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What I want to say is, don't believe the hype, but examine the typical hyperbolic marketing materials as carefully as possible. Anker's Soundcore brand has never hindered marketing.

All in all, the Liberty 2 Pro is the company's latest true wireless earplug kit designed to provide an Astria coaxial acoustic architecture that has been recognized by 10 Grammy award-winning producers. In fact, there are so many smoking incidents that I don't blame anyone for making their suspicions better and walk away completely.

But it was a completely wrong decision. The Liberty 2 Pro is an incredible pair of real wireless headphones that can be easily bought for as much as $150. But should I buy products with similar prices from Samsung, Jabra, Jaybird and other companies? Yes, there are some warnings.

Let's take a closer look at it.

Anker wasn't my name when I considered using high-quality earplugs, but a few years ago, power adapters, wireless chargers, battery packs and other products did. The company has made great progress in a short period of time, and its new discoveries in the lucrative headphone market have enabled it to iterate quickly.

Zolo Liberty, Liberty Air and Liberty Neo are the main products of the company's true wireless technology. They are relatively cheap and cheerful, and they try to attract the interest of some emerging AirPods without charging anything for Apple's asking price. But they're not very good. To its credit, however, Liberty Air is good enough to meet their needs-reliable audio quality and beautiful appearance-so Soundcore may have sold a lot of ships.

This brings us to the second round, the most expensive real wireless earplugs in the company's history. The Liberty 2 Pro features dual drives, one is a custom 11mm circular dynamic driver and the other is a compact Knowles balanced armature that works together to produce deep bass, accurate alto and precise but undisturbed treble. To that end, Anker has created the most comfortable pair of earplugs I've ever worn, with plenty of earplugs and wing options to soothe the most critical ears.

These are big earplugs, but a large number of their drivers have proved it-these prices are really amazing.

But let's start with the case: the earplugs are placed in an oversized pebble-shaped container whose top slides backward like a display case. The outer layer is decorated with gray matte finish, which can repel scratches well, but retain too many fingerprints. For some reason, the USB-C port is hidden behind a small plug, but at least it is USB-C. You really can't take these things for granted these days, even though at a price of $150, I hope it won't be less. A button is located next to the port to activate Bluetooth pairing.

Earplugs are fixed in the housing due to strong magnets, although their direction is not intuitive, because some manual operation is required when removed from the ear. Trust me, unless you have to do this, it doesn't seem strange, and then it will hook you all the time. In essence, this is not a problem, but a strange quirk.

However, once professionals appear in your ears, these minor problems will not occur. They are great. The dual-drive setting produces the best audio of its kind I've ever heard, surpassing all products under $200 in terms of accuracy, dynamic range, sound field, bass output and all other metrics I believe.

They also support Qualcomm's aptX codecs, which are of slightly higher quality than the traditional AAC or SBC used by most true wireless earplugs by default. And because of the slender design similar to Sony's WF-1000XM3, they can be passively isolated without being pushed into your ear like a terrible Q-Tip accident.

Anker's Soundcore app can use more features, but it's really useful.

The advantage of this design is that you only need to insert the earplug slightly into the ear canal and rotate it to lock it in place. I am a person who has been studying earplugs for many years, so whenever I find a perfect design, I will be very happy. Soundcore does everything he can to find comfort in any ear shape-I make the earplugs from medium to large, which is worth it-a bonus.

Soundcore's HearIQ (application-based EQ optimizer) can improve sound quality to some extent. It requires listeners to relax, find quiet spots with limited background noise, and identify tones of various frequencies. It aims to determine the upper limit of the user's hearing and adjust the balance of the headset accordingly. On the face of it, my result is a good medium-to-low bulge, with three times the treble, but the impact on music is very subtle-it has a far less (and softer) impact on music than Jaybird and Vista.

Raise your arm with me-no tedious gestures, just a good click of a button.

Nevertheless, I appreciate its existence and its ability to change the function of a button on two earplugs. Yes, I buried some bookshelves a little bit, but if you are a rational person like me, you will like what I say next: on the Liberty 2 Pro, you don't have to touch the SUV, inconsistent touch control or gestures. Soundcore wisely learned that discrete physical buttons (especially when pressed)

Buttons that do not shift the earplugs themselves) will lead to a better experience.

Each button comes in two forms: press or hold, which allows you to customize the next / previous song, turn the volume up / down, or activate the phone assistant, all of which can be done quickly through the application. The only problem I find is that these settings depend on the device: they are not stored in the headset and need to be reset with each paired device, which is a pity.

The connectivity is also good. Earplugs are independent, which means they can be connected to paired phones independently. This sounds inconvenient, but if you need to do so, you can connect each product to a separate product (if your partner or child forgets headphones, think about it on the plane). Headphones are usually smart enough to synchronize as long as you open the lid, but if you choose to switch from mono to stereo, it's easy to connect them to spurious.

There are more advantages: the earplugs are protected by IPX4, which is not enough to withstand torrential rain, but should be suitable for exercise. Oh, and the phone case also supports Qi wireless charging, which is excellent for convenient recharging.

The last point in the professional column is that the battery life is very good. There are eight hours from the bud itself, and three fees are charged for the (huge, of course) case. It took me a stupid time-- I think it took a week-- to bring the earplugs and protective cases down to zero, while it only took 90 minutes to get back to 100% with USB-C.

Where these headphones can be improved.

Unfortunately, in the Soundcore world, things are not perfect. Mobile phone cases with sizeable earplugs and large batteries need to fit comfortably into all phones, so Anker decided to pack them to an uncomfortable proportion. In Canada, it's going to be jacket weather, so I don't want to hang out in my pocket, but if it's still jeans and T-shirts, I don't want to put this box in my pocket.

The only major problem with these earplugs is how bad they sound on the phone.

My other minor problem is minor: there are no environment sensors on the earplugs, so when you remove one or two of them, they don't pause. To make matters worse, Anker doesn't think it's necessary to build in cut-through mode, so at least one earplug needs to be removed to have a conversation. This is a feature combination I love on Galaxy Buds, and for $150, I think these Anker should already be included here.

I rarely turn a blind eye to the quality of the product, but Soundcore's Liberty 2 Pro earplugs surprise me. From the point of view of sound quality, you won't find anything close at this price. These sound more realistic than a $230 Sony WF-1000XM3 or a $300 Sennheiser Momentum True Wireless.

They are not perfect-they are a bit clunky, the shell is clumsy, the call quality is poor, the handset quality is not good, and if you want to trek long distances in the rain, they are not very good-but for the dollar, does that sound good? Look again, these are very suitable.

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