SoundPEATS TrueAir 2 vs Taotronics SoundLiberty 92 (Best Budget AirPods Alternatives)

Hello everyone, in today's video we have another one between the True Air 2 from Sound Pete and the Sound Liberty 92 from Taotronics, and it will be close because they are both some of the

best

semi-ini

budget

headphones that you can get today and really It all comes down to whether or not you prefer sound quality or microphone quality and are looking to save yourself some time. The True Air 2 sounds better. The Liberty 92 has a better microphone, but keep checking it out today because both headphones are pretty much the same price, you can get them for around 35 us, around 45 australian, when you add all the coupons in there, like in my links affiliates in the description below.

I'm also going to leave timestamps in there because look, my videos are on the longer side, but that's because we go deeper, so if you're picky about your audio, I am too, let's get into another selection from your review, starting with physical characteristics and design, and in real air, you have something soft and hard. Plastic action on the Liberty, you get a shiny hard plastic action. They're both equally grippy, we might say, but look, they should honestly get the job done on the True Air. You have an indicator light at the bottom of the stem. on the Liberty on the top of the stem and on both pairs, when the music is paused the indicator light will stay on on the True Air, it will keep flashing on the Liberty, but when you play music on the True Air there is no action from the stem indicator light. in the wild, the blue light will keep flashing every few seconds, not what we want, I don't know why this is still a taotronic thing, it might be time to say goodbye to the flashing action, but anyway, in terms of the overall size of the real air here. it's incredibly compact, these have to be the most compact pair of semi-earbuds out there, the Liberty are a little bit thicker, a little bit thicker than the

airpods

for example, they're still pretty ergonomic, although they're both pretty ergonomic here, which is very important. to put it on your earbud because it doesn't rely on the ear tip to get a good seal, but the overall better fit definitely also applies to the real air in terms of comfort, although look, we're talking about getting any earbuds here, so these They are e-bus you can just put them on and it feels like you are not wearing anything at all, but as the true air is a little smaller and a little more ergonomic, this allows the real earbud to rest a little deeper in your ear canal, which provides a more secure fit, but this also plays a big role in the sound of these headphones, which I'll talk about later in the video, so in terms of overall security, the 202 is a little better, it still needs You'll also be going crazy if you take away the freedom of your ears, so both pairs will be pretty good for weight training and running, but they won't be as secure as a pair of in-ear headphones or a pair of in-ear headphones. -There are also wingtip earbuds so proceed with caution but if you like to wear them when you work out the trua 2 has a very good ipx4 rating for splashes, if you sweat a little if it's raining these are completely fine for that, whereas on the liberty 92 you get an ipx8 waterproof rating which is pretty rare to see in headphones nowadays so you can submerge them in water if you're not sure why you would maybe want to shower with them I guess .

You could do it with the Truad 2, but you'd be safer with an IPX8 rating, so let's say the Liberty 92s are shower resistant, except warm water and technology don't mix, so again we proceed with caution, but let's move the throat, you can't feel it. Very good today, first hydration. I'm going to sound a little strange. Moving on to the battery life and case now, I'm going to throw out here my results that I got at 70 volume for both earbuds, so with the True Air 2. I got 6 hours and 21 minutes at 70 volume and you'll get four additional charges of the case, bringing the total battery life of the headphones and case to 31 hours and 45 minutes at 70 volumes now with the freedom. on the earbuds they get four hours and 40 minutes at 70 volume and with five additional charges of the case this brings the total battery life of the earbuds and case to 28 hours so it's pretty close and the cases are also basically the same.

Same size, they're both really compact and don't have wireless charging, but you actually get fast charging on the Liberty, so a five-minute charge will give you an hour of playback. You don't get any of this on the real A2, but they both charge via USB with the cables. included going back to the cases, although on the True Air case you have an indicator light on the side that will only flash when you actually have the case charging, there is no indicator light inside the case so you really have no idea what the duration is. from the case's battery is the only way to tell - if the earbuds don't charge and then you know the case is dead, it's not ideal on the Liberty 92, although there is an indicator light on the front of the case that flashes, but I'm not too sure if this will indicate when battery life is low on the case, but at least you have a light there so you know what's going on and in the Liberty 92 manual it says you can press the reset button. to check the battery life of the case, but that usually doesn't do anything for me, but I don't know, let me know if it works for you.

