- David and David here to tell you about the
best earbuds of 2021. It's about a six month
followup from our first video. - Right, so far we've spent
over $8,000 on headphones to bring you unbiased reviews. So we think you can trust our ratings. - Yeah. We've listened to eight tracks, every single pair of headphones, all assessed for comfort, durability, portability. Let's just dive right into it. - Let's dive into it. - Timestamps are in the description if you just want to skip
right to the results. - Exactly, and if you really
like these, please subscribe, please join the channel. Anker Soundcore Liberty Air 2 Pro. Oh, it's a slider. - [David 1] It's a slide up. - I also liked that the
case is relatively small. Yeah, I mean, these feel very much like the original air pods. The little pointer design there. Got a whole bunch of sizes, look at that. Too many sizes, too much liberty. My grade for this, I just put yikes. The treble was ridiculous. - I started laughing during the Beck song. (David laughing) The B sounds, the P sounds, all those things more like farting. (farts) - AirPods Pro. Apple's top of the line earbuds. - These are actually my AirPods Pro, so I threw away the box a long time ago. So sorry. It's an Apple box. You know what you're signing up for. - Personally, I thought
the original AirPods just fit a little bit better. How do they make your ears feel? - Fine. Yeah, I take these to the
driving range sometimes. They're very light. I think they're very comfortable. The Spatialized Stereo is a great feature. It sounds really cool. It sounds wide. - Of have all the headphones
we've listened to so far. - Of all the gin joints in all
the towns in all the world. - That's my least favorite Beastie Boys. Got kind of muddy and just ergh. - [David 1] Thank you. - They're good ear buds. And if you have an iPhone
or an iPad or a Mac, you won't be disappointed. But they're not going to blow your mind. Audio-Technica, QuietPoint ATH-ANC 300TW. I'm not going to say that every time. - [David 1] It looks like little feet. - It does look like little shoes. - Little shoes. The color doesn't match. - Yeah. Well, it's painted black
and it's very dark blue. They're cozy. - Not super comfortable for me. - Oh my gosh. Downhill from the start. - Where is the sound? It's not physically painful. - But flat. - And very quiet and flat, yeah. - Not immersive. - [David 1] My overall take was can hear the sound that comes out of them and that's the problem. - Boom, roasted. - Bose QuietComfort Earbuds. We made these videos about six months ago. These were my favorite. - Bulky case. Compared to the AirPods
three times bigger. - Yeah. - Everything about this
screams quality Bose. - Does kind of remind me of those little Bluetooth ear pieces people
used to make phone calls on. - It is literally a Bluetooth earpiece that people make phone calls on. - I found myself looking
for a little bit more bass on a few of the tracks. Maybe I was looking through rose-colored- - Bose-colored glasses. - Bose-colored glasses. - We had our Bose-colored glasses on. I thought everything
was a little bit trebly. I thought the Stevie Ray Vaughan song had a nice amount of space. - I don't know if they're going to hold on to the top spot this time. Bose Sport Earbuds. - We are not paid by Bose. Even though people accused us
of that after our last review. - Yeah, I wish. - [David 1] Little bit of a bulkier case than you may be used to. - The flaps, not super firm. This feels like they're
making them for my ears. So roll 56, what'd you think? - My only complaint is
that I think it sounded a tiny bit thin in the top end, like a little trebly at times. I think that the bass
sounded pretty balanced. - The space, 3D space, the full stage. - The full stage, the fullness of it. - It's not quite there. - Not quite there. Yeah for $180, I feel like these are the value pick. - House of Marley Redemption ANC Earbuds. It's interesting the way they set it up, where they put the earbuds
separate from the case. I liked the design of the
case and the earbuds, really. The wood accent it has. They don't feel comfortable at all. They're like falling
out when I turn my head. - I mean, this, this piece,
like, see, it's already giving. I mean, they're, they're snug. I think they're too big. - I didn't really get the 3D space at all in the songs we were
testing it for, and flat. - Flat, flat, flat,
totally flat, flat, flat, flat, flat, flat, flatter than a pancake. I'm just going to put these on the floor because there's no trash can behind us. - Jabra Elite 85t I have to say, I think the 75Ts were our least
favorite headphones of all. Looking at the case itself. Pretty small. Good, fit in your pocket. Actually these are fitting okay. - They have a very officey looked to me. - Very comfortable and light though. - These are $229. - Okay, well, they better feel good. - Good passive sound isolation. They suck. - I thought they were all right. They were at, I think you didn't like
