Beats (Apple) Powerbeats Pro 1

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Sentiment score76% positive
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Last updated: Apr 17, 2026

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Reddit IconBeneficial-Suplex
12 months ago

i have the og and i’m subscribing to “if it’s not broken, don’t fix it.” sure it’s missing newer amenities but they work great. not sure what the price difference is but if it’s not much ig just go with the newer ones.

Reddit IconBeRandom1456
11 months ago

My AirPods Gen 1 sound better than my power Beats Pro 1st gen but the pros have buttons, battery lasts longer and they stay in my ear and are more comfortable. so I don’t care about the audio quality. music and podcasts and calls sound fine.

11 months ago

I have not tried anything else. I sent my pros to get a battery replaced by Apple. They ended up charging me 275$. Just gave me new ear buds and my old case back and no ear tips. They won’t do anything about it. total rip off.

Reddit Iconbootcutflare
3 months ago

Not sure if Beats counts as Apple but I got some $40 Beats Buds Pro for $40 for sleeping

3 months ago

~$40 used on Amazon. The clear ones, cause clear haha

Reddit IconBorn_Somewhere_9788
11 months ago

I have too many myself. Method 360 anc, liberty nc, galaxy 2, Rail anc, 1st generation powerbeats pro and a box of others. Apart from more wired ones

Reddit IconGeneral_Ad9776
6 months ago

I lost my Galaxy bud 3 pros and haven't been the same since. They definitely had the best noise canceling. Right now I'm playing with beats pro buds and they suck. You can't even turn them on without the case.

Reddit IconGladcat69
6 months ago

The previous powerbeats pro where SOLID headphones, not the new ones, they’re just too tinny and weird, only real upgrade over the original is the ANC

Reddit IconGreedy-Award-3710
12 months ago

Keep getting this skipping sound when they’re in my pocket at the gym. Have to think it’s a connection issue? Hopefully there’s a fix soon. Love the sound quality and button touch features. Never had this issues with beat pro in ears. Really annoying.

Reddit IconHHoaks
11 months ago

Did you have spatial audio OFF in your testing? I find that spatial audio negatively impacts the punch of bass, and makes things more trebly and collapses the sound in your head towards the center. The emulation of "space" doesn't work well. Much better with spatial audio turned OFF. I can say that with spatial audio off, these are better than my Powerbeats Pro 1.

11 months ago

I did the test fit for me and it clearly worked. I started off with the default medium, which if I moved my jaw seemed to loosen -- and the fit test confirmed my experience. Next tried small -- way worse, by feel and confirmed via test - rarely got a good seal. Tried large, and seemed to be good (I thought this was it), but then I noticed it didn't always get a good fit at first when putting it on. So it required more effort than I liked to adjust it. Finally, tried XL. Seemed right almost immediately, couldn't shake it loose with jaw movements, and went in on first try much easier. All confirmed via fit test. So the fit test worked for me, for sure.

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