JLab - Epic Lab Edition

I absolutely love my pair of JLab Epic Lab Editions. The space and separation are fantastic. Balanced with fantastic equalizer presets. The MSRP for $200. I seen them on sale as low as 70 bucks! Definitely the highest quality case as well.

Thumbs up for a great analysis and to a Perl Pro fellow. I went from AirPods Pro 2 to MTW3, then Free Byrd, Status Between 3anc and Pro, Perl Pro, Svanar Wireless, Gemini 2. And had Jlab epic lab, Jabra 85t, 7 elite and 10 elite, MTW4, Sony XM5, Cambridge m100 briefly. Perl Pro is the most comprehensively all around with emphasis of sound quality and stage presence.

My current favorite is the Jlab Epic Edition with the technics silicone tips. I cant believe how good it sounds, and that is after buying and returning almost all of the good ones. Denon perl pro, status 3anc, beoplay EX, xm5 etc. Transparency is so good for me, like 80% of airpods pro 2. Sound is leagues ahead of course, with LDAC and dual drivers. Only thing i dont like about them is the design. It looks too edgy but oh man the sound is unreal.

Fit is good for smaller ears. I too have a smaller ear profile. Its just the design is not minimalistic (i dislike overbranding or loud designs in anything) but i believe the jlab epic edition destroys the nothing ears on sound. I just tried the nothings again and i still remain on the fact that the treble region is on the grainy side. The presentation is also very forward in the sense that, it is very in your face. Technics and jlab have better spacing and layering on the music. Each instrument have their own space, their own respective planes. I guess i only found this out after listening to them for a very long time. I am talking about months, going to a year now.

I just got them for black friday. I have the AZ80 for a while now and i can safely say they can be in the same league with the Technics. Maybe a tad more refinement and resolution on the AZ80s, but the Jlab have stronger bass extension.

If you can try Jlab Epic Lab Edition, bought them for 120eur, also have B&W Pi8 for 350, Jlabs are on the same level sound wise

Let me start by saying that I am not usually one to write reviews. However, since I work with live sound and produce for a few bands, I'm no novice when it comes to audio. Over the past few years, I’ve used various wireless earbuds, including the AirPods Pro 2, Google Buds, Galaxy Buds, and Sennheiser Momentum 3s, before finding my true favorite: the Sony XM4s. They were amazing—until they weren’t. Out of nowhere, one earbud stopped working. No big deal, I thought; I’d just buy a replacement bud. Unfortunately, you can’t do that with Sony’s earbuds because each bud needs to be on the same firmware version before you can update them. As a dedicated Sony fanboy, this was disappointing. I was left with one bud on a battery-draining firmware and no way to fix it. Then, one day (Prime Day, to be specific), I got the shopping bug and saw JLab's Epic Lab Edition on sale for 50% off. I figured, why not? I pulled the trigger, and they arrived a few days ago. Let me say, the sound quality is actually incredible—not just for $100 earbuds. I’m talking it's on par with the Sennheisers and the Sonys. Yes, the bass hits hard for you bass enthusiasts. The ANC is pretty good as well, though nothing comes close to Sony’s. Now, back to the Epic Labs. The case’s build quality blows everything else out of the water. It’s metal, and the hinges feel as solid as the AirPods cases—an impressive step up from the XM4s. The case also includes a USB-C 2.4 GHz dongle, which is brilliant. I haven’t noticed any latency when using them with my gaming rig. I’d also like to give a shoutout for including a braided Type-C to Type-C cable, three sizes of foam tips, and three sizes of rubber tips. While I’ll stick with my SpinFits, I respect JLab for their high-quality offerings, especially at this price point. It really makes me hope that other major brands will step up their game. Worth $200 so far, if you find them on sale snag them right away. will update if i have any issues.

