Samsung Galaxy Buds2 Pro (Graphite)

I was literally blown away the second I turned on the music. First of all, these are finally truly loud wireless earbuds, this is first time ever where I was dialling the volume down, because 80% is plenty! There is nothing more annoying when there is good song and you press the button to increase the volume and just hear "beep - maximum volume", but it is still quiet. Worry no more! I would not advise listening at 100% all the time, but if there is anyone who will have a say about damaging or preserving my hearing it will be me! Secondly, bass is so deep that I struggle to remember anything of this size to come close - perhaps original Beats by Dr. Dre 10 year ago (obviously they were wired). Still the sound is extremely detailed and very well separated i.e. bass, ... MoreI was literally blown away the second I turned on the music. First of all, these are finally truly loud wireless earbuds, this is first time ever where I was dialling the volume down, because 80% is plenty! There is nothing more annoying when there is good song and you press the button to increase the volume and just hear "beep - maximum volume", but it is still quiet. Worry no more! I would not advise listening at 100% all the time, but if there is anyone who will have a say about damaging or preserving my hearing it will be me! Secondly, bass is so deep that I struggle to remember anything of this size to come close - perhaps original Beats by Dr. Dre 10 year ago (obviously they were wired). Still the sound is extremely detailed and very well separated i.e. bass, treble, vocals and mids all sounds very distinct and clear. Which leads to next point... Third, the clarity is in the league of it's own , to the point where it almost becomes an issue. This is no fault of the earbuds, but if you music source is less then perfect then you will hear it, it reproduce sound so clearly that any noise will be heard, so... just make sure you listen to good quality source. So it is a good thing if you have good quality source, it will be great for watching movies etc. where it sometimes hard to tell voices apart from background effects etc. Fourth, ambient sounds something altogether, it literally enhances your hearing as with earbuds in and ambient sound on you will hear thing normal human can't hear. I don't want to exaggerate - you not snooping on conversation 200m away any time soon, but if people are whispering 5 metres away you will hear it like they whispering it to your ear. It is sometimes creepy, yet it does exactly what it says to do - you don't feel like your ears are plugged anymore and all surrounding sounds are clarified and amplified. You not going to need to take them out to have a conversation for sure. Perhaps only one caveat - £219 is quite a lot, I got them for free with Fold 4, if it would have been my own money I probably would not have considered spending that much, but that is on assumption that it will be diminishing returns. However, in this case I think they are really worth it and one is not overpaying considering how well they perform. Apart of that they have excellent connectivity and great battery life - I would go as far as saying they are perfect for the purpose they were designed. Can't find any fault and they exceeded expectation in all possible criteria.

Pros first: 1. Nice and pleasant to hold. Solid and well-built. Beautiful gadget overall. 2. Better sound quality than Airpod 2 Gen as far as I can tell 3. Noise cancelling feature worked well for me (though not sure why I would need it) 4. Galaxy Wearable app on an android phone has some nice features. Actively using it as a widget. However, I can't give the Bud Live more than 3 stars for a few serious reasons (and I'll be comparing them to my Apple Airpod Gen 2, which doesn't always auto-connect to my android phone, and the look of which I don't like at all): 1. There is a noise glitch (glitchy matrix effects) as soon as I put my phone in my back pocket. Given that I usually carry my phone in my back pocket, this is a big issue for me. A similar connectivity ... MorePros first: 1. Nice and pleasant to hold. Solid and well-built. Beautiful gadget overall. 2. Better sound quality than Airpod 2 Gen as far as I can tell 3. Noise cancelling feature worked well for me (though not sure why I would need it) 4. Galaxy Wearable app on an android phone has some nice features. Actively using it as a widget. However, I can't give the Bud Live more than 3 stars for a few serious reasons (and I'll be comparing them to my Apple Airpod Gen 2, which doesn't always auto-connect to my android phone, and the look of which I don't like at all): 1. There is a noise glitch (glitchy matrix effects) as soon as I put my phone in my back pocket. Given that I usually carry my phone in my back pocket, this is a big issue for me. A similar connectivity problem when I leave the phone in my office and go out to get a water from the tap (10-15 meters away). My old Airpod 2 Gen had no issue like this, so I rule out that it is due to my phone's Bluetooth connection quality. The connection is beautiful if the phone is close enough and at your direct sight. 2. They turned out to be much bigger than expected. I was hoping them to be less eye-catching than my Airpods but they look like two fat ticks (insect) in my ears and people around can't help taking a good look at your ears when you are wearing them. 3. I have learned to place them in my ears. But if you use earphones to watch Youtube when eating food like me, then you won't enjoy this item. As soon as your jaw starts working (i.e., chewing the food), these earphones get displaced and start falling off unless you push them back regularly with your fingers. But if the tap/touch functions are on, you are doomed. As soon as you touch it to push back in your ears, it pauses the video. Two touches to place them back in your ears properly will skips the video and plays the next one. So, the touch function is off for me all the time. So, would I recommend this product? Yes and no depending on which problem above applies to your situation (I'll choose yes below). But I wouldn't buy them if I knew that that I would be having those issues. But too late now.

The design is the perfect fit for my ears. Comfortable and sit tight even for runs. The sound is clear and noice cancelling stellar. Gone are those annoying rubber parts that always got lost or had terrible fit for my ears. But here is the down side, had I not got these for free, I would never ever had paid for them. With no dust or water resistance to write home about, these begs you to have an indoor inactive lifestyle or a extra pair for anything else than sit tight on your bud, or maybe stroll around in an indoor mall. They are not suitable for working in the garden, getting caught in the rain, workout session and so on. So if you got a semi active lifestyle and at risk at getting caught in the rain, then this shojld be a hard pass. I got my for free, so I will ... MoreThe design is the perfect fit for my ears. Comfortable and sit tight even for runs. The sound is clear and noice cancelling stellar. Gone are those annoying rubber parts that always got lost or had terrible fit for my ears. But here is the down side, had I not got these for free, I would never ever had paid for them. With no dust or water resistance to write home about, these begs you to have an indoor inactive lifestyle or a extra pair for anything else than sit tight on your bud, or maybe stroll around in an indoor mall. They are not suitable for working in the garden, getting caught in the rain, workout session and so on. So if you got a semi active lifestyle and at risk at getting caught in the rain, then this shojld be a hard pass. I got my for free, so I will use them for above activity well-known to me that this will break them at some point. And at that point Samsung hopefully made Galaxy buds Active Live, with same design, but actually made for people who venture out from time to time.