The remark may seem obvious, but let’s clarify an entry point all the same: due to the very particular nature of audio glasses, we gauge the listening experience offered by taking into account the specificity of this product. Of course, you shouldn’t expect the same experience as with a traditional mobile headset, or even with a bone conduction headset, although here we’re not very far from the usual result of the latter….
The Bose Frames Soprano clearly do not impress with their sound reproduction. Despite a good relative sound balance, in any case a certain homogeneity in the restitution, you should clearly not expect to be in a suitable position to appreciate your music. The sound signature is above all tailored for the reproduction of voices and more generally for vocal content (radio broadcast, podcasts, etc.), with a certain respect for their timbres and guaranteed intelligibility.
Beyond this exercise, the Frames Soprano are quickly found wanting, firstly due to the flagrant absence of bass/extreme treble, thus giving a rather narrow and not very immersive sound, which is moreover in the total absence of sound insulation (which is certainly the goal sought by this type of product). As a result, we find ourselves almost forced to turn up the volume to try to capture as much information as possible, at the risk of starting to tickle your office neighbors or seat neighbors in transport, the strong directivity of the loudspeakers having its limits…
Not to improve anything, the level of precision is very average, not to say bad when the content becomes a little too rich in sources to reproduce. Double kiss cool effect, the power is very limited and the dynamics of the signal are more and more crushed as one increases the volume, with the added bonus of unsightly pumping effects.
From the strict point of view of raw sound performance (listening comfort and wearing experience being separate points), it is therefore difficult to see what would lead to choosing this model of glasses rather than a bone conduction headset. Even if we consider the small size of the loudspeakers embedded in the arms of the glasses, we expected at least a more generous extension in the bass, which the Frames Soprano cannot provide. A result that is all the more disappointing when you know that their sisters, the Frames Tempo, manage to do so with great efficiency… To be reserved for occasional extra listening, above all for vocal content.
