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AirPods 3 vs. Sony LinkBuds: 1 Month Later
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AIRPODS OR LINKBUDS? CHOOSE YOUR FIGHTER
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The third-gen Apple AirPods and Sony LinkBuds have more in common than you might think. These open wireless Bluetooth earbuds help you hear your surroundings while listening to music. Lexy compares them on fit, comfort, sound quality, microphones, noise canceling and battery life.
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00:00 — Airpods 3 vs Sony LinkBuds
00:55 — Fit & Comfort
02:57 — Controls
05:03 — Sound Quality
07:50 — Microphone Test
08:43 — Apps & Other Features
11:17 — Battery Life & Durability
12:58 — Lexy’s Pick
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I’m sorry I think it’s ridiculous that these airpods still have the insanely ugly stem. They look soooooo … yeah well ridiculous. Bro I’d be embarrassed to wear that crap but people pretend it’s OK because it’s apple. If any other company did that we’d make endless fun of them.
Also these seem to be copying to old wired airpod design without the silicone rubber tip. Those type of earbuds are the absolute worst. I’d your earbud doest have a silicone / foam or gel tip that goes into your ear it’s basically worthless. I’ve NEVER ever been able to fit an earphone like that in my ear
Sony links look fugly too BTW. They needed to copy XM4s style only make it smaller and more comfortable.
00:33
she listens to MF DOOM. Based
My state is trying to murder me and are recklessly slandering my name.
I got the Airpods 3 and like them. However, after placing them in my ear they will randomly fall out without any indication they are loose. Sometimes its after 30 mins, sometimes longer. They just slowly creep out and fall. They sound good and are comfortable…but staying in is important.
Definitely going for the Sonys
Mf doom ❤️
I wish you guys would test out non mainstream brands that are built well and have good features. Still a good review tho 👍🏼
Imagin having to press a button to change ur music absolute present
I just bought the 3rd g AirPods and they are great but there’s nothing innovative about them as compared to Sony
$180 a pair for either model? I have $22 JLabs Go Air Pops and they fit and work great. If I lose them, I can buy replacements 7 times for the price of these others.
I bought the linkbuds yesterday before I used airpods so in my opinion linkbuds have a better fit,sound quality and mic quality and if you are an android user the linkbuds suits more then the airpods and the last airpods don’t stay while working out in gym but these linkbuds do stay in
Your music choices are top notch!! MF DOOM!!!
Excellent Review!
I own(ed) both because I like the concept of open ear pods 🙂
But even Apple doesn’t communicate the main difference between the Airpods 1–3 (open so no ANC possible) and Pro (closed like all other In-ears).
Anyway — you brought it exactly to the point for these canditates — It’s all about the fit which is really different:
Sadly the Sony LinkBuds don’t want to fit in my ears without starting to hurt after some minutes, regardless of the fins i used.
Also the Airpods 3 are not fitting perfectly and start to hurt or fall out after some hours (phone conferences in the home office).
Finally the good old Airpods 2 (and the SoundPeats TrueAir 2 with good sound but terrible call quality) have the best fit for my ears.
So I had no choise: I needed to decide for the AirPods 3 since the sound is better than the Airpods 2 (and their batteries got weak due to the heavy use in the last years).
But one thing needed to be said after multiple tries: the spacial audio feature is completely useless — it makes music much more worse and I am not watching any cinema movies with my Airpods 😉
Would like to see more of such detailed an well done comparisons in future !!
Awesome vid!
I really love linkbuds but unfortunatelly my ears are not loved by them, in any fitters, it falls quite often. because it is naturally ambient sound mode, I’d like to wear them outside but I’m so afraid of losing it. Sony please create some variation of fitter like XXL or different shape .…
I’ve just bought a pair of Linkbuds. They do not fit my ears. I’ve tried every size fin they offer. XS and S are too small and they wiggle out while I’m talking. M is almost the size I need, but they start to hurt my ears after a short amount of time. I’ve also noticed that the sit too low in my ear and it muffles the sound.
Unfortunately, living in Poland, not even Amazon always used returns. So, I’m stuck with these things that I can’t wear.
Waiting for AirPods Pro 2
If you are really looking for open ear buds with a comfortable fit and a good sound have a look at the Oladance Wearable Stereo buds.
The Sony’s have made my ears sore especially to the R/H one I now have an infection. Luckily I bought them cheap second hand.
notice at 0:33 she was listening to doom? MFDOOM4L
Just got the Linkbuds yesterday with a black Friday deal at 99€ and I love them… They even updated to support multi point straight away.
So for the money I paid and the featured I’m more than happy
MF DOOM 5:46
Ive sony link buds over a year. Comfortable, dont fall out, but aound quality for music is not good at all
As a parent, I consider it an advantage not to be able to open the case with just one hand 😀
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