Samsung’s true wireless earbuds return with more features in tow, but how do they sound?
Samsung Galaxy Buds+ : Read more
Samsung Galaxy Buds+ : Read more
Can someone tell me how good the bass is like on a scale of 1-10
I guess What Hi-Fi just prefers Sony's sound to Samsung's regardless of the actual sound quality, in light of some other professional reviews:
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Samsung Galaxy Buds Plus review
The Samsung Galaxy Buds Plus is an iterative upgrade to the original Galaxy Buds, let's see how it sounds and if it's worth picking up.www.soundguys.com
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Sony WF-1000XM3 review
The Sony WF-1000XM3 is a pair of true wireless earbuds with premium features like noise canceling. How does it compare to the competition?www.soundguys.com
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Buyer's Guide: Best True Wireless Earphones of 2022 – In-Ear Fidelity
Crinacle's guide to the overwhelming world of TWS earphones.crinacle.com
Well... According to the frequency response charts posted on the top two articles you cited, the Sonys have objectively higher capabilities overall. They can achieve higher volume on very low pitches (biologically harder to hear), higher volume on very high pitches (also biologically harder to hear), and have a wider range of audible frequencies (as evidenced by the cliff on the high frequency end dropping off further along the line with the Sonys). The frequency response charts of the Sonys are also even closer to the Harman Target (which is somewhat of a subjective standard but I figure you're interested since you brought it up). The isolation charts also show the Sonys crushing virtually all of the frequencies better than the Galaxy Buds+. These are all parameters that are more difficult to achieve and require higher quality tech. Now that's not to say that the Buds+ are bad, but in talking about "actual sound quality", these are basically the facts.
Samsung’s true wireless earbuds return with more features in tow, but how do they sound?
Samsung Galaxy Buds+ : Read more
1. "They can achieve higher volume on very low pitches (biologically harder to hear), higher volume on very high pitches (also biologically harder to hear)"
-> I don't think so; the bottom line of the frequency response should be the 'tonal balance' throughout the frequencies. The volume levels that people hear more depend on the sensitivity.
I guess that's why SoundGuy also gave even higher scores to Galaxy Buds+ than Sony's.
<Galaxy Buds+>
SOUND QUALITY/BASS/MIDRANGE/HIGHS
9.7/9.4/9.8/9.8
<Sony WF-1000XM3>
SOUND QUALITY/BASS/MIDRANGE/HIGHS
9.5/9.4/9.6/9.5
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To sum up, Galaxy Buds+ should have got 4 stars because Sony's got 5 stars and Airpods Pro got 4 stars thank to their ANC feature.