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today I'll be scoring and ranking six of
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the best sports earbuds there's going to
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be a total of 12 categories and I'll
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cover the basis of what makes a good
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earbud but also focus on training
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specific categories like running weight
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training and the dust and water
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resistance now the newest Bud on this
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ranking is the Sennheiser momentum sport
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the main contenders there are going to
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be the Jabra Elite a active and Beats
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fit Pro but I wanted to added some
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cheaper alternatives like the soundcore
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sport X10 Jabra Elite 4 Active and the
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old Sennheiser sport cuz it might be
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worth saving some money and going for
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one of those cheaper options you can
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also customize this scoring and compare
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every detail nice and easily with my
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spreadsheet linked below I'll explain
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more about that later though now let's
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start with category one comfort and the
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senisa momentum sport get the lowest
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score with an 8 out of 10 I would
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personally score them lower for myself
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but I don't want to skew the scoring too
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much here because this is just my
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experience with the earbuds but the
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ergonomics are just a bit off they have
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a lot of bulk and chunking areas you
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don't want near the nozzle the actual
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feel in the ear is okay minimal suction
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pressure and they advertise it's a
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semiopen fit but it's just a regular
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inar fit regular ear tips what they're
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talking about there is the acoustic
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relief channel to improve airf flow on
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the earbud which will reduce body Bor
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noise from heavy breathing and the
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impact you make on the ground when
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running but back to the fit if I use any
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of the three sizes of included wing tips
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I get pretty bad discomfort after about
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20 minutes and I tried using the wing
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tips over multiple days to see if my
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ears would adapt but the same issue
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happened and I do have larger than
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average ears so it could just be my ear
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canal shape you can put on a cover so
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you don't have to to use a wing tip and
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the comfort is much better still not
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amazing but I can wear the earbuds for
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long periods without my ears being in
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agony the siser sport also have this
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issue it's a very chunky earbud but it's
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not as bad so they get an 8.5 same with
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the Elite 4 Active they have a bit of a
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deeper fit with some slight suction and
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pressure in the ear canal the rest of
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the buds get a score of nine that just
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have a much lighter feel in the ear and
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they're buds I can wear for long periods
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with no issues now keep in mind this is
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how the buds fit me I've tested over 100
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True W ear buds and I rarely get issues
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with discomfort but I speak to some
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fellow reviewers that have the momentum
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Sport and they had no issues with
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comfort so keep that in mind but now
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let's talk about how secure the bud stay
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in first starting with running cuz
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there's a lot to this so I took all the
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earbuds for a run and I tracked things
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like body born noise so hearing your own
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heavy breathing as well as impact you
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make on the ground it also tracks how
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much the earbuds move and make noise in
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your ear as well as how much wind the
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microphones pick up with the
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transparency mode on so I scored all
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these subcategories on a scale of 1 to 5
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the lower the score here the less noise
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so the better so when it came to heavy
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breathing the Beats fit Pro were the
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best the jbra Elite 4 and AD active have
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the most but still a 3 out of five isn't
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too loud now when it comes to impact on
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the ground when running the main issue
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here is that it kind of reverberates
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into your ear tip and this is a low
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frequency sound which is kind of loud in
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your ear canal but it's also going to
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take away from Bass with the music
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you're listening to so all the buds here
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get a 2 out of five it is quite minimal
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but this is just something to keep in
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mind when you are going to be running
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you might want to turn the the base up a
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little bit in the EQ a unique issue to
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the momentum sport though is with the
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left ebud making a slight clicking sound
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every time I made kind of moderate to
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heavier impact on the ground I think the
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reason for this is that the left ebud
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houses the heart rate and body
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temperature tracking which I'll talk
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about later but I'm not sure if this is
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like a fault with my earbuds only so if
