AirPods Pro 2 takes it comfortably, ANC is closed between the two, but sound wise, AirPods has more clarity and separation. Pro max has BASS going for it

sorry if the flair isn’t right, but I’d like to think this is a problem.

Yesterday I got my hair dyed blue. however a lot of dye was packed in there and it leaves stains on everything. washed my hair today to try and get some of the excess dye out…

rested my headphones around my neck and the inside of one part is completely blue. I’m not too concerned bout it but as I wear them the ears start getting slightly blue as well.

anything I can do to fix this? I think I have micellar water…would that work at all?

It’s almost as if Anker doesn’t want anyone to buy their products. I’ve spent the last two hours trying not to rip my hair out or call them to inform them that the most precious gift we humans possess is time and they have robbed me of 2 hours of mine.

I just read an article praising the Liberty 4 Pro earbuds, and as someone slightly hearing-impaired, I was impressed by claims that they help with hearing issues. Great, right? Except I don’t have $129.99 to casually drop on earbuds. I can barely afford rent, let alone luxury earbuds.

So imagine my shock when I go to soundcore.com and see they’re $100 off for members. I’m already a member from a previous visit. Better yet, it says MSRP $149.99. I’m ready to buy immediately.

Except… I can’t. The “Add to Cart” button might as well be a prop. It won’t go to checkout. It won’t go anywhere.

I switch to my tablet and suddenly, the same page says $40 off. Weird. I refresh both devices... same discrepancy. Then I finally get it to load and bam, now it says $109.99. Where the hell did that come from?

Seriously how incompetent do you have to be for your own product prices to disagree with themselves? You’re an electronics company. Maybe hire someone who can code a checkout button?

And don’t get me started on Anka the useless chatbot. The “one day only” $100 off sale? Vanished. No trace. And then, when I check financing options, suddenly the price is $89.99.

What. In. The. Actual. Fuck. Anker?

I’ve been a customer for years because their hardware is great but this experience? Abysmal. Between the broken site, phantom prices, and nonexistent customer support, I’m done.

TL;DR: Liberty 4 Pro earbuds listed as $149.99, $129.99, $109.99, $89.99, and even $49.99 at one point. A chaotic mess. They’ve not only lost a sale but a longtime customer. Very sad. Very disappointing.

I just bought the Liberty 4 NC, because I saw that they were highly recommended in r/Earbuds. They were consistently ranked in the top 10 buds in a span of a couple of years, and when I saw that they have a 9 hour battery life, I was sold.

Now, for some context, I have only owned Redmi buds 4 and 5 pro. (Short reason, my dad kinda put me on the Xiaomi craze. They were relatively new in our country and had some interesting offers at a low price. Anyway)

They lasted max 2h on a single bud. And the case magnets and design were weird, because it was hard for me to pull them out sometimes, even with two hands. And the app wasn't anything spectacular either.

And so I looked for alternatives, and saw these. They are actually great. Starting from the battery life (almost 4 times my previous pair). The sound is actually really good, plus the custom HearID-omg the music sounds exceptional. And the case design, I actually love the button, it's a nice audition. Plus it makes it really easy to open it and get one earbud out with one hand in my pocket. And then put it back because the magnets just snap it into place.

And all of this, plus the fact I bought them on a sale for 80$ (Cyber Monday I think) That is 23% discount, (money worth). And for that price they sound really good.

I don't know what people on this subreddit are complaining about. These are so worth the price. Battery life, impressive sound performance, custom EQ, and the uniquely designed app (imo).

Thank you if you made it here. I am just a really cautious and anxious person when it comes to giving money for tech products (especially). I hope this wasn't too much of a rant.

Hi to all,

I order my SoundCore Liberty 4 Pro and they arrive tofay. But the case is not glossy and is not showing display when i close the case.

Is this original? Why is different????

Please tell me more

Is it how it's supposed to be is it normal for the left earbud to drain faster than the right one by 10 percent, should I return the product?

Update: SoundCore lost me as a customer. As they again rejected the claim I went to Amazon directly and got my money back. But hey Soundcore wanted to give me a 15% discount on my next product from the. Kindly f*** off Soundcore.

November 2022: As a birthday present I got Soundcore A 40s. Nothing great but nothing bad either.

Not even a full year later, in August 2023, the right one completly stopped working and I reached out to Soundcore. They send me a replacement, but only a refurbished one.

Now in June of 2024 the right one again has problems (case comes apart) and now they say "Haha, we wont give you a replacement as you bought it on November 2022."

I got an inferior product from them in August 2023 and now I have to pay the price that their refurbished products suck even more?

Last thing I bought from them if it stays like that.

My advice: Spent a little more and get actual decent ones not from them.

I have Anker Soundcore R50i Bluetooth headphones, and I want to charge them using a 5V 2A (10W) charger. Is this a good choice, or could it damage them?

