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Updated April 11, 2024·
If you're on a tight budget, the Creative Labs Aurvana Trio LS earbuds are less expensive and offer good comfort, sound quality suitable for music, calls, and TV, and are more portable, but they lack wireless capabilities and aren't designed for exercise. The Razer Kraken headphones, while pricier, offer an over-ear design for improved sound isolation and better gaming performance due to their excellent mic. However, they're bulkier, not as portable, and also need to be wired. Neither option supports active noise cancelling, if that's important for your use in noisy environments or for air travel. Give Feedback
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Advantages of the Creative Labs Aurvana Trio LS
- Good for air travel
- Good for podcasts and audiobooks
Advantages of the Razer Kraken
- Good for music
- Very good for gaming
Key differences
Music
6.6
7.1
The Razer Kraken is good for music, while the Creative Labs Aurvana Trio LS is only fair.
Phone Calls
6.9
5.5
The Creative Labs Aurvana Trio LS is only fair for phone calls, while the Razer Kraken is poor.
Podcasts and Audiobooks
7.4
4.7
The Creative Labs Aurvana Trio LS is good for podcasts and audiobooks, while the Razer Kraken is poor.
Cost
$25
$50
$0
$10
$20
$30
$40
$50
The Creative Labs Aurvana Trio LS has a price of $25 and the Razer Kraken costs $50.
Build Quality
9.0
8.5
The Creative Labs Aurvana Trio LS has excellent build quality, while the Razer Kraken has very good build quality.
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Key similarities
Gaming
7.9
8.3
Although they have very similar scores, PerfectRec considers Razer Kraken to be very good for gaming, while the Creative Labs Aurvana Trio LS is good.
TV and Video
7.2
7.4
The Razer Kraken and Creative Labs Aurvana Trio LS are both good for TV and video.
Noise Reduction
7.0
6.5
Although they have very similar scores, PerfectRec considers Creative Labs Aurvana Trio LS to be good for noise reduction, while the Razer Kraken is only fair.
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Spec Comparison
 |  | |
| Creative Labs Aurvana Trio LS | Razer Kraken |
GENERAL | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Price | |||
$25 | $50 | ||
Brand | |||
Brand | Creative Labs | Razer | |
Release Date | |||
Release Date | January 1, 2018 | March 1, 2019 | |
Form Factor | |||
Form Factor | Earbuds | Headphones | |
Connectivity | |||
Connectivity | Wired | Wired | |
SOUND | |||
|---|---|---|---|
Music Score | |||
Music Score | 6.6/10 | 7.1/10 | |
Phone Calls Score | |||
Phone Calls Score | 7/10 | 5.5/10 | |
Gaming Score | |||
Gaming Score | 8/10 | 8.4/10 | |
TV and Video Score | |||
TV and Video Score | 7.2/10 | 7.4/10 | |
Exercise Score | |||
Exercise Score | 4.1/10 | 4.2/10 | |
FEATURES | |||
|---|---|---|---|
Active Noise Cancelling | |||
Active Noise Cancelling | No | No | |
Noise Reduction Score | |||
Noise Reduction Score | 7/10 | 6.5/10 | |
Virtual Surround | |||
Virtual Surround | No | No | |
Android App | |||
Android App | Yes | N/A | |
iOS App | |||
iOS App | Yes | N/A | |
Mic Quality | |||
Mic Quality | 7/10 | 9/10 | |
BUILD AND DESIGN | |||
|---|---|---|---|
Build Quality | |||
Build Quality | 9/10 | 8.5/10 | |
Comfort score | |||
Comfort score | 7.9/10 | 7/10 | |
Size | |||
Size | Medium | N/A | |
Weight (headset or single earbud) | |||
Weight (headset or single earbud) | 18 Grams | 322 Grams | |
Microphone style | |||
Microphone style | Integrated | Boom | |
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Creative Labs Aurvana Trio LS
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Forbes
Mark Sparrow | December 2021
"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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PC Gamer
Rob Dwiar | March 2019
"Generally the Kraken is a very comfortable headset and there’s nothing that really identifies it as anything else. All in, the Kraken performed exactly as I’d expect a premium, designated gaming headset to perform: performing well in game audio, though not quite with the same quality of those headsets further up the price scale."
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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 Razer
Razer is an American-Singaporean hardware manufacturer aimed specifically toward the gaming market. They manufacture a very wide array of gaming laptops, tablets, phones, peripherals and, of course, headphones and earbuds both wired and wireless. Since 2016, Razer has owned the THX suite, aimed at quality assurance of audiovisual systems such as speaker sets, video game consoles and even movie theaters.
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