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you do own a pair let me know in the
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comments if you have that same clicking
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issue now the noise the earbud makes in
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your ear canal just by like kind of
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moving out of place can also be quite
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distracting and take away from your
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music so the Beats fit Pro and soundcore
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Sport X10 have the least followed by the
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momentum Sport and the rest of the
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earbuds with a score of three now
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probably the most important thing to
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cover here is how much wind is picked up
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through the microphones with the
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transparency mode on cuz it's likely
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you'll want to be able to hear your
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surroundings when you're outside
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exercising now wind getting picked up is
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inevitable with the transparency mode
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but some earbuds have a lot more than
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others and I will have a full category
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dedicated to the quality of the
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transparency mode later in the video or
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you can just check the time stamps below
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now the senis of sport have the least
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amount because they actually don't use a
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transparency mode but they use aware ear
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tip so that actually l in some sound
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through the ear tips themselves so they
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aren't using microphones to artificially
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pump in your surroundings it's not as
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clear as a transparency mode but it does
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get the job done so the Beats fit Pro
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have the least with a score of two
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followed by the sound sport X10 with a
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score of three and the rest of the
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earbuds have a score of four so when
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wind hits the microphones it's pretty
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loud and it's just another sound that's
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going to take away from whatever you're
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listening to so you might have to turn
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the the volume up especially if you're
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listening to a podcast or low-level
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music and this was tested on a day where
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it wasn't even that windy but when you
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are running due to that forward momentum
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the mics are going to pick up wind if
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it's windy or not now the Beats fit Pro
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Jabra Elite 8 active and soundcore Sport
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X10 all have an automatic wind noise
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reduction mode which will automatically
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turn the transparency mode off when the
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mics pick up wind and then it will turn
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the transparency mode back on when
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there's no more wind detected but the
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issue here is that your transparency
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mode will turn off so you're not able to
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hear your surroundings as well now
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actually can't turn this feature off on
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the Beats fit Pro it's just kind of
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baked into the earbuds but it actually
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works quite well so I explain that in
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the transparency section so taking all
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this into account Here's the final
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scores for running so the Beats fit Pro
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are the best overall followed by the
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soundcore sport X10 and sanaz Sport even
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the dber buzs with that lower score
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they're still not terrible with running
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just keep in mind you're going to hear
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more of that body born noise now
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category three is how well the buds work
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with weight training and this is an
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easier one to score I'm going to give
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all the buds that have a wing tip a
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score of 10 the buds without a wing tip
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a score of nine so if you are able to
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use the wing tips without any discomfort
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that's really going to lock the bud in
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place to the point where you won't even
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have to readjust throughout your
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workouts with the buds without a wing
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tip you might have to readjust here and
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there for me even with the buds without
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a wing tip and the momentum sport
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without a wing tip I'm barely needing to
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readjust throughout my workouts but if
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you're going to be doing more explosive
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movements maybe calisthetics yoga where
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you're really like leaning upside down
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and stuff like that you might prefer a
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bud with a wing tip and another thing I
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look at when weight training is a Bud's
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moving out of place when you're maybe
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leaning over for a row and lying down
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from a bench press the buds always move
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out of place quite easily so for me the
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Beats fit Pro and sanor Sport X10 move
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out of place the most the rest of the
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buds aren't too bad but again this is
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just how they work for me it's really
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going to depend on how the buds fit you
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now category four is the IP rating so
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dust and water resistance so the Beats
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fit Pro have an ipx4 rating so you only
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get water resistance the sport X10 have
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an ipx7 waterproof rating so you can
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submerge those buds in water preferably
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by accident senis of sport have an IP 54
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so you get dust and water resistance the
