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  • I told them as much, and they just said tough shit, essentially. The quality of the voice is also piss poor; why have ‘premium’ headphones yet you have such low quality (and pointless) sounds? The beeping is also harsh on my ears.

    I turned off the touch features as I kept pressing them unintentionally. I won’t get the XM5s (or 6, whatever comes next), least of all as they stopped them from being folded up, strangely.

    I also turned off the talk-to-speak thing as I just don’t need it. If I want to talk, I’ll pause my music or take them off. The ‘smart’ features are really not that clever nor useful. I don’t want my music to pause just because I’m wiping sweating off one of the ears.



  • So, just to ignore your budget, I have the Sony XM4 headphones (over ear), and… they are okay. In the heat, they get very sweaty, and there are annoying sounds you can’t turn off (on/off beep, and a voice which tells you when it has connected). The noise cancellation is good for constant noises but not sudden ones. Overall, I wouldn’t recommend/buy them again, as they are just fine.

    I have tried some in ear ones from Xiaomi (not sure which exactly) which I bought for my partner, and they are, in my limited experience, just fine too, especially for the price (<$50). I don’t know about any long-term idiosyncrasies though, so take that with a pinch of salt. These ones look a bit better: Redmi Buds 5 Pro. https://www.amazon.co.uk/Xiaomi-Redmi-Buds-Black-BHR7660GL/dp/B0CQKHK626/