Symphonized Premium Wooden iPhone Earphones Wired (USB C) Deep Bass Sound, 3D Sound, Microphone Volume Control, 90% Noise Cancelling for Type C Devices. Earphones for iPhone 15 to 16 & Android

I'm a fan of budget earbuds. The Sennheiser cx II 300 were my favorite pair for many years. I recently bought the Sol Republic Jax, and the Original Xiaomi Pistons, because I read many good things about them. I bought all of those mentioned for between 20-30 dollars. I had read that these symphonized were not so great with lower frequencies, so I held off on them. I enjoy mid and highs too sometimes, so decided I would buy these with the expectation that they would be limited in use for music without much of a low end. I managed to find them here for less than 20 dollars too, and that helped my decision. Ok, so here are my thoughts on them. I found them to sound better throughout the full range of frequencies than all of the others! I was shocked. I bought a second pair so that I have a spare in the event that they break or discontinue. They are the most efficient pair of earbuds as well, so they prolong the charge of my mp3 player more than the others. The bass sound from them is quite good also, I would say most similar to the Original Xiaomi Pistons, which were my best low frequency budget earbuds. I was very surprised by all this, most people seem to think that the lower frequencies aren't good on these. I disagree. What I did find, however, was that they distorted a little faster than the Sennheisers or the Original Xiaomi Piston's. But I bought these for less than any of the other top rated budget earbuds. I can't say much about durability, but they seem to be well made, and work fine so far. They came with a nice pouch, and several replacement rubber tips of various sizes. I hope they continue to make these well into the future. Even my girlfriend, who doesn't comment much on my budget earbud obsession, said that they sound great. She now listens with them. I also like the different color options (I have the blue wire and red wire pair). Those were the ones I was able to get on sale for less than 20 dollars. I hope my review has helped somebody decide on a good pair of budget earbuds.

I love this set of wooden ear buds. The symphonic sound is so pure. You can hear every string every drum beat, every flute note. I ordered it especially for my classical music and it has been perfect. It gives you crisp clear music just like you were right there where it’s being played. The first time I listened on it it made me feel so joyful.

Used them for about 90-100 hours. The sound mellowed out a bit after the first week, and I was really enjoying them. I mostly listen to podcasts and I found the Apple earbuds to be a little too bassy, these sounded nice and natural. So I was quite happy with them.I own a cleaning company so I’m always vacuuming etc, the nozzle on these fit in the ear really well to suppress external noises without having to crank the volume up. I found with other earbuds with active noise cancellation I couldn’t hear when people were trying to talk to me, so these were just right.I think the cord itself is the failure point, I never yanked on it, dropped the earbuds, kinked the cord etc. however if I move the cord just right both the earbuds will work. Not sure if this could be fixed by more QC (kind of seems like it was crimped on too tightly to the USBC connector). Or perhaps just adding more strain relief to the connector. Moving the DAC/DSP out of the USBC connector and up to where the cord splits left/right might help to make the connector less bulky and make room for a more robust strain relief. I’d also like to see the cord made from a material that is a little more slippery like the Apple earbuds. This rubbery cord is just “sticky” enough to grab on your shirt a little then pull the earbud out occasionally.Would be open to trying another pair of these after they get sorted out.

I didn't receive the first pair I ordered, so I waited for a price reduction and ordered a 2nd pair, which arrived in 2 days. There's nothing especially noteworthy about the packaging or accessories, so let's get right to the sound. The Symphony NRG Premium Wood earphones are extremely high-efficiency, well-tuned speakers, and the effect is a forward "presence" like few other earphones I've heard. In my comparison of these with three more expensive phones and one less expensive, it was the Symphonized speakers that handled everything, delivering: 1) frequency-identifiable pitches of walking acoustic bass (Doug Watkins),2) warm and intimate sound of Clark Terry's flugelhorn (and Tina Brooks' tenor), and 3) all of the drummer's kit (Art Blakey's), including a clear clap of the hi-hat on the off-beats. You may be able to tune and EQ your phones to capture one or even two of these instruments clearly but representing all three with stunning and accurate realism is normally reserved for phone at 4 times the price.No doubt you've seen, and may own, some of the elaborate phones with "flat" cables and responsive on-line controls. I have some that are made by JBL and Ultimate Ears. The sound leaves little to be desired, but the phones are twice as heavy as these and soon become impractical for running or even brisk walking, with the flat cables having a tendency to beat against your chest and face. The Symphonized NRG's are so lightweight they're welcome from the start. The round cables are braided, just thick enough to prevent the "birds' nests" that the cheapest Panasonic and Sony phones with spaghetti-like rubber cables are subject to (sometimes requiring 15 minutes of disentangling before use.)These hold their price quite steadily at $25, and after listening to and wearing them, I can understand why. If you wish to try something similar at a fraction of the price, check out the Awei Q5 phones (the price on Amazon can be highly variable, but I've purchased them for 5 on that other big auction site--just make sure the price remains in single digits, postage included). They're similar in materials, construction and weight to the Symphonies. They are not, on the other hand, "high efficiency" phones, so you'll need to boost the volume to get a sound approximating these Symphonized wooden phones. In audio you can pay big bucks for the most marginal improvements. At one-fourth to one-fifth the price of the Symphonized phones, the Awei Q5's are definitely bargains worthy of the serious listener's attention.P.S. Compared to some truly high-end wooden phones that I own--made by Sleek Audio and Woodee's--the Symphonies get my vote. They're half the price but 2-3 times better-sounding. It's not surprising that progress should begin to be evident in miniature transducers.