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momentum sport bumps it up to an IP 55
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rating so slightly better water
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resistance and the buds are also
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shockproof so they have a higher chance
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to survive some drops the Elite 4 Active
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are dust resistant and waterproof but
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the elite a active go all out military
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grade so dust proof not just dust
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resistant waterproof as well as shock
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proof so welld deserving of a 10 out of
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10 score there all right category five
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is case and battery life so with the
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scoring here I'm taking into account
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earbud battery total battery charging
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the case size and if the case has dust
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or water resistance so to keep this
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simple here is all the scoring with all
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the advertised numbers and specs that
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you're getting so pause here for a
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longer look and keep in mind this is
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with noise cancelling on and the siser
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sport are the only Bud without noise
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cancelling and all the cases are quite
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thin except for the siser sport that's
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the chunkiest case I've ever tested and
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here's a top down of all the cases so
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you can see the overall size so Elite 8
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active is the most compact and thinnest
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overall all right category six is
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controls and it's nice to see most of
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the earbuds use a physical button
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control only the ciser sport uses touch
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controls and the new momentum sport use
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touch controls and haptic feedback so
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you have the option to tap on the ebud
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or knee your ear to activate them so you
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could have your earbuds covered with the
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beanie or use gloves and still use the
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controls you can adjust the sensitivity
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but you still need to press pretty hard
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on your face and randomly my left ebod
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won't respond and when I adjust the
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right ebod the controls will activate
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sometimes
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now in further testing when using the
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wing tips I noticed the control
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sensitivity was much better I think this
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is due to my pretty large ears so when
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I'm using no wing tip the top of the bud
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has nowhere to rest so if you have
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smaller ears and don't use the wing tip
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the sensitivity should still be okay but
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again if you can use those wing tips the
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controls are going to work a lot better
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now the earbuds with wearing detection
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are the Beats fit Pro Jabra Elite 8
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active and momentum sport so this will
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automatically pause your music when you
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take one or both earbuds out and resume
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playback when you put them back in your
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ear is and all of the earbuds give you
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the option to adjust volume using the
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controls it's only an issue on the Beats
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fit Pro cuz you need to choose between
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controlling volume or noise cancelling
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you kind have both at the same time but
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they do have always on Siri so if you're
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in the Apple ecosystem you can control
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the volume and a lot of other features
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with your voice the elite a active also
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has the same integration with Google
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Assistant but only on Android devices
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now more Niche feature I like to look
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for with controls is being able to
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customize the ambient switching so this
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gives you the the freedom to switch
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between let's just say noise cancelling
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and transparency when you're using your
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controls or add noise cancelling off
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into the mix or just choose two of those
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so the Beats fit Pro Jabra Elite 8 and
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four active and soundcore Sport X10 give
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you this Freedom so here's all the
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scoring taking everything into account
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now if you want to see and compare all
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the small details like the exact
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functions and the customization you get
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it's all on my spreadsheet linked below
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now under category 7 connectivity I'll
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first mention that all the buds allow
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you to use one ebod at a time where
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leave the other in the case and they all
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work in mono mode except for the
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Sennheiser Sport and sound sport X10 so
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mono mode will mean that the bud will
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play the left and right audio Channel
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when using just one earbud so basically
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you won't miss anything with whatever
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music you are listening to again to keep
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it simple here's the scoring and specs
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that you're getting for each earbud so
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only the elite a active and momentum
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sport have multipoint connection so that
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allows you to connect two devices to the
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earbuds at the same time and only the
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momentum sport have high reses playback
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with Apex adaptive 24-bit 96 khz the
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Beats fit Pro does have seamless
