Buyer’s guide Top 10 affordable wireless headphones.

Do you want to buy head­phones that sound good and are not too expen­sive? It would be great if they still have ANC active noise reduc­tion tech­nol­o­gy, mul­ti­point con­nec­tion and the abil­i­ty to indi­vid­u­al­ly adjust the sound through the appli­ca­tion. In our mate­r­i­al, we have col­lect­ed 10 such mod­els!

Do you want to buy head­phones that sound good and at the same time are not expen­sive? It would be great if they still have ANC active noise reduc­tion tech­nol­o­gy, mul­ti­point con­nec­tion and the abil­i­ty to indi­vid­u­al­ly adjust the sound through the pro­gram. In our mate­r­i­al, we have col­lect­ed 10 such mod­els.

OPPO Enco Free2

Let’s start with OPPO Enco Free2 — these are in-canal head­phones with an active ANC noise reduc­tion sys­tem cost­ing up to UAH 3,000.

Active noise reduc­tion in the mod­el is not for ticks. Accord­ing to the results of many tests, it is not just good, but at the lev­el of much more expen­sive mod­els.

Noise reduc­tion will help, if not com­plete­ly remove the sur­round­ing noise, then sig­nif­i­cant­ly reduce it. At the same time, the head­phones have a trans­paren­cy mode that will help you clear­ly hear every­thing that is hap­pen­ing around you.

The mod­el can be rec­om­mend­ed as a head­set — it does an excel­lent job of trans­mit­ting speech. Keep in mind that in a noisy place, the voice will be dis­tort­ed, although the inter­locu­tor will clear­ly hear you.

The mod­el has bal­anced sound qual­i­ty. Yes, the high fre­quen­cies are accen­tu­at­ed, and it will be imme­di­ate­ly notice­able. But in the pro­pri­etary appli­ca­tion, which is avail­able for Android and iOS, the sound can be adjust­ed indi­vid­u­al­ly.

Plus­es: excel­lent active noise reduc­tion ANC, bal­anced sound, the abil­i­ty to cus­tomize the sound, micro­phones.

Cons: I would like more juicy low fre­quen­cies.

OPPO Enco Free2 ETI71 head­phones have bal­anced sound qual­i­ty.

realme Buds Air 2

The realme Buds Air 2 vac­u­um head­phones also have an active ANC noise can­cel­ing sys­tem. They sound even bet­ter than many high­er priced head­phones.

Low fre­quen­cies are tight, mids and highs are suf­fi­cient to achieve bal­ance. If you want to make the sound soft­er, you can acti­vate Bass Boost+ in the pro­pri­etary appli­ca­tion.

The active noise can­cel­ing sys­tem works well, espe­cial­ly for the price. In noisy places, a lot of noise is cut out, but not all.

The micro­phones are ordi­nary, the same as most. They are suit­able for com­mu­ni­ca­tion indoors, but prob­lems may arise out­side, espe­cial­ly if it is windy.

Plus­es: sound qual­i­ty, price and equip­ment ratio.

Cons: not the best micro­phones.

realme Buds Air 2 head­phones have an active ANC noise can­cel­ing sys­tem and sound even bet­ter than many expen­sive mod­els

HUAWEI Freebuds 4i

HUAWEI Free­buds 4i is anoth­er very pop­u­lar mod­el with an active ANC noise reduc­tion sys­tem, con­ve­nient Android and iOS apps, good sound and an afford­able price.

The ANC active noise can­cel­la­tion isn’t as good as the OPPO Enco Free2, but it’s a nice bonus.

Micro­phones will do great not only in a qui­et room, but also on the street. At the same time, the speech is trans­mit­ted clear­ly, the inter­locu­tor will not ques­tion you.

The sound of the head­phones is focused on pop music. They will not have bright bass, but in this price seg­ment bass is a rar­i­ty.

Midrange detail­ing isn’t the best, but the highs are pleas­ant and don’t cut your ears. The head­phones will not suit an ardent music lover, but the sound qual­i­ty will suit the aver­age user.

