i have been a skullcandy stan since like 2010, they have always been a solid budget choice and last a long time. my very favorite pair of theirs has been the Push Active. the fit, quality and price hit for me and i have used them for several years. however, the last couple pairs i had have stopped pairing, only showing up as “Tile” in the BT menu.
i replaced them with some Smokin Buds due to my tightened budget, and they worked alright for a month or so, but now there is no media audio. they still produce audio because when i put one in i get the “connected” message.
i just want a comfortable pair of earbuds for work that are sweat resistant, noise blocking, preferably with the over-ear hooks. i dont need outstanding audio quality, i primarily listen to audiobooks and podcasts while working. my budget is 50 bucks give or take.
i havent had the need to look outside of skullcandy til now, and looking at options online is very overwhelming for me. any reliable brands would even be a great starting point for me.
cheers!
Seconded for Soundcore. I rock the Space A40 and they’re a great daily. Good price range and a neutral soundstage. Decent separation for the price, for sure. Get the app for a little hearing test and it’ll EQ to suit you… Which you can then adjust to your actual preference.
BT shocks openrun they’re conduction so you’d need ear plugs but tbf outside noise doesn’t really affect them. You could pop ear plugs in.
Linsoul zero 2’s are the best budget earphone I’ve brought not Bluetooth though.
I disagree with this suggestion. They said they have a tight budget and want noise blocking headphones. Shokz are great (especially for audiobooks and podcasts) but they are expensive and specifically designed to not block sound. They sound muffled and weird if you use ear plugs.
Anker soundcore. They run in the $30-99 range, have all sorts of types that include buds, over the ear, etc. Some models have decent ANC. They also support being paired to 2 devices at once, which is really nice if you use your earbuds with more than one device. Lots of high end models still weirdly dont support dual connections like these $60 earbuds.
I use the sport x20 model mostly because I hate “stick in” earbuds. The ANC on them is solid for the train or general commuting, but isn’t up there with brands like Bose/Sony. Good enough for an office environment in my experience, but not “full” silence.
Oddly, JLab Go Air Pops are $10 on sale and extremely decent.
I actually keep coming back to Sony earbuds, because they seem to be the only brand that still makes the earbuds controlled by buttons instead of capacitive touch. Had the Sony WF-C500 for a couple years and they still work perfectly fine, but I recently bought a pair of WF-C510 because I wanted multi-connection Bluetooth (so that I can use my PC, tablet and phone audio without fiddling around and re-pairing all the time). They were like 35 bucks.
The best I’ve ever had is soundcore x20. They can take a beating, comfortable with adjustable hooks, have sound that’s enough to get you in the range between goregrind and dub, and have a decent anc, and usb-c charging port . The only downside is that battery is weakish.
Earfun make some pretty good budget earbuds. Great value.
Missing the tile tracking feature which was honestly fire. Idk how sweat resistant
Take a look at Scarbir’s website he has a really extensive list of earbuds, often the more lesser known and cheaper bang for the buck brands.
Wow, thanks for that link, it’s a game changer!
Oh boy I love how Lemmy thinks that we need to have a system for handling users posting relative links for some reason. But specifically for relative links that change based on the viewer’s instance. Because under no circumstances will someone put in a URL without https://
This isn’t a Lemmy thing per se. Lemmy just takes the URL you enter and renders it into HTML; in HTML a
hrefwithout a protocol is treated as a link relative to the current domain (i.e. your instance).
Fairphone have some that are repairable and have replaceable batteries. I haven’t tried them, so can’t couch for sound
I have a pair of Fairbuds, I’ve had them about a little over a year. I’ve been meaning to write a review but I have not come around to It yet. But the short and sweet is, They are neat. I love the repair ability of the hardware but they feel like a “beta” product due to the software/firmware. Within 2 months of getting them I had sent them for warranty service. That after doing all the troubleshooting available without a second pair available.
The reason for the warranty service was that the left earbud just stopped responding, this after; randomly disconnecting, complaining about low battery(even with a brand new battery), randomly lowering volume until completely silent(only the left earbud, device volume did not change).
Came back after they replaced left earbud, now it worked but still have the same issues before, except now it responds. I want to say that they work most of the time. But things bugg out way to often to say that with confidence. I’m pretty sure all the issues are software or firmware relates but since no new firmware has been released since I got them I can’t say for sure. I would not recommend them, based on my experience to someone who isn’t in it for the support of the fairphone project.
You can usually get some late-model Soundcores in that range, and I’ve always found the ones with 4.6 stars or higher to be solid. Their ANC isn’t fantastic, and for music they aren’t great, but they’re my go-tos because I’m a podcast guy and the battery life is pretty good for the price. The Soundcore Life earbuds are the ones I might avoid, but Soundcore Liberty and Soundcore P##i series have been “fine” across the board.
My all time favorite was Jabra Elite 7 Active (or something like that), but sadly they went out of production.
These days I use Sennheisser Momentum TW4, and they’re pretty great. I just miss the fact that my Jabra pair was waterproof.
I miss Jabra! Cats kept getting a hold of mine, I have ADHD, kept forgetting to hide them and they ate literally ate the tips of two pairs in a row. I eventually transitioned to cheaper buds (Nothing) and more expensive headphones (Sony WH-1000XM4). Function-wise Nothing and Jabra is superior to Sony"s slop attempt at an app.
I bought Jabra Elite 8 Active earbuds and they’ve been the best ones I’ve had so far.
Sadly Jabra decided to leave the earbud market after 8
😭 Thank god I managed to snag one of their last pairs, then!
thank you but i need ear buds not over ear headphones :)
They come in both formats
I’ve had good experience with JBLs, using a Live Beam 3 rn. Cheaper ones might be around your price range.
Cheap shitty ones , you wont care about loosing.
Agreed, at this price point brand shouldn’t matter much. I would even ignore the “nice to haves” and try to save another $10-20.
EarFun Airpro4 Plus
Last couple of earbuds I got that are cheap, comfortable, worked well were TOZO. Found them.on Amazon. They have ANC but no over the ear hook. About $30.