them as much as I did. It wasn't top of the line, but it was, you could definitely get the 3D space. - There was a lack of
high-end, there's no hi hat, no crispy stuff, in
the mid-range was okay. - By no means the best headphones
we've listened to today. Klipsch T5 II True Wireless Sport. What is going on in here? - It's got a built-in
desiccant to the case. That is going to be waterproof. I think. Yeah. They actually look really cool. Cool blue light glowing. - So just be careful. IP 67 is not, not permanent, - Blah. - It feels like they weren't
super crisp with the sounds. It just felt like it
was missing the space. - High-end clarity. Kind of flat. Just a lot of mid-range for me, it sounded really mono
to me, no definition. It was very blah. - Occiam K23 TWS. That's a mouthful. Wow, that's a big case. - Big giant soap bar case. - It doesn't really open all the way. They definitely feel secure and snug. - I don't think these
go in my ears very well. Very little of the
passive noise canceling. - Yeah, I mean, I was
not impressed by these. We're listening for overall clarity. Well, there wasn't a ton of clarity. Wide dynamic range,
clarity from loud to soft, there wasn't that. - Where da bass? It sounds like you get
about 40% of a track. You just don't get mid range or low end. - Here they are OnePlus Bullets, kinda reminds me of the Beats Flex, wireless ear buds that
just have a gigantic wire. So if you hold it here
at your end of the table, - It's kinda long. - It's what, three feet? Two feet? - No case. - I'm not a fan of the
rest it on your neck thing. - Whoever said they wanted us
to review these is in trouble, even the outside, like
this part, it's just sharp. - We pretty much know what these are and we know what the price point is. And I thought these sounded pretty good. - Yeah, you're wrong. Like a ton of bass. These are like bass boost headphones, a pretty decent mid range. And then it covers up the high end. You get the base and not the space. - Samsung Galaxy Buds Pro. So this is, I think the
smallest case so far, this if you like black this is off to a really strong start. - How much more black could this be? And the answer is none. None more black. - Comfy. Snug. - They're very shiny. I don't think these feel very comfortable. So after it plays a noise, there's this electronic processory sound. Not very good passive noise canceling. - I was pretty impressed by these. - I thought these were great sounding. - Yeah, light on the
base, but just slightly. And I thought the 3D space
was really excellent, especially for earbuds, but
maybe just lacking a little bit. - [David 1] There was
definitely a treble boost, a slight boost like around the S sounds. - Next up, we've got the Shure Aonic 215 True Wireless earbuds. It's pretty big. - [David 1] You can't
put it in your pocket. - [David 2] What do you think about the black on white there? - I think it's cool. - This plastic is pretty hard. That might get gradient after a while. Some of your buds, you kind of leave them
in, you kind of just forget they're there. That's not going to happen with these. - So it's just like,
there's too much here. Like it's almost dangerous. - I feel like there were,
like, some questionable noises and like, I wouldn't say crackling, but it didn't sound right. - Poor Michael. No.Bass.net. These things are poor
excuses for headphones. Great headphones for
people who don't like bass. - I just think they're bad in general. Skull Candy Indy ANC Fuel. This case feels kind of cheap to me. - [David 1] Two toner. - [David 2] Now what's going
on with these little tips. - [David 1] It got two things that conform to your ears. - One thing I do like about these is that it gives you a few
different ways to customize. You don't want the flap, take it off. You want different ear
caps, change them out. Another decent pair of ear buds, to me. The bass sounded a little rumbly. - It's like there's bass, but there's a lack of clarity to it. - Do I feel like I'm
in a live environment? No. Does it sound good? (in unison) Yeah. - Also when I was listening
to the Morning Song by Beck, there was a little cutout for me. - [David 2] I heard that too. - [David 1] So that
could be a real concern. - Next up, we have the Sony XM 4 earbuds. - We heard you people. - I like how it clicks
back a little bit more too, some of the cases we've looked at, the case doesn't go back all
the way, it doesn't click. I mean, these really fill up your ear, maybe a little bit too big. - Too big how? - [David 2] The body of it. - The outside, not the ear. It's not totally tight for you? You're doing something wrong. - Really excellent noise canceling. - Ridiculous. The best I've ever heard. - Yeah, they're pretty good, I don't know. - Pretty good?
