Samsung Galaxy Buds2

Great buds for listening to music – My wife and I both bought a pair of these buds. To date they have proven to be very good buds, especially for music, which is the main use. They fit into the ears very well and do not easily fall out, especially if you change the silicon rubber ear plugs to best fit your ear canals (comes with 3 sizes). The buds come with with a downloadable app… Read more

which sits inside the Galaxy wearable app - you would not be able to use and control the buds without the app and obviously they are perfectly matched to the Samsung android phone. Using the settings in the app, you can run with "ambient sound" / Active noise cancelling / No adjustment at all.

Have found the buds to work pretty well on an aircraft with the ANC switched on and in really quiet areas when relaxing, turn the noise cancelling and ambient sound off. The buds fit well into the ears, and there is a test application in the app which allows you to test for a good fit, and this works very well.

We use the app to control the buds but you can use hand gestures and tapping to advance the song back and forwards, volume, answering calls etc. by programming the settings you desire.

Considering the cost of these buds, the sound quality is very, very good and enjoy playing music with them very much. The frequency range is good and the bass is very good without too much artificial Pump up, so the music is fairly well adjusted.

The buds come is a great little case, that fires up the app and connects to your phone as soon as you open them - the case has a chargeable battery witch charges the buds when you put them back into the case, just have to remember to keep the case charged.

The only downside noted is that especially outside with background noise, it can get a little difficult to be heard on a phone call, as the buds don't have any extension for the microphones (note that the buds 3 pro have changed the design and have extensions, haven't tried them but they may be an improvement) so for us the phone call side has not been that great. Overall though, great buds, great sound for music, which is 99% of our use and for that cant really fault them.

The buds connect seamlessly with our Samsung phones through bluetooth and even though outside wind conditions can affect the quality to the person on the other end, the bluetooth performance from the phone to the buds is very good, no problems with bluetooth range either, as the phone is usually close by or in a pocket. Have had 0 issues with bluetooth performance.

PROS: - Well built, good quality - Good fit in ear - Very good quality sound, especially for music - Bluetooth range and consistency is good - Great little charging case - Std, USB C charging on the case

Cons: - Phone calls reception, especially outside with background noise can be problematical - Buds are polished and a bit slippery - were very careful in the plane, didn't want to drop them

Average sound quality, useless noise cancellation. Expensive for what they are! – I purchased these as I am in the general Samsung ecosystem. I paid $130 in a sale but I now know there are better devices, particularly in terms of sound quality and noise cancellation, on the market for the same or less. I really wanted noise cancellation but it is near useless on these buds. The buds themselves block out a reasonable amount of… Read more

noise but with noise cancellation on (if you can get it to stay on) just seems to make the background noise sound more tinny and adds really high pitched additional noise! (And yes! I am wearing them correctly!). I have read a few of the other reviews but interestingly not experienced many of the problems others have complained about. Instead I have a whole new and extensive set of issues with these. I will start with the good things about these and then move to the not-so-good. Good things ------------- - They are reasonably comfortable to use. - I have nice big earholes and they stay well wedged in. I use mine for walking but I don't think I would trust any in-ear-bud-only for running. - The case and buds look stylish - Wireless charging - Battery life seems okay for my use

Room for improvement! --------------------------- - There are cheaper buds on the market with far better sound quality. - The mic is useless and can not be used for hands free (if you want the person on the other end to understand you). Also I have not managed to get my buds to answer my Galaxy phone but it is possible in theory. - The noise cancellation is worse than useless and only sometimes works. - The pass-through is actually quite unpleasant to use. - The Bluetooth range is awful. If I have my phone in my right hand trouser pocket the presence of my body can block the signal! - The track my device mode is rubbish and can only detect the headphones when they are not in the case. Most of the time I couldn't get it to work at all. - The text on the case is beginning to smudge

There are probably more things on the RFI list, but hey, if the above hasn't put you off then it is unlikely anything else I say will.

Bit large and heavy, sound is fine – A bit large and heavy, so tends to fall out after some time; a problem I did not encounter with my previous Mifo earbuds. Could be because I have small ears. Quite simple to setup with the app. Happy with the sound, particularly for the price... Classical opera/ orchestral mid range and high frequencies are great. You might miss the thump of a… Read more ·  1

plucking double bass (Manon Toi Vous / Don Juan Overture). Piano - Impressed! maybe a little lower bass missing in lower notes (Polonaise in A flat Maj op. 53, Chopin). Violin - Could be rounder, but fine. (Rondo Capriccioso Saint-Saens)

Fusion - great mid range and high frequencies. (Oasis - Roberta Flack).

- So far no connectivity issues at all. - The touch controls are configurable and has recognition of up to 3 taps! Takes a bit of getting used to, but not an issue. The touch and hold action can be configured to control either the volume or toggle between Ambient sound to active noise cancelling. Therefore you have to configure one of the two functions and cannot have both. I have chosen volume. However, you can control it from the app. - Ambient sound and active noise cancelling function works effectively. I have mainly used Ambient sound.

All in all well priced for the quality.

Very Impressed - hardworking and high quality – This week my charging case and buds went through the wash. After they emerged unscathed and fully operational I thought "gee - that deserves a review". Let's be clear - they are not waterproof. But if they are built in such a way as a run-through a wash cycle in their case doesn't affect them at all then I think it's a big green-tick to the… Read more

build quality overall.

I'm not an audiophile but really love the sound quality. I listen mostly to books and music. My music of choice at work where i wear these most is house music and the sound is excellent if maybe a little bass heavy. The EQ in my app can compensate for that.

Comfort is great - it took me some time to work out how to best wear them, i find a smaller cup than normal and a slightly twist while placing them in (i.e. counter-clockwise while placing into right ear, vice-versa for the left) provides the best fit and sound isolation. Fitted correctly the ANC is incredible. I wanted ANC buds mostly because i now work on an open office floor - these are just the right amount to isolate sound.

The microphone I haven't had great success with. Most call recipients complain they cannot hear me if i'm outdoors but really this wasn't why i bought these. If PR allowed half stars I would've given this 4.5.