The real auton­o­my of the head­phones is up to 7 hours. There is fast charg­ing — only 10 min­utes in the case, and the mod­el will be able to work for 4 hours. The main prob­lem is that the head­phones self-dis­charge when they are in the case.

Plus­es: excel­lent micro­phones, active noise reduc­tion ANC, good sound qual­i­ty, fast charg­ing.

Cons: self-dis­charge of head­phones in the case.

Huawei Free­buds 4i head­phones have a bat­tery life of 7 hours. Thanks to the fast charg­ing func­tion, only 10 min­utes in the case gives 4 hours of oper­a­tion

Samsung Galaxy Buds Live

Sam­sung Galaxy Buds Live are head­phones from the most famous man­u­fac­tur­er. They have an extrav­a­gant design, tight and reli­able, but a very spe­cif­ic fit. The mod­el is hybrid: it is not vac­u­um, but it is dif­fi­cult to call it an inlay.

The sound qual­i­ty direct­ly depends on the indi­vid­ual fit of the head­phones, but they sound good pri­mar­i­ly for pop music. Yes, there is not much bass, but the mids and highs sound great.

The ANC active noise can­cel­ing sys­tem blocks out low-fre­quen­cy noise on the plane well, but it has a hard time deal­ing with the noisy street.

Although the micro­phones in head­phones are not the best and they dis­tort speech, even in a noisy place you will be heard and not ques­tioned.

Plus­es: design.

Cons: spe­cif­ic fit.

The sound qual­i­ty of Sam­sung Galaxy Buds Live head­phones depends on the indi­vid­ual fit

Samsung Galaxy Buds+

Sam­sung Galaxy Buds+ have a great fit in the ear. These head­phones can be safe­ly used not only while walk­ing, but also for sports.

The sound qual­i­ty is sim­i­lar to the first Galaxy Buds mod­el, but now the mid­dle and upper fre­quen­cies are more pro­nounced, thanks to which the music sounds more pleas­ant. But fans of the bass will not like the head­phones, it is not pro­nounced here.

The qual­i­ty of speech trans­mis­sion is far from ide­al: if it is qui­et around you, you will be heard, but it will be dif­fi­cult to com­mu­ni­cate in noise.

Unfor­tu­nate­ly, there is no ANC Sam­sung Galaxy Buds+ active noise can­cel­la­tion sys­tem.

Plus­es: nice head­phones from a well-known brand.

Cons: No active ANC noise can­cel­la­tion.

Sam­sung Galaxy Buds+ head­phones have a great fit in the ear. They can be safe­ly used not only while walk­ing, but also for sports

Xiaomi Redmi Buds 3 Pro

Xiao­mi Red­mi Buds 3 Pro are vac­u­um head­phones with good pas­sive noise iso­la­tion and an active noise can­cel­la­tion sys­tem.

If we talk about the sound, the head­phones will be great for fans of pop and elec­tron­ic music. The bass is pow­er­ful and clear, but the mid­dle and high fre­quen­cies are not very detailed.

The active ANC noise can­cel­ing sys­tem has an adap­tive mode that cuts out noise quite accu­rate­ly. It works well in noisy places, for exam­ple, in the sub­way. Yes, not all noise is cut off, but most of it is.

The mod­el is suit­able for com­mu­ni­ca­tion in a qui­et room, but for use on the street it is bet­ter to find some­thing else.

Plus­es: active ANC noise reduc­tion sys­tem, bass fans will like the sound.

Cons: pret­ty aver­age micro­phone.

Xiao­mi Red­mi Buds 3 Pro head­phones have good pas­sive noise iso­la­tion and an active noise can­cel­la­tion sys­tem

Sony WF-XB700

Sony WF-XB700 – afford­able head­phones from the famous man­u­fac­tur­er, a mod­el from the Xtra Bass line.

