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I tested dozens of pairs of earbuds this year and hundreds over the years. These are my picks for the very best earbuds in 2025 by category. The categories are:
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0:00 Welcome to the 2025 Earbuds Awards
0:54 Best Workout Earbuds
3:00 Best Swim Earbuds
4:06 Best Sleep Earbuds
5:14 Best Travel Earbuds (Best ANC)
7:00 Best Earbuds for Work (Great Microphones)
8:45 Best Sounding Earbuds on A Budget
10:22 Best Budget Earbuds (under $99)
13:50 Best Midrange Earbuds (under $150)
16:00 Best Premium Earbuds
17:30 Best for Apple
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No OnePlus Buds Pro 3 ??
so comparing Soundcore 5 with apple airpods pro not the recent ones: they block like 70% of what apple blocks. Comparing with sony xm4 (over the year) – they block around 50% noice only. Total trash in terms of noice canceling. BUT! very good sound quality. The controls are also TOTAL Bullshit because it’s VERY VERY VERY unconvinient to PRESS instead of TAPPing, cause the earbud moves every time you press. Plus, the reaction time is like 0.5-1 seconds delay. Where sony / apple and all the good guys are doing this immediately.
One thing nobody mentions. Not you or every review out there. Cmon people you can repair things. It’s not that hard.
sony wh-1000xm4 had those still in use untill end of 2025 and only because i could do that. They were old but still had much better anc sound quality than any budget buds on the market. People should get old flagship product in same price as these budget buds and receive quality product.
best gaming ?