Shure
Aonic 40
Over-ear · closed-back · 2 colours
The Shure Aonic 40 is a pair of wireless over-ear headphones with ANC and aptX HD. The manufacturer rates the battery at 25 h. Across 11 reviews it averages 83 out of 100.
- Avg. reviews
- 83/100
- from 11 external reviews
- Battery
- 25 h
- manufacturer spec
- Weight
- 319 g
- Over-ear
- Bluetooth 5
- built-in mic
- ANC
- Multipoint
- 40 mm drivers
- Foldable
Colour: schwarz
Pros
- Active noise cancelling (ANC)
- Hi-res codec: aptX HD
- Multipoint: connected to two devices at once
- Works wired when the battery is flat
- Folds up for travel
Pros and cons are derived from the spec sheet and compared with similar models – not a hands-on test. About the method
Specifications
| Kopfhörer (Over-Ear) | |
| How the headset sits on your ears. Over-ear surrounds the ears completely (comfortable, good isolation, but warmer), on-ear rests on them (more compact, more pressure), in-ear sits in the ear canal (small, ideal on the go). | |
| Kopfbügel | |
| How the headset is held in place: by a headband, a neckband, ear hooks or no band at all (true wireless). | |
| Bluetooth 5.0, AAC, aptX, aptX HD, Multipoint | |
| The wireless links. Bluetooth pairs with phones, laptops and many consoles without extras. "Funk digital" usually means a 2.4 GHz USB dongle: much lower latency, so the better choice for gaming. AAC, aptX and LDAC are Bluetooth codecs for better sound quality. | |
| 3.5mm Klinke, USB-C | |
| The wired connections. A 3.5 mm jack fits controllers, PCs and many laptops; USB-A/USB-C carries the sound digitally and bypasses the sound card. "Adapter" means the connection runs through an included dongle or extra cable. | |
| integriert | |
| Where and how the microphone sits. A boom close to your mouth sounds clearest and picks up the least background noise; "abnehmbar" (detachable) means you can remove it and wear the headset as plain headphones. Mics built into the housing are less visible but usually sound more distant. | |
| aktive Geräuschunterdrückung (ANC), Umgebungsmodus, faltbar | |
| Extra hardware features. ANC (active noise cancelling) electronically removes steady noise like engines or fans; swivelling or folding ear cups make the headset flat for a bag or around the neck. | |
| 25h | |
| How long one charge lasts according to the manufacturer. With ANC or RGB lighting it is often less in practice. From about 30 hours you rarely need to charge. | |
| USB-C Ladeanschluss, 3h Ladedauer | |
| How it charges. Fast charging means a few minutes on the cable give several hours of playback. | |
| 319g | |
| The weight without cable. Over-ears under about 270 g count as light, from about 310 g as on the heavy side: then good padding and a wide headband matter more. For in-ears the weight per bud counts; from about 6.5 g you notice them in your ear. | |
| 1x 40mm dynamisch | |
| How many speakers each ear cup holds and how big they are. Size alone (e.g. 40 or 50 mm) says little about the sound, though larger drivers produce bass more easily. Dynamic drivers are the most common type; planar magnetic ones are rarer and pricier. | |
| 31Ω | |
| The electrical resistance of the speakers in ohms (Ω). The lower it is, the less power the headset needs to get loud: up to about 64 Ω any phone, controller or laptop will do. From about 150 Ω (typical for studio headphones) weak sources often sound too quiet and a headphone amp helps. For wireless headsets the value hardly matters because the amplifier is built in. | |
| 20Hz-20kHz | |
| The lowest and highest tones the speakers or microphone reproduce, in hertz. Humans hear roughly 20 Hz to 20 kHz; anything beyond is mostly marketing. The range says little about the sound, the tuning matters more. | |
| 94.7dB | |
| How loud the headset plays for the same input power, in decibels (dB). Higher means it gets loud more easily. Combined with a low impedance, even weak sources like a phone or controller are enough. | |
| geschlossen | |
| Closed-back ear cups isolate both ways: you hear less of your surroundings and others hardly hear your audio. Open-back headphones sound airier and more spacious but let sound through, better suited for home. | |
| Equalizer-Voreinstellungen, individueller Equalizer, App-Steuerung | |
| What you can adjust in the app or PC software, such as an equalizer to shape the sound or virtual surround for spatial audio in games. | |
| 3-Tasten-Fernbedienung | |
| The controls on the headset itself, e.g. a volume wheel, a mic mute button or touch panels. | |
| einseitig, abnehmbar | |
| Cable length and type. A detachable cable is easy to replace if it breaks. | |
| Colour | schwarz, weiß |
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