True wireless earbuds offer freedom from wires, but they do create new problems. You can end up with poor sync between the buds, or battery management issues related to the use of independent batteries in each bud. There are advantages to staying wired. But for people who love the freedom of being wireless, there’s really …
Portable ear headphones need to stay with you throughout the course of a day. That’s easy to do when you’re sitting at a desk, taking a flight, or are otherwise in a stationary position. But when you start to walk, or enter into athletic activities, suddenly it’s not so easy to get Bluetooth headphones to …
Choosing true wireless earbuds is essentially a two-step process. In the first step, you want to ensure basics are in order. You want to know the earbuds sync properly, connect smoothly, and so on. In the second step, you start to scrutinize the particular audio attributes you’re after. Is sound quality your biggest priority? Is …
You don’t expect a smartphone to have the same kind of computational power as a full-sized desktop computer. Likewise, you really shouldn’t expect true wireless earbuds to deliver the same level of performance as larger wired equipment. Creating truly wireless equipment can be challenging. It means using an independent battery for each earbud, and then …
For many people, it’s not the fact that headphone wires are burdensome to wear. The problem is they can be a hassle to carry. And unless you treat them with the utmost respect, wired earbuds will short within a few months. True wireless earbuds eliminate those problems completely. But the design adds challenges of its …