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My budget is maximum $50
There's a Dutch weather man who reviews a crazy amount of earbuds as a hobby. They're all Bluetooth ones though. I found that you get better quality for a similar price if you get a wired one.
Anyway, recommend that you check out https://www.scarbir.com/
He has lists per price range, but also recommendations per usage type. E.g. I bought ones that were less affected by wind noise (during a call).
Thx so much, I will see this website! I know that wired one are better value. But for me wireless is obligatory, cannot go to the gym or do what I want without wireless
I have wireless earbuds because of their practicability too. I'd recommend you the ones I have (Soundcore Liberty 4 NC) but unfortunately they cost almost double your budget 😅
I would prefer to spend only few bucks to get earbuds just because it's a great thing for me but the 2 that I've got broke so I don't want to waste $100 into this
To each their own, but I prefer wired earbuds run under my shirt, especially at the gym. Then if I need to take one out or they fall out, they're tethered to me.
So even when doing workout you need to have your phone with you, in your pockets?
In a pocket, an arm-band, or compression shorts, sure! I guess I don't know where else it'd be.
Jumping jacks aren't even fun if we have to wear pants.
I'm confused. An arm-band is not pants. Pockets are found on shirts/sweaters too. I guess compression shorts could be considered pants?
Are you after wireless or wired earbuds? And what kind of music do you generally listen to?
I will only buy wireless ones, and I think that I just need the best that I could get in most categories, good ANC, good sound...
Skullcandy has been a good experience. Cheap and durable. I've had two, a pair of Smokin' Buds 2 (died from a broken cable, now discontinued), and a pair of Jib True (my current earbuds).
I bought the Jib True five years ago for about $40 and so far they've survived a dog, getting dropped in the toilet, and multiple drops onto a hard surface. I haven't noticed any battery degradation. The audio quality is kinda mid (I used them in a factory at my previous job) and I can't speak for the microphone, but they've served me well. My biggest issue has been some oxidation on the charging pins and contacts.
Seconded.
I've got a pair of Skullcandy Mods. The sound quality is decent but not stellar, battery life is good, charge time is good and they feel pretty solidly made. Pretty good deal for $40 on Amazon.
I previously had some of their ANC overears that while not spectacular, were much better than I expected given the price point.
On the other side of this coin, my Skullcandy Indy ANC earbuds have been such garbage that I have swore off all Skullcandy products forever. Even since they were new the case would show full charge and you'd open it up to find totally dead earbuds. If you left them dead for too long they would stop charging completely. At this point the only way to revive them is to strip some wires and "jump start" them with another battery. I've had to do this so many times I just keep the wires taped to a AA battery. I filed a warranty claim for this the first time and they denied me any sort of support, even though the Internet shows my case is not unique and actually very common.
Fuck Skullcandy.
Skullcandy customer support/warranty sucked for me as well. My left earbuds started keeping barely half the charge of the right ones within couple of months of purchasing them. I had only used both buds simultaneously, so it was weird to have more drain in one. However, the support folks just returned my product as-is saying nothing was wrong.
Check out woot https://www.woot.com/category/headphones?ref=mwj_scr_cat_electronics
Edit: not sure why the above link doesn't seem to work but you can go here then filter by headphones https://www.woot.com/category/electronics?ref=mwj_scr_cat_electronics
Love my samsung buds 2. Got them for 45 on ebay I believe and even have some ANC
As Samsung bundle them with every flagship phones, there is a plethora of them on ebay for cheap. Most of them are basically new, and for that price is is quite the banger.
The S24 (all versions) didn't.
Good, less ewaste.
I have JBL vibe ear buds and they are working fine so far.
See if you can find a friend who owns a particular model and is comfortable letting you try it on. How it fits is the most important thing IMO.
Samsung ones seem reliable, but one big downside is that the app (Galaxy Wearable), has a number of required permissions. The app does not function without them, even if you don't need those features. I'm not sure what the workarounds are, and maybe you can make do without the app, but here is the list:
- Calendar
- Call logs
- Contacts
- Nearby Devices
- Phone
- SMS
You can read more about the privacy aspect of the popular brands here:
https://foundation.mozilla.org/en/privacynotincluded/categories/headphones/
I'm thinking about getting BaseUS Bowie earbuds. Seems like a lot of bang for the buck. At least on paper.
But cannot use the features because of the app... 🙃 requires location, files, phone... And send it to the china
I guess it won't get through my Adguard home DNS.
I hope for you
Check out RTINGS.com, they're the most data-driven testing site I know of. They have their own frequency response curves they test audio fidelity with.
