Jabra Halo

Jabra is not an audio specialist, something they admit themselves, and they aren't trying to mix it with the best with the Halo. Following the example of the Stone, the Halo aims first and foremost at sufficient audio quality combined with a careful design. This is what we're going to look it.

Design and build: it comes on when you unfold it

In keeping with Jabra's new aesthetic, the Halo is in matte black and ultra-minimalist, almost in a single unit. Unfortunately, this minimalism is reflected in the lack of controls. While a button to accept calls and a touch area for adjusting volume may be enough on a standard headset, we would have liked to see a more advanced set of controls on these headphones.

The Halo comes with a mini-Jack cord, a charger and a neoprene case. Folding it up serves to turn it off and saves on battery for those who wouldn't otherwise remember.

Audio: open, did you say open?

You'll no doubt have noticed, the Halo's single unit design gives it a similar look to over-ear headphones. Don't go thinking that the sound is insulated here though. In spite of the comfortable foam placed around the headphones, contact is far from perfect and you'll hear plenty of surrounding noise.

You do however also get plenty of bass. The very open design means quite a dry sound though with mediums not present enough. Results are nevertheless better than the best hands-free kits that are supplied with phones.

Although the Halo has a nice aesthetic and is easy to use, for the same sort of money you can buy much better wired telephone specific products, which aren't limited to 6h battery life.