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Hi all, 

 

I recently purchased a pair of Anker Soundcore Life A1 earbuds but have found the overall sound quality to be disappointing, with a particularly small soundstage. 

 

Can anybody recommend some decent true wireless earbuds which have a large soundstage and decent quality which I could use as a replacement? 

 

I have a mid range budget, maybe around £50? 

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I really like the Creative Outlier Airs, but in general, you need to temper your expectations, especially at that budget. Bluetooth sound quality is always inferior to wired and earbuds, in particular, have tiny drivers. There's only so much they can do. The experience is never going to be as good as even a pair of wireless headphones.

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1 hour ago, Chris Pratt said:

I really like the Creative Outlier Airs, but in general, you need to temper your expectations, especially at that budget. Bluetooth sound quality is always inferior to wired and earbuds, in particular, have tiny drivers. There's only so much they can do. The experience is never going to be as good as even a pair of wireless headphones.

Thanks for the reply, what would you say a realistic budget would be? I've always hesitated to spend serious money on earbuds since you never really know how they'll perform until you try them, especially if a lot of the cost is just down to the brand

Current Specs:

Intel Core i7 6700k

RTX 3060ti

32gb Corsair Dominator Platinum 3000MHz DDR4

Asus Z170 Pro Gaming ATX

Corsair RM850x PSU

Corsair H55

1TB Seagate SSHD

4TB Seagate Barracuda

500GB Hitachi HDD

256GB Samsung 960 Evo M.2

BeQuiet Silent Base 800

---------

Corsair M65 Pro RGB

Corsair K70 Lux RGB

Roccat Taito

Xbone Controller

Logitec Z333

Samsung SyncMaster SA10

LG Ultrawide 25"

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