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[–] FridaVanMercury@discuss.tchncs.de 16 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Seeing all the moderately negative reviews for the 1st gen earbuds they made, I just want to add, if you are in the market for over ear headphones, the fairbuds xl (I think that is what they are called), are pretty good in my opinion.

They also released a 2nd gen model of these like last year, I had mine since February or so, I really like them. I am no audiophile but they sound good to me.

The 1st gen model had some issues with stability of some plastic parts for some customers, I haven't had any issues with these 2nd gen ones and I use them almost every day.

[–] P13@lemmy.dbzer0.com 4 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

I love the build quality of my gen 2 XLs but the ANC is garbage.

Yeah, can confirm. It wasn't something that was important for me so if it is for anyone, do not buy these.

For me it works well enough at work in the office. Doesn't block out everything but enough that I can concentrate on what I am doing.