- 1MORE ComfoBuds Pro vs Soundcore Liberty Air 2 Pro.
That is the question that has been coming up
time and time again in the comment sections of my videos.
And, in this video, I'm gonna be telling you
which one is gonna be the right one for you,
based on sheer performance.
Now, if you're interested in checking out
either of these earbuds,
check out the links in the description box down below.
And, if you have any questions or concerns
about the way that I review,
or receive any of these products,
I'm also gonna leave the full disclosure
right down there as well.
So, let's not waste any more time.
So, first let's talk about the similarities.
So, both of these earbuds are running Bluetooth 5.0
along with AAC and SBC as their connection codex.
Both of them are also gonna give you
right around 35 feet to 40 feet worth of range.
So, anywhere from around 10 to 12 meters, give or take.
Both of them also have minimal to little latency
when watching videos.
But, as far as gaming performance goes
you will notice a little bit of latency
if you're gonna be playing first person, shooter games.
Neither of these are exactly gaming earbuds,
but they can get the job done
if you're just playing casual games.
Now, both of these are also featuring a stem style design,
so they kinda sit in your ear with the ear tip,
and they come down,
and both of them are also IPX4 water resistant.
As far as microphones,
they're both featuring triple mic arrays.
So essentially three microphones per ear.
And then last but not least,
they both feature in ear detection.
And that's basically where you can put them in your ear
and it'll automatically play,
and when you pull them out, it'll pause itself.
As far as the similarities, that's pretty much it.
So, let's move forward.
First and foremost, let's talk about the comfort.
Now, as usual, I'm gonna preface this
by saying that comfort is highly subjective,
because all of our ears are different.
So, what is comfortable for me
and my large ears, may not apply to you.
So, make sure that you take this with a grain of salt.
But, as far as comfort is concerned,
both of them are comfortable,
but the Liberty Air 2 Pro
have a slightly smaller overall size.
They are less noticeable while wearing,
and they do feel a bit more comfortable,
at least to my own ears.
Now, that is not to say that the 1MORES
are not comfortable, because they are.
But, I was just talking about
one of them being slightly more comfortable than the other.
And for that, I have to give the Liberty Air 2 Pro
the win when it comes to comfort.
So, now let's move over to the battery and the case.
Now, testing was done with both of these earbuds
set at both off and with their ANC
in their strongest settings.
So, trying to keep it as fair as possible.
Now, the ComfoBuds Pro, they managed to pull off
seven hours and 48 minutes
with noise cancellation turned off,
and then six hours and three minutes
with noise cancellation turned on.
The Liberty Air 2 Pro,
they pulled off seven hours and 21 minutes
with noise cancellation turned off,
and five hours and 46 minutes
with noise cancellation turned on.
Now, as far as cases are concerned,
the ComfoBuds Pro give you an additional
28 hours with the case,
where the Liberty Air 2 Pro give you an additional
26 hours with the case.
Both of them are using USB-C for charging,
but only the Liberty Air 2 Pro give you wireless charging
with their case as well.
So, as you can see, up here on the screen,
just based on pure performance alone,
the 1MORE ComfoBuds Pro are gonna take the win
for battery and playback time.
Unless you're somebody who really, really values
that wireless charging ability,
at that point, you're gonna wanna go
with the Liberty Air 2 Pro.
But, just for sheer performance,
1MORE, they've got it in the bag here.
So, now let's move over to the ambient sound.
So, the 1MORE ambient sound is slightly louder
than the Liberty Air 2 Pro.
So, like a bit more volume just right when you turn it on.
But, on the other hand,
the Liberty Air 2 Pro is giving you dual modes
for their ambient sound.
So it seems like the Liberty Air 2 Pro
is actually a little bit better
at reducing the background noise,
with improved focus on voices.
And they do give you those two options
where you can have the full ambient,
or where you can just have it focus on voices.
And it does very good at distinguishing between the two.
For me personally, while both of these are excellent
at their ambient slash transparency modes,
the win here is gonna go for the Liberty Air 2 Pro.
So, that's gonna bring us over
to the active noise cancellation.
So, the way that I tested for this,
is I run airplane cabin noise.
Sorta like you're inside of a jetliner
when it's at cruising altitude.
So, I use 85 decibels of that airplane cabin noise.
And then I'll put both of these earbuds
in their strongest noise cancellation setting,
and I'll test them from there with my own years
to see which one has given me better performance.
So, first the 1MORE.
The ComfoBuds Pro were better
at reducing the mid frequencies,
as well as the low frequencies.
So, definitely some strong noise cancellation
happening here,
where the Liberty Air 2 Pro
were actually tending to struggle
with the mid frequencies,
but were very good at tuning out the lows.
So, overall, the win here for noise cancellation
is definitely gonna go to the 1MORES,
because you can audibly hear a difference
in the strength of that noise cancellation.
I was actually kinda surprised myself,
because when I was first
just kinda trying them out casually,
I couldn't tell much of a difference.
But once I made sure I used the exact same tips,
and I was doing this test in a controlled way,
you can definitely hear the difference.
Now, next let's move over to their companion apps,
because they both have companion apps.
1MORE has a 1MORE MUSIC app,
and Soundcore has the Soundcore app.
Now, the 1MORE app is functional,
but it does need some work.
Sometimes it tends to crash on me
when I'm using it on Android.
So, this is one of the things
that they might have to work on.
Now, what it does offer you
is the ability to do firmware updates,
change the different control settings,
so you can change what the touch controls do,
adjust between the different sound modes.
