The Air6 HS uses PeatsAudio app and its free either for Android/Iphone users. The app allows:

• Dynamic EQ
• Custom EQ
• Adaptive EQ
• 12 EQ Presets
• Multipoint Management
• Firmware Updates
• Touch Control Customization
• Spatial Audio
• Game Mode
• Find My Earbuds
• Water Drain Function

Feature-wise, the app covers custom EQ creation, the Dynamic EQ bass-boost mode (off by default — see the Sound Quality section above for why that matters), a Spatial Audio toggle, Game Mode for reduced latency, single-ear usage mode, touch-control customization, and OTA firmware update delivery. For a $40 product, this is a genuinely deep feature set on paper. In practice, the experience is mixed: successful pairing and meaningful EQ improvements are common once set up, but so are cases of the app failing to detect the earbuds at all, sluggish response to EQ slider changes, a Spatial Audio toggle that does nothing when engaged, and broken in-app help links.

Activate Dynamic EQ immediately. Without Dynamic EQ, the tuning can sound somewhat restrained. With Dynamic EQ enabled:

• Bass gains weight
• Music feels fuller
• Vocals gain body
• Overall balance improves significantly

We strongly recommend evaluating the Air6 HS with Dynamic EQ enabled.

The Range of Real-World Experience

Real-world experience with the Air6 HS spans a genuinely wide range, and that range comes down almost entirely to two variables: how well the tipless shape happens to seat in a given person's ears, and whether the companion app cooperates. Because sound perception is inherently personal — shaped by ear canal geometry, hearing sensitivity, and exactly how snugly something sits — the same hardware can land as excellent for one person and disappointing for another, more so than with earbuds that seal against the ear canal.

At its best, the Air6 HS delivers rich, detailed sound from the 13mm triple-magnet driver, strong and well-controlled bass without becoming boomy, a comfortable all-day fit, fast case charging, and dependable Bluetooth range with smooth multipoint switching. For some ears it's the best-sounding SoundPEATS model to date, holding up well even against sealed alternatives like the AirPods Pro when the trade-off of some bass depth for all-day comfort is an acceptable one. An interesting, slightly counterintuitive pattern shows up here too: some of the most positive experiences credit the earbuds with strong noise cancellation or isolation, despite the open, sealless design not including ANC at all. The most likely explanation is that an especially snug fit created enough passive occlusion to feel like active cancellation for those particular ears — a good illustration of just how much fit alone shapes the entire experience.

A step down from that, the sound remains clear and well-balanced even before touching the EQ, and Dynamic EQ delivers a real, noticeable bass boost for anyone who enables it. Comfort is consistently a strength for the same reason the design avoids a tight seal in the first place — not ideal for intense workouts, where a secure seal matters more, but genuinely pleasant for desk work, calls, and all-day wear where staying aware of your surroundings is useful rather than a drawback. The most consistent frustration at this level is the companion app: the requirement to use the older "SOUNDPEATS" app rather than the newer "PeatsAudio" app used elsewhere in the current lineup isn't disclosed anywhere in the box, and can lead to unreliable device recognition, a broken help-video link, and a Spatial Audio toggle that sometimes does nothing at all.

In the middle of the range, experience splits fairly evenly between ears that simply don't suit an open, tipless shape and people who otherwise liked the earbuds but ran into fit or software trouble. Fit-related issues are the single most common thread anywhere below the top of the range: sound quality is sometimes described as excellent only while physically holding a finger against the earbud to force a seal, with the earbuds otherwise prone to falling out during activity like cycling or jogging. Where the fit does work out, the sound is clear, the charging case is well designed with a handy battery-level light, and daily use is trouble-free. The app resurfaces as a letdown here too — install failures, an oversized interface that some tablets can't navigate properly, and at least one case of a specific model not yet being supported in the app at all, blocking EQ access entirely. Some of this middle-tier feedback describes what otherwise reads as an excellent product capped only by fit or app friction.

Further down the range, the two central issues sharpen: a loose, insecure fit — sometimes made worse by an awkwardly shaped charging case that makes the earbuds fiddly to remove — and app problems severe enough to block basic functionality, including days-long pairing struggles across multiple phones and firmware updates, plus EQ sliders that take several seconds to register even once connected. Sound complaints here are almost always tied directly to fit: flat, thin, or lifeless audio traced specifically to a poor seal that no amount of EQ can fully compensate for. One account describes distorted, rattling audio close to unlistenable — which reads as a likely defective individual unit rather than a systemic issue, given how sharply it diverges from every other account across the range.

At its most frustrating, sound is described as notably flat and bass-light next to sealed competitors, occasionally compared to old transistor-radio audio. The companion app draws its harshest criticism here: complete connection failures despite factory resets, multiple devices, and every documented workaround, which is a serious problem given that LDAC, EQ, and firmware updates are all gated behind that same app — meaning a firmware bug could be effectively unfixable for someone in this position. A genuine privacy concern surfaces at this end too: on first launch, the app has requested permission to detect nearby devices with a warning that the data could be used for location tracking and profile building, and declining that permission has blocked the app from connecting to the earbuds at all. Call quality also draws its harshest marks here, with the other party on a call sometimes needing repeated repetition even in only moderately noisy environments.

The throughline: across the full range of experience, the two biggest swing factors are (1) whether the tipless shape happens to seat securely in a given person's ears — which affects perceived bass, isolation, and overall sound quality far more than most people expect going in — and (2) whether the companion app cooperates, since it gates LDAC, EQ, firmware updates, and Spatial Audio behind a setup process that doesn't always go smoothly. A good fit paired with an app that behaves tends to produce a genuinely excellent experience; either one going wrong — and especially both — tends to produce real frustration. Because so much of that outcome depends on individual ear anatomy rather than anything adjustable, it's worth going in with realistic expectations about fit variability specifically, since no amount of EQ or app tinkering fully substitutes for a good physical seal.

How It Stacks Up

Against the Oppo Enco Buds3, the Air6 HS trades a more balanced, open sound for deeper, darker bass emphasis — Oppo's tuning is described as clearer and more natural on vocals and cymbals, while the SoundPEATS leans harder into low-end presence.

Against its own siblings, the generational jump is more clearly quantifiable using SoundPEATS' own comparison data:

A few things stand out here. The battery gains aren't a modest bump — single-charge playtime is up 50% over the Air5 Lite and 80% over the Air3 Deluxe HS, and total case-backed playtime very nearly doubles the Air5 Lite's figure. The triple-magnet driver and Dynamic EQ support are also genuinely new to this model rather than carried over, which lines up with the noticeably punchier bass compared directly to the Air5 Lite. The one meaningful step backward, and it's a real one: the Air6 HS moves to the SOUNDPEATS app instead of the PeatsAudio app used by both siblings, which is the direct source of the setup confusion described above — anyone upgrading from an Air5 Lite or Air3 Deluxe HS and expecting to reuse their existing app will need to install a second one.