Treblab X4 earbuds ZDNET's key takeaways The Treblab X4 earbuds are available now on Amazon for $49.
As long as you get a tight seal, they sound better than their price would indicate.
Without a good seal, the X4 earbuds struggle. View now at Amazon
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I'm a music snob. There, I admitted it.
I prefer to listen to vinyl; I have a very specific EQ curve that I enjoy, and I often turn my nose up at certain music genres. Give me classical, metal, prog, 80s, and some pop, and I'm good to go.
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I prefer to listen to music via floor-standing speakers, but of course, there are times when I have to pop in a pair of earbuds to take my tunes on the go.
To date, my favorite earbuds have been the Denon PearL Pro, Creative Aurvana Ace 3, and the Beyerdynamic Amiron 300. Those earbuds tend to live in the mid-range price, which not everyone can afford.
That's where companies like Treblab come into play. Treblab has been creating low-cost earbuds, headphones, and Bluetooth speakers that sound much better than their price would indicate. So, when I received the Treblab X4 earbuds, I assumed they would follow the same pattern.
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