Blueant Q3

**scion676** · 01-08-2013, 09:51 AM

Here's the first one I've seen from CES this year.

http://www.engadget.com/2013/01/08/b...tooth-headset/

No real info yet tho...

**mach5k** · 01-08-2013, 01:04 PM

I like that plantronics and Blueant are at least taking into consideration wind noise in base design, but I hope this one is better than Legend in dealing with it.

**scion676** · 01-08-2013, 10:22 PM

Originally Posted by mach5k

I like that plantronics and Blueant are at least taking into consideration wind noise in base design, but I hope this one is better than Legend in dealing with it.

Yea I hear you.... I love pretty much everything about my legend except for mediocre wind noise reduction and the proprietary charger (But I got the charging case which takes microusb).. Great noise cancellation otherwise...

**scion676** · 03-23-2013, 01:28 PM

Originally Posted by mach5k

I like that plantronics and Blueant are at least taking into consideration wind noise in base design, but I hope this one is better than Legend in dealing with it.

Just picked up a Q3. None of the stand-alone earpieces fit my oversized ears so I'll have to use the headset with the earhook. Hopefully it doesn't break... It gets loud (a bit louder than the Legend). I haven't made any calls yet so we shall see soon how it performs indoors and outdoors... I'll report back in a few days with my impressions. It looks like this does everything except the play/pause capability of the Legend (which I actually use so that's a small ding to it so far). But if it performs better in the wind noise category I can ignore that feature.

**NWR** · 03-24-2013, 06:19 PM

What store did you find it at? Good noise cancellation?

nwr

**scion676** · 03-25-2013, 08:55 AM

I've made a few calls indoors but nothing to really challenge the noise cancellation or wind reduction claims yet. It doesn't fit my ear as securely as the Legend but it fits well enough.

I pre-ordered from Blueant directly when they had the $30 discount in Feb... I think they are behind the ball in getting shipments out to the channel. AT&T stores might have them sporadically so you could call your local one. I am encountering an issue with mine that I hope is resolvable through a firmware update. The first time I power up the headset (after it not being connected to my phone for a while) the A2DP portion of the connection is static-y and choppy. I have to go into my bluetooth settings and toggle the Media Audio connection in order to fix it. REAL annoying if they don't fix this issue soon... (my phone is a Droid Razr Maxx HD on 4.1.2, I don't have this issue with the Legend).

So yea... so far it's not looking real great vs the Legend but I'll reserve final judgement until a week from now and use it this week.

**scion676** · 03-25-2013, 10:23 AM

Also, just realized this thing doesn't have a way to mute from the headset... yeaaaaa not looking good. Unless this has stellar noise/wind cancellation... I'll probably return or sell it.

**scion676** · 03-30-2013, 05:38 PM

So I've decided to sell mine since it just doesn't fit my ear well enough (compared to my Legend). I also missed the fact that it doesn't have a dedicated mute button.

If anyone is interested in picking it up while they are still scarce, here's the listing!
http://www.amazon.com/gp/offer-listi...condition=used