Ear Bud Recommendations

[false_aesthetic]

I'm humbly turning to the V-Salon Collective for ear bud recommendations. A bit more info is below.

Thanks!





I have been a devoted Jaybird user for 5+ years. Their X2 and Tarah models were great. But the Vista and Vista 2.0 models have been problematic (this seems to be common if you check out Reddit, Facebook, etc)

* vista #1 : right ear bud died within a month
* vista #2 : warranty replacement. same issue
* vista #3 : warranty replacement. same issue after a year.
* vista 2 #1 : left ear bud 50% quieter than the right. out of box
* vista 2 #2 : right ear bud's mic/noise cancelling is different than the left. sounds like treb + mids are cut. makes me feel lopsided.

The thing that gets me is that when the product works, it works well:

* fit is great, they never fall out of my ears and never irritate me.
* moderate size
* the app is one of the better ones and combined with the hardware the sound is good
* minimal noise when wind passes over them. Isolation is great when I'm listening to a podcast and working in the shop.
* Vista 1 was IPX7 Vista 2 is IPX8 (or there about)
* Vista 1 mic was fantastic for Zoom meetings. Vista 2 was crap.

[cash]

If you're a member of the Apple collective, EarPod Pro v2 are remarkable. The noise cancellation is fantastic.

[Tom_Bishop]

I've been really happy with Anker Soundcore A40 after first few months of use. Battery life is really good, USB-C, great sound and price. The blue tooth is what really won it for me - I swap between iPhone to AppleTV to Peloton to MacBook and these don't make it hard like my old Bose ones. Lots and lots of great reviews out on the A40s, including Wirecutter..

[rec head]

Pixel Buds were included with my phone. They are OK but I wouldn't buy another set.

[Too Tall]

+1 What Mr. Jason says. I purchased the new Ipod Pro 2 a couple days ago to solve a problem wearing hearing aids during heated Ashtanga Yoga (it's sweaty and hard blah blah). The sweat was killing my expensive hearing aids. Using the Airpods in transparent mode with amplification (three r. side clicks of your iphone) maxed they are the answer to my sweaty prayers. They are very sweat proof.

You don't care about this, consider it a bonus. As straight up earbuds they are amazing. Earbud controls work, quick swipe up/down controls volume or a squeeze pauses/ends/calls or changes from transparent/noise canceling modes.
Noise cancel mode is very good and I'm comparing them to some fancy pants Bose noise canceling earbuds I use on the motorcycle.

Because you did not spend enough....there are aftermarket eartips that stay put and are memory foam covered with thin silicone: https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0...?ie=UTF8&psc=1 Yep, good stuff.

That's more than you needed.

[32x20]

Y'all gonna cost me more $$ with talk like this. While on the trainer last night I was trying to listen to a podcast on the speaker with limited success.