CMF Buds Pro 2 Wireless Earbuds with Smart Dial, 50dB Hybrid Noise Cancelling Earbuds Wireless Bluetooth 5.3, 11mm Bass with LDAC, 6 Hi-Res Audio Mics, 43H Playtime, Fast Charging Case, Dark Grey

I cannot believe the sound quality to price ratio you get with these. My Bose QuietComforts, though better at ANC, are a close match in regards to sound quality. I also have the Nothing Buds (a), and they do not match the sound quality that these particular CMFs provide. These CMFs have dual drivers, while many others utilize single drivers. I find this dual driver design superior for louder listening, especially for high frequencies or spatial effects as those beloved deep bass notes don't drown out the highs as they are emitted from a dedicated driver. Build quality, being honest, is a B-, while the Nothing Buds get an A- from me. They're all plastic at the end of the day, I just feel the CMFs could of used a bit higher quality material, yet it does keep the bud weight down, so maybe it wasn't by accident. Battery life is not an issue and a full charge of the case will easily carry you through the day. With ANC off, it will last you several days of moderate to heavy use. Noise canceling is pretty good, but I'm comparing that to a much more expensive set designed specifically for ANC, so they do the job well. So for the price, build, sound and features, you sincerely can't go wrong with a set of these. I'm big into music, and especially the quality side of things as true high fidelity music hits different. With LDAC support on these with a new enough device, you can aquire some high quality music on your phone using applications such as Tidal or QoBoz. If you really want to enjoy the full sound quality, start there. As a bonus, the case and its ability to deactivate its control features by a double press is a huge plus if you're worried about mistakenly triggering commands. The Nothing Brand is not playing around as they have a plethora of devices out, and they are not stopping as far as improvements..Firmware updates which take a few minutes will be needed out of the box, so plan on that on your first use. 5☆

Taken with a grain of salt, since I've been using them for a total of 30 minutes. Update - I've now worn them through 2 calls and all was well. No complaints from the other end, and my side was crystal clear. Comfort is good, and my longest session was 3 hours. No ear pain, and they stayed in my ears. Still have not used the case dial function. Oh yeah, after 3 hours of music play I put the buds back in the case and both buds were still at 83% battery. A couple minor weaknesses, but again, I keep in mind that they are sub $60 buds. The noise cancellation is wonky with loud noises (in my case Chainsaw and Circular saw). The pass through audio is not great, but I was able to have conversations with a few people at Lowes. This could be improved, but the price would go up. Music was still great. Original review: First song though them is All Night by Def Leppard from Euphoria. It has a lot of quasi variable sounds, a hint of soft rock rap, rock, acapella vocals, and vocals isolated with nothing but bass, good harmonies, both high and low tones. Normally I drive a new set of buds to max volume, but these approached uncomfortable at 3/4 volume, which is also where the "Ear Damage" warning pops up. I got to *80% volume and backed off (very impressive). They only have 3 tip options, SML, and are factory fitted with M. I switched to the Large and get good isolation. For this sub $60 purchase price I did not expect a hearing test from the app, and one does not exist, but it does have a fit test under the Device Settings. Also under the Device Settings is the Dual Connection option, which by default is set to off. If you switch to dual connection, the buds have to reboot, so don't do this if you're in the middle of listening to a song or on a phone call. Surprisingly, the app and buds have a Find My Earbuds option - unheard of for this price. The buds sound fantastic with Spacial Audio off, but there is a noticable enhancement when you enable Spacial Audio. I like both outputs equally, and thing for those who come from or are in the sound production world, my guess is they will prefer the perception of a pre and post mixed feel. Spacial off tends to be a lot more of a natural recording, and Spacial sounds like a producer got a low impact opportunity to add some effects, but not over powering. Another effect of Spacial is a slight volume boost. I've not yet tried the case dial, and while cool, I don't see a personal application, but still cool as a remote control for your buds, without the need to touch the buds or use the phone app. The case is a little larger than my Soundcore Space A40's, but I like the square shape. I also bought a matching TPU case so I'd not scratch up the case while in my pocket. There are only two things I poke at. There is no USB-C cable included (not a big deal - by now everyone has a dozen or more). The second is a personal preference, and that is earbud charge % display, and that it only shows charge drop in 5% increments, i.e. 100%, 95%, 90% etc. I am not yet able to speak to call quality, but that will happen soon I hope. So far I'm sticking with the Euphoria album, but I can't wait to hear Drive by The Cars, both for vocal and instrumental clarity.

