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ELE Whisper – active noise cancellation reduction

Karel BalacAugust 10, 2016

Seems like the mystery concerning the new Elephone gadget developed in cooperation with China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation (CASC) is finally solved and now we know what exactly was in the teaser picture before.

So what’s this mystery product then? Well from the new detailed pictures we have it’s quite clear that it will be some kind of active noise cancellation gadget specifically for the headphones and the quality level should be pretty high, because it matches some military standards.

Elepehone engineers along their CASC collegues utilized the technologies similar to the ones used by the chinese military for example in the air defense systems.

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The device will be called the ELE Whisper and should be equipped with a CASC863A military grade chipset, allowing it to reduce the noise up to 35 dB intensity in the 4000 Hz range. So theoretically that should eliminate all the unwanted sounds and noices in the background while keeping the sound output clear. The headphones themself should be oval and following the human ear anatomy.

The ELE Whisper will be a rechargeable device due to the design, but it should last about 25 hours on a single charge. And of course you can use the headphones just in the normal way too.

There are already headphones with a similar technology on the market made by Bose, Sennheiser, Sony or Huawei so only time will tell if the ELE Whisper can join this company successfully or not.

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About the author
Karel Balac
Working in IT since 2003. Chinese phone enthusiast in the last few years.

realjjj
August 10, 2016
Waiting for the China players to get into the hearables market. They are yet to do so and prices are 250-300$ for what is ,in the end, just some smarter plugs.
- willysson
  August 11, 2016
  Me too!
- NextHype
  August 11, 2016
  That was true 5 years ago. Since 2012 there are great products under $100. I can’t see a chinese brand competing in this bracket before a few years of trial and error.
  - realjjj
    August 11, 2016
    - NextHype
      August 12, 2016
      Yup, haven’t read on “hearables” before, thx. I wasn’t expecting you to be so off topic so i thought you were talking about ANC earbuds.

realjjj
August 10, 2016
Waiting for the China players to get into the hearables market. They are yet to do so and prices are 250-300$ for what is ,in the end, just some smarter plugs.
- Guest
  August 11, 2016
  Me too!
- NextHype
  August 11, 2016
  That was true 5 years ago. Since 2012 there are great products under $100. I can’t see a chinese brand competing in this bracket before a few years of trial and error.
- realjjj
  August 11, 2016
  Looks like you don’t know what hearables are.
  maybe this will help you http://www.wareable.com/samsung/best-hearables
- NextHype
  August 12, 2016
  Yup, haven’t read on “hearables” before, thx. I wasn’t expecting you to be so off topic so i thought you were talking about ANC earbuds.

NextHype
August 11, 2016
NextHype • 9 days ago
1 in, 2 out ? Guessing earphones too. But there is a button and they work with military research firm so let’s say noise-canceling earphones ^^
What did i win for having correctly guessed the next Elephone product ? xD

NextHype
August 11, 2016
BTW Elefraud still at work…
Noise cancelling earbuds have different efficiency depending on the frequency range considered. So Elefraud chose the frequency range where their product was the most efficient (4kHz) to display their “incredible” -35dB. You noticed that Bose and Huawei cancel as much as 30dB on this range, 5dB difference isn’t incredible. Even budget ($80) ANC earbuds deliver this -30dB.
In fact, the most problematic frequency range is 150-200Hz, which is produced by engines (airplane, train, car…), and that’s exactly the range you wanna see cancelled when you’re traveling in the sky, on the road or underground. Atm, no information from Elefraud on this range ^^
Another problem will prabably be the loudspeaker used in this budget ANC earbud. Elefraud teamed up with chinese military for ANC technology, that’s great, but if they don’t team up with a serious headphone builder, your ears will bleed not from the surrounding noise but from the music itself.
IMHO, the real contender isn’t Bose or Huawei but Audio Technica. Their ANC23 can be bought for $60 and there is no way Elefraud can approch the sound quality Audio Technica delivers.
- Ray Bel
  August 13, 2016
  Sorry thats a revolting typo. Elefraud…shame on you.
  Let me correct you: Eletrack
  These earbuds with military enhancement technology (hence the battery) can ident your location so they know exactly where you are.
  It’s just an earbud with advanced tracking technology.
  Other then that…yes it’s a fraud to measure in the 30dB range….
  - NextHype
    August 16, 2016
    You sure ? Why putting a tracking device in a pair of earbuds when you already planted one (or more) in the smartphone ?
    Earbuds with GPS tracking capability are usually stand alone devices like Sammy GearX and alikes.
- Steve R.
  September 13, 2016
  I’m in now way an elephone advocate (merely a P9000 owner), but if you check a bit their website, you’ll see that the frequency range 150-200Hz is actually quite good: In the 30-35dB range.
  http://www.elephone.hk/ele-whisper-in-ear-noise-cancelling-hifi-headphones-with-microphone
  Now, as far as the audio quality goes, well, we’ll have to wait for some independent reviews.
  - NextHype
    September 14, 2016
    Thanks for this update.
    If this graph is true, then this is a good product, at least on the noise reduction part (can’t tell the same about audio quality part, which needs testing as you pointed out).

