Anker’s budget-centric brand Soundcore has just made our day with the news that a follow-up to its fantastic (and only R2,000) noise-cancelling Space One cans wasn’t just in development, but had already made its way to Anker’s storefront. It doubles the price of its predecessor at $200 (R3,500) but adds a revised design that’ll up its portability factor. It’s called the Soundcore Space One Pro if you’re interested.
Doing a number two?
It’ll pull off that portability feature through the simple expedient of throwing in a foldable hinge, apparently shaving off around 50% of the original Space One’s size, ultimately making these the ideal noise-cancelling traveller’s cans. Are you listening, Toby? That’s Anker’s idea, anyway, whose first attempt only somewhat folded to fit the oddly shaped box it shipped with.
Soundcore has given its new folding system a name – FlexiCurve. That isn’t a name dreamt up to make it seem like Anker is the first company to think of a folding pair of cans, no matter what it sounds like. The Pro actually implements a ‘five-segmented headband’ to… we’ll let you see.
Now that it can comfortably take up residence in your backpack – possibly even in a handy travel case that’ll set you back $35 (R620) – we can move on to the important bits. Anker reckons it’s upped its noise-cancelling capabilities a bunch, which is saying something considering the Space One’s ANC was no slouch.
It’s doing so thanks to a six-mic array and a ‘4-stage Noise Cancelling System’ doing all the heavy lifting. Battery too, has seen a bump, hitting 40 hours with ANC turned up and 60 hours when it’s off, a five-hour boost over the originals. It’ll even charge quicker, with Anker promising eight hours of life following a five-minute holiday in your outlet.
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40mm drivers make up the bulk of the Space One Pro’s audio abilities according to Digital Trends, and Anker’s newest has a frequency response of 20Hz to 20kHz which its promises has already had its hi-res audio claims verified by the Japan Audio Society. Sony’s LDAC codec is also supported so you audiophile nerds can sit back down.
We’ve reached out to Anker South Africa in the hopes of confirming the Pro’s arrival in South Africa, hopefully bringing with it a mere R4,000 price tag. We’ll let you know if we hear anything back.