A few months ago, I faced something that had never happened to me before: A trusty pair of Bluetooth earbuds died on me. No, it’s not that they ran out of juice or that I lost my charging cable; they just flat-out stopped working. And, as someone with several weekends of fall travel coming up, that was going to be a problem. I knew I’d have to replace my trusty ‘buds, and I’d have to do it reasonably quickly.
So, I did what any well-informed shopper would do: I sought out the advice of experts. I pinged a few members of the SoundGuys crew and checked in with our own Rita El Khoury, whose gadget tastes often match my own. I gave them my budget, which wasn’t much considering I was coming from the CMF Buds Pro 2, and asked what they thought I should get next.