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switching between Apple devices which I
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use and it has improved a lot over the
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last 2 years it's now actually quite
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seamless where you don't even need to
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pause playback before playing it on your
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other device it'll automatically switch
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between devices for you where with the
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other buds that have multipoint
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connection you need to pause playback
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before playing it on your other device
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but for calls that will automatically
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switch over all right category 8 is core
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quality and I run through three tests
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here a quiet room a simulation loud kid
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setting cuz it's quite SP ertic voices
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and a simulation Windy City with
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construction so here is a scoring taking
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into account the average of all three
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tests now the earbuds that allow you to
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mute the microphone with the controls
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include the befit pro Jabra Elite 4 and
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eight active but the Beats fit Pro are
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the only earbud that allows you to
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toggle between noise cancelling and
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transparency when you're on a call the
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Elite 4 and eight active automatically
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use side tone which is pretty much a
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transparency mode you can turn this on
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and off on calls with the eight active
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but not on the four the senheiser sport
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and momentum sport also give you the
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option to turn Sid tone on with the sore
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sport X10 will'll switch to noise
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cancelling off on a call and then you
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can't change it after that but now I'll
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leave you with all three samples going
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from worst to best all right here's the
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core quality of the senisa momentum
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sport in a quiet room all right here's a
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core quality of the sener sport and a
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quiet room all right here's a core
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quality of the Beats fit Pro and a quiet
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room all right here's a core quality of
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the jbra Elite 4 Active in a quiet room
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all right here's the core quality of the
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Jabra Elite a active in a quiet room all
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right right here's the core quality of
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the sound cor sport X10 in a quiet room
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all right now we're going to see how the
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microphones block out some simulation
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loud kid noise all right here's a siser
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sport with some simulation loud kid
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noise all right here's a siser momentum
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Sport with some simulation loud kid
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noise all right here's a sound call
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Sport X10 with some simulation loud kid
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noise all right here's a Beats fit Pro
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with some simulation loud kid noise all
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right here's the Elite 4 Active with
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some simulation loud kid noise all right
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here's the elite eight active with some
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simulation loud kid noise noise all
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right now I've got some city noise
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construction noise and some simulation
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wind all right this city
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noise noise constru noise and simulation
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all right acity noise construction noise
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and some simulation wi all right we some
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fitting noise constructing noise and
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some simulation wind all right here's
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the sound sport X10 with some city noise
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construction noise and some simulation
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wind all right category 9 is app
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customization and extra features so the
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Elite 4 Active get a score of seven as
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you get a five band EQ some noise
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cancelling personalization and find my
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buds feature which uses location but you
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don't get any control customization the
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befit pro get a 7.5 the settings are
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built into iOS but you can download an
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app on Android you get no EQ
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customization and you can't customizer
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controls except for that long hold but
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you do get ios only features like
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spatial audio always on Siri and audio
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customization through the accessibility
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settings the Sennheiser sport get a
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score of eight with a three band EQ
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soundcheck will adjust the EQ for you
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based on a hearing test and you get
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solid control customization the
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soundcore sport X10 get an 8.5 with a
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decent 8 band EQ control customization
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and a built-in kind of meditation timer
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thing the Jabra Elite 8 active you get a
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score of nine you get a five band AQ
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control customization including call
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controls F my buds with location spatial
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audio on any device extras like
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soundscapes Spotify tap to quickly open
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Spotify using your earbud controls and
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you get the always on Google Assistant
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which will also read notifications
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straight to your earbuds and the
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momentum sport also get a nine you get a
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five band EQ sound check control
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customization sound zones allows you to
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set EQ and noise control settings based
