JBLLive Beam 3 - True Wireless Noise-Cancelling Stick-Closed Earbuds, 48Hrs Total Playback, Wireless Charging, 6 Mics for Perfect Calls, Multi-Point Connection, IP55 Waterproof and dustproof (Black)

Incredible ear buds. I’ve purchased a ton of Soundcore stuff recently for their features and varieties and a long history of Apple AirPods and Beats studios, Monster, etc. Ear buds were basically a disposable thing to pop into my ears. I found that none of the soundcore variety stayed in my ears all too well which is a big deal since active noise cancelling (ANC) is a frequently sought out industry standard. Plus, no one seems to be able to hear me when I use them. Oh and I had one of there over the ear headphones, Q40s or something? Sounded great, ANC was impressive. Fell off my head once, and cracked. What a waste.So I decide to spend slightly more money and took advantage of a Black Friday sale. $150 later and some homework: I was looking to the Tour Pro 2s and 3s and found that the Live Beam 3s were meant to replace the Tour 2s, I decided to give these a try.First off, they’re a bit larger in the main housing so they snug to my ear better unconditional of the silicone tip size. Once I selected the smaller silicone tip, it was the most accurate fit I’ve had to date of anything I’ve tried in ear. Even better? Download the app and it will detect how effective your seal is. WHAT!I’m an audiophile in that I like good sounding music and that I believe very few thing will ever beat the organic sound of vinyl, but I won’t tell you why you need to hear a wider spectrum than 20hz to 20Khz - sorry. But they sound amazing. It’s full. It’s clear. It’s bright.Features. Features. Features. I think these have definitely set a standard in UI controlled feature set. The app is touted as one of the best and most of the feature you will frequent the app for you can do right on the cases’ built in screen. So friggin’ cool.People have argued that the ANC allows some noise to bleed through and although I understand where they’re coming from I find it to be 97% acceptable. I don’t expect to have padded room mind bending silence and I don’t know what I would do with that kind of isolation. The ambient mode allows me to keep my buds in and still not be anti social. There a cool smart talk feature that when you begin to talk it can set a period where it switches immediately to an ambient talk through mode so you can maintain your interaction interruption free. I turn it off but, how thoughtful!All in all. I’m still being wowed by this. And oh, people can hear me talk now! I also own the JBL Live 770NC. My friend has the Bose Quietcomfort headphones and side by side I think mine decimate hers. The deal breaker? She was in LaGuardia airport and I couldn’t make out a single thing she was saying. It sounded like the headphones were left under a blanket and she was whispering in the corner of the very room. For double the price, that’s shameful.I think JBL is cranking out some heat. I wouldn’t be surprised if you can get only what you can afford and if it says JBL you’ll be content.

I have been on the hunt for good earbuds for awhile. I've tried major brands that cost as much as these, weird name brands that come highly recommended, cheap viral ones, cheap no name ones, these jbl ones though beat them all. Honestly these are the first ones I've had that are not just buds but also have the stick, and I was worried about fit, but these are the first earbuds I've had in my entire life, including old school wired, that don't fall out ever. The sound quality on these are amazing with some amazing options to make it surround sound. The noise canceling is decent but not 100%, but I've never met 100% noise canceling. The case is cool that you can adjust settings, but all the settings are also in the app so it can be slightly unnecessary. I do wish the case could do a "find my case" with the app and ping it, literally the one and only flaw with these earbuds. The battery life is amazing. I put them in at 10 am with awareness mode on and other features, took them out at 7 pm and they were at 41% battery still, that's 9 hours with features on and not even 2/3 drained! I really can't say enough good things about these. I've finally found my holy grail earbuds. Bonus that they happen to be purple.

I can honestly say after trying many Bluetooth earbuds out there, that these are pretty much the best I could find. Even better then the Airpods pro 2's, since they provide a better bass sound and in my opinion a better surround sound affect.Plus they are waterproof, so I can take them into the shower and not be concerned about them not working after.Wish the battery life on them was a little better. Only get 3 hours with Noise cancellation, Spatial sound and Equalizer turned on.

Atrocious product, DO NOT BUY UNDER ANY CIRCUMSTANCE. You have been warned.The headphones worked for about 2 months, conveniently past the refund window, before the left headphone was no longer being recognized after a failed update. Updates require both headphones to be connected to your phone via Bluetooth, and factory resets require both headphones to be in sync with each other. Once an update causes a problem, or if one of the headphones gets out of sync because the case isn't charging it, it will stop working and you cannot salvage it. We've tried literally everything, including unsuccessful factory resets, different devices, etc. but it's just done, they no longer work. We reached out to JBL support and, after giving us the standard troubleshooting options (and a half hour of our time) they disconnected on us. Online help directed us to the "JBL Firmware Update" app that would resolve our issues, however that app is not available in the United States according to the Google Play Store. The next two attempts to connect to customer service resulted in additional disconnects without help, just repeating the same troubleshooting steps that we had already tried.Before this, there were other issues too. You can't disable ALL touch inputs which means that every time you need to adjust them (which for me, was frequent even with the largest ), you have to be very careful to not accidentally tap the outside of them. You can only use the features in the app while the headphones are connected, and never without. The case they come with has a touch screen that out of the box, barely functions and has a lot of superfluous add-ons. Getting the app set up and paired with your headphones can also be rather time consuming, as can the updates which require you to stay on the app's update page, all for some earbuds. Oh, and lastly, while the audio is decent for earbuds...they certainly are not worth the money. The noise canceling doesn't function particularly well either.I know we are not the only review complaining about this. Don't ignore them. Just...avoid this headache and save yourself the ridiculous amount of money this mediocre broken product asks for. Buy literally anything else that is NOT a JBL product.