The Sound Quality of JBL Earbuds: A Detailed Review

When it comes to sound quality, all three of the JBL earbuds - the JBL Tour Pro 2, the Sondar 3, and the Sondar Beam 3 - offer excellent performance. However, there are some key differences between them. One of the main differences is in their active noise cancellation (ANC) capabilities. The JBL Tour Pro 2 has the most advanced ANC system, which effectively blocks out low-end noise. On the other hand, the Sondar 3 and Sondar Beam 3 also offer excellent ANC, but not quite to the same extent as the Tour Pro 2.

Personally, I would rank the sound quality of these earbuds as follows: the Sondar 3 comes in first, followed closely by the Sondar Beam 3. The JBL Tour Pro 2 is still an excellent choice, but it doesn't quite match the sound quality of the top two models.

One thing that sets the Sondar 3 apart from the other two earbuds is its unique fit. It has a snug and comfortable design that stays put even during intense activities like working out. This is especially important for athletes who need to be able to focus on their performance without distractions. The Sondar Beam 3 also offers an excellent fit, but it's not quite as good as the Sondar 3.

In terms of sound quality, the Sondar 3 has a slight edge over the other two earbuds. It produces a more balanced and nuanced sound with better bass response. The Sondar Beam 3 is still an excellent choice, but it doesn't quite match the sound quality of the Sondar 3.

One feature that sets the JBL Tour Pro 2 apart from the other two earbuds is its support for LDAC (Low-Delay Adaptive Coding) technology. This allows for high-quality audio streaming with low latency, making it an excellent choice for music lovers who want a seamless listening experience. However, if you don't have a phone that supports LDAC, the Tour Pro 2 doesn't offer any significant advantages over the other two earbuds.

Transparency Mode is another feature that all three of these earbuds offer in excellent quality. This allows users to hear their surroundings while still being able to focus on their music or calls. The JBL Tour Pro 2's transparency mode is particularly impressive, as it effectively balances sound quality with the ability to hear external noise.

The JBL Tour Pro 2 and Sondar 3 are both excellent choices for those who value high-quality audio and active noise cancellation. However, if you're looking for a more affordable option that still offers great sound quality and a comfortable fit, the Sondar 3 is an excellent choice. The Sondar Beam 3 is also worth considering, as it offers a unique design and excellent sound quality.

When it comes to value, the JBL Tour Pro 2 is the most expensive of the three earbuds. However, if you're looking for high-quality audio and active noise cancellation, it may be worth the investment. The Sondar 3 and Sondar Beam 3 are more affordable options that still offer excellent sound quality and a comfortable fit.

In conclusion, all three of these JBL earbuds offer excellent sound quality and features like active noise cancellation and transparency mode. However, they have some key differences in terms of design, comfort, and value. If you're looking for the best overall experience, I would recommend the Sondar 3. However, if you're willing to spend a bit more money for high-quality audio and advanced features, the JBL Tour Pro 2 may be worth considering.

Battery Life is another feature that all three of these earbuds offer in excellent quality. The Sondar 3 has the longest battery life of the three, with up to 11 hours of playback time on a single charge. The Sondar Beam 3 also offers long battery life, with up to 9 hours of playback time. The JBL Tour Pro 2 has relatively short battery life compared to the other two earbuds.

Lastly, all three of these earbuds come with a smart case that allows for wireless charging and storage. This is a convenient feature that makes it easy to keep your earbuds charged and organized on-the-go.

Battle of the Buds: JBL Versus JBL Versus JBL

In this article, we've explored the sound quality, features, and value of three JBL earbuds: the JBL Tour Pro 2, the Sondar 3, and the Sondar Beam 3. While each of these earbuds has its own strengths and weaknesses, they all offer excellent performance in terms of sound quality, active noise cancellation, and comfort.

If you like the sound quality of JBL Pro Sound, which is known for its balanced and nuanced audio signature, then the Sondar 3 or Sondar Beam 3 may be a good choice. However, if you're looking for the best overall experience and are willing to spend a bit more money, the JBL Tour Pro 2 may be worth considering.

Ultimately, the decision comes down to personal preference and budget. If you want excellent sound quality, active noise cancellation, and a comfortable fit at an affordable price, then the Sondar 3 or Sondar Beam 3 may be the way to go. However, if you're looking for the best overall experience with advanced features like LDAC technology, transparency mode, and wireless charging, then the JBL Tour Pro 2 is worth considering.

Conclusion

In conclusion, all three of these JBL earbuds offer excellent sound quality, features, and value. However, they have some key differences in terms of design, comfort, and price. If you're looking for the best overall experience with advanced features like LDAC technology, transparency mode, and wireless charging, then the JBL Tour Pro 2 may be worth considering. However, if you want a more affordable option that still offers great sound quality and a comfortable fit, the Sondar 3 or Sondar Beam 3 are excellent choices.

The final verdict is that the JBL earbuds offer an impressive range of options for those who value high-quality audio and advanced features. Whether you're looking for the best overall experience or a more affordable option, there's a JBL earbud that's sure to meet your needs.

