As an old radio guy/concert promoter, the search for good earphones and headphones has been ongoing for me. I travel a lot and hate wearing the aids in airports and planes.
I tried the Even in ear and headphones. The quality of sound just isn’t there for me. After lots of different trials, I’ve found what works best for me.
Headphones
The Nuraphone is amazing. It is an odd combination of in ear and over ear. The bass sounds somewhat like a sub bass. I don’t know the technology, but it runs a series of tones in your ears and detects your sound profile. I found that it works best in a silent environment for the test. After I did the test in a walk-in closet, it really shines for music and video. You can store three profiles. I ran another test in the closet a few days after the first one, and the results were essentially the same. It stores the profile in the phones, so it doesn’t matter what BT device you hook too. Absolutely love them. They’re $400 but noticed as of this writing that they are 20% off on Amazon right now. They have noise cancellation (although they block most noise without) and transparency mode that I have set up with a double tap on the phones. You can carry on a conversation on a plane without taking your headphones off.
In ear buds:
The new Sennheiser Momentum True Wireless is the best I’ve heard. Great sound. No sound test, but you can EQ it in the app. It takes some trial and error to get the sound you want, but it also stores the EQ in the buds, so you can stream BT TV or on any device and keep the EQ. They are my go to buds. Very comfortable, stable in the ears, and best in ear BT sound I’ve heard. $299 and just now coming into stock. I called the company when they were introduced and found out EQ was stores in the headphones and got a set before the long back order started. They also have a transparency mode, but I’m hoping they improve it in a firmware update.
If $299 is too expensive, look at any of the Jaybird in ear phones. Good quality with a lot of headroom in the EQ for adjustment. I have the X3 and Freedom models, but they have a couple new ones, including one with 10 hour battery life. Again, the EQ is stored in the firmware so works with any device. I’ve saved a few settings on the app for different occasions. Music, movies (higher low end and increased brightness for voice), and one for podcasts. Can find these discounted for under $100 to about $150.
None of these replace hearing aids. But, if music is important to you, and you like a full sound for video, etc., these phones offer good quality.
I like the concept behind the Even headphones, but the quality of sound just isn’t there, IMHO.
Hope this helps. It’s given me hope to be able to listen to music again.
Mark