Author: Josiah
Josiah is a technician, while he is not in the lab you may find him testing headphones and DIY audio devices
True wireless earbuds’ sound quality is getting better, and it comes close to the wired earbuds like $60 FiiO EX1 (the current price on Amazon) I bought back in 7 years ago) and for call quality their performance is nearly matched or even top the professional Bluetooth headsets. …
Without China’s supply chain we might not have had products that are surprisingly cheap but with quite good build quality. TWS earbuds since their debut in 2014 costs several hundreds of dollar, now you can buy a good pair with just $25 bucks. Indeed there are countless model …
Not many people wearing wired earbuds today. Commuting in cities with ANC TWS are great – you experience cable free and blocking out the noises. But that experience is costly, top notch ANC TWS like Jabra Elite 85t, AKG N400 cost at least $200. Fortunately 1More recently released …
As the iPhone 12 ships without a charger and headsets users who prefer sticking to wire have to quest for lightning earbuds. A note that lightling earbuds are competial with Apple devices like iPhone, iPad, iPod. PALOVUE Lightning earbuds Unlike Earpods, these earbuds have better noise isolation with …
Amazon’s Best Sellers in TWS Earbud 2021 Apple and Samsung are top players in $100 TWS earbuds market. TOZO has 3 best selling pairs and all of them have unique design and cost less than $40. They provide pretty basic features for listening music and calls, meanwhile the Occaim, …
I once compared this to Bose Hearphones, here’s my note about the Sony WI-1000X. Sony WI-1000X Noise cancelling performance Comparable to Bose, but WI-1000X is better at higher frequencies because the eartips sealed the sound in. Comfort and fit 61g – heavier than Bose QC 30 The …
QuietControl 30 an excellent set of ANC headphone has been renamed to Bose Hearphones, which is advertised as conversation-enhancing headphones. It lets user hear what they want to hear by filtering out the noise and enhance the human’s voices. Here are Bose Hearphones’ specs Bose Hearphones Noise cancelling …
Wired Bluetooth earbuds are Bluetooth connected with your phones but they are linked togheter by a short wire, cable, headband or a neckband. Previously I reviewed Go wireless, there are just a few models of wireless ANC earbuds. Since the battery have to power 2 functions bluetooth connection and …
Now when you look for ANC earbuds you end up with three options: wired, Wired/neckband Bluetooth or True Wireless. This post I round up a couple of great wired noise cancelling earbuds for those who have phones with 3.5-mm port. How noise cancelling works? ANC earbuds and ANC …
I’ve been working on an Bluetooth Android app for a long time. The app gets GATT characteristics for battery level, manages Bluetooth connection and sound customization. This allows me to read a lot of information about Bluetooth chip and their functionalities. Often we heard about new TWS models …
Environmental Noise Cancellation in short ENC works similar to Adaptive Qualcomm’s Noise Cancellation technology. Often there are 3-built-in mic on each earbud to do the job. The earbuds will automatically adjust the noise cancelling performance according the environment it senses – one mic must continuously pick out the sound …
Currently, TWS market get countless brands and models. More and more smartphone users switched to use this type of earbuds for their compact size, wireless experience. Apparently like almost Bluetooth earbuds, once you pick the buds out of the charging case they are automatically connected with your phone. …
Some sports lovers still like wired Bluetooth earbuds, these type of earbuds you might think are obsolete, but for fitness they still stand. AUKEY Key Series B60 are great for sports for their solid Bluetooth connection with Bluetooth 5.0 and IPX5 rating. Once earbuds are clip together they …
The latest pair of TWS from Amazon will include transparency mode and better NC performance. They will be shipped in May 2021, and their price is set to $120 for standard version and $140 for wireless charging case model. If you pre-order you can get a discount of …
Sony WF-1000XM4 is the latest pair of TWS from Sony that gets certified for Hi-Res Audio Wireless. Sony WF-1000XM4 will be smaller, lighter and more comfortable than the previous version WF-1000XM3. In terms of sound quality, the first perhaps will inherit excellent Sony WF-1000XM3’s treble and mid-range, and …
Bold in design, sturdy sometimes heavy but wireless ear hooks are truly for those are heavy weightlifting champions. This list is curated by Python web scraping – the models are selected by top reviews from online retailers like Amazon and other tech review websites. The most important feature …
Neckband Bluetooth earbuds still have room for adding more features, unlike TWS with limited space making it hard to build more hardware into housing. Considering sound quality and feature such as ANC, given a choice between TWS and neckband Bluetooth I still prefer neckband if they have better …
Wired earbuds have no transparency feature or mic’s noise reduction technology, how would they ever have better calls? The fact: Traditional wired earbuds don’t have CVC tech or similar as implemented in TWS. This tech is powered by Bluetooth processors that have functioning of filtering out the ambient …
Long before true wireless earbuds’ era, we once had this personal sound amplifer that look much like TWS today, but they are not for listening music and Bluetooth transmit from your phone. Earbuds with transparency mode now are capable of sound amplification like AirPods Pro or Samsung Galaxy …
I started noticing the FIIL with FIIL T1X TWS – a pair of budget earbuds that sound good for the price and their higher end models like FIIL CC – that apparently is a copy of the AirPods’ design and sounding profile and admittedly they did great. The …