So it does give you some of those types of options,
but it's very basic.
There is no EQ, no presets,
or no sound quality adjustments here.
Now, as far as the Soundcore app,
it is easily superior.
It is much more robust.
It is much more fleshed out,
and it's never given me any issues with crashing,
whether it's on iOS or on Android.
They're offering you a full graphic equalizer,
the HearID hearing test,
where it'll give you a custom tune
based on your own hearing.
You also get the 22 presets,
you get touch control configuration schemes
in there as well,
along with the different sound modes
so you can go through your three
active noise cancellation modes,
and the two transparency modes,
along with firmware updates,
and a bunch of different settings.
Overall, it's also much cleaner and much easier to navigate.
So, as far as the companion app,
the Soudcore app is gonna be a win
for the Liberty Air 2 Pro.
So, now let's move over to the volume,
and for the volume there is a clear winner,
and that's gonna be the 1MORE ComfoBuds Pro.
So, let's say you've got the Liberty Air 2 Pro
at their maximum volume.
At their maximum volume,
that's about 90% of what you're getting
out of the ComfoBuds Pro.
So, it's like two, maybe three ticks louder.
And it's something you can easily hear the difference in.
Now, for me personally,
and just let me make this clear,
for me personally, both of these are more than loud enough.
I don't listen to either of these
at 80, or 90, or a 100 percent.
I'm not that person, I'm trying to protect my hearing.
And I suggest you do the same.
But, if you're somebody who needs that extra bit of volume,
maybe you are hard of hearing,
then the ComfoBuds Pro are definitely gonna be the ones
that you wanna go with here.
Now, let's go ahead and segway over to the sound quality.
Now, the Liberty Air 2 Pro are very good,
and they are very versatile
when it comes to being able to EQ them
to your taste within their app.
They have strong base,
they have a very dynamic, punchy sound,
especially in their signature mode.
Now, personally, I like to use the piano EQ preset,
and then I'll go in and then I'll adjust that one myself,
add a little more bass.
So, it kinda rounds out the sound a little bit.
So, overall it does sound very good.
On the downside,
it sorta lacks a little bit of that soundstage,
and some of the separation sometimes can get a bit muddy,
especially if you start really picking it up
into the higher volume ranges,
which you really don't mess with anyway.
But, if you're kind of approaching
that 90% volume, 95% volume,
sometimes it can get a little out of whack in there.
So, you gotta be careful with that.
As far as sound quality for the 1MORE,
it is excellent.
And, the tuning itself,
just right out of the box, is excellent.
It is warm.
It is rich.
And, as I said in the video for the 1MORES,
that tuning is exactly what I prefer.
Like, if I had the ability to EQ them myself,
I would try to EQ them to the way that they sound already.
Basically, that's what I would do.
I wouldn't have to touch them.
So, the base on them is perfect.
It's tight.
It isn't overpowering,
and it doesn't muddy up the mids.
Now then you have the mids,
which are nice and smooth and relaxed,
and nice and warm.
So to me, I really, really enjoy it.
And then the treble is nice and crisp,
and they even give you some good stage,
some good separation,
so you can hear the different instrumentation.
So I am very, very impressed.
And, although I shouldn't be,
because 1MORE always brings it when it comes to that tuning.
Now, for me personally,
there is no EQ required on the 1MORES.
I can listen to them just the way they are,
right out of the box, no problems.
Now, here's what it's gonna come down to,
really what you prefer.
But, for me personally,
when you consider the price tags here:
129 on the Liberty Air 2 Pro,
versus $99 on the 1MORE ComfoBuds Pro.
For me personally, the money better spent
is going to be on the 1MORE ComfoBuds Pro.
That's just me personally.
Now, I love both of these earbuds,
but if it's just gonna be for my own listening pleasure,
I'm gonna pick up the 1MORES.
That's just me.
And, that's not to say that the Liberty Air 2 Pro
are bad, because they are not,
they're absolutely not bad.
But, just for me personally,
based on these two,
less money, better sound quality.
I'm gonna go with the 1MORES, but that's just me.
Now, let's get into some call quality samples,
and this way you can hear
which one of them is gonna be better for you,
both indoors and outdoors.
All right,
and can we have the Soundcore Liberty Air 2 Pro.
So, testing, testing,
one, two, three,
obviously indoor environment, semi quiet.
So, this is the kind of mic quality performance
you can expect out of them.
Testing, testing,
one, two, three.
All right,
so here we have the 1MORE ComfoBuds Pro indoors.
So testing, testing,
one, two, three.
So, this is the kinda call quality you can expect
from them indoors in a semi quiet environment.
Testing, testing,
one, two, three.
All right, so here we have the call quality test
for the Soundcore Liberty Air 2 Pro.
So, testing, testing,
one, two, three.
Outdoors, it's actually pretty breezy today.
So, this should make for a good test.
Testing, testing,
one, two, three.
All right, so here we have the call quality test
for the 1MORE ComfoBuds Pro.
So, testing, testing,
one, two, three.
Obviously, we're outdoors once again
Pretty breezy out here.
Nothing too crazy, cars going by.
So, it should make for good test.
Testing, testing,
one, two, three.
So, with all that said,
if you wanna check out the full reviews
of either of these earbuds,
check out the videos that I'm gonna leave right up here.
If you wanna see my other top five
for true wireless earbuds
with noise cancellation, under a 100 bucks,
check out the video that I'm gonna leave right here.
With that said, I'm out.
Peace.