HBH-600
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