Well the pair I have have quite decent ANC. Frankly, earbuds are in the consumer device category where a loooot of people fall for brands and hype. The only cr

Well the pair I have have quite decent ANC. Frankly, earbuds are in the consumer device category where a loooot of people fall for brands and hype. The only criticism that holds is that these have touchy touch controls, but for a cost savings of $120, and that being the only compromise for me, it's a no-brainer. This blog is invaluable. I bought a number of the sub-$50 pairs a couple years back, and compared them against my favorite wired IEMs. They're not the same of course, but damn good for the money. https://www.scarbir.com/guide/best-sounding-wireless-earphones-50-dollar https://www.scarbir.com/guide/best-sounding-wireless-earphon... I wear them 6+ hours a day, or did when the battery was in better health. If you skim the reviews, you'll see that there are a number of them that have good frequency response, comfort, multi-point. ANC is more or less table stakes, from what I can tell. Etc. Things change fast, you really don't have to spend $100 to get decent earbuds. Hell, even the Galaxy Buds FE, which are very well reviewed can be had for $70USD. EDIT: Actually, the very latest blog post is pretty descriptive of this: https://www.scarbir.com/tws/cheapest-airpods-like-earbuds-aliexpress https://www.scarbir.com/tws/cheapest-airpods-like-earbuds-al... (One of the top on the list the successor to the pair I've been rocking since 2022.)