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Go with the redmi buds 6 active they last longer on a charge, stay in better while running and have fuller bass then the lite or play.
I got redmi buds 6 active, good but too big for my ear
Redmi Buds 6 Active sound quality is good but it won't fit properly on the ears. Also it shows the connectivity issue with the Laptop. Multiple time I tried to connect with my Windows Laptop. It's not connecting. So my opinion is don't buy this product. It's a waste of money.
Me compré los 6 active y me parecen súper incómodos. Me quedan flojos y siento que se me están por caer todo el tiempo. Creo que si me quedarán bien, tendrían un buen sonido (si los aprieto en mis oídos se escucha con buena calidad, pero sino casi no puedo escuchar los bajos). Por lejos, los auriculares más incómodos que me probé en mi vida. Tan vez tiene que ver con la anatomía de mis orejas pero nunca tuve este problema la verdad. Se los hice probar a otras personas y piensan lo mismo que yo. Me arrepiento de haberlos comprado.
The Redmi Buds Pro 4 were my favorite for a long time, I even got "upgrades" but ended up going back to them. Amazing ANC, great sound quality, very reliable while walking or moving around, fast pairing, good features. Then got the Redmi Buds Pro 5 with the "gaming" dongle, that actually does lossless 48khz/24bit or low latency. The best ANC I've tried, the sound quality is transparent in terms of codec, and the eq settings let you do whatever you want really. They somehow sound better than the Pro 4. It's a chinese 'exclusive' but you can use the app features with the apk set to chinese location (can be done in any language, I use CN location EN language). The ones I can recommend currently are the Redmi Buds Pro 6 "gaming" edition. I recommend this ones because the earlier ones are not available, they're around the same price as the predecessors although they add even more features like 3D space head tracking. The dongle now gerts stored in the case (which is a big convenience) and there seems to be a higher lossless sampling rate which would be overkill over 48/24. If you can't get the Dongle version, the regular one is still amazing, does LDAC, LDHC, MIHC and other formats. I think it depends on the phone or device you will use to play music which to recommend, for example if you have a chinese phone, LDHC would be a good idea, but if you have a Qualcomm processor the best choice is AptX Lossless / Adaptive and a Qualcomm Audio pair of earbuds.
Xiaomi Ear Dot 6 for $20 are honestly way better than they have any right being for $20
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