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Serious Insights Headphone Reviews

Serious Insights Headphone Reviews

This page focuses on Serious Insights headphone reviews. Headphone and other audio reviews are currently the most popular review category on SeriousInsights.net. We cover earbuds, over-the-ear headphones, work-oriented headsets, and other variations on the headphone theme.

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Timekettle WT2 Edge AI Translation Earbuds Review: Edging Closer to a Universal Translator, but Still Needs Work

Timekettle WT2 Edge AI Translation Earbuds Review: Edging Closer to a Universal Translator, but Still Needs Work

on 23 December, 2022

Timekettle WT2 Edge AI Translation Earbuds Review From Star Trek to Doctor Who, science fiction promised universal translation as an aspect of the future. Star Trek’s Universal Translator lever…

Cleer Arc Review: Innovative Open-Ear True Wireless Earbuds that Keep the World Within Earshot

Cleer Arc Review: Innovative Open-Ear True Wireless Earbuds that Keep the World Within Earshot

on 9 November, 2022

Cleer Arc Review Cleer offers a range of innovative headphones and earbuds. We have evaluated most of their products over the last several years and all of them have proven superior to similar product…

OneOdio Fusion A70 Review: Headphones Designed for Work and Scratching

OneOdio Fusion A70 Review: Headphones Designed for Work and Scratching

on 7 November, 2022

Review Budget pricing doesn’t always mean budget features in a world of components that can be mixed-and-matched to create new products. The OneOdio Fusion A70 headphones cut across the normal l…

Targus Wireless Bluetooth Stereo Headset Review: A Comprehensive Solution to Talking and Listening at Work

Targus Wireless Bluetooth Stereo Headset Review: A Comprehensive Solution to Talking and Listening at Work

on 25 September, 2022

Targus Wireless Bluetooth Stereo Headset Review Working from home, sitting on video conferencing calls all day, and taking calls while walking down a neighborhood street. Some people did those things …

Tranya T30 Earbuds Review: Game Mode and Mass Boosted on a Budget

Tranya T30 Earbuds Review: Game Mode and Mass Boosted on a Budget

on 23 September, 2022

Tranya T30 Earbuds Review These compact earbuds dangle like Apple’s AirPods, but they don’t reach into your pocket as deeply. As I write this, the $79.99 Tranya T30s are listed at $39.99 o…

Comparing Sport Earbuds: Tranya T40 and Scoshe ThudBuds™

Comparing Sport Earbuds: Tranya T40 and Scoshe ThudBuds™

on 8 July, 2022

Tranya T40 and Scoshe ThudBuds™ Review I do not like to write bad reviews. Now and then I receive a product that doesn’t make it to a review. All products can be improved, so it could be argued I …

JLab Air Pro True Wireless Earbuds Review: Budget Earbuds That Punch Above Their $59 Price

JLab Air Pro True Wireless Earbuds Review: Budget Earbuds That Punch Above Their $59 Price

on 23 June, 2022

Earbuds can cost hundreds of dollars. Very good ones can be had for less than $100.  Less than $60 seems like a near-stocking stuffer territory (though the JLab’s well-regarded Go Air …

Cleer Audio Alpha Headphone Review: Cleer Consolidates Its Reputation as a Headphone Auteur

Cleer Audio Alpha Headphone Review: Cleer Consolidates Its Reputation as a Headphone Auteur

on 2 June, 2022

Cleer Audio continues to offer earbuds and headphones that punch well above their presumed class. With the Cleer Audio Alpha headphones, the company delivers a new pair of cans that surpasses its Fl…

GravaStar Sirius Pro Review: True Wireless Earbuds Ready To Do Battle

GravaStar Sirius Pro Review: True Wireless Earbuds Ready To Do Battle

on 4 May, 2022

Gravastar Sirius Pro Review Well, the GravaStar Sirius Pros are ready to make you look cool during battle, but hopefully, the battle won’t last all day. These very conceptual, even editorial, earbud…

Philips Fidelio L3 Headphones Review: Powerful ANC Audio in a Beautiful Design

Philips Fidelio L3 Headphones Review: Powerful ANC Audio in a Beautiful Design

on 1 May, 2022

Philips Fidelio L3 Headphones Review With the $349.99 Fidelio L3 Philips shipped a pair of headphones that establishes the company as a contender to Bose and others in the high-end wireless, active no…

Tranya T20 Wireless Earbuds Review: Great Budget Buds With Buzz

Tranya T20 Wireless Earbuds Review: Great Budget Buds With Buzz

on 8 April, 2022

Tranya T20 Wireless Earbuds The Tranya Rimor true wireless earbuds I reviewed back in May 2020 continue to serve. With the T20, Tranya created a shiny new earbud model that takes budget listening to…

PuroPro Hybrid Active Noise Cancelling Volume Limited Headphones with Built-In Mic Review: Protect Your Ears as You Listen to Crisp Vocals through 40mm drivers.