"WEBVTTKind: captionsLanguage: enyo what's up everybody it's your boy floss back again with another video and today we got another episode of Battle of the buds we got JBL versus JBL versus JBL we got the new live buds 3 now these are going to run you 170 bucks we got the live beam three these are going to run you 200 bucks and we got my favorite JBL earbuds of all time the JBL tour pro two now these are going to run you 250 bucks all right so let's get right into it first things first the white shoes back in the building I love my I love my love calm down y'all see how hot white shoes came in soon as I started talking she popped up on the set ready to work okay so what's the difference between these three earbuds let's take it over to Amazon because that's where I got these from okay so as you can see the live buds 3 they don't have the stem okay let me go back real quick and the live beam 3 they do have the stem and this is a good thing some people hate the stem design they look like airpod pros and some people hate airbuds without the stems so JBL is giving you options all right so let's see if there's any other differences now all of them are Bluetooth version 5.3 okay let's see battery life now with the live buds 3 40 hours the live beam 3 48 Hours okay so that's going to give you the maximum battery and the tour pro2 48 Hours okay 40 hours also now the battery size is actually bigger on the 12 Pro 2s but you're still getting best battery with the live beam 3 now the new ones okay the buds 3 and the beam 3 the ip55 water and dust resistant now the to Pro 2 no R Ingress Protection all of them have active noise cancellation and transparency mode they all have six mics so they can give you extra extra crystal clear phone calls now the new ones you get an ldac high-res audio okay now with the 12 pro2 you just got the JBL Pro legendary sound they all have the smart charging case they all have spatial sound voice assistance and all of them feature multipoint connection okay so let's check these out now let me say this real quick when I reviewed the tour pro twos a lot of people were saying that this case is kind of gimmicky and I kind of thought it was a gimmick at first you know when I first started using them but the more that I use them I realize that this case is not a gimmick and when is this case going to really come into play when you pair these up to a TV a handheld gaming system or a laptop okay if you peer these up to your TV or your laptop you can control your Ambient sound okay so we got active noise cancellation Ambient sound mode and talk through check this out you can control your EQ so different EQ settings right from the earbuds if you pair it up to your TV or your laptop you got timers okay you got spatial sound for movies okay music or gaming you can control the screen brightness of the case you can actually set your own wallpaper so if you notice I got the little uh BMW Wallpaper yall know how I rock you got voice aware okay that's how much of your own voice you want to hear when you're making a phone call you got silent now that means you could turn on active noise cancellation without any music okay if you just want to meditate put on silent now you got autop pause when you take out your earbuds automatically pause your music put them back in your music will resume you can get your notifications okay and messages you got find my buds you got an actual flashlight now you can't really see it but if it was complete darkness that's actually a little flashlight and of course you can play pause Skip and reverse your music and control and control your volume so the smart char in case is really not a gimmick and I'm surprised a lot of other airbud companies ain't copying this trend and the smart charging case also has Wireless charge look at that okay so let's start off with the live budge 3 let me grab a little unboxing knif what we got today okay so we got the John Wick special Microtech now somebody asked me is this a real microt Tech come on bro come on you know how I'm giving it up all right let's go now let's see real quick both of these have an app that's available for Android and iOS same thing I just showed you with the 12 Pro 2s you could control your EQ Ambient sound mode you could customize your screen saver Bluetooth version 5.3 okay again I think the biggest difference with these look at the battery okay now with the live buds 3 you got quick charge 10 minutes of charge will give you four hours worth of Play Time same thing with the beam but with the live buds 3 active noise cancellation turned on you got 8 hours with the beam active noise cancellation turned on you got 10 hours tour Pro 2 8 hours okay so these have the best battery life but if you notice ldac ldac okay ip55 ip55 okay multipoint connection again I think the biggest difference is going to be which style do you prefer the stem or the non- stem okay so let's go and unbox these one more right let's do them at the same time now I'm going to try to keep this video a little bit quicker I'm not going to do all my testing live on camera because we got a bunch of different airbuds okay matter of fact let's do the budge three first as far as the presentation okay you're going to get different size ear tips okay now this is actually a nice way to present them this is going to be your smart charging case okay you got the classic orange JBL charging cable USB a to USB type-c shoes and ins that for quality of course you got your usual books and plug them and file them and that's pretty much it now I'm going to save the different size ear chips for later usage next up with the beam 3 okay same thing this is going to be your usual books and JBL charging cable all right shoes do your thing air tips and the smart charging case okay now let me uh almost blessed myself okay get these out the way all right so let's see with the non stem version this how they going to look okay let's go ahead and see here's a closer look okay peel these off one more drop them back in the case I know and of course you got a little stick on the outside let's see do these have any juice I'm going to plug these in in a second matter of fact I think I got a cable right here let's go and plug these in activate the smart charging case and see what it looks like okay there it is charging up now let's see the battery on these okay 100% okay good so you got to plug them in to activate the case we'll leave that right there next ones same thing W stem style now I used to hate the stem style airbuds and I'm going to say this again when I reviewed the Galaxy buds 3 Pro I told y'all when I hated that the stem style earbuds it was the original airpods remember the stem used to be about this long okay I hate those modern day earbuds the stem is not that long and if not that long if you notice even with the tour pro twos let's see the difference in the stem size the stem on the Tor Pro 2 is actually a little bit shorter okay I like that let's see how these look okay this is going to be your stickers okay these are going to be the live beam 3 the beams have the stem the buds are buds drop them in the case same thing plug them in activate the smart charging case and we'll see what it looks like B look at that okay it shows you that it's charging up and again you could customize the screen all right so let's go ahead and set these up now for the paring process it's going to be the same on all of the airbuds if you got an Android phone you got Google Fast pair once you open up the case you're going to get this popup okay hit save download the JBL app and keep it moving now if you got an iPhone just go to your Bluetooth settings and select