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Updated April 11, 2024·
If you're on a budget and primarily need wired earbuds for casual listening and calls, the Creative Labs Aurvana Trio LS may suit you, as they are much less expensive while still offering good comfort and sound quality. However, if you're looking for earbuds that are sweatproof, have active noise cancelling, and high-quality wireless codecs for better sound during exercise, the Sennheiser Momentum Sport is a superior choice, despite its higher price. The Momentum Sport is also optimized for both Android and Apple devices, offers better battery life, and has additional health tracking features for an active lifestyle. Give Feedback
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Advantages of the Creative Labs Aurvana Trio LS
The Creative Labs Aurvana Trio LS has no clear advantages over the Sennheiser Momentum Sport.
Advantages of the Sennheiser Momentum Sport
Good for music
Good for phone calls
Very good for gaming
Very good for exercise
Very good for air travel
Key differences
Music
6.6/10
7.5/10
The Sennheiser Momentum Sport is good for music, while the Creative Labs Aurvana Trio LS is only fair.
Gaming
7.9/10
8.8/10
The Sennheiser Momentum Sport is very good for gaming, while the Creative Labs Aurvana Trio LS is good.
TV and Video
7.2/10
7.8/10
The Sennheiser Momentum Sport and Creative Labs Aurvana Trio LS are both good for TV and video, though the Sennheiser Momentum Sport is somewhat better.
Noise Reduction
7.0/10
8.0/10
The Sennheiser Momentum Sport is very good for noise reduction, while the Creative Labs Aurvana Trio LS is good.
Battery
N/A
6.0 Hours
The Creative Labs Aurvana Trio LS does not have a battery. The Sennheiser Momentum Sport has 6 hours of battery life.
Cost
$25
$330
$0
$100
$200
$300
$400
The Creative Labs Aurvana Trio LS has a price of $25 and the Sennheiser Momentum Sport costs $330.
Although they have very similar scores, PerfectRec considers Sennheiser Momentum Sport to be good for phone calls, while the Creative Labs Aurvana Trio LS is only fair.
Podcasts and Audiobooks
7.4/10
7.8/10
The Sennheiser Momentum Sport and Creative Labs Aurvana Trio LS are both good for podcasts and audiobooks.
Build Quality
9.0/10
9.0/10
The Creative Labs Aurvana Trio LS and Sennheiser Momentum Sport both have excellent build quality.
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How the Creative Labs Aurvana Trio LS and the Sennheiser Momentum Sport compare to other earbuds and headphones
"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."
"We hadn't been expecting a new pair of dedicated sports buds but the surprise was nonetheless exciting. I got to try out the new buds at CES 2024 and while they have stayed true to delivering that "signature" Sennheiser sound, with a wide soundstage and strong sense of detail, it’s the extra wearable tech inside them that stands out to me against the best workout headphones."
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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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