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Reviewed in the United States on December 30, 2018

I bought these headphones for my wife as she was using ear buds, but wanted some nice noise cancellation headphones. For this review, I used them for about a week when I received them.

Overall, the headphones, light, attractive and very comfortable. They come with a carrying case, USB charging cable, 3.5mm Aux cable, airline headphone adapter, and a 3.5mm to 6.5mm converter. They are fully adjustable and fit well on the head. The pads are nice and soft and do not hurt the ears after hours of use. The are also detachable so they can be replaced if needed.

The controls are easy to find and use while wearing them. Pairing is simple and the volume and skip works as expected. When using with your phone, a nice chime indicates an incoming call. You can use the controls to reject the call or answer and end the call. The microphone works well and the audio is clear to the person on the other end.

The noise cancelling works very well - I have to wave at my wife or yell real load to get her attention when she is using them. I used them on our trip to the in laws for Christmas (the wife was driving) and they got rid of the car and engine noise.

The sound quality is excellent!! It is very crisp and much better than my Sony headphones and others I have used in the past.

The battery time is excellent also. They advertise 30 hours of use on a full charge. I am not sure how long me or my wife used them but is was quite a few hours and we have not had to charge them yet.

They also come with an 18 month warranty. I would recommend these to anyone!!!

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Dave K

Okay sound, microphone is utter trash

Reviewed in the United States on February 25, 2020

I got this for conference calling from either my laptop with Skype/Slack/Discord or from my phone, and frankly, while the sound is fine, and canceling works well, the microphone is utter trash. I can barely be heard, and that's with speaking loudly.

For that purpose, which was the point to these for me, it's a complete failure.

The pairing/daily use is also a bit wonky - it literally goes into pairing mode every time you turn it on, which means on an airplane, someone can jack your headphones and play THEIR music on it quite easily.

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Jan

Disappointing -- X 2!

Reviewed in the United States on January 11, 2019

Color: BlackVerified Purchase

I received these, and immediately noted the active noise cancelling did not work -- at all. Whether playing music or not, there was no effect by turning on the ANC.

I returned them for a replacement, and Amazon was very gracious and efficient with managing the return and expediting shipping of a replacement pair. The noise cancelling on the replacement worked well. BUT -- on this pair, the battery life was absurdly bad. After about 30 minutes or so of play, it would not pair until I recharged them. So, I returned this pair for a refund.

It's too bad, because they are very comfortable, and the sound quality is very good....but having different problems (both of which are quite unacceptable) with two different sets makes it impossible for me to recommend them to anyone.

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David G.

Warning: Deceptive Marketing

Reviewed in the United States on August 4, 2019

Color: BlackVerified Purchase

EDIT: Since posting this review, I've been contacted multiple times by a company called "Amazon Review Services" offering to refund my purchase or send me a free replacement (even though I've already returned the headphones and received a refund), if I delete or edit this review. So BE AWARE that this company tries to BUY ITS WAY OUT OF NEGATIVE REVIEWS; many negative reviews are likely removed by users willing to claim the double refund. I'm taking a star off for this shady practice.

Original Review:
Bought these for use in a noisy office. Pairing with my phone was easy, and the sound quality was very good. Even without turning on the active noise cancellation, they were able to block out much of the background noise; turning it on suddenly dropped me into a wonderful silence. If I listened carefully, I could still hear the background, but if I had music on, it was pretty much all I could hear.

One side note: active noise cancellation can trick your brain into thinking there’s extra pressure on your ears. I had to periodically turn off the feature to let my ears “recover”. This isn’t against the headphones, but is something to be aware of if you’re new to ANC.

Battery life was also solid, though the voice declaring that battery life was low was frighteningly loud and insistent, repeating herself frequently.

The big problem I had was the microphone—as far as I could tell, there isn’t one, despite the manufacturer saying there is. I contacted the manufacturer, and they weren’t able to help. Since I need to make phone calls periodically throughout my day, this was an unfortunate dealbreaker. I’ve returned the headphones and will continue looking for a good solution.

