| Wireless Earphones Help, Please 19:52 - Oct 29 with 6011 views | BrianMcCarthy |
Ok, need help, please!
I've never owned wireless earphones
It's time.
Can anyone recommend a cheap pair for gym/walking?
Criteria:
1) They don't fall out all of the time - huge problem with wired earphones
2) They don't need a fitting/jack that slots into the iPhone as I want to protect that port
3) Waterproof
Noise cancelling would be great, but not essential.
Quality isn't everything for this set.
Thanks in advance. |  |
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| Wireless Earphones Help, Please on 14:50 - Oct 30 with 1779 views | cheeseydane |
Ive tried everything the last 10 years or so as I need music or audiobook while I work as a landscape gardener. Recently bought some 'Shokz openfit Air' which kinda have a hook over and behind the ears. I have to say they are the best I've tried. No chance of them falling out no matter what you are doing, and the sound quality is good. Middle price range, around 100 quid. |  |
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| Wireless Earphones Help, Please on 08:03 - Oct 31 with 1551 views | londonscottish |
Everyone in my family has ended up with Samsung Galaxy Pro 2's.
Now down to £80. Fantastic sound for the price plus normal/ambient/noise cancelling modes. |  |
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| Wireless Earphones Help, Please on 08:33 - Oct 31 with 1520 views | hubble |
I'm not looking for earbuds, but nevertheless, this thread is better than reading a Which? report on them!
This place is a well of knowledge. |  |
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| Wireless Earphones Help, Please on 10:05 - Nov 1 with 1249 views | londonscottish |
A mate of mine recently bought s set of them for running - I'll ask him how he's getting on with them.
Interestingly, they do a version for swimming - you download your media files onto the headset for that version. Clever idea. | |
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| Wireless Earphones Help, Please on 11:25 - Nov 1 with 1186 views | nick_hammersmith |
| Wireless Earphones Help, Please on 10:05 - Nov 1 by londonscottish |
A mate of mine recently bought s set of them for running - I'll ask him how he's getting on with them.
Interestingly, they do a version for swimming - you download your media files onto the headset for that version. Clever idea. |
Yeah, the normal ones I've got don't have a massive range.
I can cut the grass and they still work if my phone is indoors, but any further away and they drop the connection.
The only feature I wish they had is some way of skipping thirty seconds via a tap or button press on the headset.
I also listen to a lot of podcasts and enjoy the ability to skip 30" |  | | |
| Wireless Earphones Help, Please on 12:28 - Nov 1 with 1145 views | Drewster |
I have some Sennheiser Momentum 3 earbuds, they are pretty good and fairly easy to set up. I have found they ache a bit after a long period of having them in. Its all about finding the right fit with the wide range of earpiece buds and supports. £189 when I bought them, and not sure if they have justified that expense.
For the gym I have a pair of Soundcore A1 earbuds and these are brilliant. Fitted perfect straight out the box, great sound, massive battery life and £40 from Amazon! Cannot praise these enough.
Just treated myself to some over the ear cans, Bose Quiet Comfort Ultra headphones. Stunning sound and noise cancelling. Not used them for long periods yet but have a 10 hour flight coming up next week which is the test. Heavy on price though £450, but 5 star rating by What HiFi. If you can stretch to these, go for it.
Trick is setting your budget and making sure you find the right fit. |  | | |
| Wireless Earphones Help, Please on 12:44 - Nov 1 with 1127 views | londonscottish |
I've had a couple of sets of Momentums - the in-ear ones with a neck band for the gym and the over-ear noise cancelling ones for flights, etc. Can't remember the model but in the tests for nice cancelling over ears it's always Sennheiser vs Bose vs Sony.
I had Cambridge Audio buds for years which sounded excellent but tended to have flaky BT connectivity which would drive me to distraction. So I have a go with the Samsung Pro 2s and was impressed; same audio quality along with seamless connectivity.
