Take a look at Scarbir's website he has a really extensive list of earbuds, often the more lesser known and cheaper bang for the buck brands.
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My all time favorite was Jabra Elite 7 Active (or something like that), but sadly they went out of production.
These days I use Sennheisser Momentum TW4, and they're pretty great. I just miss the fact that my Jabra pair was waterproof.
I bought Jabra Elite 8 Active earbuds and they've been the best ones I've had so far.
Sadly Jabra decided to leave the earbud market after 8
😭 Thank god I managed to snag one of their last pairs, then!
thank you but i need ear buds not over ear headphones :)
They come in both formats
I miss Jabra! Cats kept getting a hold of mine, I have ADHD, kept forgetting to hide them and they ate literally ate the tips of two pairs in a row. I eventually transitioned to cheaper buds (Nothing) and more expensive headphones (Sony WH-1000XM4). Function-wise Nothing and Jabra is superior to Sony"s slop attempt at an app.
Cheap shitty ones , you wont care about loosing.
Agreed, at this price point brand shouldn't matter much. I would even ignore the "nice to haves" and try to save another $10-20.
Thirded. I'm an audio engineer and producer and will spend actual money on decent wired headphones for home or work, but out in the world I'm a strict proponent of using earbuds that don't cost enough to worry about losing or breaking.
Anker soundcore. They run in the $30-99 range, have all sorts of types that include buds, over the ear, etc. Some models have decent ANC. They also support being paired to 2 devices at once, which is really nice if you use your earbuds with more than one device. Lots of high end models still weirdly dont support dual connections like these $60 earbuds.
I use the sport x20 model mostly because I hate "stick in" earbuds. The ANC on them is solid for the train or general commuting, but isn't up there with brands like Bose/Sony. Good enough for an office environment in my experience, but not "full" silence.
I actually keep coming back to Sony earbuds, because they seem to be the only brand that still makes the earbuds controlled by buttons instead of capacitive touch. Had the Sony WF-C500 for a couple years and they still work perfectly fine, but I recently bought a pair of WF-C510 because I wanted multi-connection Bluetooth (so that I can use my PC, tablet and phone audio without fiddling around and re-pairing all the time). They were like 35 bucks.
May I recommended you join the wired headphone club? The perks are: infinite battery life (even after years of use) and they're crazy cheap. I got my jbl 305c for 20€ a year ago (just random ones I picked). They've lasted me perfectly every day, no paring or battery issues. The only issue would be that noise canceling doesn't exist. Just saying, consider the other side. The grass is greener here.
Ya I went back to my earmagic e11 and apple sells a fantastic USB DAC for 10 dollars for some reason
try soundcore.. it's owned by amazon so you may not want to. i have a pair of the space a40 and they are comfortable and have ANC.. they make a number of different styles and then have different price points in each style
Woah back up, no they aren't. They are sold heavily on Amazon but Amazon doesn't own any part of them.
my bad..apologies... bad brand association. i still bought them though
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I have the sport x20 and while they're above your budget ($80) I just wanted to add my recommendation to soundcore. They're my favorite over the ear earbuds that I've tried so far. They're super comfortable, they stay in my ear whether I'm running or laying down with my head against a pillow, and the sound is pretty good. The only thing I don't like is that the charging case is really finicky and if I'm not paying attention sometimes I dock them to charge and go to use them the next day and they're completely dead. But I like them enough that when I can find a spare $80 I'm hoping to buy a second pair because I'm tired of constantly transferring this case around between my different backpacks for work, school and normal life and then having to go on a treasure hunt to figure out which bag I had them in last when I want to use them at home.
I'd recommend Anker's Soundcore series too.
I was also a Skullcandy fan (still have a pair of their Dime 2 earbuds I like to use when I'm going to sleep). The Anker p31i are my daily drivers now, though. For around $30 on sale, they have active noise cancelling and the batteries last all day -- I didn't charge the battery in the carrying case until a month after I bought them.
definitely want to avoid amazon if possible, but thanks!
For the record Soundcore is not owned by Amazon. They are sold heavily there but that's it. And I also recommend their products, they are what I consider the best bang for your buck when it comes to audio equipment. Anker charging products are also the same company and also good cost to quality ratio.
i do like anker, lemme check that out!
Soundcore is owned by Anker, who also own eufy. While I wouldn't trust Anker any further than I could throw them, I have owned Soundcore products since they were still branded as just Anker.
