Bass Vibrations You Can Feel in Your Face: These Sonic Lamb Wireless Headphones
Bass you can feel
Sonic Lamb says its Beyond headphones use “Impulse Drivers” to make bass vibrations perceptible in the listener’s face. The company presents the physical sensation as an extra layer of immersion, synchronized with the audio.
The effect has three settings, named feel, immersive and beast, with intensity increasing in that order. Users can also turn off the Impulse Driver feature.
Noise control and sound
The Beyond headphones have a dynamic driver, but Sonic Lamb does not list its size. That leaves the headphones’ performance across the rest of the frequency range unclear.
Their earcups provide passive noise cancellation, but there is no software-based active noise cancellation. The bass may mask some surrounding sounds, though that is not a substitute for ANC.
Battery life depends on use
Sonic Lamb gives the headphones a maximum battery life of 42 hours when the Impulse Drivers are not in use. The company says playback drops to a maximum of 12 hours in Beast mode.
The bass feature is the Beyond’s main point of difference, but its value is difficult to judge without hearing and feeling it firsthand. The available details do not establish how the headphones sound overall.
Key points
- Sonic Lamb’s Impulse Drivers make bass vibrations perceptible in the face.
- Three intensity settings are available, and the feature can be switched off.
- The headphones offer passive noise cancellation but no active noise cancellation.
- Battery life is up to 42 hours without Impulse Drivers and 12 hours in Beast mode.