The magnets on both cases are very strong, you need a decent amount of shaking to get them. Putting the earbuds in and out of the case is really simple and both earbuds connect to your phone very quickly, the True one will connect in just under four seconds while the Liberty also connects in less than four seconds, but because in the freedom , when you open the lid of In case the headphones start connecting to your phone, it's a little bit quicker in release, so overall it's really good stuff with both pairs here. I also didn't mention the actual lids and they have a nice hinge that doesn't close too much.

It's also easy, which is nice if you like pretty hinges, but it's pretty impressive to see the really solid battery life on the True Air even though they're much more compact than the Liberty. Well, let's move on to the touch controls from time to time. On both pairs you can control everything including volume sensitivity, it's really solid on both pairs, but on the True Air you get subtle beat feedback when playing paused tracks or skipping tracks back and forth, which doesn't give you freedom, but it is a problem. the real air because those touch controls are very sensitive when you grip the earbud on the top, so if your finger gets a little close to the touch surface, it's pretty easy to accidentally activate the touch controls, so it's a good solution I find grabbing it by just the stem quite annoying so I like to adjust my headphones by holding them at the bottom of the stem and the top of the earpiece so over time you can get used to just holding them by the stem or you can be more cautious as to where to grab it on the top of the headphones, so it takes a bit of practice, it's not a deal breaker but it is quite annoying if you don't like accidentally activating the touch controls, but let's move on to bluetooth and connectivity here and on the true air we are using the qualcomm 30 40 chip with bluetooth 5.2 in the liberty.

I'm not really sure what chip they use, but you just got bluetooth 5.0 with spc and aac. kodak codex codecs with spc and aac codex, while on the trua2 you get spc ase and aptx, there is hardly any latency on both pairs tested on youtube and netflix on an iphone 12 pro when it comes to gaming, these aren't that bad either, but if If you really like your games more intense, your mobile cod, that kind of thing, you probably want to go for a pair that has a low latency mode in my indoor bluetooth range test I got 75 on both pairs, which is not the better and that's all. 17 meters down, up, through five walls in my outdoor test, I got 95 on True Air and on Liberty I only got 80, which is a little below average for the competition here, but you still get a lot Decent range there. and that's over 27 meters in a nice open and clear space, no multi-pairing is expected nowadays, but you can use on both pairs the left or right earbud individually and this also works in mono mode, so If you're using just one earbud, you'll hear both channels of audio coming out of that earbud and it's really seamless when you switch between each earbud, you don't get any delays in terms of overall connection stability, even though the true air 2 has that Qualcomm chip 3040, which probably explains better battery life due to the efficiency of the chips, the freedom I found is a little more stable, you can try this as in the real case.

I have my hands on the headphones, the connection drops a little in one of the ears or this could even happen when I am adjusting a headphone and my hands cover the headphone there, while on the freedom this does not happen at all, apart from that in real air, it doesn't really fall out unless you're adjusting. headphones, so they're not a deal breaker, but they're definitely worth mentioning. Ok, let's move on to the microphone test now and as I mentioned at the beginning of the video, the Liberty 92 has a much better microphone that picks up your voice. much stronger, which will definitely hold up if you like to make a lot of phone calls, not to say the 202 is really that bad, just when you compare the two you can definitely tell a difference, but I'll throw out a little. tests here so you can hear for yourself, so here's a mic test with Sound Pete's True Air 2.

