Sony Launched Its Smallest Earbuds Ever for Less Than $100

Sony conscionable released its “smallest ever earbuds,” the WF-C510. I thought Sony’s wont of giving products uninspiring names was implicit erstwhile it launched the ULT Series, but I conjecture I was wrong. These caller earbuds committedness a compact design, a comfy body, and a unchangeable fit. Oh, and they lone costs $60.

While I’m blessed for Sony, its 4.6-gram earbuds aren’t that revolutionary. The fund earbud abstraction is plentifulness crowded with immoderate decent lightweight options. I precocious checked retired the OnePlus Nord Buds Pro 3, weighing 4.4g. Even though my receptor canals are amended suited for on-ear buds, I recovered the in-ear plan connected the Nords highly snug and comfy to deterioration for extended periods. The OnePlus Buds 3 besides featured an inconspicuous plan astatine 4.8g. The CMF by Nothing Buds Pro 2, which I reviewed earlier, thoroughly disappointed me, but those provided a decent fit, too, astatine 4.9g. You get the point.

Sony touts the WF-C510’s compactness simply due to the fact that it dramatically decreased from its premium predecessors, specified arsenic the 5.9g WF-1000XM5. But that’s due to the fact that the XM5s were hefty, not due to the fact that the C510s are unusually light.

Also, the value of the earbud mostly depends connected the driver’s size inside. Typically, that is 10 to 12mm: 12.4mm connected the Nord buds, 11mm connected the CMFs. The operator size connected the WF-C510s is 6mm. That’s, of course, going to shave immoderate value disconnected it. Driver size translates to better-sounding precocious and low-end (tweeter operator for high-end and woofer operator for bass). So, I’m besides unsure however the considerably tiny drivers connected the C510s volition construe successful presumption of audio quality.

The value of earbuds besides depends connected their worldly and physique quality. If I’m utilizing the lightest buds successful the world, but they consciousness highly flimsy and cheap, that’s nary longer impressive. I’m holding disconnected connected my absorption to Sony’s latest buds to spot however good they equilibrium physique prime and comfort.

The remainder of these buds’ features are modular for in-ear peripherals. Some of these features see utilizing receptor information to plan the signifier of the bud, an 11-hour artillery life, an IPX4 h2o absorption rating, multi-point connectivity for up to 2 devices, an ambient mode, accelerated pairing, and mono listening. A diagnostic that stood retired to maine was Voice Focus, which allows these buds to suppress ambient sound and stress quality voices successful ambient mode.

The WF-C510s are disposable to pre-order contiguous for $60.