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Updated April 11, 2024·
If you prioritize affordability with good music quality for casual use, the Beats Studiobuds are a great choice, especially if you'll use them for exercise and travel, as they are sweatproof and highly portable with a good battery life. However, if you're seeking premium sound quality with advanced features like active noise cancelling, low latency for gaming, and better call quality, and you don't mind spending more, the Sennheiser Accentum Plus would be better. The Sennheisers also offer over-ear comfort, which might be preferable for extended listening sessions, and they are suitable for a wider range of activities, including TV and gaming due to the low latency feature. Give Feedback
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Advantages of the Beats Studiobuds
The Beats Studiobuds has no clear advantages over the Sennheiser Accentum Plus.
Advantages of the Sennheiser Accentum Plus
Excellent for phone calls
Excellent for gaming
Very good for TV and video
Very good for exercise
Excellent for air travel
Key differences
Gaming
5.2/10
9.1/10
The Sennheiser Accentum Plus is excellent for gaming, while the Beats Studiobuds is poor.
Phone Calls
7.0/10
9.2/10
The Sennheiser Accentum Plus is excellent for phone calls, while the Beats Studiobuds is good.
TV and Video
5.6/10
8.8/10
The Sennheiser Accentum Plus is very good for TV and video, while the Beats Studiobuds is poor.
Noise Reduction
6.5/10
8.3/10
The Sennheiser Accentum Plus is very good for noise reduction, while the Beats Studiobuds is only fair.
Battery
6.0 Hours
50.0 Hours
The Beats Studiobuds has 6 hours of battery life. The Sennheiser Accentum Plus has 50 hours of battery life.
Cost
$80
$230
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$350
The Beats Studiobuds has a price of $80 and the Sennheiser Accentum Plus costs $230.
"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."
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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 Sennheiser
A family-owned company, Sennheiser is a German, high fidelity, audio equipment manufacturer founded in 1945. Their consumer audio division is now owned by the Swiss hearing aid and cochlear implant manufacturer Sonova. Sennheiser offers a wide variety of, very high quality, audio equipment solutions, from headphones to earbuds, full sets of monitoring speakers, amplifiers and microphones. They also make what is widely regarded as the best, and most expensive, headphones in existence, the HE-1 Orpheus, costing a whopping $59,000 dollars.
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