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on locations that you've saved but it's
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a heart rate and body temperature
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tracking that gives them the extra
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points I go into detail about this in my
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full review so check it out up here if
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you're interested in that but to sum it
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up it works great in my testing as well
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as any Optical heart rate sensor does
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and it's in your ear so you don't have
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to worry about wearing a fitness watch
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but you can sync it up to fitness
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watches if you like as well as apps like
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straa polar flow zift and a lot more now
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on to category 10 noise cancelling and
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how I test my noise cancelling I Chuck
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on my soundbar quite loud and I'm
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playing simulation plane noise and some
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crowd noise so I'm getting low Middle
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High consistent and inconsistency SS and
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here are all the scores of the plane
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noise and crowd noise test and that
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total score I take the average and round
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it up to the nearest half and of course
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the siser sport doesn't have noise
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cancelling but with the regular ear tips
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it still blocks out some noise because
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you get pretty decent passive noise
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isolation it lets in pretty much all the
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low frequency noise but it does block
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out voices and higher frequencies
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slightly now when it comes to EQ shift
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that's how your sound quality will
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change with noise cancelling on compared
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to transparency compared to noise
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cancelling off and all the earbuds are
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fine except for the soundcore sport X10
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so when you go from noise cancelling on
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to transparency you get about a 15% base
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reduction and with noise cancelling on
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to noise cancelling off it's about a 20%
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base reduction and a 10% treble
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reduction so it honestly sounds like a
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different earbud when you switch between
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the three I know this can be a deal
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breaker for some people so I have to
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point it out now category 11 is the
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transparency mode so here is the scoring
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for the buds the Beats fit Pro overall
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the best and with this scoring I'm
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taking into account how much occlusion
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the buds have so if it has a high
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occlusion when you speak yourself your
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own voice sounds kind of muffled and you
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just get like a blocked ear kind of
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effect so the Elite 4 Active have a
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noticeable amount the rest of the
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earbuds are okay but the Beats fit Pro
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do have the least now white noise is
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another issue this can come across as
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like a hissing sound sometimes it might
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sound like there's an air conditioner on
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in the distance with the transparency
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mode on so again the Beats fit Pro have
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the least and the soundcore sport X10
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have the most so if you're outside you
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won't notice it as much but still the
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sport X10 you probably will notice it
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outside and finally there's the
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automatic wind noise reduction that I
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spoke about earlier again the Beats fit
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Pro does this the best so the mics
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already don't pick up too much win but
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they do pick up a lot it'll quickly
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transition out of the transparency mode
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and within a couple of seconds it'll
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turn the transparency mode back on where
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with the Elite 8 active and Sport X10 it
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usually takes about 10 seconds for that
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transparency mode to switch back on but
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it's nice that you have the option to
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turn this on or off in the apps all
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right now onto the final round sound
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quality and let's start with volume here
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so these are the results results I got
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in my max volume test now keep in mind
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when you start venturing above 80 DB
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you're starting to get into hearing loss
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territory but a lot of people just like
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to know what the loudest ebud is so here
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you go so the momentum sport are the
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quietest at max volume but they still go
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incredibly loud you might just notice
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you have to listen at a slightly higher
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percentage of volume than the other
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earbuds but now onto the sound quality
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itself I'm going to start with the
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lowest Rank and work our way up to the
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highest so we're starting with the jbra
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Elite 4 Active with a score of seven you
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get a pretty well-rounded stock tuning
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slightly Bas boosted you get clear mids
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and the treble is okay it does like a
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bit of that upper treble Sparkle and can
00:17:05
still get a bit harsh at times you can
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fix this in the EQ a bit and if you want
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to push out some strong base you can do
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this as well next with the score of 7.5
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is the Sennheiser sport this is a unique
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truning with base that's on the boier