As a Sony fan boy, I really didn’t want to like them as much as I do especially considering how much cheaper they are. They feel more quality in the hand than any other earbud I’ve tried. Glad you’re enjoying them aswell

Awesome! Dude you won’t be disappointed, they’re absolutely nothing short of a premium earbud for a jaw dropping price

It’s actually pretty darn good. I will say, no headphone on the market touches AirPods transparency’s mode, but it is definitely very usable in an office use case

I personally made my own, but signature sounds good and so does bass boost

So you probably could, I haven’t used them for that however. I use them for YouTube and movies on my work computer and haven’t noticed any latency at all. I have a pair of open backs I use for gaming at the house

Disclaimer I am a PC gamer. So no idea how they are on console) But here’s an update With the dongle latency isn’t an issue. I’ve found my self using them for single player games a lot actually. Having noise canceling in ears while gaming has been an absolute game changer for immersion. The sound is rich, and the bass is good. Playing Jedi survivor and hearing all the beautiful lightsaber sounds while feeling them without any noises of the outside world is truly something amazing. However. Playing online games with friends is something I do not enjoy about them personally. Granted, it maybe just me. The mic quality is meant for phone calls, and is very acceptable for that. But not so much in the world of gaming headphones with built in decent mics. Or especially compared to my current setup with a Focusrite audio interface plugged into my XLR shure. Granted yes, you can use an external mic if you’d like. But In my shoes, my Audio interface gives me a feature that allows me to hear my voice straight into wired headphones with 0 delay at all. Yes windows has a feature like this, but it has a delay (on windows side, not the jlabs). And that single feature keeps me from using them for gaming online. Over all I’d say pull the trigger, from what I’ve seen they go on sale half off frequently. And tbh, it hurts to say as a Sony fanboy. But ever since I got these, I haven’t really thought about getting another pair of Sonys. They have been the least buggy headphones ive ever had

Really wasn’t that impressed with them TBH

Fine I guess. Fit didn’t feel good

They were good but fit didn’t work for me

I'll say that these are all fine choices. My favorite buds happen to not be on any list. They have amazing sound, come with foam tips, have an 11 hour battery life and another 46 hours with the case. Wireless charging, ANC, Transparency, all the essentials. Dual drivers, multi-connect, even a usb c dongle that fits in the case, and can be found on sale for as low as $99. I'm of course talking about the Jlab Epic Lab buds. I've owned many pairs, and these are my favorite right now. Sound is 9/10, Aaronknowsbest I think compared these to the xm5 and they sound identical. battery life is 10/10, up to 11/12 hours with no features on, about 6.5 hours in my testing with LDAC and ANC turned on. Comfort is 9/10, connectivity is 10/10, still remains pretty portable with its larger battery size. Case is made from metal. Bottom half of buds are a clear smoky plastic so you can see inside of them, very cool. They check all the boxes for me. 8 hour work day? No problem. 3 hour gaming session with lag free dongle while combining game sound with party chat? No issues. They have a pretty far Bluetooth range as well. They might not be the best in every category but they're the best for me. Just goes to show you that while there are overall earbuds that are ranked in the top five, there's going to be some outliers that some people are going to love above all of them.

The steel series Xbox version game buds.. Better than the Jlab epic lab and Anker VR P10. You actually do get around 8 hours on a charge with ANC or transparency. USBC dongle is case friendly and has a super low latency. There's over 100 presets for each game. They are my new favorite gaming buds. There's like another 32 hours in the case

How does it do with transparency? I use that a lot when I am at work and every bud I have tried has either been subpar or has had hissing and I always end up going back to my airpod pros. I would like something else since I find the airpod's to be uncomfortable

Well these just arrived today and after playing with them for a bit I’m happy to report there is not any hissing! Transparency sounds outstanding, but it could be just initially impressions. I will test them out tomorrow when I go to work and get a better impression. So far very impressed with everything, especially the sound and transparency! Got these in sale for Black Friday for $100 and I would say it’s well worth it!