PuroPro Hybrid Active Noise Cancelling Volume Limited Headphones with Built-In Mic Review: Protect Your Ears as You Listen to Crisp Vocals through 40mm drivers.

on 17 February, 2022

First off, I have to give puro kudos for making the unboxing experience very different. Rather than tearing through stickers that hold slick cardboard sides down, and then peeling off a lot of plastic…

Creative Outlier Air V3 Review: Budget Earbuds That Sounds Like a Million Bucks

Creative Outlier Air V3 Review: Budget Earbuds That Sounds Like a Million Bucks

on 4 February, 2022

Creative Outlier Air V3 Review What does it mean to “sound like a million bucks”? What it means is I’m exaggerating, but doing so in honor of Creative’s very impressive Outlier…

JBL Live Pro+ TWS Earbuds Review:  Excellent AirPod Hunters That Almost Seize Upon All Their Ambitions

JBL Live Pro+ TWS Earbuds Review: Excellent AirPod Hunters That Almost Seize Upon All Their Ambitions

on 20 December, 2021

JBL Live Pro+ TWS earbuds review Everybody is gunning for Apple’s AirPod Pros. And of course, that everybody includes Harman’s JBL. JBL offers a wide variety of headphones, many of which have been…

Planet Buddies Kids Headphones Review: Fun and Functional Headphones for Tykes

Planet Buddies Kids Headphones Review: Fun and Functional Headphones for Tykes

on 2 December, 2021

Planet Buddies Kids Headphones Review We don’t often review children’s items, but when we do we have a good reason.  These Planet Buddies headphones reflect the kind of design ethic we a…

Jabra Elite 7 Active Review: Outstanding Workout Earbuds that Work Great Even When Not Working Out

Jabra Elite 7 Active Review: Outstanding Workout Earbuds that Work Great Even When Not Working Out

on 1 December, 2021

Jabra Elite 7 Active Review  When you review headphones and earbuds, you get to be fickle. Every new arrival offers some intriguing benefit or differentiation from other members of the collection…

Cleer Enduro ANC Headphones Review: Awesome Wired and Wireless ANC Headphones and the Price is Right

Cleer Enduro ANC Headphones Review: Awesome Wired and Wireless ANC Headphones and the Price is Right

on 18 October, 2021

A few years ago the Cleer Flow, then Cleer Flow II headphones displaced my aging Bose headphones Quiet Comfort IIs when I traveled. Well, I’ve been on the ground and as much as I love the Cleer Flow…

Campfire Audio Mammoth EIM Review: Epic Sound Rages from Pliocene into the Anthropocene

Campfire Audio Mammoth EIM Review: Epic Sound Rages from Pliocene into the Anthropocene

on 30 September, 2021

The Campfire Audio Mammoth wired earphones produce outstanding audio that reset expectations set by even the best Bluetooth earbuds. Lossless audio is only truly lossless over a wire, and what comes o…

1MORE ComfoBuds Review: A Tale of 2 Radically Reimagined Earbuds

1MORE ComfoBuds Review: A Tale of 2 Radically Reimagined Earbuds

on 22 September, 2021

1More ComfoBuds appear to come from the future. They arrive in little pods, clean and white, or iridescent. They are small and silent ahead of awakening. They glow at the tips to broadcast their willi…

Cleer Ally Plus II Review: 11 Hours of Outstanding Sound Immersion

Cleer Ally Plus II Review: 11 Hours of Outstanding Sound Immersion

on 10 August, 2021

The $129.99 Cleer Ally Plus II true wireless earbuds with 11 hours of playback, solid noise cancelation, and excellent sound should be a welcomed addition to any mobile audio setup. Cleer continues to…

JBL Live 300TWS Earbuds Review: Utility True Wireless Earbuds That Aspire to More

JBL Live 300TWS Earbuds Review: Utility True Wireless Earbuds That Aspire to More

on 28 May, 2021

The $149.95 JBL Live 300TWS earbuds deliver good sound in a package that is just a bit bigger than the competition. They come loaded with ambient and talk-thru features, along with good battery life t…

JBL Tune 215TWS Review: Great Wireless Earbuds on a Budget

JBL Tune 215TWS Review: Great Wireless Earbuds on a Budget

on 11 March, 2021

JBL Tune 215TWS bring Apple’s AirPod inspired style, but at fraction of the cost. Less expensive does results in trade-offs, such as Apple unique features, an IP rating, and active noise cancela…

MaskFone Review: a pandemic kludge of mask and wireless headset that we probably didn’t need

MaskFone Review: a pandemic kludge of mask and wireless headset that we probably didn’t need

on 29 January, 2021

MaskFone: An integration of protection and communications Maskfone Review: I never thought I would own so many masks. Of the ones I own, Maskfone is the most comfortable, and perhaps even the most pro…

Review: Turtle Beach Stealth 600 Gen 2

Review: Turtle Beach Stealth 600 Gen 2

on 29 November, 2020

Those working from home (WHF) or learning from home (LFM) will appreciate the $99 Turtle Beach Stealth 600 Gen 2 for their wireless sound, solid microphone, and price. Gamers will like them because th…

Review: Rocat ELO x Stereo. Great economical wired cross-platform gamer headphones.

