These High-octane Headphones Promise A Lot Of Fun

GoBoult, previously often called Boult, refreshed its headphone lineup final month with the addition of Mustang Thunder. As the title suggests, it’s a licensed Ford product with basic Mustang aesthetics. This isn’t GoBoult’s first rodeo with regards to Ford-licensed audio merchandise. The Mustang Thunder, priced at Rs 2,999, joins the Mustang Q headphones (our evaluate right here) and the Mustang Derby, Dyno, Dash, and Torq TWS within the tech outfit’s audio catalogue. It options 40mm dynamic drivers and helps each wired and wi-fi connectivity, tactile controls, and 4 EQ modes. We examined it for a week with calls, music, and media streaming. Here is our evaluate of the GoBoult Mustang Thunder headphones.

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GoBoult Mustang Thunder Review: Design

Here’s what you get inside GoBoult Thunder’s retail field:

Headphones
3.5mm aux cable
USB-A to USB-C cable
Soft material sleeve
User guide QR code card
Warranty QR code card

The Mustang Thunder follows the standard over-ear headphone design language. It is made totally of plastic, with gentle foam padding on the earcups and headband. The iconic Mustang pony emblem is positioned on the proper earcup, whereas the left one homes the Mustang lettering. Both these items of branding are backlit. The headband has the ‘Boss 302’ branding on each ends. The proper aspect of the body flaunts the Le Mans Racing Stripes.

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GoBoult Mustang Thunder Review: Design

One of the strongest fits of the Mustang Thunder is its set of bodily management buttons. This array is positioned on the proper earcup. It consists of a quantity rocker, a energy button, and an EQ/lighting key. Long-pressing the quantity controls adjustments the observe, whereas the ability button additionally doubles as a pause/play swap. Double-pressing the ability button toggles the Game/Music modes. Pressing the EQ button as soon as adjustments the sunshine theme. Double-pressing it switches the EQ profile. Alongside these controls, the proper earcup homes a USB-C port, a 3.5mm port, a microphone, and a small LED indicator.

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The plastic used within the development of Mustang Thunder isn’t notably high-end. It has a first rate in-hand really feel, however simply attracts smudges and fingerprints. This is especially annoying since these headphones are constructed round their aesthetic attraction. On the brilliant aspect, they’re very comfy to put on. The gentle padding on the earcups and headphones limits the ear fatigue that comes with carrying a pair of headphones for hours on finish. The swivelling movement of the earcups makes them adaptable to most head sizes and styles. The adjustable headband additionally proves helpful on this respect.

The headphones are rated IPX5 for cover in opposition to water. They can stand up to publicity to sweat and light-weight water splashes. If you need to take away them, you may collapse the earcups inwards to make them compact and straightforward to retailer. The gentle material sleeve offered within the retail field is available in fairly helpful for storage functions.

GoBoult Mustang Thunder Review: Performance

The Mustang Thunder comes geared up with 40mm bass-boosted dynamic drivers. There are 2 audio codecs on provide – SBC and AAC. The headphones help Bluetooth 5.4. The pairing course of is seamless and straightforward, regardless of the dearth of Google/Microsoft quick pairing protocols. If you don’t need a wi-fi connection, you should use the three.5mm aux cable offered within the field.

GoBoult Mustang Thunder Review: Performance

The audio output produced by these headphones is heat and energetic. The soundstage is wrapped in a heat envelope of bass. The mid and excessive frequencies get first rate illustration, however the low-end dominates the stage. While we might have most popular a extra impartial sound, it’s plain that the injection of bass makes the output fairly fun. Some refined particulars, just like the faint hits of the clapper, usually get misplaced within the soundstage, however this gained’t trouble you in case you’re extra within the thumping vibe of the bass.

There are 4 EQ profiles on provide – Rock, Bass, Pop, and Vocal. The Bass and Vocal profiles are tremendous boxy and uninteresting. We discovered the Pop profile to be the brightest of the bunch. It helps that this profile boosts the mid and excessive frequencies in a soundstage that’s considerably missing in that half of the spectrum.

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performance

The calling expertise on the Mustang Thunder is fairly first rate. The ENC tech does a good job of isolating and curbing the background noise on voice calls and digital conferences. The audio stream relayed to the listener is evident, if a little boxy. Double-pressing the ability button permits the ‘Combat Mode’, which drops the latency right down to 60ms for a easy gaming expertise.

GoBoult claims a battery life of 70 hours on these headphones. Of course, this requires turning off the lights and dialling down the quantity. We received a stable 50-hour playtime on a single cost with the lights turned on always. A fast 10-minute cost powered the headphones for 100 minutes. It takes as much as an hour to hit the 100% cost degree.

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Verdict

The GoBoult Mustang Thunder do a splendid job of incorporating the Mustang-themed aesthetics with out coming throughout as cheesy. The design is ergonomic and tremendous comfy. The collapsible design makes these headphones very best for travelling. The bodily buttons are a huge enchancment over contact controls. The audio output is heat, energetic, and fun. It can really feel a bit boxy typically, however the soundstage carries the important particulars for essentially the most half. The calling expertise on provide right here is above common in comparison with the remaining of the phase. The 70-hour battery life is one of the strongest property of Mustang Thunder. Even if its battery runs out, you should use the three.5mm aux cable offered within the field to proceed listening to your music.

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