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Updated April 11, 2024·
If budget is a major concern, the Creative Labs Aurvana Trio LS offers good comfort, sound quality, and build at a lower cost but lacks wireless capabilities. The Sennheiser Momentum True Wireless 2, while more expensive, provides superior wireless convenience, active noise cancelling for quiet listening environments, and better controls. The Sennheiser is ideal for exercises and air travel due to its sweat-proof design and noise cancellation, but for wired connectivity with higher durability, the Creative Labs model is better. However, those needing earbuds for gaming or TV may find the Sennheiser's low latency beneficial despite the higher price. Give Feedback
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Advantages of the Creative Labs Aurvana Trio LS
Good for gaming
Good for TV and video
Advantages of the Sennheiser Momentum True Wireless 2
Good for exercise
Very good for air travel
Key differences
Music
6.6/10
6.0/10
The Creative Labs Aurvana Trio LS and Sennheiser Momentum True Wireless 2 are both only fair for music, though the Creative Labs Aurvana Trio LS is somewhat better.
Gaming
7.9/10
5.3/10
The Creative Labs Aurvana Trio LS is good for gaming, while the Sennheiser Momentum True Wireless 2 is poor.
Phone Calls
6.9/10
6.2/10
The Creative Labs Aurvana Trio LS and Sennheiser Momentum True Wireless 2 are both only fair for phone calls, though the Creative Labs Aurvana Trio LS is somewhat better.
TV and Video
7.2/10
5.4/10
The Creative Labs Aurvana Trio LS is good for TV and video, while the Sennheiser Momentum True Wireless 2 is poor.
Battery
N/A
5.5 Hours
The Creative Labs Aurvana Trio LS does not have a battery. The Sennheiser Momentum True Wireless 2 has 5.5 hours of battery life.
Cost
$25
$195
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$50
$100
$150
$200
$250
$300
The Creative Labs Aurvana Trio LS has a price of $25 and the Sennheiser Momentum True Wireless 2 costs $195.
The Creative Labs Aurvana Trio LS and Sennheiser Momentum True Wireless 2 are both good for podcasts and audiobooks.
Noise Reduction
7.0/10
6.5/10
Although they have very similar scores, PerfectRec considers Creative Labs Aurvana Trio LS to be good for noise reduction, while the Sennheiser Momentum True Wireless 2 is only fair.
Build Quality
9.0/10
9.2/10
The Sennheiser Momentum True Wireless 2 and Creative Labs Aurvana Trio LS both have excellent build quality.
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How the Creative Labs Aurvana Trio LS and the Sennheiser Momentum True Wireless 2 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."
"They are more comfortable and nicer to use than their predecessors, battery life is better and noise-cancelling is now included as part of the package. They’re easy to live with and you could happily listen to them for hours on end without reaching for the pause button. If your budget allows, your ears will be handsomely rewarded."
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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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