THE ARC-1 ANC

The Aiwa ARC-1 ANC wireless headphones weigh roughly 241g and are made out of plastic, faux leather and aluminum.

As you can all see, we're talking about a mid-sized model which looks quite nice.

To get a better understanding about their size i placed the ARC-1 ANC right next to the slightly more compact EPOS Sennheiser Adapt 660.

Aiwa has placed their logo on the exterior of both earcups and their name right over them.

The controls are all located on exterior of the right earcup and so from here you can turn on/off the headset, put it in bluetooth pairing and play/pause tracks (top button), increase the volume and skip to the next track (front button), decrease volume and go to the previous track (rear button), answer/end/make calls and enable the voice assistant (bottom button) and finally you can enable/disable ANC by pressing the Aiwa logo at the center.

At the base of the right earcup we find the USB-C charging port, 3.5mm port, activity LED and the microphone.

The earpads are not only big and soft but inside Aiwa has placed large left/right markings.

The headpad may not be very large and as plush as the earpads but it too is very comfortable.

As already mentioned, the earcups can fold and rotate for easier storage.

The headphones extend by up to 31mm in each side (62mm total) via 8 increments (not visible ones).

Also, worth mentioning is that the thick storage/carrying case has enough room inside for the entire bundle and then some.

As usually for today’s review I’ll be using both the M15 Hi-Res Music Player by FiiO (wired/wireless) and the AE-9 Sound Card by Creative (wired).