Taking advantage of the 6.6 Sale on Lazada, I used the opportunity to try out 2 different headphones, one was the Baseus Bowie H1i, an upgraded version of the H1 and the other turned out to be a bad copy of a branded headphones which I shan’t mention here. Basically, I initiated a return, to which it was promptly executed and a guy from Lazada’s logistic partner, Flash MY, arrived at the appointed time to pick up the faulty product. This is one reason for the confidence I have in Lazada.

The H1i is an astounding pair of headphones that can rival Bose Quiet Comfort and Sony’s top offerings. Since the world has opened up after the lockdown, I took my first flight to Kota Kinabalu last month to chance upon the endemic avian life. The 2.5hrs flight with my flaky ear cushions of the Motorola Pulse Escape+ from months of non-usage, left crumbly bits of vegan leather on my shoulder and an unsightly impression on the immigration officer at the counter where I got my brand new 5th passport stamped. Feels surreal to be setting foot on a plane since January 2020. 

The sound quality is tested with FLAC music (an audio coding format for lossless compression of digital audio) using Bluetooth for wireless connection and the supplied audio cable for wired connection. The ear cushion feels soft and snug without making my head and ears feel compressed. I played the selection of my bass-iest music, ranging from K-Pop rap, mellow-pop K-Will and Davichi to Keiko Matsui. I expect a certain sound quality because I have listened to them using my DJ headphones (Urbanears Zinken and Krutis) and blasted them on my Ultimate Ears’ Wonderboom speakers as well as my Angry Birds Gear4 30W subwoofer speakers. 

Baseus Bowie H1i surpassed my expectations. The sound could be fine-tuned from the Baseus app, downloaded from Google Play store or Apple’s Appstore. After pairing with your phone, get the app to pair with the headphones as well. Toggling between the 3 available modes of the spatial acoustics, I settled with Normal mode and selected the Mega Bass mode from the EQualiser mode which packed quite a punch! Take note that the mega bass can only be selected from the app and cannot be invoked by any buttons without it. 

though the selection stated ‘White,’ the headphones is actually beige in colour. My only worry is the lifespan of the cushions and I’ve written to the principal to ask them for a genuine leather pair of cushions to avoid flaking and crumbling in the hot, humid weather of the tropics.

More info after this, stay tuned. I’ve to attend to an emergency.