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side the subbase is a bit lacking the
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mids are recessed but ver will still cut
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through quite well but the treble is a
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standout it has great detail and some
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nice upper treble Sparkle So this brings
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out things like crashes high hats
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acoustic guitars and orchestration very
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well so it's definitely an energetic
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tuning that works well when training the
00:17:34
three-band EQ doesn't give you too much
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freedom and you can't really get that
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subbase to a nice level now the
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soundcore sport X10 also get a 7.5 this
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is definitely the most energetic truning
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out of all the buds deep thumping base
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full mid base that is a little bit on
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the boomy side slight recession in the
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mids but the vocals still come through
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well so you get nice detail some sparkle
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but it can get a little bit harsh you
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can reduce this with the EQ but only so
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much but overall if you like a v-shaped
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tuning with some over-the top base these
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are going to be the pair for you next
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with a score of eight is a Jabra Elite 8
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active basically take the elite for
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active and improve everything slightly
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so again it's a slightly base boosted
00:18:11
tuning that's powerful but you get
00:18:13
decent overall Clarity you also get
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Dolby spatial audio but honestly like
00:18:17
most spatial audio it's not great next
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is the beat spit Pro also with a score
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of eight this is the most balanced
00:18:23
tuning out of all the earbuds so you get
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a tasteful amount of deep subbase the
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mid base is a bit lacking and the treble
00:18:29
has nice detail but does like that upper
00:18:30
treble Sparkle the mids are the standout
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though so vocals are at the Forefront
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they're not too forc though so combine
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this with the clean base and you get the
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best instrument separation out of all
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the buds so you can really pick out
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individual instruments and sounds in
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that Sound Stage the only issue here is
00:18:45
a lack of EQ customization so you'll
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have to use an external EQ so only
00:18:49
really useful on an Android device but
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you do get spal audio on iOS devices and
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this is slightly better than the Elite 8
00:18:55
active but still not great but now the
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best overall sound is going to the
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Sennheiser momentum sport they get a
00:19:01
score of 8.5 so take the Beats fit Pro
00:19:04
tuning but just give it more energy so
00:19:06
the mids are also the main focus but the
00:19:08
bass is richer and so is a trouble you
00:19:10
get more Sparkle and just has better
00:19:11
presence overall they have the most open
00:19:13
Sound Stage as well and if you want to
00:19:15
turn them into base cannons you can do
00:19:17
so by chucking on that Basse boost
00:19:18
special EQ preset and play around with
00:19:20
the band EQ as well also love the
00:19:22
ability to quickly base boost the buzz
00:19:24
just using the controls I have mine set
00:19:25
to a triple tap on the left earbud so if
00:19:27
you need a little bit of extra base for
00:19:29
whatever it is you're doing you don't
00:19:30
even have to use your phone very handy
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all right but that wraps up all 12
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categories and before I show you the
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final score this scoring doesn't really
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mean much if certain categories matter
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more to you so that's why I created my
00:19:41
custom scoring spreadsheet free to
00:19:43
download link below so on there you get
00:19:45
detailed notes for every single score
00:19:47
there's a tab with all the main specs
00:19:49
for each earbud there's also a core
00:19:50
quality tab with a score for each of the
00:19:52
three tests but it's a personalized
00:19:54
scoring where you can have some fun so
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you just fill out a number in the
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importance column and that will change
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the weight of the scoring for that
00:20:00
entire category zero will get rid of the
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category two to double its importance or
00:20:04
five will times it by five you can do
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whatever you want in there and once
00:20:07
you've done that you'll get a new total
00:20:08
score for each earbud but now here are
00:20:10
all the final scores so the senis of
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sport are in last place with a score of
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90 a half out of 120 fair enough
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considering they don't have noise
00:20:18
cancelling or transparency Mode still
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might be worth it with the lowest wind
00:20:22
noise when running they're really the
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only in rear that does this in fifth
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place with 912 is the Elite 4 Active
00:20:28
probably not worth it seeing you can get
00:20:30
the sound call Sport X10 for a cheaper
00:20:32
price and are overall better in fourth
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place with a score of 96 that's
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definitely the best all round option if
00:20:38
you're looking to save some money now in
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third place is the Beats fit Pro with 97
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and a half so if running is your main
00:20:44
priority this is going to be a great bud
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and if you're in the Apple ecosystem you
00:20:47
get tons of extra features and they just
00:20:49
work seamlessly now in second place is
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the senisa momentum Sport with a score
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of 100 as long as they fit you well
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they're a great allrounder with the best
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sound quality and you get the heart rate
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and body temperature sensor which could
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be a big one for you as well but the
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best value is going to be the Jabra
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Elite 8 active with an easy win
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finishing with3 A2 and they really nail
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every category the only issue is
00:21:10
slightly more body born noise when
00:21:11
running but I hope this video and
00:21:13
scoring system helps you decide which
00:21:15
pair is going to work the best for you
00:21:16
but if you're looking for more Sports
00:21:17
focused earbuds that don't use an ear
00:21:19
tip check out my top 10 open earbud
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video right here quick shout out to my
00:21:23
channel members and all my supporters on
00:21:25
Kofi I really do appreciate the support
00:21:27
so thanks for tuning in as always stay
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picky and I'll see you in the next one
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bye now