Update: I used them at work today and they definitely have a hiss behind them. It is not as bad as some other earbuds I have used like the Oneplus buds pro 3 and the nothing ear 2. I will still use my airpod pro 2 at work for transparency but I will keep these around since the sound quality is unbelievable and to my ears they blow the airpods out of the water.

As someone who has like, 17 ear piercings, I find the in-ear wireless buds like the JLab Epic Lab work well and don’t cause any irritation like AirPods do. Otherwise, any over-ear headphones work. I have various helix, conch, daith, rook, tragus, antitragus piercings.

I have found earbuds like JLab Epic Lab, Beats Studio Buds, Sony XM5 buds, Samsung buds, pixel buds are MUCH more comfortable. I can wear them for hours straight without ear fatigue.

JLab also has a mini anc bud. I like the epic labs due to the battery life, the minis are like 4-6 hours constant usage.

JLab epic lab edition is my #1 soundpeats capsule 3 pro+ is my #2 realme buds air 5 pro would be my #3 (or air 6 pro depending on the pricing but both are very good)

All around for me JLab epic lab. I just can't help but going back to them everytime bro I'm addicted to the sound

I will not get the az100 because I'm already in possession of too many earbuds 😅 and I already love my JLab epic lab and my soundpeats opera 5 and capsule 3 pro + in terms of sound quality (and that's almost all that matters to me)

JLab Epic Lab Edition. Everything is great about them. They even come with a usbc dongle that allows you to connect super fast and with low latency 👌

Check these out. also JLab Epic Lab Edition True Wireless Earbuds, Hybrid Dual Drivers, Spatial Audio, Multipoint BT

Don’t sleep on Jlab Epic Lab Edition ($95) for gaming. They come with a USB C dongle for BLE, which uses LC3 which has latency as low as buds with a 2.4ghz dongle. Excellent sound, good ANC, and BLE battery life is better than if using a regular BT connection.

Underrated earbuds, great transparency, solid noise canceling, really good sound with the Knowles Signature preset. The USB dongle comes in handy as well. You can regularly find these under 100 and compare favorably with the Sony and Bose.

the only Jlabs that are good are the 2 new ones that have dual drivers. the rest are...meh. just ok

I'm surprised the Jlab Epic Labs aren't on this list... Just got em and those dual drivers make these things crazy. Not to mention the build quality being better than literally anything on this list. They probably are comparable to the denon perl in terms of sound from what I've listened to on them so far, though they do need a bit of EQing to get there. Also slightly less detailed of course, very Bassy in typical Jlab fashion

As per sound quality alone, az80 or jlab epic lab edition(this has low latency dongle as a plus not found in others)

I agree, the JLab is just plain good. All 3 tunings are fantastic as well, plus the low latency dongle makes gaming a possibility. I have way more expensive buds and still consider them great. Also gotta love the volume limiter option for 80 or 90 db. Also imo JLab makes the best foam tips that don’t mess with the treble.

Anker sport x20 are perfect if you like hooks. I also love the sound and deep bass of the Jlab epic lab edition

The build quality is top rate and much better than everything else I have, but I wish Jlab would add more options in their app. For the price, it's pretty bare, plus I don't know why they didn't provide reviewers with samples. I think they would've gotten very good reviews.

I do have the epic lab addition and they’re freaking amazing

I feel your pain. Low latency Bluetooth is a total mess at the moment what with LE audio (LC3) being locked behind Intel EVO PCs in the PC space or having to buy a dongle such as the Creative BT-W6. Some devices that support LE audio that I have tested and know work: Creative Aurvana Ace 2 Earfun Air 4 Pro Jlab Epic Lab Edition - also has a dongle that uses Opus that's even lower latency Sony Linkbuds-S Sony WF1000XM5 Aptx-LL is on hardly any buds at all. Aptx-Adaptive-LL is on several. Look for buds with Snapdragon sound. However, many devices don't backwards support Aptx-LL correctly from Aptx-Adaptive. I've tested Aptx-Adaptive-LL with Bose Quiet Comfort Ultra and it worked reasonably well.