1. It fitted to my ear well. Smooth and not irritating size at all. 2. Phone call quality with earbuds was great. not the best out of all but def best contender for its class. 3. Download app, open the case, and that was it. Setup was really easy and cant be mistaken. Connection was great. There is a delay/lag/latency from bluetooth connection but great quality of sound made up for it and connection itself was great and never disconnect. 4. Beautiful design. I would say best of all I ever owned. 5. Sound is where it excel. IT is a bass monster but you can choose not to. True to sound and powerful. tuning works well. Customizing is diverse and they all make sense. Sounds crisp and clear. Definitely recommeneded.

I've been testing out the buds for a little over a week now and I have to say, I really like them. Off the bat, I love the design of the buds and the case, and the bass even at the lowest setting is really strong, in a good way. The buds fit well in my ears which is usually a problem having to find one that do. Audio quality is crystal clear and the app lets you adjust as needed. Had some trouble connecting the buds at first, my phone (S22 Ultra) didn't detect them right away but other devices that are just as old, did. The smart dial, which is the main reason I wanted to try out these buds didn't work initially, so I did some research and connected them to my tablet which did work, and that someway got my phone to connect the dial as well. And I have to the say, the smart dial is an AWESOME feature to have!!! It acts like a controller for the buds and can make for a cool fidget toy. I came from the Galaxy buds 2 which is almost double the price of these buds at the time. And I would say, these are the better sounding devices. Everything sounds great coming in, and during my call tests, they are pretty good but you won't sound as clear, a bit distance or washed out, as talking directly into your phone's mic. And as good as these buds are, there are some drawbacks, the touch controls on the buds themselves LACK a single tap/play pause feature which is standard for other buds but you can do it via the smart dial. The in-ear detection that would play or pause your music when you take the buds on or off works well with music apps but not 100% of the time and doesn't really work for video apps like Youtube and Netflix, so you have to pause the video directly. And there are times when I would put in the buds and it seems like the noise cancelling would toggle and off for a sec to adjust to the last setting you had them on. Speaking of noise cancelling, they are good, both transparency mode and active. Active is not going to blow you away but it definitely works and even the more expensive Samsung buds I had, weren't any better at NC. All the pros and overall quality of the buds, I say its worth the price you are paying, so give them a shot!

I bought these on sale about a year ago at $50 and it was an amazing purchase. They have great value for their price and their app is very usable and clean. The sound quality is great, I use the electronic eq setting with ultra bass off, and I think they sound wonderful for being a budget pair of earbuds. Their connectivity can be iffy at times, but I’ve found that to be a source issue more than anything. The noise cancellation is pretty good, obviously not going to be the best, but with music at half volume it does a great job. The earbud controls as well as the dial on the case are very easy to use and customizable. The durability of the case is also pretty impressive as well, I’ve dropped it many times while running on concrete and only have a few scratches and marks to show from it. If you’re considering these, I would definitely recommend getting them.

Great sound! Not perfect, but perfect for my needs. I primarily listen to audiobooks so crisp clear voice is what I look for in earbuds, and these do not disappoint. I got these to get me though waiting for replacements to my Samsung buds, I did not expect to fall in love, but I did and won't be going back to the Samsung buds. The case Wheel control save's me time and again... Not reaching for my ear when someone comes up to my desk is cool, I just click the wheel to stop my book, no one even has a clue that I'm listening to my books. I am very please with the ANC, not overly complicated and fit so easily that I forget I'm wearing them. I really appreciate that the app is easy to use and connects automatically. I have to mention that Nothing's customer support is phenomenal! Extremely prompt with answers to any question I have!