Review: Rocat ELO x Stereo. Great economical wired cross-platform gamer headphones.

on 25 November, 2020

Solid gamer headphones that do double-duty for conference calls and video conferences. Light-weight with a steel frame that makes them more durable than all plastic headphones. A slef-adjust metal hea…

Review: Jabra Elite 85t. The Airpod Challenger.

Review: Jabra Elite 85t. The Airpod Challenger.

on 24 November, 2020

Jabra brings great earbuds to the market, and the Elite 85ts are the best so far. The company extends the design improvements of the Elite 75ts, which just acquired active noise cancelation (ANC) via …

Review: Jabra Elite 75t Earbuds. Jabra’s Middle Child Becomes The Value Earbud Buy.

Review: Jabra Elite 75t Earbuds. Jabra’s Middle Child Becomes The Value Earbud Buy.

on 24 November, 2020

The Jabra Elite 75t earbuds currently sit in the middle position between the aging 65t models and the new 85ts. In some ways they exceed the new 85t specs, but not in important categories. But they ar…

HyperX Cloud II Wireless Gaming Headphones Review: make WFH more pleasant and more badass

HyperX Cloud II Wireless Gaming Headphones Review: make WFH more pleasant and more badass

on 19 November, 2020

The gaming classic HyperX Cloud II wired headphones wrap games in a deep auditory envelope. As work from home (WFH) locked everyone into a video conferencing stare, people sought headphones that could…

Dyplay ANC Shield Pro In-Ear Monitor Review:  Nextgen features for under $100

Dyplay ANC Shield Pro In-Ear Monitor Review: Nextgen features for under $100

on 29 September, 2020

Dyplay is not the first name that comes to mind of when shopping for personal audio products. It may not even be on the list. But it should be. Dyplay has engineered some powerful in-ear monitors (IEM…

Review: Jabra Speak 510, The Perfect Personal Speakerphone

Review: Jabra Speak 510, The Perfect Personal Speakerphone

on 17 July, 2020

Review: Jabra Speak 510 The Jabra Speak 510 has transformed a weekly ritual. Since the beginning of the pandemic lock-in, my family has connected every Saturday night with my sister-in-law and her fam…

Review: Tranya Rimor True Wireless Earbuds

Review: Tranya Rimor True Wireless Earbuds

on 24 May, 2020

We recommend Tranya Rimor True Wireless Earbuds as a solid investment for those who seek a good listening experience from the most compact of travel companions. When I first received a review req…

Moving beyond wires: how to evaluate wireless earbud designs

Moving beyond wires: how to evaluate wireless earbud designs

on 30 January, 2020

Which features differentiate wireless earbud designs? Wireless earbuds designs everywhere. At CES 2020 wireless earbuds or in-ear monitors, depending on how audiophile you want to sound, appeared at a…

Review: Cleer Flow II Update Keeps The Headphone’s Design Relevant

Review: Cleer Flow II Update Keeps The Headphone’s Design Relevant

on 26 January, 2020

Cleer Flow II headphones are available in black or silver from Cleer.$279 With the Cleer Flow II headphones, Cleer brought already good headphones into the next decade. Subtle changes often get deride…

Review: W&H BeHear® NOW

Review: W&H BeHear® NOW

on 6 January, 2020

Review: W&H BeHear® NOW Review: W&H BeHear® NOW…If you put on the Wear and Hear BeHear® NOW headphones on without doing anything, they channel sound like every other pair of headphone…

Review: HELM True Wireless 5.0 Headphones Great Balance Between Features and Price

Review: HELM True Wireless 5.0 Headphones Great Balance Between Features and Price

on 30 November, 2019

Helm True Wireless 5.0 Headphones offer outstanding value for an above-average audio experience. While it seems white wireless earbuds hang ubiquitously from many ears, Apple hasn’t cornered the mar…

Jabra Elite 65t Review: True Wireless Earbuds that Make Sense

Jabra Elite 65t Review: True Wireless Earbuds that Make Sense

on 22 January, 2019

Review: Jabra Elite 65t Price: $169.99(Often discounted on e-commerce sites) I have new go-to headphones in the Jabra Wireless Elite 65t.  Although Apple has created some new aesthetic with headp…

Review: Denon AH-C820 Headphones

Review: Denon AH-C820 Headphones

on 11 April, 2018

Review: Denon AH-C820 Headphones A few years ago Polk sent me a pair of Nue Voe earbuds for review (see Headphones Roundup: Polk Nue Voe, Phiaton MS 100 BA, and TunePhonik iZX5at iPhoneLife). They inc…

Review: IFROGZ Impulse Wireless Headphones

Review: IFROGZ Impulse Wireless Headphones

on 26 June, 2017

IFROGZ Impulse Wireless Headphones$59.99Zagg I have been living on video conferencing lately. Skype, Skype for Business, Zoom, Moxtra, and others. I have three hardware companions with me when invokin…

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