I don't usually recommend a product as wholeheartedly as I did with the J-Bird
Blueb Buds X. So, while I was actually
disappointed with the follow-up model, the J-Bird
X2, maybe it's because I went in with
the wrong expectations.
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package. The earphones are well presented and the accessory package
includes the earphones themselves, a short charging cable, wire management
clips, and I'll explain these better later, a few different sizes of their
ear fins that keep the earphone in place in your ear, a few different sizes of
both standard and comply foam ear tips,
a very nice touch for improved comfort and fit if you don't mind regularly
purchasing replacements, and a carrying case that annoyed me more than it
probably should have. But who the hell
was the person at J-Bird who thought that this, you know, press down just
hard enough, but don't press too hard derpastic lid thing improved in any way
the magnetic clamshell that came with the Blue Buds X. I wish I'd been in that
meeting so I could personally explain that the square wheel is not an
invention anyone needs and sometimes it's fine to just stick with what we
know works. And while I was sitting there being annoyed by that, I observed
also that unlike the previous version, the X2 lacks any included documentation,
relying instead on a link to their site where you can view it online. And while
I'm all for environmental preservation, a really basic quick start guide. Press
the button for this long to enter pairing mode could have saved me a
couple minutes of powering it on only to then power it back down again until I
realized that you just need to hold it for longer when first powering it on to
enter pairing mode. and that instruction would have fit on a single piece of
paper just as well as a link to the site anyway. But with that out of the way,
it's time to talk about wearing them. User reviews online seem to indicate
that the X2s fit better or even much
better than the Blue Buds X. For me, there was no noticeable difference. And
frankly, I wonder if that was just firsttime users having their eyes opened
to the joys of comply tips, which for the uninitiated can be rolled up before
being inserted into the ear canal where they expand for a nice snug fit because
the X2s are physically like even down to their weight. As far as I can tell,
exactly the same thing. Okay, then Lionus, how about performance? Battery
life very similar to last gen. JBird claims eight hours or more is doable
with users online backing this up. For me, the use them for an hour or two per
week and throw them in your gym bag between sessions use case yielded about
6 and 1/2 hours of music time, which I am more than happy with. Remember that
batteries discharge themselves while they're in storage. On the subject of
sound quality, again, I would have to say
they're very similar. User accounts vary across the internet, but from my
sideby-side listening, the most noticeable difference was that the X2s
pack a bit more punch in the low end. Not in an unpleasant, muddy way. And
unless you're listening to them side by side, you're probably not going to pick up on any of that anyway. So then, what
the hell did they change? Frankly, not
much. While I'd love to say that, you know, it features innovations like the
case has a battery bank in it and then the headphones charge wirelessly inside
or like they're noticeably lighter or the Jenna voice assistant has been
significantly amped up or the call quality, it does have a microphone, by
the way, is is is way better or or they
finally fixed that one freaking thing that really bugged me on the original.
the way that you couldn't reverse the stereo channels when you're wearing them
in the alternate over the ear mode, which by the way is what those little
cable management clips are for, although usually I'm lazy and just tie them in a
knot. Which I guess leads us to the
conclusion where I have to ask what exactly was the point of this product?
And the only conclusion I can draw is that it was an inexpensive marketing
campaign for their expanded color range. Yes, it's available in more colors. And
some other really small tweaks that could have been rolled out silently
because if they'd approached someone like me or Marcus asking us to make a
new video review of the new J-Bird earphones that uh you know, oh, more
colors, we'd have probably told them to go take a hike. But if they tell us,
hey, it's a completely new product. It's the X2. Well, here we are. People are
re-reing the same product. But the good news here, at
least, the takeaway for me is that anyone who wants great wireless
earphones should be thankful for the J-Bird X2 because it means the Bluebuds
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