I keep a pair of Liberty 3(? Maybe) as my "kitchen" ear buds and I took my Q30s around the world with me (and it absolutely shows, they're thrashed). They're fine audio products but for the price - Amazing.
Any specifics on why you’re anti-Anker? If the quality sucks, that can be improved. If they’re actively trying to destroy democracy and the middle class, that’s kind of different.
Anker's eufy brand claimed all local storage for their security systems but they were routing everything through AWS for displaying the feed - hence not trusting them but as far as I know no major, flock-enabling scandals or anything.
Also, they're a company. Yet another reason not to trust them. By the time I'm finished writing this post they could've done a bunch of terrible stuff.
Very true. Any publicly traded corporation is basically by definition operating as a psychopath. Sometimes we get lucky and they’re slightly less terrible than the others and sometimes that changes overnight.
Search for anker recalls. They have had plenty of dangerous recalls for bad batteries. I have multiple of their products and have been pretty happy overall, but there is a risk.
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Fairphone have some that are repairable and have replaceable batteries. I haven't tried them, so can't couch for sound
I have a pair of Fairbuds, I've had them about a little over a year. I've been meaning to write a review but I have not come around to It yet. But the short and sweet is, They are neat. I love the repair ability of the hardware but they feel like a "beta" product due to the software/firmware. Within 2 months of getting them I had sent them for warranty service. That after doing all the troubleshooting available without a second pair available.
The reason for the warranty service was that the left earbud just stopped responding, this after; randomly disconnecting, complaining about low battery(even with a brand new battery), randomly lowering volume until completely silent(only the left earbud, device volume did not change).
Came back after they replaced left earbud, now it worked but still have the same issues before, except now it responds. I want to say that they work most of the time. But things bugg out way to often to say that with confidence. I'm pretty sure all the issues are software or firmware relates but since no new firmware has been released since I got them I can't say for sure. I would not recommend them, based on my experience to someone who isn't in it for the support of the fairphone project.
Thanks! My current cheap pair of edifiers have been going a few years, but one of the batteries is dying.. Might get another year out of it, maybe the Fairphone ones will be more stable by then..
Walmart distributed brand
JLab Go Pop+
They fit well, not stick buds like airpods.
Audio quality is high, not a lot of features but the android app lets you use an equalizer.
No noise canceling, instead they have a feature that lets you kind of use it like hearing aids while still hearing your music (be aware mode).
Never had pairing issues.
I have these, and they are both excellent and cheap.
i need noise cancelling as my job is noisy :)
To me they act like earplugs, physically blocking the four industrial cooling units, the two packing machines, a jacarder, and two band saws from bothering me. The music is a side benefit.
Airpod type stickbuds can not block this much noise.
My alternative is foam earplugs for gun ranges rated at 32 decible noise reduction. They just dont play music
(Added: noise canceling doesnt work in my situation, so actual noise blocking is ideal)
EarFun Airpro4 Plus
I also used to be a pretty enthusiastic Skullcandy user, but agree that in recent years they've pretty much downgraded to the reliability level of the cheapest no-name garbage you'd find at a gas station counter hanging between the cardboard air fresheners and unregulated sex pills.
You can usually get some late-model Soundcores in that range, and I've always found the ones with 4.6 stars or higher to be solid. Their ANC isn't fantastic, and for music they aren't great, but they're my go-tos because I'm a podcast guy and the battery life is pretty good for the price. The Soundcore Life earbuds are the ones I might avoid, but Soundcore Liberty and Soundcore P##i series have been "fine" across the board.
KZ AN-01 earhooks paired with pretty much any KZ IEMs of your choice (buy from AliExpress). It fits your budget nicely and you still get outstanding audio quality whether you need it or not.
I like a lot of bass, so I use mine with a pair of KZ Decet with Tangzu Sancai wide bore eartips. The KZ Duonic is also a great choice.
Last couple of earbuds I got that are cheap, comfortable, worked well were TOZO. Found them.on Amazon. They have ANC but no over the ear hook. About $30.
The best I've ever had is soundcore x20. They can take a beating, comfortable with adjustable hooks, have sound that's enough to get you in the range between goregrind and dub, and have a decent anc, and usb-c charging port . The only downside is that battery is weakish.
Earfun make some pretty good budget earbuds. Great value.
Missing the tile tracking feature which was honestly fire. Idk how sweat resistant
I've been very happy with my JBL 130. Nothing fancy, but good sound, excellent noise canceling for the price. For me few earbuds are comfortable but these fit well for me.
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