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Michael

I liked my E7s better

Reviewed in the United States on January 28, 2020

Color: BlackVerified Purchase

I bought these to replace my E7s that broke at the swivel. I was super excited to get these, believing they would be a step up from some headphones that I truly loved.

First impressions, out of the box, a very premium look and feel to the packaging and the headphones themselves. They look kind of boring in the pictures but in real life they look very slick and stylish. And again, the fit and finish is great.

Then I put them on. They feel much more stiff and less comfortable than my E7s. More like the cheapo headset that I bought to get bashed around at work. That is extremely disappointing as I will have these on all day, every day.

Then I turned them on. I like to evaluate headphones with acapaella music because there's just a lot to listen to and poor quality headphones don't reproduce voices very well, something that is harder to recognize in music with a lot of instruments. Again, incredibly disappointed. Music that is crisp and clear on my E7s sounds muddy and electronic on these. Sometimes that can happen when they are set up for lots of bass, but these aren't great on that either. Low bass frequencies totally disappear.

I honestly don't know if I got a bad set, but I don't get all the positive reviews. These aren't the worst headphones I've ever put on. But I was expecting at least an incremental improvement on the E7. I don't think these are an improvement at all.

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D Eisner

Multiple FAILS! Smell HORRIBLE, bad sound, bad mic. RETURNED

Reviewed in the United States on June 13, 2020

Color: BlackVerified Purchase

I really can't understand the good reviews here. This company should not be shipping a product that has a such a toxic chemical smell. I waited several days and still felt I could not put them on. My wife told me she could smell them on me after I wore them for 5 minutes.

The sound on these is terrible. Was like rice crispies when I tried to play my progressive metal. Just terrible quality. Bass is so heavy and muddled. Could not listen for more than a few minutes.

The mic is bad too. Tested that out and it was so tinny and difficult to listen to on the other end. I would NOT recommend these for phone calls. (Well, I wouldn't recommend them at all, really.)

Gave them 2 stars because they are comfortable and build quality is nice. But if the sound is bad and the mic is bad... what are they good for anyways??

To compare, I bought a pair of TaoTronic SoundSurge 55, which are also the top of their line (just like these are for Cowin) - each cost me $99. The sound and mic quality on the TT is far and away better. I have one gripe with those that the sound is not loud enough when listening to Spotify... but all around for the price, I'm surprised these can somehow garner the same reviews. Jury is out on whether I will keep the TaoTronics but out of the two, it was a no-brainer to return these.

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Jason Curtis

Noise muffled, not cancelled; and low sound quality - disappointed.

Reviewed in the United States on April 24, 2020

Color: BlackVerified Purchase

I was really excited for these, but let's lay out my problems and disappointments:

The fit isn't the greatest...the smallest setting is still a smidge too big for me; and I have a normal-sized head and it's also pretty tight; maybe it'll loosen a bit with time.

The noise cancelling, or should I call it noise muffling. First off, you actually need to be playing music for noise cancelling; if you just put the headphones on with the noise cancelling on, it cancels about as much as just putting on earmuffs, hardly at all.

Now maybe I'm just dumb and noise cancelling should only work if you're also listening to music. But even with my music, it still just muffles. It realistically cancels maybe a fraction more than just cheap earbuds. I can still hear the TV when my wife and kid are watching it and hear them if they talk especially when I'm listening to a softer/more quiet music. Of course Metal/Techno tunes drown them out, but that music also drowns them out on non-cancelling headphones.

The sound quality. I'm not sure if I should have my devices volume all the way up and control volume on headset, or make it half-way or what, but every way I've tried volume high/lower on device versus headphones the music is suppressed? I'm not sure the best way to say it, it's not crisp; it echos a bit like I'm listening in a cavern. Especially when the noise cancelling is off, the music sounds terrible, so turning the cancelling on makes it listenable, but still my earbuds that came with my phone sound better.