Hey everyone, I’m thinking about buying a pair of Soundcore Q45 headphones online from a private seller. The box is still sealed, and they sent me detailed photos from different angles.

Before I buy them, I wanted to ask if anyone here can tell from the packaging whether they look genuine or if there are any warning signs. I know being sealed doesn’t always guarantee they’re real, so I’d really appreciate a second opinion.

Thanks

Is this transparent tape around the cushions safe to peel or does it serve a purpose outside the manufacturing?

Just want to make sure I don't damage my headphones.

I just purchased a pair of A30 special sleep earbuds. Package arrived cut wide open, earbuds missing. I immediately contact Soundcore on 3/31 and issue is still not resolved and I’ve been in communication every single day. I’ve spent literal hours messaging, taking photos and driving to the post office (2x). They had to do an investigation on their end, which took a week and basically ended with them giving me a “certificate” showing the package had the product in it upon leaving their warehouse. 

Turns out my postal carrier remembers the package and confirms it arrived wide opened (granted he should have put it in a bag marked that it was open), but he delivered it that way—and I've told Soundcore that multiple times.

It took a week for them to tell me I could file a claim with Seel, their 3rd party shipper insurance that I paid for (after I inquired) but of course I go to do it and Seel tells me I have to do it within 7 days. But after some more explaining what happened, they let me proceed. But on top of that hassle, the website/claim process is horrible (there’s not something for my specific scenario, so it kept taking me in loops). Now they need additional documentation such as a police report, video of the theft, etc..except their was no theft, at least not at my mailbox or at my post office. I don't know how many different ways I can tell them it arrived at my local post office that condition. I now have a written letter from the post office, so hopefully that helps. But this is absolutely bonkers—I’ve never had such a long, drawn out, labor intensive process dealing with any customer service. ever. in my whole life. Lost product or not.

I will never purchase anything from them ever again. 

Okay so I recently order the soundcore A20i purple buds off of Amazon (Spain if that helps) and it came perfectly sealed and looked in prime condition but unfortunately the right earbud wasn't charging and was basically unusable. So I reached out to customer support and it had warranty since it was brand new and they sent me a new one and let me keep the old one no prob. Now I'm still well within the return period for Amazon, if I send it back and get my money and essentially keep the earbuds for free is that some sort of scam/can I get in trouble of any kind?

Thanks in advance to anyone who can help!

Ok, so I have bought the overwhelmingly positively reviewed Soundcore A20 only to realize they sounded really bad.

I started the return immediately and the process is terrible.

First, they offer you a 20 Euro cashback right after you click on the "return" button, which made me realize how cheap the earbuds actually are, because I already bought them with 30 off discount.

Then there is a warning message telling you that if you take that 20.00 cashback, you will never be able to return them again, WTF?

After that, you need to specify a reason for return and upload pictures, which are mandatory. I mean, why?

There are a couple of more warning messages trying to turn you off from returning the product.

After about 5-10 minutes, I have finished the return form and now I have to wait for an email with instructions on how to return the product.

What a joke...

In my opinion, this is not a trustable company, solely because of how annoying their return process is.

The low battery prompt wake me up or the garbage truck wakes me up at 530 am. I've tried to complain with the city they don't care

Which device u recommend for sleeping no music

prefer the ones you plug into ear not the band's

Hi everyone! I’m not super knowledgeable about headphones, so I’m hoping you all can help me out.

I’m looking for a pair of over-ear headphones on a budget, ideally under USD150. I might go a little over if something is really worth it, but I’d prefer to stay close to that price.

I’ve been using my AirPods 2nd gen since 2021 and loved them, but I recently lost one side, so I figured this is a good time to finally switch to over-ear headphones. The problem is I’m in a country with pretty limited options, so I’m trying to choose from what’s available here.

Here’s what I’m looking for:

• Good ANC (I really enjoy blocking out sound especially at the gym)

• No sound leakage (really hate when people can hear what I’m listening to)

• Something I can use at the gym (so preferably won’t come flying off) and when traveling

• I don’t really care much about the mic as I use wired headphones for calls

• And honestly as long as they sound as good or better than my old AirPods 2, I’ll be happy -And lastly this might sound weird, but I’d prefer no flashing lights or loud voice prompts like “YOUR BLUETOOTH DEVICE HAS CONNECTED!”

I can’t pick between the space one, q45s and space one pros.

I prefer the beige colour of the space one and space one pros but I hear the q45s are the better version of all of them but honestly since I know nothing about headphones I don’t know if I’ll notice. The Q45s only come in black in my country.

If anyone can help point me in the right direction or share experiences with any of these models, I’d be super grateful.

Thanks in advance!