I have tested the Jlabs. But I would put them on a budget list.

I recently got some JBL Epic Lab buds, and they're wonderful! they connect via usb-c dongle.

This is marketing and brand reach doing what it does best. There are plenty of brands doing great things in the market that aren't getting a lot of attention. JLAB's Epic Lab earbuds were fantastic; JBL, Moondrop, Nothing Ear, SoundPeats, numerous other brands tested very well against the top of my list, which consisted of the Denon Perl Pro, Technics AZ80, Sennheiser True Wireless Momentum 4, Sony XM5, AirPods Pro, B&W Pi7 S2 and Pi8. I have the AZ100s on the way, and I'm sure they'll occupy one of those top spots. It's important to note, however, that many of these brands do not need to push as many units to remain successful. At the economies of scale companies like Sony, Sennheiser, and Bose are operating at, the investment into their production, distribution, customer service, and operations pipelines is immense. They are likely expecting to sell tens of thousands of units, to the thousands that other brands need to turn a profit. And while you may see those more prolific brands everywhere, don't forget the communities of people on social media platforms that regularly market and recommend the opposing brands. They're not as common, but that's to be expected and will remain that way by nature. In other words, while the popular brands may be ubiquitous, that is by design. It doesn't mean opposing manufacturers are on a downward trajectory. This was the assumption when Jabra cancelled its TWS ANC lineup, and that may have been part of the decision, but Jabra had other, more profitable interests and chose to constrain their business goals around those interests because there was more opportunity there. As someone that's tested dozens of ANC earbuds (and has a wide ranging collection of dedicated, wired IEMs), I have very few biases when it comes to competing brands. If it works well, I'll use the thing. I have no qualms recommending a pair of Soundcore VR P10s, right alongside top-tier TWS sets if I think it fits the individual's use case. Recently, I took a long flight overseas and left all the other major TWS brands behind and took a cheap pair of PortaPros and a $20 pair of Aliexpress stem-style earbuds with me. Everyone else on the plane was wearing AirPods.

Jlab Epic Lab are an easy pick. Very good sound quality and battery life. Often on sale as well.

Sound: Sennheiser's Momentum lineup, Denon Perl Pros, Technics AZ80/AZ100, and B&W Pi8, in that order (taking into account Sound Personalization and AAT are being used). Everything else on the market, from the typical brands, falls below that line -- APP2, XM5, Bose QC Ultra, etc. Longevity, having tested dozens of these sets, the AirPods Pros are likely to outlast most of the other brands (my first and second gens are still charging well without any discernible issues). I've had battery and charging issues with the XM4s and XM5s, Sennheiser's MTW3 (MTW4 hasn't been on the market long enough to know whether there are any battery longevity issues); Denon is already showing serious battery degradation issues; Technics are in the charging issue camp as well (one or both earbuds often do not charge and need to be reseated often, similar to the Sony's); Pi8 has intermittent connectivity issues. The list goes on. There are outliers like the JLAB Epic Lab Edition, which have excellent battery life and seem to hold up well over time. Surprisingly, these are some of the best sounding and longest lasting buds on the market, for sometimes half the price of competitors. It can't compete with the top brands on tuning, but it gets damn close for the price. At some point, chasing sound quality (and longevity) begs the question, should you just sacrifice wireless connectivity and choose a traditional IEM? Despite owning most of the current premium earbud lineup, I find myself recommending and often daily driving the Epic Labs -- just due to the convenience of the battery life alone. And if that battery starts to degrade, there's enough overhead where I could still potentially get a good amount of time out of them before the issues are untenable.