Bass is really good surprisingly. Though maybe that's why the sounds quality is low, it almost feels like an equalizer where the bass was turned up, but the treble and mid were lowered, so maybe that's the issue.

This was my first purchase of headphones that cost more the $5, so maybe I'm just expecting too much.

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T222T222

Amazon great Cowin.... not so much

Reviewed in the United States on October 21, 2020

Color: BlackVerified Purchase

Quick review.

The good:

1. The sound is decent (although I use the headphones mainly for audiobooks)

2. The noise cancelling is really good (it cuts the sound of my electric lawnmower to unnoticeable under my audiobook)

The bad:

1. The headphones cut into my ears. After a half hour they start to pretty feel sore. After an hour they're tender to any head movement and after an hour and a half I have to take them off because my ears just straight up hurt.

2. Turning the headphones on and off is a chore. I have to hold the power button for about 10 seconds. Then it goes into pairing mode and powers on. When I'm done listening to something I have to hold the power button for another 10 seconds to which it says "pairing". Then I hold it for another 10 seconds and is says power on, then I hold it for another 10 seconds and it finally says "power off". After a while I realized that the first time when it says "pairing" it probably means power off. Still powering it up and down was always more trouble than I felt it should be.

3. (this is the main reason for my review) Today my headphones (fully charged) would not power on, no matter how long I held the power button down. I gave up after timing 30 seconds of holding the button down and no response. No audio, no flashing blue light, no response. I went on to amazon and my return window closed 2 days ago. Like a good customer I went to contact Cowin instead of bugging amazon. To Cowins credit they returned my email within a few hours. Their email response ended like this: "Please kindly reach out to the 3rd party seller to see if they can assist you in regards of this issue." So apparently when I clicked to buy the "amazon prime" listed item, it was sold by a third party. It was a brand new Cowin product, it failed in less than 40 days after purchase, but they wanted me to contact whatever reseller of their product (shipped by amazon) to I assume work with them, who would then work with Cowin...... to then get a new set of headphones or schedule a repair....... I dont know.

Amazon stated that the manufacturer warranty should be in effect and that they should have helped me more than saying "contact someone else". I agree, but I'm biased. Anyways amazon being amazon, gave me a one time extension on my return window so I'm not stuck with a $100 black plastic tiara. I really do love amazon.

I'm giving this product 2 stars because of the speedy response of customer service, and the fact that the noise cancelling and sound were pretty good. Being they died in just over a month and Cowin wasnt invested in helping me fix or replace them, I wouldn't recommend them. I certainly wont be buying another pair from this company with my amazon refund.

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Joe Zavala et al.

Looks are Deceiving

Reviewed in the United States on April 14, 2020

Color: BlackVerified Purchase

So close and so far away.

The Good - Sound quality is pretty decent and the active noise cancellation is great at getting rid of certain constant tones eg. road noise, plane noise and such. The inactive noise cancelling helps to muffle the sounds of my children. To make these for useful to me I use earplugs and then turn the headphones up to compensate... and they are more than loud enough. Battery life is amazing and there's also the option to use them as corded headphones if the battery dies.

The Bad - On some devices the COWIN SE7 simply doesn't get quiet enough. Background music simply overpowers my thoughts because I can't turn it down enough. The active noise cancellation doesn't like movement so don't expect quality sound while running or walking briskly.

The REALLY BAD - Build quality is sub-standard. These headphones have broken 3 (THREE) times under very mild stresses. I've managed to glue them each time, but they simply break in a new place. This is truly a terrible design.

Bottom Line - I wouldn't recommend these for the $87.99 that I spent on them. If you can get them under $70, give them a shot, but be very gentle even when pulling them off of your head as they have some serious design flaws.

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Rebecca Crosswaith

2nd time using, 2nd issue with the sound- what could go wrong?!

