The new Moondrop Space Travel 2 Ultra has planar-magnetic drivers

Moondrop announced the Space Travel 2 earbuds not too long ago. It's the successor to the extremely popular "Moondrop Space Travel" budget earbuds, which brought some meaningful upgrades like longer battery life. But just a couple of weeks later, the company has dropped the Space Travel 2 Ultra with some interesting improvements. So without further ado, let's take a closer look at everything the Moondrop Space Travel 2 Ultra is packing, including its expected price in Nepal.

Moondrop Space Travel 2 Ultra Overview

Design and audio

As expected, the Space Travel 2 Ultra has this unique case design with a transparent chassis and no lid to properly hold the earbuds.

There's also some space-themed design going on in the charging case, while you can only get these in-ear earbuds in a single grayish color option. The one thing that kinda sucks is that the Space Travel 2 Ultra still doesn't have any form of IP rating.

The audio quality is where things get interesting since Moondrop has used a new 13mm annular single-magnetic planar driver with stronger N55 magnets. To compare, the original Space Travel 2 uses a more common 13mm dynamic driver + N52 magnet combo. And without going too deep inside the rabbit hole, this should mean the Ultra version has better bass response, besides everything else. At least in theory. You can also customize its audio quality and other settings from the official Moondrop app. To make matters even easier, there's even the option to just select the target response curve you want right from the app. And if you are not happy with that either, Moondrop's "AI Yuki Beta 0.1" feature can even adapt to a different sound profile based on what kind of music you're listening to. Moreover, Space Travel 2 Ultra is the only one in its lineage to support high-res LDAC codec as well. That means you will be able to stream up to 24-bit/96 kHz audio from these earbuds. Other than this, it has the same 55ms low-latency mode

Noise cancellation

Interestingly enough, Moondrop has gone with a feedforward-only approach to active noise cancellation (ANC) on these earbuds. Moondrop says hybrid ANC with both feedforward and feedback mics can affect bass response, which requires further engineering, thus complicating the overall performance. And according to the company, it has managed to achieve 36% better ANC versus the original Space Travel. There's also a dedicated AI-powered Neural Processing Unit (NPU) to cut down the ambient noise during phone calls. That being said, a single-mic solution has us worried about its call quality anyway. You may also like

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Battery life and the rest

And getting to battery life, the Space Travel 2 Ultra is rated to last up to 7 hours with the earbuds alone. Or a full day with the charging case included.

Other than this, these Moondrop earbuds have touch controls to handle everything from media playback to ANC and transparency mode. The Space Travel 2 Ultra is also among the few earbuds in the market with the latest Bluetooth 6.0 connectivity. And we also love the fact that you can connect it to two devices at once.

Moondrop Space Travel 2 Ultra Specifications:

• Design: In-ear fit, No IP rating
• Audio: 13mm annular single-magnetic planar driver
• Codecs: SBC, ACC, LDAC
• Active Noise Cancellation: Feedforward-only ANC system
• Connectivity: Bluetooth 6.0, Multipoint connection support
• Battery: 35mAh (earbuds), 380mAh (case)
• Music playtime: 7 hours (earbuds, AAC), 24 hours (with case, AAC)
• Companion app: Moondrop (Android | iOS)

Moondrop Space Travel 2 Ultra Price in Nepal and Availability

In the international market, these earbuds cost USD 39.99. And although it won't be available in Nepal through an official channel, we expect the price of the Moondrop Space Travel 2 Ultra here to be around NPR 6,999 when it arrives via third-party importers.

• Meanwhile, check out our Moondrop MIAD01 review