Phiaton Chord MS 530 vs Parrot Zik

Chord MS 530 offers a balanced sound experience with no glaring flaws.

Both the fit is comfortable and control buttons are easily accessible.

Chord MS 530 has between 17 and 30 hours of battery life depending on whether you use active noise canceling or not.

Chord MS 530 offers high quality noise cancelling that you can choose to use or ignore completely with an easy to access switch at the side of the earphones.

You can connect to two different devices at the same time.

Clear sound, good noise cancelling and easy access to call buttons.

Works both as a wireless and a wired device.

You control the headphones by swipes taps. Swipe up and down to adjust the volume, swipe left and right to change the track and tapping will pause.

A jawbone and motion sensors that are built in the headphones can detect when you take off your headphones and stop playback as it happens.

There are iOS and Android companion apps for advanced settings. These allow for equalization, virtualization, turning noise-cancellation on and off, and other minor things.

You can use these headphones both in as a wireless and a wired device.

Compared to other Bluetooth solution the sound quality is good, compared to wired solutions the sound quality leaves room for improvement.

Consisting of 4 microphones (2 inward facing, 2 - outward) these headphones have an excellent noise-cancellation. You can also choose to disable the feature via the app.