
There’s no active noise cancellation here, but he ear cups do offers a certain amount of passive filtering out of surrounding sound, which is plenty for most use cases.

What’s more impressive is that the Beats Solo2 wireless headphones deliver sound that is consistent regardless of whether you use them wired or wireless, and that in both cases, there’s a warmth out of the box that you don’t generally get from audio equipment without a decent break-in period. For them to have accomplished that between a single generation of hardware is impressive. Soundīeats has gone from a brand whose headphones I’d never recommend, let alone own myself, to one that is right up there with some of the better general consumer market audio companies in terms of audio quality. The soft case itself also contains padding, so you can throw them in a bag without much concern about their overall safety. They fold up into a decently portable package, and will stow in the included soft case when you want to take them travelling. They’re lighter than the Studio version of Beats’ headphones, and the on-ear design will probably be preferable for some. Solo2 Wireless packs padded cups and headband, and both are soft and comfortable for all-day use. They’re still plastic, and contain little in the way of metal surfaces, but the high-gloss look works well with Beats’ bold colors (red, black, white and blue are options for the Wireless model at launch). The new design is a lot more visually appealing than the previous Solo, with fewer line breaks and softer angles.
The retention of the same design is smart not only to unify the Solo product line, but also because they have really top-notch fit and finish to begin with.


The mirroring of the design of the two products was intentional, and a desired goal from the start, because Beats wanted these headphones to share all the same traits, except of the addition of wireless functionality in these new Bluetooth versions. The Beats Solo2 Wireless comes as close to replicating the Solo2 signature design as possible, with just a few fractions of a millimeter different in dimensions due to the need for a battery within the case.
