It’s hard to detect the fine-grain detail when playing back a track.
BACKBEAT GO 810 DRIVERS
The clarity that you’d expect from a pair of decent-sized drivers is missing here. What I’m not so sure of is the somewhat veiled presentation. Nor do they lack the dynamism, say, for fast transitions. The 40mm drivers certainly do not lack any of the oomph you expect when it comes to playing back bass notes.
BACKBEAT GO 810 BLUETOOTH
I tried both the Bluetooth and wired connections that the headphones support. PHOTO: Alfred Siewĭuring my tests, I tried out the BackBeat Go 810 with my LG V30+ smartphone and played tracks back from Spotify and Tidal. Not the same touch controls as on other headphones but this still gets the job done. You can’t accidentally tap on the ear cups, say, while navigating the confines of an economy class seat. Okay, this is not as cool as the purely touch-based controls on many other headphones, but there’s a surety about this interface. Using your left hand, you can easily press down to change tracks or stop the playback. Like most headphones in their range today, the BackBeat Go 810 come with touch controls on one of its ear cups. Maybe it’s the shape of my head, so do try before you buy. They are certainly comfortable enough, though I feel the angle of the head band makes the ear pads seem to compress in more than they should. The faux leather on the ear pads can be comfy enough to be passed off as the real thing. What I do like are the BackBeat Go 810’s faux leather earpads, which feel plush enough to pass off as leather if you don’t look at them carefully. Okay, S$249 isn’t bargain basement pricing but that’s not a S$600 pair of Sennheiser or Bowers & Wilkins cans, either. The plastic ear cups themselves, however, betray a bit of the mid-budget price that the BackBeat Go 810 are retailing for. It reminds you that design is so important in this tough market segment. The matt finish, especially the copper accent in the extensible part of the head band, is attractive. The new headphones certainly look the part, at least on first glance. The BackBeat Go 810 are the latest effort by Plantronics, a brand known more for its office conferencing gear, to make a mark in the now growing Bluetooth headphones market. Plantronics’ BackBeat Go 810 are competitively priced.
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