Samsung moves into the high-end headphones scene with the release of their Level headphones. The lineup consists of 3 models of headphones over-ear, on-ear and in-ear.
Level-Over is the top of the crop, costing $349.99, the Bluetooth over-ear headset seems to offer all the bells and whistles Sammy could come up with. The headphones sport a touch panel on the side, which allows the user to quickly skip between songs, control volume, play/pause, and activate S-Voice, all through swiping gestures. The set supports quick NFC pairing to your smartphone. Other mentioned features are the Active Noise Cancellation – an EQ circuit, which cancels all outside noise, while preserving a clean sound, Samsung says; and a Volume Monitor, which takes care to not overexpose your ears to high volumes. Of course, how good these two are at their job remains to be seen.
Level-On is the mid-tier offering and is a wired set, which Samsung touts to be elegant, compact, simplistic, and ergonomic, though it carries none of the features of its higher-tier sibling. That is somewhat understandable, since this headset’s priced at $179.99, which is almost a 50% price drop, still we would’ve preferred to see it sport at least the touch-panel.
Level-In, as you might have already guessed by the overly “intricate” naming scheme, is the in-ear offering at $149.99. Not much to say about these, besides their use of an independent 3-way speaker system and a generous amount of in-ear tip sizes, which we believe should go without saying, given the price point.