This is a repost, but is still relevant. Sony and Bose are still the leads if ANC is your main priority. However, they are much further down the list if you're prioritizing sound quality/tuning. My current rotation consists of the Denon Perl Pros, Technics AZ100s/AZ80s, Sennheiser Momentum True Wireless 4, Bowers & Wilkins Pi8, and a few other budget options (JLab Epic Lab, Beats Fit Pros, etc.). The Devialet Gemini II and Noble Audio Rex5 are both pricier sets, but the Gemini II -- while it's an excellent sounding earbud -- had several issues that held it back for me. The deal breaker in my case was latency, which was quite high even for a TWS. The Rex5 is the best earbud Noble has put out thus far, but they need to make improvements to their app and overall user experience. My current rotation looks something like the AZ100s, MTW4 and Denon Perl Pro, as each provides a good overall balance of battery life, sound quality, and features. The AZ100s have excellent ANC, that gets close to competing with Sony and Bose, but is a slight downgrade in some areas of the frequency response compared to the AZ80s. The battery life is excellent, however, which makes them a contender as my main travel earbud. The Denon Perl Pros with AAT can be one of the best sounding buds on the market, but AAT can be hit or miss for some and is very tip dependent -- and I do suggest you change the tips, to something like the Dunu S&S. The Perl Pros also offer an EQ over the top of the AAT correction, which is a nice touch. I still reach for the MTW4 a lot of the time as well; with Sound Personalization it is still one of the best sounding earbuds on the market, with very solid ANC and transparency. The new Smart Control Plus app finally allows you to disable ANC, which was the only real weak point of this set. I was not as sold on the Pi8, although I found the "case as transmitter" feature much more useful than I assumed it would be. I preferred the bass response of the Pi7 S2. In general the Pi8 feels a bit safer, and a bit more boring, for lack of a better word. It is still an excellent sounding earbud if you prefer a more balanced, more neutral tuning that prioritizes clarity and detail. I tend to lean towards warmth and energy, and so it didn't quite make the top of my list. If you’re a neutral plus bass boost lover, it doesn’t get much better than the Pi8 in this price range. TL;DR: For now, this market is still juggling a "winner" and you'll be hard pressed to decide what is the “best” for the price -- no matter if it comes at a premium. Of all the major brands, I lean heavily toward the MTW4, Denon Perl Pro, AZ100 (unless you enjoy metal/rock, then replace this with the AZ80), and the Pi8, in that specific order. If you want a more budget conscious set, you can often find the JLab Epic Lab for half the price of the aforementioned brands, and it’s a set that’s not recommended enough. Excellent sound quality and decent ANC for the price.

Denon Perl Pro with the large wings and Dunu S&S replacement tips, or the MTW4. Both are the two sets I will grab most for runs/gym. Never had an issue with either. Pi8 is probably the worst for me for fit security, followed by the Technics and XM5s. JLab isn’t bad despite being a traditional barrel shaped bud, but doesn’t get loud enough or have strong enough ANC for gym work.

I posted this on the retroid sub and no one really seemed to notice, but I wanted to let yall know about this deal. I spent quite a while researching a pair of good wireless, low latency headphones for use with my RP5. I initially picked up a pair of Sony Inzones on sale for $100 refurb, which had good battery life, decent sound, but no regular Bluetooth codec so I was unable to sync them with my phone. The pair I had really been eyeballing, that seemed to get the best reviews were the JLab Epic Lab Edition, but they were $200. They’re currently on sale for $70. I ordered them Friday night, got them Saturday, and can confirm they are great. Sound quality is way way better than the Sonys and they feel more premium (case is metal and dongle is much more compact). I’ll be returning the Sonys and keeping these. If you’ve been looking for some in this price range, I would highly recommend these https://a.co/d/8xwsRZb

Nobody gonna talk about the JLab epic lab? Better sound quality then most of the big names and scent anc

I just picked up the JLab Epic Lab edition and they sound fantastic and do everything very well. It also comes with a USBC dongle to connect to your computer so it should be great for work use too. They are $200 but on sale for $150. I want to pick up the Jbl Tour Pro 3 never tried them but the case being the dongle thing also seems to be a good fit for office work.

I've used it before. Definitely a step up from their epic air sport airbuds. And there's no hissing at all from what I can tell.