your JBL earbuds now of course just like any other set of earbuds download the app and check for an update now as you can see there's one available so we're going to go ahead and click that and update your earbuds all right so now that we finish the update let's walk through the JBL headphones app and on a side note this is one of the best apps that you're going to find for headphones and it has the most customization and the most features first you can power off your earbuds from the top it shows you the name of your airbuds a picture of your airbuds and you got the battery percentage for the left the right and the charging case now you got three different tabs you got General audio and other so from General you got your Ambient sound controls now I can turn everything off and save battery or turn it on we got active noise cancellation now you can customize your ANC you got adaptive ANC which you automatically lower or raise the active noise cancellation based on your surrounding sounds I'm going to leave that on and if I want to I can just uh control my ANC now I like to have maximum ANC now you also got Auto compensation what does that mean checking your wearing and air Canal status to adjust thec level in real time that's pretty dope now I'm going to leave that off okay now you got ambient aware that's your transparency mode and you can raise or lower the amount of ambient sounds that you hear and you got talk through now talk through is actually going to enhance the voice so if you want to have a more clear conversation with transparency mode put on talk through next you got your smart charging case settings now you can raise or lower the brightness of the screen you got your custom wallpapers now that has a few presets but if you want to customize it boom you see I got two that already downloaded you can take photo choose from your album do your thing you got your message notifications whether you want to get your emails and your text message and your preview so you if you turn off preview it'll just say text message if you put on preview it'll say text message from the person and it'll show the actual message that's pretty dope you got your shortcuts these are all your different tiles say you don't use ERS that much you can turn that off so this way you don't got to keep swiping past the timer and you can change your language okay so that's for smart charging case next you got check my best fit it's going to give you a little uh personalized hearing test and get the best fit for your earbuds you got personal sound amplification okay now let's let's see what that is amplify situational sound from your surroundings to stay aware of what's going on around you and enhance your conversation okay so personal sound amplification I'll leave that off now you got smart audio and video okay it's going to change your sound whether you're watching videos or audio you got smart automation this will pause your music okay let I'll read the actual definition for you you got autop play and pause and auto pick up a phone call okay so if I'm wearing the earbuds I take them out it'll pause the music put them back in music will resol and the same thing if I turn on auto pick them a phone call if somebody calls me it'll automatically answer the call now I leave that off for sure next you got your gestures okay these are your touch controls so for the left earbud One Tap you can have noise cancellation Ambient sound mode or turn it off double tap tap and hold and triple tap fully customizable same thing for the right you got play and pause skipp and reverse tracks answering M phone calls and activate your voice assistant I love the level of customization with these airbuds next you got your voice prompts you can turn those on and off and you can select the language okay now did we cover everything yeah did we do smart talk did I tell yall about um hold up let me see I think I skipped that one smart talk Smart Talk basically what that means is if I turn this on if I start talking it'll automatically put my earbuds into transparency mode and lower the music and then once I stop talking after 5 Seconds it'll turn off transparency mode and resume my music at the uh volume that I had it set to so you can change that to 5 Seconds 15 seconds or 20 seconds that is pretty epic if you're going to wear these at work I'll leave these on for 20 seconds so if I'm sitting at my desk and somebody says yo fla and I what up soon as I I start talking it's not going to play my music again until 20 seconds that gives me a chance to see if they're going to say something else but for this video we're going to leave that off next you got audio high resolution what does that mean let's go to settings okay we go to Bluetooth and watch this where was that hold up all let's go to uh Bluetooth you see for the live beam LD AC ldac highres audio now that's the biggest difference between these two new ones and the tour pro2 no ldac now it all depends on which phone you got now I'm using a Galaxy s24 Ultra these do support ldac okay so you got your EQ now check this out you got a bunch of different presets so we got Jazz vocal Bass Club Studio extreme base and look at this you got a fully customizable 10 band EQ so you can really dial into the music that you want I like to leave these on uh bass or Studio that's pretty dope all right so let's keep it moving now if you put if you put on the um highres audio you're going to lose adaptive EQ and spatial sound now if I turn off high red audio spatial sound is going to give me movies music or game okay now I'm going to test these with ldac first then we'll turn them off now you got your left and right sound balance you got a volume limiter you got sound level Optimizer what does that mean okay when the voice of the person you're calling sounds too loud or too low the volume will be balanced to the optimal level that is pretty dope okay now you got sound settings what is that and I like how they have the little info thing right here adjust the tone of the voice of the person on the other end of the phone so you can change the tone of the person you're talking to now look at this you got voice aware that's how much of your own voice you want to hear in a phone call and look at this feature right here it's called private call what does that mean take out one earbud and use it as a microphone to enhance your voice level during the call or to keep your conversations private bro what does that mean say I'm sitting at a table I'm at dinner right and they put me next to the fattest person at the table and somebody calls me on the phone and I want to have a little private conversation I can take one earbud out and I'm going to use it as a mic put it real close to my lips and I could be like yo they got me sitting next to this fat I'm trying to lose weight and they got me next to the big back or why did they put me in the big back section let me call you back you got the you're using this as a little personal mic right by your mouth that is epic okay private call mode okay so now we got others you got relaxed sound watch this I'mma put it right by the mic yall hear that you got a bunch of different relaxing sounds okay so you got the fires the trees the woods water if you want to go to sleep or you just want to chill out and meditate throw on some relaxing sounds and you can change the uh the duration of the time find my buds now check this out listen to how allow to find my buds is Apple this is what you need now Apple you know the airpod pros even the Galaxy when you do find my buds the sound is so low it's hard to find your buds look at this I hear that there's no way you're not