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VPNs for ad-blocking Within that wider context, the Cleer Enduro ANC sell themselves a safe and affordable stand-in for those looking to spend a little bit less on a new set of headphones. They’re not quite the bottom of the barrel, but they are budget-friendly - which can count for a lot if that’s your biggest constraint. Within Cleer’s current roster, the Enduro ANC sit towards the top end of things. However, when it comes to embodying the brand’s overall appeal to consumers, they’re unrivalled in purity. What you’re getting here isn’t the nicest or priciest entry on the roster, but it does have two key features that are sure to make it tempting for those who balk at the idea of spending the $500 that Sony and Bose’s latest demands. If the only things you want or care about are long battery life and active noise cancelling on a budget, the Cleer Enduro ANC are here to give you exactly that. That’s fairly middle of the pack when it comes to the prices commanded by other players in the noise-cancelling headphones niche. It’s more than you’ll pay for a budget-friendly set of Sony noise-cans, but significantly cheaper than high-end options like the Sennheiser Momentum 4. Still, it can pay to shop around. Check out the table below for a round-up of Australian pricing for the Cleer Enduro ANC. Where the right earcup on the Cleer Enduro ANC is clean and featureless, the left is pocked by a set of familiar inputs. The over-ear wireless headphones offer up a single USB Type-C for charging, which is surrounded by physical controls that handle volume, playback, pairing and audio transparency for the over-ear headphones. The Cleer Enduro ANC are bundled with a flight adapter, charging cable and a slip-case that can be used to store the headphones between use. The headband adopts the same kind of snappy collapsible design that premium vendors have departed from in recent years, which does make it a little more compact than it would be otherwise. In terms of how they felt to wear, the Cleer Enduro ANC often seemed a little small for my head. I wish the headband had a little more range to accommodate for that. Still, they proved more-or-less comfortable to wear over long periods. Even if the ear-cushioning here can’t rival that of category leaders, I didn’t experience any of the aches or pains that are often associated with a bad set of budget earbuds. There’s definitely something to appreciate about this streamlined approach, but it’s not without its downsides. What’s here is pretty light on bells and whistles. While they do support Hi-Res audio and offer an ambient mode, the Enduro ANC don’t really have any sort of smart assistant functionality nor do they support more niche formats like spatial audio. If nothing else, they’re a timely reminder that not all noise-cancelling is created equal. The 40mm “Ironless” drivers inside the Cleer Enduro ANC do sound surprisingly crisp in the right conditions, their performance was all too often coloured for the worse by a level of sonic bleed that’s hard to overlook. While the natural ergonomics of Enduro ANC themselves (plus the baseline impact of the active noise cancelling tech involved) did work to soften some of the ambience around me, it feels like a stretch to call it cancelled. Regardless of whether I was listening to podcasts, music or audiobooks through these headphones, my listening was often punctuated by noises as small as the typing of my keyboard, the meowing of my cat or the rumble of a nearby train. As part of our over-ear testing process, we put the Cleer Enduro ANC to the test with a playlist designed to tease out the limits and strengths of both the drivers and design found here. You can click the button below to listen for yourself. On the whole, music sounded decent when heard through the earcups of the Cleer Enduro ANC. It just rarely sounded as immersive you’d expect from a set of modern noise-cancelling headphones.. The microphone on the Cleer Enduro ANC doesn’t sound terrible, but it doesn’t sound particularly good either. If call quality matters to you more than most, it might be worth seeking out something with a dedicated stick microphone. On the other hand, if having a built-in microphone matters more than having one that sounds good, then the Enduro ANC will fit the brief without too much trouble. The Enduro ANC also boast fast charging to the sum of 2 hours of playback in just ten minutes. This isn’t quite as fast as the 3 hours for 3 minutes offered by the aforementioned WH-1000XM5s, but it’s pretty respectable for half the price. In practice, the fact that I rarely had to charge these up did make a big difference in terms of the larger conveniences they delivered. There’s always going to be a bigger fish when it comes to headphones, but if you’re looking at spending $300 on your next set of noise cans, the Cleer Enduro ANC give you plenty to chew on. Let’s start with the former. When we review earbuds, broadly speaking, we tend to look at five main considerations:
Sound: Obviously. Do they sound good? Comfort & Design: Are they nice to wear? Features: Is the battery good? Is the connectivity reliable? What’s the noise-cancelling like? Vibe: What’s the overall experience like? Value: Are they good for the money?
While audio products can be quite subjective for many reasons, we have standardised testing procedures across the team designed to help us look at the category in a consistent way. You can read more about how we review over ear headphones here.
