QCY H3 – Review

QCY H3

QCY H3

| Bluetooth | Dynamic Driver |



QCY H3, the newest over-ear headphone from QCY.

We have reviewed many QCY earphones in the past but it has been a long time since the last time since the last one tested.

In general, the brand offers ultra-affordable earphones/headphones/earbuds with good specs and features.





Aesthetically, we can say that the QCY H3 have a strong resemblance with one of the most popular consumer headphones on the market, the Sony WH-1000XM4.

Inside each earpiece, the QCY H3 is equipped with 40mm PET composite titanium dynamic drivers and several mic for its Adaptive Active Noise Cancelling and also noise cancelling for phone calls.

The QCY H3 is a Bluetooth headphone but can also be used wired, through its 3.5mm stereo port and is compatible with the mobile app from QCY to fine tune the headphone’s features.

The brand ensures that the internal 500mAh battery is able to cover up to 60 hours of continuous playback time (with ANC turned off)

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QCY H3 Review

Tests & Scores


QCY H3 Scores

Scores Scores

A

Accessories & Packaging

The QCY H3 comes in a small-sized packaging containing inside:

• USB-C charging cable
• 3.5mm stereo cable

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B

Bass & Sub Bass

Bass on the QCY H3 showed decent mid-bass punch and sufficient sub-bass depth.

The reach of its sub-bass was enough as to not respond with empty sound on deeper bass notes – empty bass notes is a typical characteristic seen on many consumer headphones that are not proficient on the sub-bass department.

It could be said that the mid-bass:sub-bass ratio on the QCY H3 is well distributed as to not be perceived as neither only punchy nor only deep.

Despite the bassy personality, we would not rate the QCY H3 as a skull-rattling and thunderous-bassy one when compared with our Top Bassy headphones but we think that most average consumers and first-time headphone owners might be satisfied with its bassy spirit.

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M

Mids & Vocals

As with most consumer budget headphones, the QCY H3 exhibits a very warm midrange.

The lower mids and deep pitched vocals present a noticeable level of congestion due to the strong bass bleeding into the midrange but male vocals are able to fight back on tracks with little presence of bass.

The upper midrange sound less congested and provide acceptable sharpness yet keeping harshness under fair control – some spikes are present though.

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H

Highs & Treble

A headphone with the bass and midrange characteristics of the QCY H3 is expected to sound much dark and detail-less than it actually was able to provide – this does not mean that the H3 is a bright sounding headphone, though.

In spite of being a recessed-tending highs tuned headphone, the H3 still presented fatiguing peaks like sibilance – we saw a very similar overall sound tuning and style on the TOZO T10.

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Frequency Response (raw)

QCY H3 Frequency Response Curve

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SL

Sound Leak

The QCY H3 has a sound leakage level that will make it hearable by nearby people when your listening sessions are set at any volume higher than low-mid.

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SI

Sound Isolation

To empower the isolation capabilities of the headphone, the QCY H3 is enhanced with Active Noise Cancelling technology that offer 4 different noise cancelling modes and a dual-adaptive mode that allows it to be set to noise cancelling or transparency mode.

This is a very nice addition to the QCY H3 as its passive isolation is decent but not necessarily class-leading, thus ANC greatly improves its net cancelling capabilities.

ANC on the QCY H3 was very effective, providing a massive difference of noise cancellation that could even dethrone mainstream headphones from some years ago.

Moreover, ANC was remarkably efficient cancelling constant noises like wind and fans.

Passthrough (transparency mode) was also surprisingly good with a clear enhancement of noises while not degrading the sound quality and, once again, keeping excellent control of wind



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C

Comfort

The earpads and cups of the QCY H3 are relatively big, allowing to fit with comfort any size of ears without becoming uncomfortable.

Moreover, the cups are fairly deep, the earmuffs offer a good amount of padding and the top headband is also equipped with a soft padding to reduce the strain over the top head area.

On top of that, the earcups have tilt and rotational movement to adapt to the head of each user and can be fully folded for transport and storage – also the headband has 10 steps of extension.

The QCY H3 is not a touch-enabled headphone but is equipped with 4 independent physical buttons that make its use and full control much easier and intuitive than single touch-control systems.

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QCY H3 Technical Specifications

Specifications

TypeBluetooth
Driver UnitDynamic Driver
Frequency Response20-20,000Hz
Active Noise CancellingYes
Supplied AccessoriesUSB-C Cable, 3.5mm cable

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QCY H3

7.3

SCORE

7.3/10