going to find your buds you can do the left or the right that was so kind of woke shoes up for a second but she went back to sleep all right so you got a a five my buds that actually works you got power saving mode and you got support okay and that's pretty much it let's see um is anything we need some power saving mode Auto standby auto power off and support set up your headphones quick guide fact uh facts you got your factory resets software updates and the serial numbers so again this app is very deep and very functional all right so now let's take a look at the charging cases this is the tour Pro 2 I did a full video on this so I'm not going to spend too much time on this but you do got your reset button okay or your Bluetooth pairing there's your screen on the front excellent strength on the magnets and look at this got to get it in the right spot Wireless charge now this is going to be the beam 3 same thing okay there's your customized wallpaper okay swipe to unlock now there it is excellent strength on the magnets and of course Wireless charge there it is budge three now the case is kind of responsive but I'm down here sweating so if y'all see me going like this it's because my finger a little sticky but you're not going to have any problem with the case excellent strength on the magnets and we got the see lights flashing on the bottom let's wait for the symbol on the top Wireless charge all right so let me show you what it's going to look like when you're getting a phone call now it's going to look the same on all of the airbuds I'm going to call myself on one of my trap numbers now say my phone is all the way across the room watch how this works okay I'm just wait for it to connect there it is okay phone is ringing now I can answer from the phone or right from the airbuds case how dope is that I can actually mute it yeah I'm talking to this big back floss yeah annoying ass yo what up floss what's good all right I'm G call you back in a minute and I can hang up from right here B just like that that is pretty sick all right now let me show you what it's going to look like when you get in the text message okay there it is just sent myself a message you're okay let's do one more what's good okay watch this getting your messages and phone calls right from your smart charging case with the custom wallpaper this is hot all right so here's how they're going to look when you're wearing them this is the Tor Pro 2 okay stem style but the shorter stem now here's the live beams okay with no stem and I got to be honest with you I love the fit of these I think these might be the best for the gym all right here's the live beam three stem style very comfortable in discreet now as far as the fit all three of these survived maximum Shak with my headshake test but if I was buying these for the gym I would definitely go with the live buds 3 I think these have the most secure fit and they were the most snug but you can't go wrong with either one of these all right so now let's do a little sound test now I got all of these earbuds paired up to an Android phone but just keep in mind no ldac with the tour Pro 2 now for the beam and the buds we got ldac on the Galaxy s24 now I'm going to start off with active noise cancellation turned on maximum volume the EQ set to Studio which is one of my favorite EQ settings I got a classic song queued up we got the saddest day by Wayne Wonder I promise y'all I'm not going to sing CU I actually want to hear this but big up to all of my Jamaican mive out there here we go okay look at that okay now these are super loud WOW crystal clear the sadest day the saddest okay hold up this is one of my joints ready here come the bass drop the saddest day of my life is when she left me with a broken bro these sound incredible wow the the saddest let me see something it's when she left me with a broken heart okay okay no wonder it sounded so good that was my my EQ okay this is Studio oo all the man M let's try my oh yeah this this is crazy right here let's try extreme base that base is deep all about the B this is one of my favorite EQ settings though crystal clear the sadest okay hold up is when she left me with her bro all all right let's hit pause all right hold on okay now you see look I just got a Tik Tok you seen the notification go off I'm going to pause this for a minute okay now let's let's let's go ahead and put on the live beams okay we got the live beams on we're going to start off with Studio EQ okay here we go okay make sure we got maximum volume super loud okay my okay side is okay it seems like the buds was actually louder let me see hold up okay no hold up no okay they sound about to say I was in the pain the pain the pain let's see let's go up woo okay yeah yeah yeah okay yeah they sound just as good as the beat H the bunch the my mar I'm sorry shoes I'm sorry yeah that base is deep okay let me try my favorite Studio oh these sound so good all right let me let's let's hit pause okay let's hit pause bro bro okay I would say I actually like the fit better of the buds as opposed to the beams but in terms of volume both of them is nice and Loud the base is deep and clean all right shoes can you um all Now put on my tour pro two now I already know how these are going to sound cuz these are actually one of my favorites all right so we tried the tour pro twos without ldac here we go okay this is max volume okay now I got to be honest the buds and the beam definitely have more clarity the saddest day of my life of my okay here it goes okay here it goes the sadest now the base on these hold up let's go P hun I was feeling the pain the pain let's um let's try my personal one okay yeah wow I got to say the beam and the bud sound better all memories okay wow hold up now I want to see something I want to see something I'm going to immediately pause okay and then immediately drop the beams on yeah the beams definitely more clarity and definitely a tad louder a tad louder okay okay let's just make sure okay so we're on Studio okay now I'm going to immediately take these off and drop the buds in okay here it goes now let's get to the music okay now I got to say yeah the beams and the buds hold up the beams and the buds they pretty much sound the same you see how I'm getting the notifications I love that the beams I just want to check one more thing I want try one more thing yeah it almost seems like it almost seems like the the bud three are a little bit louder let me see hold up all right hold up take these out you how loud those are I'm going take those out drop these in real quick okay let's hit pause on that let me drop these one more time okay yeah wow wow okay now this is kind of weird because you would think that you would think that the ones that cost the most money would sound the best but here's how I would rank these okay I would say in terms of just overall Clarity and volume and part of it you know what too part of it could be because of the fit these have the best fit okay now hold up YouTube notific that that is so dope but watch this you know how loud these are bro okay yeah all right let me do a little bit more testing because you know what you I think the difference is between the bean I keep saying beans all right the buds the buds yeah oh oh beans not beans the the difference between the buds and the beam okay the buds they have a better fit and they go a little bit deeper in your ear and they sit right on your ear canal so I think that's why they sound a tad bit better okay they sound a tad bit better but with the with the um the Tor Pro these are the Tor Pro twos that have that little plastic piece and these are the beams the beams and the