The main empha­sis is on low fre­quen­cies, the mid­dle ones are also well devel­oped, but the high ones are not empha­sized. The mod­el is suit­able for those who lis­ten to pop music, elec­tron­ic and even met­al, but if your pref­er­ences are clas­si­cal and jazz, this is not the best choice.

There is no active noise can­cel­ing sys­tem, but the head­phones them­selves are large and designed to fit as tight­ly as pos­si­ble to the ear, so exter­nal noise is well blocked by the design itself.

The micro­phones in the head­phones are the same as in most mod­els: you can talk in a qui­et room, but it will be dif­fi­cult to hear the inter­locu­tor in a noisy one.

Fea­tures of the mod­el are rather large dimen­sions. These are not the kind of head­phones you can for­get about. Dur­ing use, it will feel like a rather large object is in the ear.

Plus­es: excel­lent bass and gen­er­al­ly quite good sound, well-known man­u­fac­tur­er.

Cons: large dimen­sions.

Sony WF-XB700 head­phones do not have an active noise reduc­tion sys­tem, but exter­nal noise is well blocked by the very design of the head­phones.

1More ComfoBuds Pro TWS Headphones

1More Com­foBuds Pro TWS Head­phones are vac­u­um head­phones with an active ANC noise reduc­tion sys­tem and bal­anced sound.

The bass of the head­phones is not accen­tu­at­ed, the mid­dle fre­quen­cies are well devel­oped, and the high fre­quen­cies, although smoothed, are neat.

First of all, the mod­el will appeal to fans of vocals, jazz and folk. They can also play elec­tron­ic and pop music well, but some may not like the lack of empha­sis on the bass.

Active noise reduc­tion has sev­er­al modes of oper­a­tion, it is easy to adjust it for spe­cif­ic con­di­tions of use.

The qual­i­ty of the micro­phones is above aver­age, this is a sig­nif­i­cant advan­tage of the mod­el.

Plus­es: active noise reduc­tion, qual­i­ty micro­phones, bal­anced sound.

Cons: not the most reli­able land­ing.

1More Com­foBuds Pro TWS Head­phones – vac­u­um head­phones with an active ANC noise can­cel­la­tion sys­tem and bal­anced sound

OnePlus Buds Z

One­Plus Buds Z are vac­u­um head­phones with­out an active noise can­cel­la­tion sys­tem. The mod­el is not new, but this does not pre­vent it from being pop­u­lar.

The empha­sis of sound is low fre­quen­cies, fans of bal­anced sound should look for anoth­er mod­el. The head­phones have a bright and juicy bass, they are per­fect for class­es in the hall to lis­ten to rhyth­mic elec­tron­ic or pop music.

The qual­i­ty of the micro­phones is aver­age. They are suit­able for a qui­et room, but it will be dif­fi­cult to com­mu­ni­cate on a noisy street.

Plus­es: juicy bass, price.

Cons: unbal­anced sound, lack of sound adjust­ment in the pro­pri­etary appli­ca­tion.

One­Plus Buds Z are vac­u­um head­phones with­out an active noise can­cel­la­tion sys­tem

ZMI PurPods Pro

The ZMI Pur­Pods Pro are anoth­er pair of vac­u­um noise can­cel­ing head­phones.

They sound bal­anced and even, but they could use a lit­tle more low fre­quen­cies. Despite this, they are uni­ver­sal and suit­able for lis­ten­ing to any genre.

Noise can­cel­la­tion is weak, but still there. The micro­phones in the mod­el are aver­age, the inter­locu­tor most­ly under­stands what you say using the head­set.

Plus­es: uni­ver­sal bal­anced sound.

Cons: weak noise reduc­tion.

ZMI Pur­Pods Pro are uni­ver­sal head­phones, suit­able for lis­ten­ing to any genre

We hope that our top will help you choose excel­lent inex­pen­sive head­phones, and we wish you smart pur­chas­es from the Hot­line!

Author: Vitaly Matvienko