Thank you for the amazing review! I always thought it was weird not to see anyone reviewing the FreeBuds 5 against other semi-earbuds, but now I can safely decide on a much better option. Overall, this is the best review I’ve ever seen for earbuds. Great work!
Thank you! Huawei don't send samples out so anyone reviewing them has to buy them, I think that puts a lot of people off, and Huawei reviews historically haven't seen as many views because of availability in the US. It was a no-brainer for me though, it gave me a good excuse to try them out! Thanks for commenting and for watching, don't forget to give the video a like! 👍
Been waiting for this one, thank you, great work as always! Wanted to mention a little issue I had with the Air 5, the sound changes for the worse (it gets much "boxier" than it was) as soon as you switch the to EQ section on their app and it stays like that until you reset the earbuds, it happened on three different models.
Thank you! Great observation thanks for letting me know, I'll test it out now and see if it does the same with mine 👍 thanks again for watching and commenting 🙌
I hear you. Despite what they put in their marketing material, I'm not seeing much in the way of progress from release to release. The ANC is decent compared with the 4, but I'm not sure they sound better and they've not added or improved any other aspects really other than pointlessly adding higher and higher resolution codecs. The Air5 are pretty decent, I just expected more, and yeah the Air3 Deluxe HS are perfectly acceptable for most users I think
I wonder how the newly released soundpeats air 5 lite (found them on AliExpress but there is nothing on the official website so far) compare to the soundpeats 5. In my opinion after watching this video, if you're on Android then it's not worth it buying any of these semi in ear ANC earbuds, they all suck except the airpods. Hopefully there'll be something better next year.
Yeah I agree, compared to the Airpods on iOS everything is a bit underwhelming to say the least. It's very difficult to compete with stuff like the iOS-based call noise reduction, since to get something like that on android that works with any TWS and any phone would be much more difficult
Amazing review! I have been using the galaxy buds 3 daily, mainly for calls and podcasts, eventually for music. And I like it, but I think I liked more the apple airpods in your tests. Cheers! Ah, and the buds 3 also don't quite fit my ears very well, just ok fit.
Thank you! I really liked the Samsung ones except for the issue with the mic switching off when I had wear detection switched on. That kinda killed it for me, and like yourself the fit isn't quite optimal either. The Airpods 4 ANC are amazing, the problem for me is my main phone is Sony which I need to keep because I need to test all the different codecs when I'm reviewing, and you lose so much on Android. I even considered getting an iPhone and keeping the Sony as a spare 🤣
As much as I don't like Apple 🍏, as much it's impossible not to recommend the Airpods 4 ANC to anyone in the Apple closesystem 🔐 and looking for semi in ear earbuds. On the other hand, it's obvious that without even realizing it, unconsciously majority of people favor, respect Apple 🍏 and consider the use of an iPhone, Apple products as natural, obvious, normal, which is why we generally see Apple earbuds tested on iPhones to ensure they have the best possible performance, when, Samsung, Huawei, OnePlus... earbuds are not necessarily entitled to the same treatment and are not necessarily tested with smartphones of their respective brands. The Galaxy Buds 3, it's difficult if not impossible for me to recommend them (I'm a user of Samsung products, but I hate any product that is linked and restricted by an ecosystem), especially when the Qcy Alybuds Pro+ exist. I can guarantee you from experience that in the field, in real use, the phone call quality of the Qcy Alybuds in noisy and windy environments is exceptional, and the audio 🔉 quality is more than sufficient, especially for the price.
Thank you for the amazing review! I always thought it was weird not to see anyone reviewing the FreeBuds 5 against other semi-earbuds, but now I can safely decide on a much better option. Overall, this is the best review I’ve ever seen for earbuds. Great work!
Thank you! Huawei don't send samples out so anyone reviewing them has to buy them, I think that puts a lot of people off, and Huawei reviews historically haven't seen as many views because of availability in the US. It was a no-brainer for me though, it gave me a good excuse to try them out! Thanks for commenting and for watching, don't forget to give the video a like! 👍
thanks for all the reviews and the squigs.
Thank you for another great one! 👍
Been waiting for this one, thank you, great work as always! Wanted to mention a little issue I had with the Air 5, the sound changes for the worse (it gets much "boxier" than it was) as soon as you switch the to EQ section on their app and it stays like that until you reset the earbuds, it happened on three different models.
Thank you! Great observation thanks for letting me know, I'll test it out now and see if it does the same with mine 👍 thanks again for watching and commenting 🙌
is it me or did SoundPEATS peaked with 3 and is goin down since then?
I hear you. Despite what they put in their marketing material, I'm not seeing much in the way of progress from release to release. The ANC is decent compared with the 4, but I'm not sure they sound better and they've not added or improved any other aspects really other than pointlessly adding higher and higher resolution codecs. The Air5 are pretty decent, I just expected more, and yeah the Air3 Deluxe HS are perfectly acceptable for most users I think
I wonder how the newly released soundpeats air 5 lite (found them on AliExpress but there is nothing on the official website so far) compare to the soundpeats 5. In my opinion after watching this video, if you're on Android then it's not worth it buying any of these semi in ear ANC earbuds, they all suck except the airpods. Hopefully there'll be something better next year.
Yeah I agree, compared to the Airpods on iOS everything is a bit underwhelming to say the least. It's very difficult to compete with stuff like the iOS-based call noise reduction, since to get something like that on android that works with any TWS and any phone would be much more difficult
Amazing review! I have been using the galaxy buds 3 daily, mainly for calls and podcasts, eventually for music. And I like it, but I think I liked more the apple airpods in your tests. Cheers! Ah, and the buds 3 also don't quite fit my ears very well, just ok fit.
Thank you! I really liked the Samsung ones except for the issue with the mic switching off when I had wear detection switched on. That kinda killed it for me, and like yourself the fit isn't quite optimal either. The Airpods 4 ANC are amazing, the problem for me is my main phone is Sony which I need to keep because I need to test all the different codecs when I'm reviewing, and you lose so much on Android. I even considered getting an iPhone and keeping the Sony as a spare 🤣
As much as I don't like Apple 🍏, as much it's impossible not to recommend the Airpods 4 ANC to anyone in the Apple closesystem 🔐 and looking for semi in ear earbuds.
On the other hand, it's obvious that without even realizing it, unconsciously majority of people favor, respect Apple 🍏 and consider the use of an iPhone, Apple products as natural, obvious, normal, which is why we generally see Apple earbuds tested on iPhones to ensure they have the best possible performance, when, Samsung, Huawei, OnePlus... earbuds are not necessarily entitled to the same treatment and are not necessarily tested with smartphones of their respective brands.
The Galaxy Buds 3, it's difficult if not impossible for me to recommend them (I'm a user of Samsung products, but I hate any product that is linked and restricted by an ecosystem), especially when the Qcy Alybuds Pro+ exist.
I can guarantee you from experience that in the field, in real use, the phone call quality of the Qcy Alybuds in noisy and windy environments is exceptional, and the audio 🔉 quality is more than sufficient, especially for the price.
Agree with all that. I went back and tested the QCY so many times as I was surprised how well they handle calls for a cheap set