Oppo Enco X Review

Oppo Enco X: Active Noise Cancellation Headphones

After last year’s successful TWS headphone models, Oppo decided to continue its good streak by presenting the Oppo Enco X model, created in cooperation with Dynaudio and equipped with an ANC chip. The price has increased accordingly, but the question is: is it worth swallowing?

At first glance, the Oppo Enco X differs from the W31 model because the part protruding from the ear is almost half as long. The actual part with the transducer is slightly larger and differently contoured – the significance of this difference became evident after the first fitting on the headphones – while the W31 required a fairly careful fitting to the ear to provide the insulation necessary for good sound quality, the Enco X was enough to put on, and they were in the correct position almost without help.

Oppo Enco X headphones Case

Pros and Cons

PROSCONS
High bandwidth LHDC codecShiny case prone to scratches
Good sound quality during callsNo app for ios
No noticeable delays in bt transmissionSwitching the ANC operating mode indicated
by a silent sound instead of a clear voice message
Good sound quality with both ANC on/off

General

Oppo Enco X
$CHECK PRICE
BrandOppo
TypeIn-Ear
ColorsWhite, Black
Battery life25 Hours
Weight4.8 g (each)
42.5 g (charging case)
ConnectivityWireless, Bluetooth

Design

Oppo Enco X
TypeIn-Ear
WirelessYes
Noise CancellingYes
Dimensions case66.3 x 49 x 21.7 mm
Foldable DesignNo

Oppo Enco X headphones Closeup

The entire Oppo Enco X set reaches the user in a tasteful and stylish black package. Inside, we found a case and a set of silicone covers to allow the headphones to fit the ear canal – in case; it was required to change to the L size. The case includes, of course, a built-in battery to recharge the headphones, a coil for wireless charging the whole thing, a USB-C socket for cable supporters, and – of course – headphones inside.

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Oppo Enco X headphones View

A closed case resembles a small soap – and unfortunately, it can be similarly slippery. It is made of high-gloss white plastic with only a small strip of matte silver material. The headphones are also made similarly, but there will be much less opportunity to scratch them.

Features

Oppo Enco X
MicrophoneYes
Music ControlsYes
Audio codecLHDC / AAC / SBC
Speaker sensitivity104dB@1Khz
Driver11 mm

The process of connecting Oppo Enco X with a smartphone can take two steps, depending on which smartphone we connect it with. Users of Oppo equipment are privileged – in this case, after opening the case and bringing it closer to the smartphone with Bluetooth enabled, the appropriate prompt will automatically appear on the screen.

Users of other Android devices and iPhone owners must manually search for the device in the list. The headphones remember several devices and allow you to easily switch between the two most recently used by tapping and holding the touchpad for three seconds.

Oppo Enco X headphones

Unfortunately, the manufacturer made it difficult to operate devices other than their own – access to all headphone capabilities directly from the system is provided only in smartphones with ColorOS. The rest of Android users are doomed to the external HeyMelody application and iPhone owners – to grinding their teeth, as the application is not available on iOS.

Therefore, although Oppo Enco X supports as many as four noise reduction modes (off, permeable, light, and strong), apple users only have the ANC in the permeable or full-power mode at their disposal by default, to change the default settings, they have to help themselves with another smartphone – Oppo definitely did not do the job here.

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Apart from the issue of choosing the ANC mode, the operation is quite convenient – a single short touch of the panels is used to skip tracks, a second hold switches the ANC mode, a three-second one switches the sound source, and touch and swipe on the panel is responsible for the volume control – unfortunately, the volume control worked the weakest.

Battery

Oppo Enco X
Battery TypeLi-Po
Battery Capacity44 mAh (earphone)
Battery LifeUp to 25 hours
Charging Time8 min (earphone)
Charging CableUSB-C
Wireless ChargerQi wireless

Oppo Enco X headphones Battery

The manufacturer specifies the working time with the maximum ANC active for about 4 hours at 50% of the maximum volume. However, this seems to be a very conservative estimate – at 40-50% settings.

Connectivity

Oppo Enco X
BluetoothYes
Bluetooth versionBT 5.2
Multi-Device
Connection
No
ConnectionWireless
Range10 m

Oppo Enco X supports LHDC, AAC, and SBC codecs. Working with the AAC codec and the old Android smartphone solved the ANC mode switching. Using Enco X, you can watch movies and listened to music from Apple Music and Tidal.

Oppo Enco X headphones Bluetooth

Conclusion!

Oppo Enco X are very decent headphones with pleasant characteristics and good efficiency of the ANC system. They are also probably the first TWS headphones that fit my ears so perfectly – they are very comfortable and do not try to run away.

The presence of an effective, transparent mode and small size make Oppo Enco X a good choice if we like to listen to music and ride a bike.

So are these headphones without flaws? Of course not – and the main thing is the rather exorbitant price to pay for them. At this price, you can consider the already mentioned Sony WF-1000XM3, which plays more neutral in ANC mode, have better ANC efficiency and have control software for iOS.

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