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BeRandom1456My 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.
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.
bootcutflareNot sure if Beats counts as Apple but I got some $40 Beats Buds Pro for $40 for sleeping
~$40 used on Amazon. The clear ones, cause clear haha
Born_Somewhere_9788I 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
fromthedarqwavesBeats Pro 2 refurbished. If you have a Mac it’s a plus. I use AirPods Pro 2 for all of my video calls but the Beats Pro 2 have the clip.
General_Ad9776I 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.
GeologistSweet9645I couldn’t keep AirPods in my ears no matter the different pieces they came with. So I bought Beats Powerpods Pro and they finally fit and stay in 😬. I’m waiting for the day that something changes with the AirPods so I can stay with Apple.
Gladcat69The 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
HHoaksDid 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.
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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