buds three all right the beam 3 and Budge three super loud super clear ldac ldac is not a gimmick because you can hear the difference in the clarity you can hear it immediately now I want to test one more thing before we wrap this up all right so I just did some thorough testing and here's the results now I just Spam Amaya with a bunch of phone calls I would say for call Quality they all sounded the same she couldn't even tell the difference but the biggest difference that I noticed besides the sound quality is active noise cancellation when it comes to active noise cancellation all look at shoes when it comes to active noise cancellation the JBL tour Pro 2 these have the most ANC okay they they blocked out the most low-end noise but when it comes to sound quality personally if I had to pick I would go with the budge three all right the budge three and the beam 3 they sound if these are nine these will be an 8.5 they sound super similar but to me it just seems like the budge 3 have a better fit they feel a little bit louder okay and they just they just sound a little a teeny bit better to me but you couldn't go wrong with either one of these okay either one of these I would have assumed that the most expensive ones would had the best sound quality but that's not the case ldac Okay highres audio again this is not a gimmick if you got a phone that supports ldac you are going to hear the difference immediately okay immediately it made the tour pro twos which I think was my favorite JBL earbuds to date now I'm going to give that title okay we can move these out the way I'm going to give the title of my favorite JBL earbuds I'm going to give that title to the budge 3 because of the fit now you know this is up to you which ones do you like better the stems or the non- stems I like the fit of these better you know when you wear stem airbuds to the gym and you start sweating I noticed they tend to move around the way these sit in your ear they not going to move around okay excellent core quality these have the best battery life and these are the cheapest and the smart case is exct L the same on all of them these are the win of the video okay the JBL buds 3 the live buds 3 on the scalea one of 10 I'm ranking these a triple Major go the live beam threes I'm giving these also a triple Major go and if you still got the buds the um tour Pro 2 here's the thing I wouldn't upgrade unless I had a phone that was capable of ldac and here's what I noticed when I turned off ldac uh they still sounded a tad cleaner they standed they sounded a tad cleaner but without LDC they all sounded the same with my personal EQ setting but LDC is the uh deciding factor anyway this is Battle of the buds JBL versus JBL versus JBL JBL wins okay if you like the JBL Pro Sound if you like ldac Crystal Clear music with high with a high volume okay I'm telling you oh matter of fact oh let me talk about one more thing transparency mode is great on all three of these active noise cancellation great on all three of these but just the best okay the best this is up there with the Galaxy buds okay the tour pro Toc is up there with the Galaxy buds 3 Pro bro check these out okay now these is these right here these are 70 bucks worth every penny but if you can't stand this style okay and you just want to have that look spend the extra 30 bucks and get these and if you got a Galaxy s24 Ultra or a phone that supports ldac don't buy the toour pro twos buy one of these anyway hit me up in the comments let me know what y'all think about these shout out to everybody rocking with me on Facebook 4 Square Twitter Google+ shout out to all the Google gangsters I see y'all holding down at Facebook page shout out to everybody hitting me up on Boxer and a special shout out to everybody rocking with me on 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and today we got another episode of Battle of the buds we got JBL versus JBL versus JBL we got the new live buds 3 now these are going to run you 170 bucks we got the live beam three these are going to run you 200 bucks and we got my favorite JBL earbuds of all time the JBL tour pro two now these are going to run you 250 bucks all right so let's get right into it first things first the white shoes back in the building I love my I love my love calm down y'all see how hot white shoes came in soon as I started talking she popped up on the set ready to work okay so what's the difference between these three earbuds let's take it over to Amazon because that's where I got these from okay so as you can see the live buds 3 they don't have the stem okay let me go back real quick and the live beam 3 they do have the stem and this is a good thing some people hate the stem design they look like airpod pros and some people hate airbuds without the stems so JBL is giving you options all right so let's see if there's any other differences now all of them are Bluetooth version 5.3 okay let's see battery life now with the live buds 3 40 hours the live beam 3 48 Hours okay so that's going to give you the maximum battery and the tour pro2 48 Hours okay 40 hours also now the battery size is actually bigger on the 12 Pro 2s but you're still getting best battery with the live beam 3 now the new ones okay the buds 3 and the beam 3 the ip55 water and dust resistant now the to Pro 2 no R Ingress Protection all of them have active noise cancellation and transparency mode they all have six mics so they can give you extra extra crystal clear phone calls now the new ones you get an ldac high-res audio okay now with the 12 pro2 you just got the JBL Pro legendary sound they all have the smart charging case they all have spatial sound voice assistance and all of them feature multipoint connection okay so let's check these out now let me say this real quick when I reviewed the tour pro twos a lot of people were saying that this case is kind of gimmicky and I kind of thought it was a gimmick at first you know when I first started using them but the more that I use them I realize that this case is not a gimmick and when is this case going to really come into play when you pair these up to a TV a handheld gaming system or a laptop okay if you peer these up to your TV or your laptop you can control your Ambient sound okay so we got active noise cancellation Ambient sound mode and talk through check this out you can control your EQ so different EQ settings right from the earbuds if you pair it up to your TV or your laptop you got timers okay you got spatial sound for movies okay music or gaming you can control the screen brightness of the case you can actually set your own wallpaper so if you notice I got the little uh BMW Wallpaper yall know how I rock you got voice aware okay that's how much of your own voice you want to hear when you're making a phone call you got silent now that means you could turn on active noise cancellation without any music okay if you just want to meditate put on silent now you got autop pause when you take out your earbuds automatically pause your music put them back in your music will resume you can get your notifications okay and messages you got find my buds you got an actual flashlight now you can't really see it but if it was complete darkness that's actually a little flashlight and of course you can play pause Skip and reverse your music and control and control your volume so the smart char in case is really not a gimmick and I'm surprised a lot of other airbud companies ain't copying this trend and the smart charging case also has Wireless charge look at that okay so let's start off with the live budge 3 let me grab a little unboxing knif what we got today okay so we got the John Wick