- Yeah. - I thought they were fabulous. - I think you're not
going to be disappointed if you get these, it not as wide as some of the other earbuds. I don't know. - [David 1] No, you don't know. I'm not sure that anybody else is going to be able to beat those. - The tests are over. It's time to start handing out the grades. What was your number three? - My number three earbud
was the Bose Sport Earbuds. What was your number three? - My number three, bit of a
surprise here was roll 62. That was actually the Jabra Elite 85t. - Yeah, this is shameful. So for me, the Jabra
Elite 85t's were sixth from the worst out of about
18 pairs that we tested. So we sorta disagreed on this one. - Yeah it's actually
kind of a surprise too, because the 75t's were the worst. - What the (beep)? (Dave laughing) - I can't believe how bad these are. Terrible, too much bass, nothing else. Right. I mean, for me, I wrote "just totally missing high-end,
decent clarity otherwise." - I gave it a lot of fours, a lot of fives. - I gave it a lot of twos
and a lot of two and a halfs. So I don't know what to tell you. - Yeah, difference of opinion, there. - Different strokes for different folks. - 229 price tag. Might be a little. - 179 price tag - A little bit high. Well, those might be
showing up on my list. What was your number two? - My number two, were the Sennheiser Momentum True Wireless II, which are not here right now because we reviewed them a few month ago. - It was a whole other experience. Fabulous sounding. Not even close to these. We pay for everything
ourselves, as we've said before. So adding another $299 price tag to our already $8,000 bill was a little bit much. But they are fabulous headphones. You're here to hear about the headphones. You're here to hear about them. - My number two were the Galaxy Buds Pro. They were a surprise because last time the Galaxy
earbuds were not great. This time, these are really impressive. - I thought that these
were extremely comfortable. If you're looking for a
comfortable pair of headphones, sound's great for these. These were number four on my list. I was going to have them be number three, but then I found out that
they weren't quite as cheap as I thought they were. These are actually cheaper than those. - These are 199, number one overall. - Yeah, number one overall for me, and we're going to
disagree on this as well. Sony XM 4s by a mile. And I do want to say that last time it was the Bose Quiet Comfort Earbuds and the Sennheiser Momentum True Wireless which would stand out way above the rest. That's why Sennheiser is still number two. Bose, however, has fallen off the list. Why? Yep, these guys, they have
fallen right off the list. Remember that firmware
updates come out all the time. That change the quality of the sound that comes out of every
pair of wireless headphones. The software on these headphones
has a lot to do with it. For me, far and away. The best sounding headphones I have heard in the earbud
category are the Sony XM 4s. And these were one of
the number one requests from people in the comment section. - Yeah, I will say
about the quiet comfort. It's not like they're bad. These were number four for me. - Yeah, me too. - But the quality just wasn't as good as the first time I listened to them. - Yeah, I don't know exactly what changed, and we actually didn't believe it. So we listened to them
on two separate days, but it was consistent. - Yeah, for me the Sony XM 4s they just didn't really fit
in my ears all that well and I was like, am I crazy? So I went online, so I went online and
looked at some reviews and this is a problem for people with smaller ears a little bit. So maybe I'm not crazy. We did try the smalls and it still wasn't a great fit for me. - It was more about the
outside of the earbud for you, right? Cause there's kind of a
bulbous outside to it. So maybe if you're giving these as a gift to a little kid or an adult-sized
man with smaller ears. - There's no need for anyone
looking at my ears anymore. - Then be careful of that. I think that they were
extremely comfortable. They were about as comfortable as the Sennheisers, probably a little bit
more comfortable for me. Probably the most comfortable pair. - We'll say, best noise canceling. Not, not even close. - Yeah these were a solid five for me. Of all of the headphones we reviewed, we're talking like almost
50 pairs of headphones across all the different categories. These got the highest rank for me. - Yes so maybe it's just
an ear thing for me. Try them out, test them out if
they don't fit well for you, send them back. If they do work, great. For me, my number one was roll one and that was actually
the Bose Sport Earbuds. - Wow. - Yep. - You thought these sounded
better than everything else. - I, yeah. - That's insane. - Well, the thing is about these. When we reviewed them last time, they were really bass heavy
and we were like, "Okay, they're exercise headphones." The bass is going to be ridiculous. - I felt like these
were optimized for bass. - That's what I'm assuming. I'm assuming you're working
out, you want to hear more bass and so they just tuned
it up, just a little bit. It sounds like Bose
kind of toned that back just a little bit. - I agree. - So I really, really liked them. - Yeah. - Super comfortable. I do like that little
tip that they come with. - And that's really the difference I think between the two of us. The Sonys, the Sennheisers are the type and Sony's come with memory foam too, which is awesome where you
can sort of roll it up, it goes right in your ear. A lot of passive noise canceling. The Bose style has more of the tip that sort of gets pressed
up pressed into your ear, but doesn't actually
go into your ear canal. So if you don't like
the idea of things going into your ears, but I mean, that sounds scarier than it actually is. I think that these are
the most comfortable. David thinks these are
the most comfortable. I get it. It's a good point. - Yeah. - Go ahead. - So what about the worst three? - Now let's talk about the worst. - My number three on the worst
was the Shore Aonic 215s. Roll this case on over here. - Roll it over here. - So let's put the good ones on my side. - Get them out of here. Oh yeah, and then I'll take
the bad ones on my side. - Yeah, there you go.
- There you go. It's appropriate. For me, these were the number four worst, but a dishonorable mention
for the price, which is $200. I wrote, they have a
disturbingly low amount of bass. They're great if you don't
like the sound of bass, at which point David
got mad at me and said, "Everybody likes bass. Why are you saying that?"