Reviewed in the United States on October 19, 2020

Color: Aqua TealVerified Purchase

I ordered this for $87.99 on Prime Day, and assumed it would be quality enough as they regularly go for over $100- in my mind, that's alot of money! hahaha silly me.

Pros: for the most part, these headphones are comfortable, even for long periods of time. They slip a bit, so on occasion, I'll find one ear hurting, but just need to readjust. Sound quality is good- I can't particularly notice a difference between the sound quality when using the noise cancellation or not, so I leave it off for the most part. Also, the color is gorgeous. Naturally, besides the vast amount of positive reviews, the green color had me interested in this pair.

Cons: My first time using the headphones, all of a sudden at one point, the sound quality switched to a tinny, far away sound out of nowhere. It somehow made every artist I was listening to have the vocal timbre of Michael Jackson (the later years) speaking. Then today, the second time using them (no longer tinny), all of a sudden I no longer heard my music. I could see the songs were still playing, but there was just silence. Even turning them on and off, the voice was there to indicate whether they were connected or not, but again- silence. They played again once I disconnected and reconnected the Bluetooth, but UGH. Is this going to happen every time!? Also as I've worked from home today, they've said "disconnected" while I'm mid-conversation with a coworker several times, yet I've still heard the conversation as if they remained connected. I'm beyond confused by these headphones. One more glitchy issue and they're getting returned. I have super loud neighbors and REALLY need headphones to work from home, so I'm going to put up with them for a little longer. I guess I've been out of the headphone game too long, but I read both positive and negative reviews before giving these a try. I knew it was a gamble, there are just so many more positive reviews! Guess I'll end up returning and have to buy something for even more money. I tell ya.

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Leigh G.

Buyer beware! Not all headphones are brand new. Possibly refurbished or even return items.

Reviewed in the United States on February 28, 2020

Color: Aqua TealVerified Purchase

I am so so so sad and very disappointed in these headphones. The sound quality is not what all of these reviews claim it to be. The bass is just ok. Nothing to get excited over. The noise cancellation is mostly for low sounds. You can still hear things around you. Even worse, when you turn on the noise cancellation, it lowers the sound quality is the music. The bass basically shuts off when you turn on the noise cancellation. How ridiculous is that?

The headphones are not made for a woman's head. They are pretty loose fitting, which probably will not work for me since I priced these to wear at the gym.

After inspecting them I noticed several blemishes and a couple of scratches on them. These are supposed to be brand new, not used returns or refurbished headphones. I paid over $100 for them and expect brand new headphones.

The only two positives about them are 1- The cushions for the ear pieces are extremely comfortable. They are so incredibly soft. 2- I absolutely love the dark green color. The color is not a true dark green. It almost looks like it has a blue in them.

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feldo172

UPDATED REVIEW - MULTIPLE caveats...

Reviewed in the United States on March 4, 2019

Color: BlackVerified Purchase

I bought these for my 16 year-old daughter for her birthday. She is a musician and loves listening while she works or studies. Additionally, she was looking for headphones with good ANC. These certainly fit the bill, and the price was very reasonable. She says they sound great and no battery issues; her only complaint is that the earcup padding is a little stiff and can become uncomfortable after wearing them for longer periods of time. But she said the discomfort is not horrible and she loves the headphones!

*** UPDATE 12/2019 ***

Well, unfortunately these lasted less than a year. Now, some of you reading this may be thinking "You gave them to a teenager, what did you expect?" My teen is a high-performing AP student who takes care of her possessions. But while the audio performance of this unit is fine, the low quality of the build just can't be ignored. It is apparent that headphones like these need stronger components in the headband. The plastic assemblies holding the earcups have broken in SEVERAL locations and have proven impossible to repair with any type of glue. I thought I would save some money by purchasing a less well-known brand, but in the end these just don't have the physical strength to go the distance.

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