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Updated April 11, 2024·
If you are on a budget and need earbuds for versatile use, including calls and occasional gaming, the Creative Labs Aurvana Trio LS will serve you well, especially since they are significantly less expensive. They offer a fair level of sound quality, good comfort, excellent build quality, and are suitable for travel. However, if you prioritize top-notch sound quality particularly for music listening and don't mind spending more, the Sennheiser HD600 headphones are superior, with their open design providing an immersive experience. The Sennheisers are not ideal for noisy environments or exercise due to their poor noise isolation and being less portable and not sweatproof. Both options require a wired connection, but keep in mind the HD600s may benefit from a dedicated amplifier for the best experience. Give Feedback
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Advantages of the Creative Labs Aurvana Trio LS
Good for air travel
Advantages of the Sennheiser HD600
Excellent for music
Very good for TV and video
Key differences
Music
6.6/10
9.3/10
The Sennheiser HD600 is excellent for music, while the Creative Labs Aurvana Trio LS is only fair.
Gaming
7.9/10
7.0/10
The Creative Labs Aurvana Trio LS and Sennheiser HD600 are both good for gaming, though the Creative Labs Aurvana Trio LS is somewhat better.
Phone Calls
6.9/10
5.0/10
The Creative Labs Aurvana Trio LS is only fair for phone calls, while the Sennheiser HD600 is poor.
Podcasts and Audiobooks
7.4/10
7.9/10
The Sennheiser HD600 and Creative Labs Aurvana Trio LS are both good for podcasts and audiobooks, though the Sennheiser HD600 is somewhat better.
TV and Video
7.2/10
8.9/10
The Sennheiser HD600 is very good for TV and video, while the Creative Labs Aurvana Trio LS is good.
Noise Reduction
7.0/10
2.5/10
The Creative Labs Aurvana Trio LS is good for noise reduction, while the Sennheiser HD600 is poor.
Cost
$25
$350
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$200
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The Creative Labs Aurvana Trio LS has a price of $25 and the Sennheiser HD600 costs $350.
"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."
"The HD600 are state-of-the-art headphones with high sound quality and remarkable value, among most of the offerings in today’s time."
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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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