- Did I say that? - I was like, "I'm joking." I'm being facetious. Great headphones for
people who don't like bass. - I disagree. - What? - I just think they are bad in general. - Okay me too. It was a facetious statement, David. - Even if you don't like bass,
don't get these headphones. I do remember that now. They also, weren't very
comfortable for me, even though they have the tips
that I kind of like, well, maybe these are the ones that
go over your ears, so no. - These are the ones where
if you turn your head, the bottom of them are so big that they bump against your
collar or against your neck. It's just like you're
wearing tonsils on your ears. - What was your number three? - The tonsil phones. My number three was the House
of Marley Redemption ANCs. Unfortunately these had
no redeemable qualities. Really weird EQ. Some bass, some mid range, some lower high-end . Some sort of a weird EQ where there's some bass,
and then there's a dip, and then there's some mid-range,
and then there's a dip. And then there's some lower
of the high-end spectrum, but then there's no upper
of the high-end spectrum. I think that they sounded terrible. And the price of $159 is wacko. - I didn't rate these very highly either, but they were maybe number four worst. - Number four, worst, all right. - Wasn't a big fan. Number two for me where the
Audio-Technica QuietPoints. - Interesting. For these, I wrote you can hear the
sound that comes out of them and that's the problem. - Yeah, these just that they
weren't that impressive. And especially, Audio-Technica we loved
those over ear headphones. - Yeah, they make great products. - These just were not great. - This is not a great product. - I give them a two on a good day. - Yeah, I didn't think
that they were comfortable. (crickets chirping) - Not super comfortable for me. I actually gave them a two as well. Yeah. Not good headphones. No, I didn't. I didn't give them a two I gave my number two a two. - Okay. - Let's get to my number two. - What's your number two? - Occiam, The K23 TWS, super thin, decent clarity on the high end. Absolutely no bass or low end. If you like the sound of bass
don't get these headphones. So these are the Occlam K23 TWS. If you remember the K19 sub was the Soviet Nuclear submarine. (record scratch) And a bunch of people died. This sort of falls right into that tradition of being
radioactive and terrible. The K23s. - Yeah, I didn't rate
these very high either. I give them a 2.5. About where the house of
Marley's were for me, so. - These are $43 headphones and I don't think they're worth it. - Okay well if they're $43, okay, well, you're getting what you pay for. Number one worst for me were the Soundcore Liberty Air 2 Pros. - We were talking about
the marketing behind this, let's have the conversation. I'm the Chinese company,
they're made in Shenzhen, Soundcore. "What do Americans like? They like Liberty." - Air. - "They like MacBook Airs. They like MacBook Pros. And this is the second one we've made. Liberty Air 2 Pro. Okay." - These got a yikes from me. - Yeah. For me, they weren't that bad. They were right in the middle of the pack. Decent balance, just too much treble, and then the treble would
get a little distorty, definitely below average. But David hated them. - I am not a fan. - Yep, that's understandable. - Your number one worst? - Number one worst. And I was really
surprised when I found out that they were the
Audio-Technica QuietPoints. They actually were too quiet. I felt like Audio-Technica
hit the nail on the head in the wrong way with this one, where I
had to turn up the volume to even hear them as
loudly as the other ones. So unfortunately Audio-Technica,
a brand that I love. - [Harry Potter] He trusted you! - I hate these headphones. - Yeah, sort of another
dishonorable mention here with the Google Pixel Buds from last time. We didn't review these again. - Wait a minute. Where did those, how did those not ended up on my list? - I don't know. You said you were going to put them there. I was reaching to get them and. - For whatever reason, I forgot to, okay. They're so bad. This is number two. Number one worst headphone not to buy. Google Pixel Buds. These things are shamefully bad. There's an electronic sound. It's just bad electronics that you hear. It crackles while you're
listening to the music. They sound terrible, terrible, terrible. And yeah, these are just, I think I just put them out of my head. Out of my mind. - When I was looking at the reviews for the Sony checking
for the small ears thing, one person actually left a review saying they threw their Google
Pixel Buds in the trash. And I would actually agree that the Sony's are significantly better than the Pixel Buds. - That's very generous of you. - Not a very bold statement. - I'm sure people at
Sony right now thinking, "Whew, wow, that's great." - Yeah, gonna add that to
the website, testimonial. - Better than the worst earbuds. - To summarize, Sony's XM
4s, Bose Sport Earbuds. I liked the Jabras. He didn't like them as much. - I didn't like them. and it's not just because
I don't like Jabras. It's totally blind. I had no idea which ones they were. They also have sort of an
office environment look to them. I wasn't too crazy about the style. - Those are our favorite earbuds. Thanks for watching this video. Give it a thumbs up if you enjoyed. Leave us a comment down below, we'll do another followup
in maybe another six months. We miss any headphones this time. Let us know. - Yeah, we'll review them.
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