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Samsung Galaxy Earbuds SM-R170 (sh.itjust.works)

submitted 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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Bought these earbuds originally in 2019 and I have not been disappointed.

I have tried several other types and brands but none of them come close to the sound quality or durability of these bad boys!

The noise cancellation is also fantastic on them as well as the battery life.

They're a bit hard to track down now as Samsung have stopped selling them and only sell the newer versions, unfortunately.

Be aware that some of the newer versions do not fit airtight in the ears, which means no noise cancellation.

I've also recently tried Google Buds and the difference between the audio quality is night and day. Where the Google Buds are tinny with no noise cancellation, the Samsung Buds are deep and rich, with fantastic noise cancellation.

Overall, highly recommended!

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[–] [email protected] 22 points 1 year ago

Worthwhile thread, but I also feel like by definition true wireless buds cannot be BIFL sadly. I don't think a single model from any manufacturer has replaceable batteries or parts, so every single set will be ultimately disposable after a couple years.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I've also been using these and I've had no issues with them. The noise cancelling is NOT active for those thinking about them.

Mic is decent and I got them for a fair price on sale. I'm pretty sure the buds 2 are better in every aspect though.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Been thinking about getting the buds2

[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 year ago (1 children)

What are you using atm?

[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Hand-me-down Airpods. I had a pair of the original galaxy buds, but i lost those a few months ago and I'm still bummed about it

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

I never loved the fit of the original airpod. I've never tried airpod pros though.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

+1 I love mine

[–] [email protected] 1 points 6 months ago

Haven't tried them, but fairbuds should be repairable

https://shop.fairphone.com/fairbuds

[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 year ago (1 children)

For me, it is the Samsung Galaxy Buds Live. Shaped like beans, the best part is that they don't plug your ear canal. They have "active noise cancelation" but they do little when they aren't sealed, I'd rather that they enhanced things like speech or could recognize different sorts of alarms and alerts, muting the playing audio for potential alerts. I know that's a strange feature few others would probably want. They are absolutely the most comfortable things I've ever worn and I wish Samsung would release an update with better batteries and support for non-Samsung devices, or some other manufacturer would release a competing product that brings those better audio codecs. There are some other "open ear" type of designs, but still nothing which really competes in the space.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

What functions only work with Samsung devices? Is it just the ‘360 sound’ thing?

[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Thank you, I was actually looking for durable, high quality earbuds. Do you happen to know if the battery is replaceable somehow?

[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 year ago (1 children)

No idea as I haven't had any problems with them yet, but the case doesn't seem like you could take it apart very easily :/

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

Yeah, that's the main problem for me. It drives me crazy that I have to trash something that still works just because of a stupid battery. Sadly not even fairphone buds (or whatever they're called) have a replaceable battery as of now