special Microtech now somebody asked me is this a real microt Tech come on bro come on you know how I'm giving it up all right let's go now let's see real quick both of these have an app that's available for Android and iOS same thing I just showed you with the 12 Pro 2s you could control your EQ Ambient sound mode you could customize your screen saver Bluetooth version 5.3 okay again I think the biggest difference with these look at the battery okay now with the live buds 3 you got quick charge 10 minutes of charge will give you four hours worth of Play Time same thing with the beam but with the live buds 3 active noise cancellation turned on you got 8 hours with the beam active noise cancellation turned on you got 10 hours tour Pro 2 8 hours okay so these have the best battery life but if you notice ldac ldac okay ip55 ip55 okay multipoint connection again I think the biggest difference is going to be which style do you prefer the stem or the non- stem okay so let's go and unbox these one more right let's do them at the same time now I'm going to try to keep this video a little bit quicker I'm not going to do all my testing live on camera because we got a bunch of different airbuds okay matter of fact let's do the budge three first as far as the presentation okay you're going to get different size ear tips okay now this is actually a nice way to present them this is going to be your smart charging case okay you got the classic orange JBL charging cable USB a to USB type-c shoes and ins that for quality of course you got your usual books and plug them and file them and that's pretty much it now I'm going to save the different size ear chips for later usage next up with the beam 3 okay same thing this is going to be your usual books and JBL charging cable all right shoes do your thing air tips and the smart charging case okay now let me uh almost blessed myself okay get these out the way all right so let's see with the non stem version this how they going to look okay let's go ahead and see here's a closer look okay peel these off one more drop them back in the case I know and of course you got a little stick on the outside let's see do these have any juice I'm going to plug these in in a second matter of fact I think I got a cable right here let's go and plug these in activate the smart charging case and see what it looks like okay there it is charging up now let's see the battery on these okay 100% okay good so you got to plug them in to activate the case we'll leave that right there next ones same thing W stem style now I used to hate the stem style airbuds and I'm going to say this again when I reviewed the Galaxy buds 3 Pro I told y'all when I hated that the stem style earbuds it was the original airpods remember the stem used to be about this long okay I hate those modern day earbuds the stem is not that long and if not that long if you notice even with the tour pro twos let's see the difference in the stem size the stem on the Tor Pro 2 is actually a little bit shorter okay I like that let's see how these look okay this is going to be your stickers okay these are going to be the live beam 3 the beams have the stem the buds are buds drop them in the case same thing plug them in activate the smart charging case and we'll see what it looks like B look at that okay it shows you that it's charging up and again you could customize the screen all right so let's go ahead and set these up now for the paring process it's going to be the same on all of the airbuds if you got an Android phone you got Google Fast pair once you open up the case you're going to get this popup okay hit save download the JBL app and keep it moving now if you got an iPhone just go to your Bluetooth settings and select your JBL earbuds now of course just like any other set of earbuds download the app and check for an update now as you can see there's one available so we're going to go ahead and click that and update your earbuds all right so now that we finish the update let's walk through the JBL headphones app and on a side note this is one of the best apps that you're going to find for headphones and it has the most customization and the most features first you can power off your earbuds from the top it shows you the name of your airbuds a picture of your airbuds and you got the battery percentage for the left the right and the charging case now you got three different tabs you got General audio and other so from General you got your Ambient sound controls now I can turn everything off and save battery or turn it on we got active noise cancellation now you can customize your ANC you got adaptive ANC which you automatically lower or raise the active noise cancellation based on your surrounding sounds I'm going to leave that on and if I want to I can just uh control my ANC now I like to have maximum ANC now you also got Auto compensation what does that mean checking your wearing and air Canal status to adjust thec level in real time that's pretty dope now I'm going to leave that off okay now you got ambient aware that's your transparency mode and you can raise or lower the amount of ambient sounds that you hear and you got talk through now talk through is actually going to enhance the voice so if you want to have a more clear conversation with transparency mode put on talk through next you got your smart charging case settings now you can raise or lower the brightness of the screen you got your custom wallpapers now that has a few presets but if you want to customize it boom you see I got two that already downloaded you can take photo choose from your album do your thing you got your message notifications whether you want to get your emails and your text message and your preview so you if you turn off preview it'll just say text message if you put on preview it'll say text message from the person and it'll show the actual message that's pretty dope you got your shortcuts these are all your different tiles say you don't use ERS that much you can turn that off so this way you don't got to keep swiping past the timer and you can change your language okay so that's for smart charging case next you got check my best fit it's going to give you a little uh personalized hearing test and get the best fit for your earbuds you got personal sound amplification okay now let's let's see what that is amplify situational sound from your surroundings to stay aware of what's going on around you and enhance your conversation okay so personal sound amplification I'll leave that off now you got smart audio and video okay it's going to change your sound whether you're watching videos or audio you got smart automation this will pause your music okay let I'll read the actual definition for you you got autop play and pause and auto pick up a phone call okay so if I'm wearing the earbuds I take them out it'll pause the music put them back in music will resol and the same thing if I turn on auto pick them a phone call if somebody calls me it'll automatically answer the call now I leave that off for sure next you got your gestures okay these are your touch controls so for the left earbud One Tap you can have noise cancellation Ambient sound mode or turn it off double tap tap and hold and triple tap fully customizable same thing for the right you got play and pause skipp and reverse tracks answering M phone calls and activate your voice assistant I love the level of customization with these airbuds next you got your voice prompts you can turn those on and off and you can select the language okay now did we cover everything yeah did we do smart talk did I tell yall about um hold up let me see I think I skipped that one smart talk