Second Chance Bang & Olufsen Beoplay EX Gold

I tested these promising earbuds for a while in different settings. What is immediately noticeable is the warm, powerful sound. Settings are necessary, the standard setting sounded a bit undefined. It takes some time to find the settings to adjust them. It would have been nicer if the otherwise very pleasant drive would be immediately visible so that you do not have to dig into the app every time you want to make adjustments. Furthermore, these caps work very intuitively and you can use them straight out of the box.
The wearing comfort with the standard buds is immediately very comfortable. This only gets better with the memory foam version. To my pleasant surprise, these buds have not fallen out of my ears once, not even during exercise. I wanted to experience this with other brands. The handles are also very nice to position, without having to touch the touch controls every time.
The latter work well, although I find adjusting the volume downright annoying. You have to keep your finger on the cap until the desired volume is reached, but in my opinion this goes through too quickly, making it quite a precision job.
What really disappoints me is the quality of the noise canceling. In a home setting it is not too bad, but on the train a lot of noises still come through in the silent mode. You hear the train moving clearly and the phone of the person next to you also comes through happily. Enough reason for me to return these otherwise beautiful earplugs, unfortunately. Cheaper versions I tested did much better in this area.

Really depends on what you're looking for. I previously had Apple Airpods Pro, which made me really happy with the quality of the noise canceling and the wearing comfort. However, the sound quality is actually not that good for an audiophile. Here it is the other way around, the sound quality is top, you can fully adjust it to your wishes via the app, but the noise cancellation is not that good. It is also true that it takes some time to find the right "rubbers" for your ears, I took the wider ones so that I don't have to push them so deeply and then you notice that the noise canceling works better because the ear canal works better. is sealed. Once the earphones have been paired with the devices, it is literally a matter of opening the case and placing the earphones in your ears - the pairing works immediately, without ever failing.