Interesting to me. I've been through many of the top listed models as a heavy user and a bit of an audiophile. My actual personal pick(for the price) for best sound and quality build would be my JLab epic lab editions. Dual driver, the mid/highs coming via armature.
This is great data, and is greatly representative... but ultimately what people talk about is what is either the absolute cheapest decent Chinese bud, or the most heavily marketed and prevalent brand.
Agreed. My JLab epic labs nowhere on this list. Data is data. It's represented as it is collected. My conclusion to this is, Reddit is botted out, and victims of successful marketing strategies.
So far, I've found the JLab Epic Lab Edition. Thanks to the two drivers, the sound is very good for both listening to music and creating an atmosphere in games. But the convenience could have been better.
It depends how sensitive you are to audio latency. Literally any Bluetooth headphones will have perceptible audio latency, even if you can somehow find those that support AptX-LL.
The Steam Deck also doesn't support AptX Adaptive, so low latency is off the cards for that too. I spent a week researching trying to find something that would be good with Bluetooth on my phone but also have low latency on my Steam Deck, and had almost given up hope when I found the JLab Epic Lab Editions which I just bought.
Sound quality is very good for the price, and they have an included USB-C dongle that has basically 0 latency for use with the Deck. The ANC is pretty good too, definitely acceptable in the price range. I haven't tried the mic on them though.
If you're willing to go mid-range $ then definitely Jlab Epic Lab Edition earbuds for 120$. Can compete with the 200-300$ earbud pricepoint of sound quality.
I got several Epic series including the Lab edition. The pods I like the best for the $60 I paid for them. The Labs sound pretty good but something in the soundstage is off. I get tired listening to them quickly. The H3’s are far better for sound quality.
My favorite higher end for sound quality, build quality, ANC/transparency, features, and mic quality? AKG N5 Hybrid.
My favorite mid-range all around? Probably Steelseries Gamer Buds Artic X.
Another good all-around are the Jlab Epic Lab. Let me know if you want them, I'm trying to sell them and I can post them on hardware swap.
Best deal? Sony Inzone buds. I think you can still find these used for under $60, sometimes under $50. I wouldn't spend a full $200 price for brand new though.
Best budget? Anker P10. New they are around $60, used they are around $30.
Top Wireless Earbuds on Reddit
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Apple
AirPod Pro Series
67% positive of 2,932 users
Apple-integrated, great ANC, but fit issues & poor Windows support.
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