When I want to go into full audiofile mode I have some Flare in-ear monitors that a studio mate gave me. They look pretty shit and are wired BUT they sound amazing. They used to be mid £200-ish, now £99. If you can put up with wires they're fantastic. | |
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| Wireless Earphones Help, Please on 13:00 - Nov 1 with 1118 views | BklynRanger |
| Wireless Earphones Help, Please on 12:44 - Nov 1 by londonscottish |
I've had a couple of sets of Momentums - the in-ear ones with a neck band for the gym and the over-ear noise cancelling ones for flights, etc. Can't remember the model but in the tests for nice cancelling over ears it's always Sennheiser vs Bose vs Sony.
I had Cambridge Audio buds for years which sounded excellent but tended to have flaky BT connectivity which would drive me to distraction. So I have a go with the Samsung Pro 2s and was impressed; same audio quality along with seamless connectivity.
When I want to go into full audiofile mode I have some Flare in-ear monitors that a studio mate gave me. They look pretty shit and are wired BUT they sound amazing. They used to be mid £200-ish, now £99. If you can put up with wires they're fantastic. |
I've always stuck to the idea that wired is better sound than bluetooth, because BT always has some level of compression.
Not sure if they've somehow got round that in recent years?
I still use wired ones for sitting down at home though. When my beloved Denon pair finally fell apart I got some Audioquest Nighthawks, which apart from their hilarious name are beautiful things. Now discontinued so the headband is held on with elastic bands until I can get somebody to fix it properly. |  | | |
| Wireless Earphones Help, Please on 19:27 - Nov 7 with 912 views | londonscottish |
| Wireless Earphones Help, Please on 13:00 - Nov 1 by BklynRanger |
I've always stuck to the idea that wired is better sound than bluetooth, because BT always has some level of compression.
Not sure if they've somehow got round that in recent years?
I still use wired ones for sitting down at home though. When my beloved Denon pair finally fell apart I got some Audioquest Nighthawks, which apart from their hilarious name are beautiful things. Now discontinued so the headband is held on with elastic bands until I can get somebody to fix it properly. |
Wired will always be better than bluetooth because of the losses from the latter.
At home, I connect my phone to my hifi via Google Audio; it directs the wifi signal from my router straight to the dongle in the back of my amp and from there into the amp itself via an optical connection. No BT involved.
Same with the kit on my car; in that case I stream from my phone but that then talks to the audio system via a wifi connection and not a BT one.
I only use BT for headphones as it's just so convenient; I'm always moving around and wires get in the way. | |
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| Wireless Earphones Help, Please on 19:40 - Nov 7 with 887 views | BklynRanger |
| Wireless Earphones Help, Please on 19:27 - Nov 7 by londonscottish |
Wired will always be better than bluetooth because of the losses from the latter.
At home, I connect my phone to my hifi via Google Audio; it directs the wifi signal from my router straight to the dongle in the back of my amp and from there into the amp itself via an optical connection. No BT involved.
Same with the kit on my car; in that case I stream from my phone but that then talks to the audio system via a wifi connection and not a BT one.
I only use BT for headphones as it's just so convenient; I'm always moving around and wires get in the way. |
I do exactly the same thing man - google chromecast dongle thing into the amp. I thought they'd been technically discontinued (?) but it just keeps going.
Agree on the wireless for moving around - a far superior experience. The worst one is getting them yanked off by somebody's handbag on a crowded train. Very jarring. | | | |
| Wireless Earphones Help, Please on 20:19 - Nov 7 with 864 views | ChrisNW6 |
| Wireless Earphones Help, Please on 08:03 - Oct 31 by londonscottish |
Everyone in my family has ended up with Samsung Galaxy Pro 2's.
Now down to £80. Fantastic sound for the price plus normal/ambient/noise cancelling modes. |
I also have the Galaxy Pro 2s and like the sound and little extras like the find my buds feature. Really handy if you drop one or it falls out. But my bug bear is the are bloody noisy in windy conditions or if your riding a bike. |  | | |
| Wireless Earphones Help, Please on 11:35 - Nov 11 with 726 views | londonscottish |
| Wireless Earphones Help, Please on 19:40 - Nov 7 by BklynRanger |
I do exactly the same thing man - google chromecast dongle thing into the amp. I thought they'd been technically discontinued (?) but it just keeps going.
