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Beats Solo 4 review: playing both sides

Get ready to start seeing these on athletes everywhere.

Those things alone all but guarantee that the new Beats Solo 4 on-ear wireless headphones will prove just as successful as their predecessors — and it’ll be no time at all before you start seeing them worn by athletes and music stars at every turn. They’re not particularly bassy and avoid overemphasizing any section of the frequency range; the goal was to land on a consistent tuning that fits right across music, podcasts, work meetings / voice calls, and more. Speaking of calls, voice quality is rather decent, with Beats having trained its ML algorithm “using over 7,000 hours of exposure to real-world environments.” Where the Solo 4 fall short compared to pricier headphones is in their overall richness and a fairly condensed soundstage that lacks much breadth.

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