I wasn't expecting these to be bad by any means, but they are certainly better than I had expected. Sound quality isn't as good as my KZ PR1, which isn't a surprise, but otherwise they are a very solid sounding earbud. I love the case, the knob is a nice feature, maybe a bit gimmicky, but it works and I use it all the time. The battery lasts me easily a whole day at work, which is 10 hours. I could likely go a week without charging them. I don't use the noise cancelling, but the transparent mode works well. The app is pretty nice too, good amount of customization and all around a solid experience For context on sound quality - I listen to mostly heavy metal, so very loud and constant music, and they handle it just fine. The bass never feels stressed or like it's distorting(I have the bass boost on its lowest setting), and the mids and highs are clear enough. I don't ever listen at more than about 50% volume.

First I did not like that someone tried to open the box at some point....luckily it's sealed with strong adhesive some they couldn't pry it open with their fingernail which I could see right where you'd normally open it with your nails. Whether this happened at Amazon I don't know. Gotta give 4 cause it was a pain to find the app even though it was sitting in the Playstore..meaning, the scan QR was a waste and it takes to you to China. JUST GO STRAIGHT TO APPLE OR GOOGLE and search. I'm not too happy there isn't an app for windows for people that aren't phone-philes like me. There's a bit of a learning curve to use the app and figure how the case plays a role in controlling the thing. It was a bit of a pain to find out how to pair the phone to buds cause you won't be able to do it without the app initially. It was impossible to pair it without the app...I don't know if this is going to be the case after finally pairing the phone and buds via bluetooth. I'm wondering what would happen if I delete the device in "bluetooth devices" as well as the app....I'm feeling like I would have to go through the whole process again. Note: In Windows it paired right up. The app has some good features, but after unless you're really picky the functionality isn't going to be all that better with or without. I do like that these are HFP and A2DP ready so I can use them for Zoom calls and it switches on the fly instead of Jabra products where you have to manually toggle to HFP mode. Hanging up phone calls is a bit of a challenge if you don't change the setting from the three taps. So there are different settings that you can assign the gestures to, but the answer and hangup are not changeable. The battery life isn't all that great, but I'm used to headsets and not small buds that are limited in battery size. Just messing with it for a while the batteries lost over ten percent. But I guess it charges faster and has longer life as long as you use the case when you take them off. NOTE: I've found that the right earbud seems to outpace in battery life by 5% ahead of the left....the reason I have no idea. I can't say that I use that one more or give in more input than the other...maybe on a call or two, but that's it. Another bad side is there's no USBC to USBA cord included SO YOU HAVE TO BUY YOUR OWN POWER CORD and it's really IMPORTANT IF YOU'RE AN ANDROID USER cause you don't use USBC. The sound is okay, better than my Jabra Evlove 65e on Zoom for sure. That is a big plus for me so these are up-to-date technology so I'm pleased. The passive noise reduction is pretty good, but the right ear as with all human bodies will allow more noise to get in...but the ACTIVE noise reduction makes the buds even better and you have different settings low, mid, to high which I'm sure will make battery life drain a little faster maybe. They ANR is still really good...You can turn it off via only by way of the app otherwise when you toggle via the sensors on the bud you can only change between "ON" or "Transparency"...the latter which has a "white-noise" to it. One thing I did experience is that if you move the slide bar in youtube around it will take a fraction of a second or two to catch up...like the lips will be moving on the subject, but the words will not come out as fast. This happens if you understand HFP and A2DP modes and it's sort of natural occurrence, but varies in the device your using to listen. I don't have the largest ears and I noticed the left ear is ever so slightly sore as I wear them and I'm sure it'll get used to having the skin stretched out. As far as the ear canals they're perfectly find even with the medium cups, but I did change them over to the small to accommodate and I did lose a bit of passive noise reduction in my right ear naturally since most people's right side is a bit larger. Over all they're comfortable on a scale from 1-10 an 8. I'm sure I'll find better and bad things about it as I use it more, but if there was a 3.7 I'd give it that rather than a four. Don't get me wrong it is good, but for the price it's just barely fairly priced and I'm not a techno or audiophile either.