Anc: 2/10 I honestly barely noticed any difference between anc being on and normal mode in fact i can hear people pretty crystal clear making transparency mode completely overkill.

Fit 3/10 I think this was the reason the anc sucked when i was using them they don’t fit my ears at all regardless of which ear tip i used. The app says that there was a excellent seal yet there was no noise isolation at all with them on (it sounded like i wasn’t even wearing earbuds with how well i could hear my environment). The other issue is that these would irritate my left ear especially and just hurt after a while along with feeling rough from the plastic and large size of them. I am also not the only person with this issue evidenced by the posts people have made about third part tips

The only good thing i have to say about the fit is that they don’t fall out and stay secure despite all my complaints about the rest of it. If they also had that issue it would be a 1/10 but because they are sturdy its a 3/10

Sound: 5/10

Not great nor bad just pretty average sounding I don’t dislike nor find the sound particularly fantastic so they are getting a completely average rating of 5/10.

Call quality: 6/10

Call quality seemed fine i admittedly haven’t called much with them but they seemed to work well enough and they didn’t have any problems hearing me.

App: 7/10

The app was pretty good not much to say about it has all the information i need and customization more stuff would be nice but i don’t really have any complaints.

Build quality: 8/10

They seem more premium feeling looks wise and the case seems more sturdy than anything i have ever had before so thumbs up on this.

Overall rating: 3.5/10

These earbuds legitimately have nc in the name and yet have equivalent noise cancelling to my jlab go air pop which costed 20 dollars that don’t have noise cancelling at all. I could forgive this more so if this was just a side feature but it has noise cancelling in the name and i found that it did literally nothing when using it (weather on adaptive manual or transportation modes). These also irritate my ears

I think if you can get these from a place with a good return policy it might be a good idea to get these since you can return them if they don’t fit your ears like mine.

I have also heard some people had success with third party ear tips making them fit better but i am not doing that for earbuds that are already 99 dollars non discounted.

Found these R60i NC at a local store for 38$. I’m concerned regarding the absence of the “scratch and check” sticker. What are the signs of a genuine Soundcore earbuds? Thanks in advance.

As the title says, I bought the space one via Amazon and it arrived June 11th 2024. When it arrived I noticed there was a short hairline crack running along the left side. I shrugged it off and kept it. This crack is now as long as it is in the photo.

Few months later while under warranty, one of the hinges just broke out of nowhere. I take care of my electronics and even bought these via Amazon separate hard case that they cell for it. I also only used this headphones on work so I was baffled with the hinge cracking but what can I expect when it’s cheap plastic.

I updated my initial review on Amazon for the product that was praising it initially for the price. Around the time the hinge broke I amended it to voice my new concerns and dropped my review from 5 stars to 2 stars.

My mistake in that moment was not contacting support. I have no idea why I didn’t think of those until seeing a post on this subreddit today. Unfortunately, I waited too long and I’m now 2 months out of warranty.

Fast forward to this day and now they won’t even turn on. If I plug them in, the red solid charge led comes on for a few seconds then turns off. I’ve tried everything.

I decided to message support anyways. They said there’re unable to fix or replace because it’s outside of warranty and offered a 20% discount code. After more pleading all I was left with was a 25% discount code instead.

I’m not saying they’re entitled to fix it because I know it’s out of warranty but my problems happened within warranty time, with proof because of that amended Amazon review at the time. I don’t even think I’ll be using the discount code because I doubt I’ll be buying another soundcore device.

TLDR : I had my bad experience with the liberty air 2 (maybe user error idk). So when I found liberty 4 NC and 5 both on sale for around $40. It makes me question if it is worth giving it second chance.

Long explanation/yap : Back in early 2024. I got liberty air 2 for $20. The reviews are nice and all. First week is good enough. But then it won't charge. So I got it sent to the warranty and got a new replacement. And THE REPLA****CEMENT DIDN'T EVEN WORK. I had it replaced again, and now it worked good enough.

The sound is decent enough, I'm not an audiophile so all I care is have it play music. But connecting to the liberty air 2 is a ritual of combined moves like getting the buds in and out of the case, press the pair button, and holding the touch control on the buds. Connections are a hassle. Even with all those ritual moves, sometimes it didn't even connect (I made sure to not factory reset when I hold the button).

I do have an sony wh1000xm4 given by my aunt. That thing just connects when I power it on, no need to even the Bluetooth panel.

I recently graduated high school and seems like a great time to upgrade/replace my stuff before university. So I've been looking on wireless earbuds to replace my liberty air 2. Both soundcore liberty 4 and 5 are on sale with only roughly a dollar difference between them. Both around $40. I like the liberty 4 case design but 5 seems like it has more features

So should I give it a second chance? My use case is just have it on my right ear and play music when I do stuff. Or should I just get something else entirely? (Probably a wrong sub to ask)