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Samsung Galaxy Buds2 - first impressions

yolosnail

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Got the Galaxy Buds2 in today, well, they're actually my mother's that she got with her Flip3 but I thought I'd take them for a spin to see what they're like. And, to be honest I'm not impressed with them at all, I genuinely find them hard to listen to!

I'm no audiophile so don't know the correct stupid words to use, and as a rule I generally ignore 'proper' reviews of headphones as they talk a load of rubbish.

With the Buds2 I found the high end is just far too harsh for my ears, I also found the vocals to be a bit harsh on the ears as well. Listening to Adele was now physically painful rather than just emotionally painful!
The bass on was actually quite nice though, it was very clear, but as someone who has a preference for headphones with a bit more bass it did feel a bit lacking compared to what I'm used to.

I put my Soundcore Liberty Air 2 Pros back in and they sounded much fuller, especially with the personalised HearID EQ thing. I tried messing around with the EQ on the Samsungs and it made very little difference, if anything it got worse when I took it out of the normal mode.

Call quality with them was also relatively poor on the Buds2, on my end other people's voices sounded very thin, and on their end I apparently sounded like I was wearing cheap headphones. By contrast, when I put my Soundcores back in, the person on the other end said I sounded much better, as if I was just talking into the phone normally.

One thing the Buds2 are is comfortable, so much better than my Soundcores. They're very light and genuinely easy to forget they're in your ear! They also don't have a stem so you don't look like an absolute muppet, but it also means they're hard to put in and take out, especially with the very slippery plastic Samsung decided to use. Within 5 seconds of taking them out, I dropped one on the floor.
In the year that I've had my Soundcores, I've never dropped one!
 
I think for podcasts I prefer the sound of the Buds2. They sound like they have a bit more bass to the voice than my Soundcores.

The Soundcores may be a bit more natural, but the Buds2 sound a bit nicer to the ear.
 
@yolosnail Try them in bass boost mode. I used this on my old Buds2 and also my buds pro. The pros sound very very good with bass boost on, but very shallow and dare I say tinny with the normal mode on
 
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@yolosnail Try them in bass boost mode. I used this on my old Buds2 and also my buds pro. The pros sound very very good with bass boost on, but very shallow and dare I say tinny with the normal mode on
I tried, but all it did was make the mediocre mids and high end more pronounced.

I even tried updating the software as I thought it could be a bug, but I was on the newest version.

I'm guessing the sound signature of them just isn't for me!
 
I tried, but all it did was make the mediocre mids and high end more pronounced.

I even tried updating the software as I thought it could be a bug, but I was on the newest version.

I'm guessing the sound signature of them just isn't for me!
Strange as they always sounded bob on for me, and I usually listen at fairly high volumes with noise cancelling because I don’t like people lol
 
Strange as they always sounded bob on for me, and I usually listen at fairly high volumes with noise cancelling because I don’t like people lol
That's like me as well, I always have my Soundcores two notches above the warning.

The noise cancelling of the Buds2 seem about on par with the Soundcores from the tests I've done, but obviously I can't try them on the bus.

I'd be interested to see how well they block out the next stop announcement, there's about 80 stops on the bus that I get so it's a rather important feature for me! My Soundcores do a decent job.
 
That's like me as well, I always have my Soundcores two notches above the warning.

The noise cancelling of the Buds2 seem about on par with the Soundcores from the tests I've done, but obviously I can't try them on the bus.

I'd be interested to see how well they block out the next stop announcement, there's about 80 stops on the bus that I get so it's a rather important feature for me! My Soundcores do a decent job.
my buds pro can get rid of the loud buzz of a busy corridor, the rattling and announcements of our busses here too.
 
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