I have loved Beyerdynamic headphones for a few years now. They’re not the brand most people first think of when considering headphones, but the company probably made the headphones the artist wore while recording the music you’re listening to.
Beyerdynamic headphones are known for their excellent sound quality. But, how does the Aventho 300 stack up on battery life and noise cancelling?
Table of contents
- First impressions
- Specifications and price
- Performance
- Comfort and design
- Sound quality
- Noise cancelling
- Who is the Beyerdynamic Aventho 300 for?
First impressions
Taking it out of the box, these look like regular over-ear headphones, but a bit nicer. A bit more premium. The metal accents connecting the ear cups to the band look lovely.
To my dismay, there are touch controls, but there are still a few physical buttons, which are enough to get by.
The ear cups are really soft, which is a double-edged sword because it means more comfort, but less passive noise isolation.
Setting them up is relatively easy. It’s just the usual task of pairing them to my phone via Bluetooth. The rub is that they definitely need a firmware update, and the only way to get the headphones to update is when you first connect them to the app. Only then do you get a pop-up saying they need to be updated.
However, I didn’t get that the first time I set them up and had problems, so I had to set them up a couple more times before the software actually updated. There is no way to manually check for updates, which is ridiculous. If you use them without the firmware update, they’re ok, but have some reliability issues.
All up, my first impression is that they’re beautiful and comfortable, but the setup process could be smoother.
Beyerdynamic Aventho 300 specifications and price
| Transducer Type | Dynamic |
| Wearing type | Over-ear |
| Frequency Response | 5 – 22.000 Hz |
| Supported codecs | AAC aptX  LosslessaptX AdaptiveLE Audio |
| Spatial audio | Dolby Atmos with Dolby Head Tracking technology |
| Range | Up to 15m |
| Battery | Up to 50 hrs (with ANC on) Charging time approx. 2 hours |
| Weight (without cable) | 319g |
| Price (RRP) | $649 |
| Warranty | One year |
| Website | Beyerdynamic Australia |
The big highlight here is a whopping 50 hours of battery life with ANC on, which is impressive.
The other highlight is the inclusion of Stellar.45 drivers. These are the same drivers used in the company’s studio headphones, so you hear the music the same way that the artists recorded it, which is a touch I really love.
Other standouts are Spatial Audio functionality, Bluetooth 5.4 compatibility, and Lossless compatibility.
On paper, the Aventho 300 is brilliant.
Performance
There are three main factors when it comes to assessing a pair of noise-cancelling headphones like these: comfort, sound quality, and noise-cancelling. But, it’s important to remember that unless you’re spending huge money, or find a unicorn, it’s very rare to find a pair of headphones that excels on all three sides of the triangle.
Comfort and design
If the headset has 50 hours of battery, the makers clearly expect you to spend a long time wearing it. Luckily, they realised that means that the headphones have to be comfortable. These are some of the most comfortable headphones I’ve tried in a long time.
The ear cups are so soft (which is a blessing and a curse), and the headband strikes the right balance between soft and supportive. With the Sony XM5s, I tend to get a sore skull after only around eight hours. I have never gotten skull pain from the Beyerdyamic Aventho 300. I wore them pretty much non-stop on a flight from Melbourne to Los Angeles, along with all the faffing about time in the airport, with no issues at all.
Sound quality
Sure, they’re great at comfort, but this is where the Beyerdynamic Aventho 300 really shine. It’s just an absolute pleasure to listen to any music I throw at them.
It produces a sound stage that is so wide and spacious, and music sounds decadent on it. These are the sort of headphones that I look forward to getting to listen to new music on because I know the song will get the space it deserves.
“Before The Sky Falls” by Grace Potter, from her album Medicine, is just the perfect song for the Aventho 300. The bass is rich, but doesn’t colour her voice, and the guitar in the background is given space to breathe. Every part of the song is presented well; it’s grounded, but not unnaturally so.
“Georgiana” by Dario Marianelli, on the other hand, soars. The delicate piano strokes flutter gorgeously, the high notes ringing true. It’s suffused with joy.
I haven’t yet found a style of music that doesn’t sound amazing on these headphones, which is a rare feat. Everything from metal to classical music just sounds exactly as it should, with all the emotion and tones you’d want. Frankly, they sound much more expensive than they are.
Noise cancelling
There’s no sugar coating it, the noise cancelling is bad. I have used it on many flights now, and every flight, I am hit by the crushing disappointment that it doesn’t block plane sounds effectively, or the sounds of those around me. I had a full conversation while wearing them, assuming I was in transparency mode, only to later discover I was already in noise-cancelling mode. It wasn’t even a loud conversation.
Calling the noise cancelling completely useless would be going too far; they still cancel some noise. But they don’t behave the way I would expect noise-cancelling headphones in this price range to work.
Who is the Beyerdynamic Aventho 300 for?
These are the Bluetooth headphones you get when you want over-ear cans that sound incredible, but don’t really do much noise cancelling. The 50-hour battery life is truly impressive. It’s very rare that I have to charge them. And the sound quality is superb for this price point.
Those looking for noise-cancelling above all else should look elsewhere. But if you want comfort and excellent sound quality, and don’t mind too much about noise cancelling, then these are the headphones you’ve been looking for.
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