Smart Talk basically what that means is if I turn this on if I start talking it'll automatically put my earbuds into transparency mode and lower the music and then once I stop talking after 5 Seconds it'll turn off transparency mode and resume my music at the uh volume that I had it set to so you can change that to 5 Seconds 15 seconds or 20 seconds that is pretty epic if you're going to wear these at work I'll leave these on for 20 seconds so if I'm sitting at my desk and somebody says yo fla and I what up soon as I I start talking it's not going to play my music again until 20 seconds that gives me a chance to see if they're going to say something else but for this video we're going to leave that off next you got audio high resolution what does that mean let's go to settings okay we go to Bluetooth and watch this where was that hold up all let's go to uh Bluetooth you see for the live beam LD AC ldac highres audio now that's the biggest difference between these two new ones and the tour pro2 no ldac now it all depends on which phone you got now I'm using a Galaxy s24 Ultra these do support ldac okay so you got your EQ now check this out you got a bunch of different presets so we got Jazz vocal Bass Club Studio extreme base and look at this you got a fully customizable 10 band EQ so you can really dial into the music that you want I like to leave these on uh bass or Studio that's pretty dope all right so let's keep it moving now if you put if you put on the um highres audio you're going to lose adaptive EQ and spatial sound now if I turn off high red audio spatial sound is going to give me movies music or game okay now I'm going to test these with ldac first then we'll turn them off now you got your left and right sound balance you got a volume limiter you got sound level Optimizer what does that mean okay when the voice of the person you're calling sounds too loud or too low the volume will be balanced to the optimal level that is pretty dope okay now you got sound settings what is that and I like how they have the little info thing right here adjust the tone of the voice of the person on the other end of the phone so you can change the tone of the person you're talking to now look at this you got voice aware that's how much of your own voice you want to hear in a phone call and look at this feature right here it's called private call what does that mean take out one earbud and use it as a microphone to enhance your voice level during the call or to keep your conversations private bro what does that mean say I'm sitting at a table I'm at dinner right and they put me next to the fattest person at the table and somebody calls me on the phone and I want to have a little private conversation I can take one earbud out and I'm going to use it as a mic put it real close to my lips and I could be like yo they got me sitting next to this fat I'm trying to lose weight and they got me next to the big back or why did they put me in the big back section let me call you back you got the you're using this as a little personal mic right by your mouth that is epic okay private call mode okay so now we got others you got relaxed sound watch this I'mma put it right by the mic yall hear that you got a bunch of different relaxing sounds okay so you got the fires the trees the woods water if you want to go to sleep or you just want to chill out and meditate throw on some relaxing sounds and you can change the uh the duration of the time find my buds now check this out listen to how allow to find my buds is Apple this is what you need now Apple you know the airpod pros even the Galaxy when you do find my buds the sound is so low it's hard to find your buds look at this I hear that there's no way you're not going to find your buds you can do the left or the right that was so kind of woke shoes up for a second but she went back to sleep all right so you got a a five my buds that actually works you got power saving mode and you got support okay and that's pretty much it let's see um is anything we need some power saving mode Auto standby auto power off and support set up your headphones quick guide fact uh facts you got your factory resets software updates and the serial numbers so again this app is very deep and very functional all right so now let's take a look at the charging cases this is the tour Pro 2 I did a full video on this so I'm not going to spend too much time on this but you do got your reset button okay or your Bluetooth pairing there's your screen on the front excellent strength on the magnets and look at this got to get it in the right spot Wireless charge now this is going to be the beam 3 same thing okay there's your customized wallpaper okay swipe to unlock now there it is excellent strength on the magnets and of course Wireless charge there it is budge three now the case is kind of responsive but I'm down here sweating so if y'all see me going like this it's because my finger a little sticky but you're not going to have any problem with the case excellent strength on the magnets and we got the see lights flashing on the bottom let's wait for the symbol on the top Wireless charge all right so let me show you what it's going to look like when you're getting a phone call now it's going to look the same on all of the airbuds I'm going to call myself on one of my trap numbers now say my phone is all the way across the room watch how this works okay I'm just wait for it to connect there it is okay phone is ringing now I can answer from the phone or right from the airbuds case how dope is that I can actually mute it yeah I'm talking to this big back floss yeah annoying ass yo what up floss what's good all right I'm G call you back in a minute and I can hang up from right here B just like that that is pretty sick all right now let me show you what it's going to look like when you get in the text message okay there it is just sent myself a message you're okay let's do one more what's good okay watch this getting your messages and phone calls right from your smart charging case with the custom wallpaper this is hot all right so here's how they're going to look when you're wearing them this is the Tor Pro 2 okay stem style but the shorter stem now here's the live beams okay with no stem and I got to be honest with you I love the fit of these I think these might be the best for the gym all right here's the live beam three stem style very comfortable in discreet now as far as the fit all three of these survived maximum Shak with my headshake test but if I was buying these for the gym I would definitely go with the live buds 3 I think these have the most secure fit and they were the most snug but you can't go wrong with either one of these all right so now let's do a little sound test now I got all of these earbuds paired up to an Android phone but just keep in mind no ldac with the tour Pro 2 now for the beam and the buds we got ldac on the Galaxy s24 now I'm going to start off with active noise cancellation turned on maximum volume the EQ set to Studio which is one of my favorite EQ settings I got a classic song queued up we got the saddest day by Wayne Wonder I promise y'all I'm not going to sing CU I actually want to hear this but big up to all of my Jamaican mive out there here we go okay look at that okay now these are super loud WOW crystal clear the sadest day the saddest okay hold up this is one of my joints ready here come the bass drop the saddest day of my life is when she left me with a broken bro these sound incredible wow the the saddest let me see something it's when she left me with a broken heart okay okay no wonder it sounded so good that was my my EQ okay this is