After Testing More Than 50 Pairs of Earbuds, I Finally Found My Favorite

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Noise canceling is also top-tier. The buds have the standard noise cancellation, transparency, adaptive, and off modes, and you can fine-tune ANC strength (from one to five) using the case or Soundcore app. The only earbuds that noticeably canceled more noise were the Bose QuietComfort Ultra Earbuds (2nd Gen) and Sony WF-1000XM6.

Out of the box, the sound profile (called Soundcore Signature) isn't an immediate slam dunk like call quality and ANC are. It's bass-heavy, so much so that I would bet even an untrained ear would notice the bass boost, especially compared to other earbuds from Apple or Bose. There are five preset sound profiles (I preferred Soundcore Balance), an eight-band custom equalizer to play with, and a personalized HearID mode, which tunes the profile to your preferences based on an audio quiz where you select which clip you prefer.

Using the Soundcore Balance or custom HearID profile,...

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