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Updated April 11, 2024·
Choose Beats Studiobuds for a wireless experience with convenient features like ear detection and a portable design, making them suitable for exercise and travel. They have active noise cancelling, but are not the best for gaming or TV due to latency. The Aurvana Trio LS are wired with excellent build quality and good for calls, gaming, and TV with a low price point, but lack wireless capabilities and noise cancelling. If budget is a concern and you don't mind wires, have gaming or TV as a priority, the Aurvana Trio LS is a strong choice, but for active lifestyles and those wanting wireless convenience with moderate noise isolation, consider the Studiobuds. Give Feedback
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Advantages of the Beats Studiobuds
Good for music
Good for phone calls
Good for exercise
Very good for air travel
Excellent for podcasts and audiobooks
Advantages of the Creative Labs Aurvana Trio LS
Good for gaming
Good for TV and video
Key differences
Music
7.2/10
6.6/10
The Beats Studiobuds is good for music, while the Creative Labs Aurvana Trio LS is only fair.
Gaming
5.2/10
7.9/10
The Creative Labs Aurvana Trio LS is good for gaming, while the Beats Studiobuds is poor.
Podcasts and Audiobooks
9.0/10
7.4/10
The Beats Studiobuds is excellent for podcasts and audiobooks, while the Creative Labs Aurvana Trio LS is good.
TV and Video
5.6/10
7.2/10
The Creative Labs Aurvana Trio LS is good for TV and video, while the Beats Studiobuds is poor.
Battery
6.0 Hours
N/A
The Beats Studiobuds has 6 hours of battery life. The Creative Labs Aurvana Trio LS does not have a battery.
Cost
$80
$25
$0
$20
$40
$60
$80
$100
The Beats Studiobuds has a price of $80 and the Creative Labs Aurvana Trio LS costs $25.
Although they have very similar scores, PerfectRec considers Beats Studiobuds to be good for phone calls, while the Creative Labs Aurvana Trio LS is only fair.
Noise Reduction
6.5/10
7.0/10
Although they have very similar scores, PerfectRec considers Creative Labs Aurvana Trio LS to be good for noise reduction, while the Beats Studiobuds is only fair.
Build Quality
8.8/10
9.0/10
Although they have very similar scores, PerfectRec considers Creative Labs Aurvana Trio LS to have excellent build quality, while the Beats Studiobuds has very good build quality.
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How the Beats Studiobuds and the Creative Labs Aurvana Trio LS compare to other earbuds and headphones
"For less than the price of the AirPods, the Beats Studio Buds delivers a good fit, great sound, and active noise cancellation. This is also the first set of Apple-owned Beats earbuds to feature quick pairing with Android devices, albeit at the expense of some key features for Apple users."
"These super-affordable wired earphones are some of the best I’ve heard in recent years. For the money they are unbeatable. And before you say: “I can’t use them as there’s no headphone jack on my smartphone!”, they can work with jack-less phones by using the brilliant little Creative SXFI headphone amp which plugs into a smartphone’s USB or Lightning port (with an adapter) and produces the most sublime audio output."
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About Beats
Beats is an American, consumer-focused, audio products manufacturer. Founded originally by American rapper and producer Dr Dre, the company is now a subsidiary of Apple. Beats sells a wide range of audio products, including several models of headphones, earbuds and speakers as well as full car audio systems.
About Creative Labs
Creative Labs is a Singaporean technology company specialized in the manufacture of multimedia products. They created the world-famous Soundblaster soundcard back in 1989 which was a staple of the gaming community for a long time. Nowadays, besides still marketing their discrete audio systems, they offer a wide array of headphones, gaming headsets and speakers that still preserve that same heritage.
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