Kygo Xellence Review – New Wireless Earbuds With Noise Cancelling 2020!

so i’ve just got my hands on the brand new 
xellence truly wireless active noise cancelling  
earphones from kygo stay tuned to find out whether 
they’re worth a spot in your tech collection
hello again guys welcome back to tech it easy so 
today we’re going to be taking a look at some more  
truly wireless earphones this time they’re the 
brand new kygo xellence just before we jump  
into the review if you do enjoy the video please 
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the channel without further ado let’s jump into 
the video as usual we’re gonna kick things off  
with a quick unboxing so these are the xellence
truly wireless noise-cancelling earphones from  
kygo these are the white version but you can get 
them in black if you so desire the first thing  
that stood out to me was the branding it has a 
sort of minimal modern vibe about it and that’s  
what really attracted me to the earphones while 
we’re doing the rest of the unboxing i’ll talk  
about a few of the features one of the important 
ones is it’s actually ipx5 water resistant meaning  
they could be put under a low pressure water jet 
for between 5-10 minutes i wouldn’t recommend  
trying it

though but that being said it does 
mean you’ll be okay when you’re in a gym or if  
you get caught out in the rain possibly the most 
important spec from these earphones is the battery  
life now these have got a huge 10 to 20 hours of 
battery life so that’s 10 from the earphones then  
20 from the carry case however that is with the 
noise cancelling turned off and the leds those  
little x’s do light up which i’ll show you later 
so essentially if you turn everything off you  
could get 10 hours from these and then another 20 
from the charging case and if you did need more  
and you’re in a rush you only need to plug the 
charging case in for around 15 minutes to get  
two hours of charge into the case which is pretty 
good to do this use a usb charger so there’s no  
wireless charging on these but for me that’s 
not too much of a problem last few specs worth  
mentioning it has a driver size of 10 millimeters 
and a frequency response of 20 to 20 000 hertz  
now the earphones do feature a microphone so you 
can make and receive calls and you can also make  
use of the google assistant okay so this is a 
microphone test for the kygo xellence truly  
wireless earphones as you can tell it is picking 
up a lot of background noise that whirring noise  
is actually my pc fan which in reality is actually 
really really quiet it’s also picking up a bit of  
echo but i have to say the way it’s picking up 
the voice is actually really good i sound really  
really clear not really any complaints there 
they’re pretty good for such a small device  
now the surface of the earphones is touch 
sensitive so you can just tap on the right earbud  
to turn the volume up and tap on the left earbud 
to turn the volume down i actually like this  
more than the sony earphones i reviewed recently i 
feel like it’s a better fit for the buttons rather  
than pausing it because these also have proximity 
sensors that you can see on the back there so when  
you pull them out your ears it’ll automatically 
pause the music for you so as i mentioned earlier  
in the video the kygo xellence truly wireless 
earphones do feature active noise cancelling  
now whilst it works it’s not quite as good as 
sony wf-1000xm3s i reviewed earlier in the month  
it does still give you an immersive experience 
but it’s not quite as good as the sony earphones  
it does struggle a bit more in busier environments 
if the volume’s not right up that being said  
though they’re not terrible and they’re still 
good similar to the sony earphones you can turn  
the active noise cancelling on or off in the app 
and there’s also an ambient mode to let in more  
sound from outside so if you’re crossing the road 
you might want to put the ambient mode on just so  
you can hear your surroundings better however the 
app doesn’t feel quite as advanced again as the  
sony earphones i don’t think you’ve got as much 
control there also in the app is the bass boost  
feature which you can just turn on or off as well 
as an led light feature which lights up the x’s  
on the surface of the earbuds and then also the 
proximity sensor you can also turn that on or off  
and possibly my favorite feature is the mimi sound 
profile i hope i pronounced that right i thought  
this was pretty cool it does a little sound test 
for you and tailors the earbuds to your hearing i  
was quite impressed with this feature but i have 
to say i didn’t notice too much of a difference  
i did find the whole process quite cool next i 
want to talk about the sound quality which is  
arguably the most important part of the earphones 
first of all the sound isolation even before the  
active noise cancelling is on it’s actually pretty 
good again not quite as good as the sony earphones  
but it still does offer a really immersive 
experience the actual sound quality is really  
really rich you get some really nice bass in there 
even without the bass boost feature on i’m really  
happy with the sound quality and it is comparable 
to the sony earphones however i want to skip back  
to that bass boost feature when that’s enabled 
at the higher volumes i get this distortion from  
the base now i know this is common on speakers 
headphones and earphones but it’s not something  
i saw on my older bose earphones or indeed my sony 
earphones now i have to admit the bass like i said  
does sound a little bit deeper and richer so it 
could be because of that but it is something that  
does concern me because although i’m using them 
at high volumes it’s not at max volume so i think  
it’s going to be a volume that a lot of people are 
going to be sitting comfortably at and a lot of  
people are going to have an issue with it now this 
could be something that’s unique to my earphones  
so i will contact kygo about that and ask them and 
i’ll put down the answer in the comment section  
that being said as well as the bass boost feature 
causing issues i have also noticed some crackling  
or noise in the background when i’ve been 
listening to music without the bass boost feature  
and sometimes not even at high volumes so there’s 
a few different things that might be causing this  
again there could be a defect with my actual 
earphones something happening in shipping or  
it’s something that’s going to stem across the 
whole range or perhaps even and i’m doubtful this  
is the case and picking up imperfections from the 
actual tracks it’s hard to tell what it is at this  
point but it’s not a huge huge issue you really 
have to be listening out and obviously because  
i’m doing a review i’ve been really trying to pick 
up on every little detail just something i noticed  
and i’m just gonna leave that with you if you do 
own a pair i would like to know if you’ve noticed  
similar things a common complaint about the sony 
earphones is that they’re not loud enough so i  
thought i’d touch on this here i actually feel 
that these earphones are actually a bit louder  
than the sony earphones i couldn’t actually turn 
them all the way up without feeling uncomfortable  
so i couldn’t keep them at max volume for too long 
so this to me indicates that they’re going to be  
loud enough for most people so with all that in 
mind let’s take a look at the price so they’re  
going for about 170 pounds at the moment but if 
you subscribe to the kygo newsletter you get 15  
off bringing it down to around 150 pounds 
including shipping so what would make me recommend  
these to you over the sony earphones well the 
sony earphones are still in my opinion superior  
in the active noise cancelling and indeed possibly 
even the sound quality but with the sony earphones  
you’re very restricted they are not for going to 
the gym uh you shouldn’t really be getting caught  
in a rain in them because they are they have no 
waterproofing whatsoever so really if you want  
a good all-rounder then yeah i’d say go go and 
get the cargo excellent earphones if you’re going  
to be using them just for at work or your commute 
then i’d probably stick with the sony earphones so  
those were the kygo xellence wireless 
earphones the overall design was really  
good they look really good as i mentioned there 
are some good features like i really do like the  
battery life and i like the personalized sound 
option that you have in the application and  
also that water resistance is something that they 
have over the sony earphones i was talking about  
so perhaps if you’re going to be frequently 
running or going to the gym perhaps these could be  
a good option for you if you need something with 
a longer battery life again yes these could be a  
really good choice for you but i would recommend 
you wait until i’ve checked back with kygo life  
about the buzzing slash rattling noise i’ve heard 
let me know your comments down in the video what  
you think of the earphones if you’ve bought a 
pair i’d love to hear your opinions too also  
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the video but for now thank you so much for 
watching and i’ll see you in the next one
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