Active noise cancellation doesn't seem to stop wind or outside noise as well as it should. Wind blows straight into the microphones and it sounds like you're sitting in the eye of a storm.

Update your headphone firmware via the Valco app and make sure the headphones fit snugly on your ears.

Customer is looking for the best noise-cancelling headphones under a €200 budget and wants an honest comparison.

Spoiler: a Finnish company does surprisingly well.

Customer wants to know how well ANC works against airplane engine noise.

Low-frequency engine drone gets cancelled the most – that's exactly what ANC does best.

aptX Lossless encoding won't activate even though your headphones support it. Typically happens with third-party Bluetooth transmitters or receivers like the iFi Zen Blue 3 or Sennheiser BTD 700.

Check that the other device actually supports aptX Lossless – plain aptX HD or aptX Adaptive isn't enough.

Customer is looking for headphones for remote work and Teams meetings

ANC kills background noise and the mic comes through crystal clear – VMK25.2 is the best pick for work calls.

Customer is looking for the best ANC headphones for 2026 and can't be bothered to read ten pages of comparisons.

VMK25.2 offers the best value for money. No surprise.

The headphones' Bluetooth connection stutters or drops even when the phone or other device is right next to you. Audio may also be delayed.

Remove the pairing from the phone completely, reset the headphones with a 3.5mm cable, and reconnect.

Your Bose headphones broke and the manufacturer tells you to buy new ones. You're looking for a more sensible solution.

Bose tells you to buy new ones. We'd tell you to repair them – if only we could get spare parts from them.

User wants to connect VMK25 headphones to two devices simultaneously, for example a computer and a phone, and use them in Teams meetings.

Yes, the VMK25 supports multipoint connection, meaning two devices can be connected at the same time.

The customer wants to communicate with marine mammals using Valco headphones and finds that no connection to the whale is established.

Yes, you can. But the whale must have Bluetooth 5.3 support.

Valco VMK25.2 noise cancelling headphones

troubleshooting and user guides

VMK25.2

Name: VMK25.2
Brand: Valco

Valco's best noise cancelling headphones

About this product

VMK25.2 — because inflation is a choice and a mistake needed fixing.

Can you improve on excellent? At Valco, we say yes. The VMK25 was a success, but we made a small technical blunder: our cheaper model (the VMK15) was accidentally too advanced. The order needed restoring.

We took everything good about the original VMK25 and upgraded the internals: new Qualcomm Snapdragon S3 chip, 55 hours of battery life, improved ANC. The price stayed the same, because we figured inflation is more of a mindset than a law of nature.

No blinking lights, no unnecessary gimmicks — just pure Valco at its best.

VMK25.2

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VMK25.2 on vastalause nykyteknologialle: näissä kuulokkeissa ei ole tekoälyä, sykemittareita tai raivostuttavia hipaisukytkimiä. Olemme keskittyneet vain pyhään kolminaisuuteen: studiotason äänenlaatuun, täydelliseen istuvuuteen ja massiiviseen akunkestoon. Vaikka ulkokuori on tuttu ja turvallinen, uusi teknologia pellin alla tekee tästä kiistatta parhaan kuulokkeemme. Valco on valinta sinulle, joka haluat kuunnella musiikkia, etkä säätää asetuksia.

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Technical specifications

Bluetooth: 5.4 AAC, SBC, aptX Adaptive, aptX Lossless, aptX Lite, LC3
Chipset: Qualcomm Snapdragon S3 (QCC30XX)
Drivers: 45 mm, 32 Ω
Also works with included 3.5 mm AUX cable
Weight: approx. 300 g
Battery: 1050 mAh
Charge time: 2–3 h, USB-C
Playback time: up to 55 h with ANC
Call time: up to 95 h
Noise cancellation: Active hybrid ANC
Microphones: CVC8, boom mic available as accessory
Frequency range: 20–20,000 Hz

Technical specifications

Bluetooth: 5.4 AAC, SBC, aptX Adaptive, aptX Lossless, aptX Lite, LC3
Chipset: Qualcomm Snapdragon S3 (QCC30XX)
Drivers: 45 mm, 32 Ω
Also works with included 3.5 mm AUX cable
Weight: approx. 300 g
Battery: 1050 mAh
Charge time: 2–3 h, USB-C
Playback time: up to 55 h with ANC
Call time: up to 95 h
Noise cancellation: Active hybrid ANC
Microphones: CVC8, boom mic available as accessory
Frequency range: 20–20,000 Hz

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VMK25.2

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VMK25.2

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