dweaver
Headphoneus Supremus
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So I have had these Linkbuds S for just about 2 weeks now and according to the app I have used them for 79;hours so far. The only other TWS combo I own that had this much initial use from me is the Fiio FH5/UTWS5 combo.
I cracked those back out last night and they definitely are a step up, no doubt about it. They have better sub-bass, sound stage, and 3D presentation but the Linkbuds S has a similar signature, sound stage and 3D presentation just scaled back. They have about 85% of the general signature, 90% of the sub-bass, 70% of the sound stage and 3D presentation.
To put that into perspective, the GBuds Pro achieve around 80% of the sound stage and 3D presentation but at the expense of isolation and lower noise floor.
I have a song from the Open your Ears album (an HD tracks binaural sampler) called Heartbeat which plays for different lower sub-bass heartbeats and both Linkbuds S and the Fiio combo had almost the same ability to reproduce the beats with both playing the final beat but with the same lack of authority, again showing a very similar signature.
I fiddled with the app quite a bit initially getting the buds to recognize what I wanted but in the past week aside from the occasional over ride due to different circumstances I generally don't have to adjust anything, the buds just work in a way I find appropriate. So that functionality if pretty good on these.
They definitely could use the dual device functionality though and I really wish they had a longer battery life because I do find myself leaving them in for longer periods than other TWS and am sad when the battery level gets low. Definitely the most comfortable TWS I have owned.
I like seeing that I am using these in a way that is safe for my ears in the app. The adaptive feature stats show these have adjusted the sound 550 times since I have them!
I cracked those back out last night and they definitely are a step up, no doubt about it. They have better sub-bass, sound stage, and 3D presentation but the Linkbuds S has a similar signature, sound stage and 3D presentation just scaled back. They have about 85% of the general signature, 90% of the sub-bass, 70% of the sound stage and 3D presentation.
To put that into perspective, the GBuds Pro achieve around 80% of the sound stage and 3D presentation but at the expense of isolation and lower noise floor.
I have a song from the Open your Ears album (an HD tracks binaural sampler) called Heartbeat which plays for different lower sub-bass heartbeats and both Linkbuds S and the Fiio combo had almost the same ability to reproduce the beats with both playing the final beat but with the same lack of authority, again showing a very similar signature.
I fiddled with the app quite a bit initially getting the buds to recognize what I wanted but in the past week aside from the occasional over ride due to different circumstances I generally don't have to adjust anything, the buds just work in a way I find appropriate. So that functionality if pretty good on these.
They definitely could use the dual device functionality though and I really wish they had a longer battery life because I do find myself leaving them in for longer periods than other TWS and am sad when the battery level gets low. Definitely the most comfortable TWS I have owned.
I like seeing that I am using these in a way that is safe for my ears in the app. The adaptive feature stats show these have adjusted the sound 550 times since I have them!
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