Alright, here's a mic test with Taotronic Sound Liberty 92s and this is how it sounds over crowd noise playing from my computer. speakers and this is what it sounds like with the crowd noise playing on my computer speakers so here we are outside with True Air 2 with some cars speeding by in the background so I hope you have a good idea . how the mic sounds with a little bit of background noise, okay so here we are with the taotronic 92. Hopefully it picks up my voice pretty well. I actually feel like the True Air 2 blocks out background noise a little better by doing a slightly better job of blocking out cars passing you, but I hope this still sounds pretty good, before we get to the most important part. , the sound quality, a quick little drop of my Instagram here so you can stay up to date with some behind the scenes audio demanding action and all my audio adventures and all the animals I interact with when I'm editing videos the link is down in the description below well let's go to the sound quality and start with the volume here because at 100 volume the true air 2 are ridiculously loud you don't want to venture above 85 percent but pretty much when the true a2's are At 85 percent, this is equivalent to freedom at 100, so freedom is definitely still high enough if you're in a noisier environment.

I want at least another level of volume, so if you're looking for high volume go for the True Air 2, if you're looking for low level listening before bed or whatever the real way to not get my certification before bed, the freedom in I actually do and It's pretty rare for a bad to get a certification before going to bed, this basically means that the lowest volume, even when you turn it up a level, the Liberty is still pretty quiet for a nice, low level listening and in terms of white noise, also here at Liberty. You do get a bit of static white noise on the right earbud but even when there's no music playing it's barely noticeable and this is pretty much the same on the true air 2.

Now let's talk about the sound and as I mentioned in the beginning of the video, the

best

sounding pair overall is the true air2 and this is mainly due to that more ergonomic design and the earbuds being more compact, allowing the earbuds to sit a little deeper in the ear canal, at least to my ears again. It may differ from person to person, but I'm veering away from reviews. I've noticed the same trend here, so with the real a2 you get a little bit more bass, it has a little bit deeper and richer sound and this type. of transfers with the mids and highs, the Liberty still sounds great and you're actually getting a decent amount of bass.

I would have to rate the Liberty as my second favorite sounding, affordable, true wireless semi-in-ear headphones. earphone and it definitely has more of a midrange focus, so if you really love your midrange, like your voice or are just listening to podcasts and that kind of stuff, then the Freedom might be the best option because that midrange, however, In some tracks you move forward a lot, as if you were listeningan acoustic guitar with vocals, I think the vocals dominate a bit and the instrumentation recedes in the mix, but you still get nice highs here too. I would say they are both pretty much on par in terms of treble and in terms of sound.

The Liberty 92 has a slightly more open sound and this could be because the fit is not as deep as a True Air 2. The soundstage on the True Way 2 is really solid and I would say the instrument separation here and being able to select where the instruments are is pretty even on both pairs, so overall the True 2 is the clear winner, although not by a huge amount, and you're not perfect even when you turn the volume up to 85, as the E bars are so loud that the sound gets a little harsh, it can get a little muddy and the bass can get a little distorted, but again, that's not really the case.

I have to venture above those volumes, but in order to explain the sound a little more, this is where I usually go through my genre rating checklist and, as usual in a demanding battle, I'll let you know which pair of friends I prefer. with each individual genre and look, the True Air 2 guy wins every round here again, like the Trua 2 is better, the Liberty 92 is slightly behind. and still could be the ideal pair for you if you prioritize good microphone quality, if you are someone who will be taking a lot of phone calls you may also want to use them to listen to e-books, watch youtube videos and listen to podcasts too and still so I like that the sound quality is not too bad, if you prioritize sound quality, you still choose trio two.

I'd say you get the ipx8 rating on the Liberty model as well, so I don't know if you'll be on phone calls underwater, you'll be sorted, but other than that, if you're okay to settle for just one good microphone, you do have that little issue of connection when you adjust the headphones and the sensitive touch type. controls, other than that the sound quality really pushes them as the best sounding

budget

headphones on the market right now and that's why I gave the trua 2 such a good review and that's why I always recommend these headphones Yes Someone was looking for a semi-in-ear headphone.

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