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Updated April 11, 2024·
If you are on a tight budget and primarily use wired connections for music and video, the Creative Labs Aurvana Trio LS would be better suited for you, considering they offer good comfort, build quality, and fair overall sound quality. However, if wireless convenience, modern features like app customization, wireless charging, and active noise cancelling are important to you, and you engage in activities like exercise, the JBL Live Flex 3 with higher sound quality, a Smart Charging Case, and sweatproof certification would be worth the additional cost. The JBL also supports a low-latency codec which could be better for gaming and watching videos, whereas the Aurvana Trio LS might be more suitable for quiet environments like air travel due to their noise isolation capabilities. Give Feedback
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Advantages of the Creative Labs Aurvana Trio LS
Good for gaming
Good for TV and video
Good for air travel
Good for podcasts and audiobooks
Advantages of the JBL Live Flex 3
Very good for music
Very good for exercise
Key differences
Music
6.6/10
8.0/10
The JBL Live Flex 3 is very good for music, while the Creative Labs Aurvana Trio LS is only fair.
Gaming
7.9/10
5.5/10
The Creative Labs Aurvana Trio LS is good for gaming, while the JBL Live Flex 3 is poor.
Phone Calls
6.9/10
5.2/10
The Creative Labs Aurvana Trio LS is only fair for phone calls, while the JBL Live Flex 3 is poor.
Podcasts and Audiobooks
7.4/10
5.9/10
The Creative Labs Aurvana Trio LS is good for podcasts and audiobooks, while the JBL Live Flex 3 is poor.
TV and Video
7.2/10
5.7/10
The Creative Labs Aurvana Trio LS is good for TV and video, while the JBL Live Flex 3 is poor.
Noise Reduction
7.0/10
8.3/10
The JBL Live Flex 3 is very good for noise reduction, while the Creative Labs Aurvana Trio LS is good.
Battery
N/A
10.0 Hours
The Creative Labs Aurvana Trio LS does not have a battery. The JBL Live Flex 3 has 10 hours of battery life.
Cost
$25
$216
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The Creative Labs Aurvana Trio LS has a price of $25 and the JBL Live Flex 3 costs $216.
Build Quality
9.0/10
8.5/10
The Creative Labs Aurvana Trio LS has excellent build quality, while the JBL Live Flex 3 has very good build quality.
"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 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.
About JBL
JBL is an American audio equipment manufacturer. Owned by Harman International which is, itself, owned by Samsung Electronics. JBL markets a wide array of monitoring speakers, professional headphones and consumer market headphones and earbuds. It was founded in 1946 by James Bullough Lansing (whose initials give the company its name) and has become one of the most prolific audio companies ever. Their products were responsible for audio during the 1969 Woodstock Festival.
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