Agree on the wireless for moving around - a far superior experience. The worst one is getting them yanked off by somebody's handbag on a crowded train. Very jarring. |
Discontinuing the Chromecast Audio was a really stupid move. For anyone who already has amps and speakers it's a perfect way of bring them into the 21st century. Excellent audio quality and you can use any app (Spotify, Tidal, Deezer, SoundCloud, Amazon Music etc etc etc). And you can group them in zones; except you don't have to bin all your old kit and spend £thousands getting locked into Sonos for the privilege. And have to use their shitty app (although I think they might have opened that up now). And wait for them to brick you kit to force you to buy the new stuff.
I have 2 x CCAs in use. I also bought 3 additional new old stock CCAs after they were discontinued. One's now with my son in Leeds (plugged into one of my spare amps and a spare set of speakers) and I have two in a cupboard. [Post edited 11 Nov 11:38]
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| Wireless Earphones Help, Please on 15:13 - Nov 11 with 626 views | CateLeBonR |
I've not tried them (or any type of earbud) but a mate of mine swears by these. Think he had a problem once where they fell apart but he just sent them back and got free replacements. He's well into his cross country running and cycling so you can guarantee they get a good working over. |  | | |
| Wireless Earphones Help, Please on 20:57 - Nov 11 with 564 views | BlackCrowe |
| Wireless Earphones Help, Please on 15:13 - Nov 11 by CateLeBonR |
I've not tried them (or any type of earbud) but a mate of mine swears by these. Think he had a problem once where they fell apart but he just sent them back and got free replacements. He's well into his cross country running and cycling so you can guarantee they get a good working over. |
Considering asking Santa for airpods pro (have used £20 earbuds for years that are mostly a nightmare to bluetooth connect - takes 5 mins before they work). Question - good for running or do they fall out? |  |
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| Wireless Earphones Help, Please on 05:13 - Nov 12 with 486 views | Bedford_R |
I have 4 pairs of Soundcore Liberty 4 NC's and will be buying the Soundcore Liberty 4 NC Pro's during the Black Friday sale.
I got each set of Liberty 4 NC's for £67.99 last year but they are now £59.99 on Amazon.
The sound quality is extraordinary for the price and the Soundcore App to control them is one of the best on the market. You can tune the earbuds to your exact needs as they can analyse your hearing to get it right. The ANC is quite impressive too.
I use the LDAC codec with my Samsung phones which is lossless and sends much more data than the usual codec's. I also make sure that I use High res audio files. This makes a big difference for to sound quality - increases the soundstage and the volume slightly. |  |
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| Wireless Earphones Help, Please on 09:04 - Nov 12 with 440 views | londonscottish |
| Wireless Earphones Help, Please on 05:13 - Nov 12 by Bedford_R |
I have 4 pairs of Soundcore Liberty 4 NC's and will be buying the Soundcore Liberty 4 NC Pro's during the Black Friday sale.
I got each set of Liberty 4 NC's for £67.99 last year but they are now £59.99 on Amazon.
The sound quality is extraordinary for the price and the Soundcore App to control them is one of the best on the market. You can tune the earbuds to your exact needs as they can analyse your hearing to get it right. The ANC is quite impressive too.
I use the LDAC codec with my Samsung phones which is lossless and sends much more data than the usual codec's. I also make sure that I use High res audio files. This makes a big difference for to sound quality - increases the soundstage and the volume slightly. |
LDAC & other CODECs....... Well there's another rabbit hole...had to have a look.
I have a Galaxy S23 and had to put it into developer mode to get into the HD Audio menu.
The best I can get is Samsung's SSC which is 24 bit/48 Hz and up to 512 kbs
Not as good a LDAC (24 bit/96Hz and up to 990 kbs) - but better than the default setting. | |
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