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Updated April 11, 2024·
If you're looking for a budget-friendly option and prefer earbuds with a microphone for calls, the Creative Labs Aurvana Trio LS is the more economical choice. However, while the Aurvana Trio LS provides fair sound quality and good comfort, the Sennheiser CX300S, being more expensive, offers better build quality and soundstage, which might improve your overall listening experience. Neither have wireless capabilities, but if you prioritize a slightly lighter design for carrying ease, the Sennheiser's earbuds are a tad lighter. Both are strong candidates for casual music listening or watching TV, but for active scenarios like exercise, their lack of sweatproof certification might be limiting. Neither model supports active noise cancelling, but they do provide good noise isolation for quieter listening environments. If no other features stand out for your specific needs, the choice might come down to whether the Sennheiser's marginally better build and sound quality justify its higher price for you. Give Feedback
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Advantages of the Creative Labs Aurvana Trio LS
Good for gaming
Good for podcasts and audiobooks
Advantages of the Sennheiser CX300S
The Sennheiser CX300S has no clear advantages over the Creative Labs Aurvana Trio LS.
Key differences
Gaming
7.9/10
6.1/10
The Creative Labs Aurvana Trio LS is good for gaming, while the Sennheiser CX300S is only fair.
Phone Calls
6.9/10
3.0/10
The Creative Labs Aurvana Trio LS is only fair for phone calls, while the Sennheiser CX300S is poor.
Podcasts and Audiobooks
7.4/10
4.7/10
The Creative Labs Aurvana Trio LS is good for podcasts and audiobooks, while the Sennheiser CX300S is poor.
Cost
$40
$46
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The Creative Labs Aurvana Trio LS has a price of $40 and the Sennheiser CX300S costs $46.
Build Quality
9.0/10
8.0/10
The Creative Labs Aurvana Trio LS has excellent build quality, while the Sennheiser CX300S 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."
"Sennheiser offers impressive bang for your buck when it comes to the CX 300S. Built like a tank and sounding surprisingly good for such a budget-minded earphone, the CX 300S out-classes many of its would-be competitors. Functional but beautiful, it’s the perfect in-ear listening solution for anyone who wants to hear everything and look good doing it."
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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 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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