Studio oo all the man M let's try my oh yeah this this is crazy right here let's try extreme base that base is deep all about the B this is one of my favorite EQ settings though crystal clear the sadest okay hold up is when she left me with her bro all all right let's hit pause all right hold on okay now you see look I just got a Tik Tok you seen the notification go off I'm going to pause this for a minute okay now let's let's let's go ahead and put on the live beams okay we got the live beams on we're going to start off with Studio EQ okay here we go okay make sure we got maximum volume super loud okay my okay side is okay it seems like the buds was actually louder let me see hold up okay no hold up no okay they sound about to say I was in the pain the pain the pain let's see let's go up woo okay yeah yeah yeah okay yeah they sound just as good as the beat H the bunch the my mar I'm sorry shoes I'm sorry yeah that base is deep okay let me try my favorite Studio oh these sound so good all right let me let's let's hit pause okay let's hit pause bro bro okay I would say I actually like the fit better of the buds as opposed to the beams but in terms of volume both of them is nice and Loud the base is deep and clean all right shoes can you um all Now put on my tour pro two now I already know how these are going to sound cuz these are actually one of my favorites all right so we tried the tour pro twos without ldac here we go okay this is max volume okay now I got to be honest the buds and the beam definitely have more clarity the saddest day of my life of my okay here it goes okay here it goes the sadest now the base on these hold up let's go P hun I was feeling the pain the pain let's um let's try my personal one okay yeah wow I got to say the beam and the bud sound better all memories okay wow hold up now I want to see something I want to see something I'm going to immediately pause okay and then immediately drop the beams on yeah the beams definitely more clarity and definitely a tad louder a tad louder okay okay let's just make sure okay so we're on Studio okay now I'm going to immediately take these off and drop the buds in okay here it goes now let's get to the music okay now I got to say yeah the beams and the buds hold up the beams and the buds they pretty much sound the same you see how I'm getting the notifications I love that the beams I just want to check one more thing I want try one more thing yeah it almost seems like it almost seems like the the bud three are a little bit louder let me see hold up all right hold up take these out you how loud those are I'm going take those out drop these in real quick okay let's hit pause on that let me drop these one more time okay yeah wow wow okay now this is kind of weird because you would think that you would think that the ones that cost the most money would sound the best but here's how I would rank these okay I would say in terms of just overall Clarity and volume and part of it you know what too part of it could be because of the fit these have the best fit okay now hold up YouTube notific that that is so dope but watch this you know how loud these are bro okay yeah all right let me do a little bit more testing because you know what you I think the difference is between the bean I keep saying beans all right the buds the buds yeah oh oh beans not beans the the difference between the buds and the beam okay the buds they have a better fit and they go a little bit deeper in your ear and they sit right on your ear canal so I think that's why they sound a tad bit better okay they sound a tad bit better but with the with the um the Tor Pro these are the Tor Pro twos that have that little plastic piece and these are the beams the beams and the buds three all right the beam 3 and Budge three super loud super clear ldac ldac is not a gimmick because you can hear the difference in the clarity you can hear it immediately now I want to test one more thing before we wrap this up all right so I just did some thorough testing and here's the results now I just Spam Amaya with a bunch of phone calls I would say for call Quality they all sounded the same she couldn't even tell the difference but the biggest difference that I noticed besides the sound quality is active noise cancellation when it comes to active noise cancellation all look at shoes when it comes to active noise cancellation the JBL tour Pro 2 these have the most ANC okay they they blocked out the most low-end noise but when it comes to sound quality personally if I had to pick I would go with the budge three all right the budge three and the beam 3 they sound if these are nine these will be an 8.5 they sound super similar but to me it just seems like the budge 3 have a better fit they feel a little bit louder okay and they just they just sound a little a teeny bit better to me but you couldn't go wrong with either one of these okay either one of these I would have assumed that the most expensive ones would had the best sound quality but that's not the case ldac Okay highres audio again this is not a gimmick if you got a phone that supports ldac you are going to hear the difference immediately okay immediately it made the tour pro twos which I think was my favorite JBL earbuds to date now I'm going to give that title okay we can move these out the way I'm going to give the title of my favorite JBL earbuds I'm going to give that title to the budge 3 because of the fit now you know this is up to you which ones do you like better the stems or the non- stems I like the fit of these better you know when you wear stem airbuds to the gym and you start sweating I noticed they tend to move around the way these sit in your ear they not going to move around okay excellent core quality these have the best battery life and these are the cheapest and the smart case is exct L the same on all of them these are the win of the video okay the JBL buds 3 the live buds 3 on the scalea one of 10 I'm ranking these a triple Major go the live beam threes I'm giving these also a triple Major go and if you still got the buds the um tour Pro 2 here's the thing I wouldn't upgrade unless I had a phone that was capable of ldac and here's what I noticed when I turned off ldac uh they still sounded a tad cleaner they standed they sounded a tad cleaner but without LDC they all sounded the same with my personal EQ setting but LDC is the uh deciding factor anyway this is Battle of the buds JBL versus JBL versus JBL JBL wins okay if you like the JBL Pro Sound if you like ldac Crystal Clear music with high with a high volume okay I'm telling you oh matter of fact oh let me talk about one more thing transparency mode is great on all three of these active noise cancellation great on all three of these but just the best okay the best this is up there with the Galaxy buds okay the tour pro Toc is up there with the Galaxy buds 3 Pro bro check these out okay now these is these right here these are 70 bucks worth every penny but if you can't stand this style okay and you just want to have that look spend the extra 30 bucks and get these and if you got a Galaxy s24 Ultra or a phone that supports ldac don't buy the toour pro twos buy one of these anyway hit me up in the comments let me know what y'all think about these shout out to everybody rocking with me on Facebook 4 Square Twitter Google+ shout out to all the Google gangsters I see y'all holding down at Facebook page shout out to everybody hitting me up on Boxer and a special shout out to everybody rocking with me on Instagram y'all know that's where I'm at full time 100% full throttle and special shout out to 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