NextHype
August 11, 2016
NextHype • 9 days ago
1 in, 2 out ? Guessing earphones too. But there is a button and they work with military research firm so let’s say noise-canceling earphones ^^
What did i win for having correctly guessed the next Elephone product ? xD
cookieGirl
August 11, 2016
looks useless tbh…. why would u need to charge your earphones? besides knowing the quality of their products… no, thanks
Chandan Mitra
August 11, 2016
Looks great, is it water proof??
EXPLORER
August 11, 2016
What does it mean by military level?? I didn’t understand, can anyone help?

techi
August 11, 2016
It’s useful and has great specs!
ukgamer335
August 11, 2016
i wonder how often you’d have to charge it though
JTiG
August 11, 2016
definitive would get it, it looks sleek and cool

NextHype
August 11, 2016
BTW Elefraud still at work…
Noise cancelling earbuds have different efficiency depending on the frequency range considered. So Elefraud chose the frequency range where their product was the most efficient (4kHz) to display their “incredible” -35dB. You noticed that Bose and Huawei cancel as much as 30dB on this range, 5dB difference isn’t incredible. Even budget ($80) ANC earbuds deliver this -30dB.
In fact, the most problematic frequency range is 150-200Hz, which is produced by engines (airplane, train, car…), and that’s exactly the range you wanna see cancelled when you’re traveling in the sky, on the road or underground. Atm, no information from Elefraud on this range ^^
Another problem will prabably be the loudspeaker used in this budget ANC earbud. Elefraud teamed up with chinese military for ANC technology, that’s great, but if they don’t team up with a serious headphone builder, your ears will bleed not from the surrounding noise but from the music itself.
IMHO, the real contender isn’t Bose or Huawei but Audio Technica. Their ANC23 can be bought for $60 and there is no way Elefraud can approch the sound quality Audio Technica delivers.
- Ray Bel
  August 13, 2016
  Sorry thats a revolting typo. Elefraud…shame on you.
  Let me correct you: Eletrack
  These earbuds with military enhancement technology (hence the battery) can ident your location so they know exactly where you are.
  It’s just an earbud with advanced tracking technology.
  Other then that…yes it’s a fraud to measure in the 30dB range….
- NextHype
  August 16, 2016
  You sure ? Why putting a tracking device in a pair of earbuds when you already planted one (or more) in the smartphone ?
  Earbuds with GPS tracking capability are usually stand alone devices like Sammy GearX and alikes.
- Steve R.
  September 14, 2016
  I’m in now way an elephone advocate (merely a P9000 owner), but if you check a bit their website, you’ll see that the frequency range 150-200Hz is actually quite good: In the 30-35dB range.
  http://www.elephone.hk/ele-whisper-in-ear-noise-cancelling-hifi-headphones-with-microphone
  Now, as far as the audio quality goes, well, we’ll have to wait for some independent reviews.
- NextHype
  September 14, 2016
  Thanks for this update.
  If this graph is true, then this is a good product, at least on the noise reduction part (can’t tell the same about audio quality part, which needs testing as you pointed out).

cookieGirl
August 11, 2016
looks useless tbh…. why would u need to charge your earphones? besides knowing the quality of their products… no, thanks
Chandan Mitra
August 11, 2016
Looks great, is it water proof??
EXPLORER
August 11, 2016
What does it mean by military level?? I didn’t understand, can anyone help?
techi
August 11, 2016