Is there any reason to pay more? - CMF Buds Pro 2
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Published 2024-07-18
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CMF, a budget brand of Nothing, is here with their new CMF Buds Pro 2! Sure, they only sell "pro" earbuds, but why have non-pro earbuds if you have the skills to make professional TWS earbuds? James is here to see if there's really any reason to spend more than $60 on your next auditory listening devices.
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CHAPTERS
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0:00 Can these live up to the price?
0:18 Colour and what's in the box
1:11 Earbuds and case design, fit and feel
4:25 Sponsor - Corsair
5:00 Setup and app walkthrough
8:23 Listening impressions
9:20 Control woes and EQ settings
11:07 Battery life and trying ChatGPT/Google Assistant
12:51 Pricing and overall thoughts
13:32 Outro
All Comments (21)
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CORRECTION: We used the Nothing Phone (2a) instead of the usual phone we keep on set and didn't realize that the mic test was using the phone's microphone instead of the earbud's microphone. We've uploaded a better mic test here and removed the original one from the video: youtube.com/shorts/TxBlqX1nsV4 Sorry for the confusion! We'll make sure this doesn't happen in future videos. - Bell
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what's crazy about CMF is that i want it more than nothing's offerings, even though it's their "budget" products
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The mic sounds crazy good compared to other earbuds damn
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Google assistant not making a ding sound when you activate it via buds is actually a months long bug/issue from google themselves. Weirdly it seems to be a design decision they made because whenever a workaround is found google pushes out a update to break the chime. Its like this with most phones and earbud combinations.
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Companies stopped including the brick just as C-to-C was becoming popular, so most people are probably still rocking their old A charging bricks. If I were releasing a product right now, I'd probably consider including both A-to-C and C-to-C or a C-to-C with an A-C adapter on one end.
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For the price point at which they're at (60 bucks for context), these are truly some great lil true wireless ear buds. Besides the over the top bass tuning with default EQ (which yes it's definetly way too much), they're a solid pair of earbuds.
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I also got mine yesterday. And overall they are definitely really good, but yeah the default tuning is crazy. I know a lot of people like bass, but that was too much. Setting everything to 0 honestly sounds the best.
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Kinda strange how Nothing came out of nowhere and are making banger devices
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0:37 Thank you, To be clear I have been looking for a smart watch for years that hits all the points I wanted and I ended up buying the CMF watch you featured and I am very happy with it. In that video it was mentioned it not being C to C was, "Outdated", could be a way to put it. I feel like most people have UBS A ports at hand and maaaaybe the thoughts of C to C are reletaed to your closness to upgraded tech.
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Incredible that they have been able to provide LDAC codec at this pricepoint.
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The power of USB-C is that you basically only need one cable, and most people probably have one at this point. The short A-to-C in the box is for those who don't have USB-C everything yet.
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Did not expect James to be listening to Mastodon 🤘
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60 bucks? Man, my LG Tone Free just died (left earbud literally fell apart when I went to see why it wasn't working) and I'm in the market.
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I just love James' hair during the shake test.
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Labs needs to standardise "The Famous James Shake Test" We need a contraption that James gets strapped into and shaken about with consistent repeatability!
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I've been thinking about getting these and the video really helps by showing the pros and cons.
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Nothing and CMF are onto something and I'm so here for it!
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My absolute favorite guy on this channel by far! Informative, straight to the point, funny AND makes great sound effects with his mouth
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I went to Soho the other day and saw their exhibition. The buds look so good 😍😍 and their designs in general are amazing!
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The dial on the case actually works, I'm getting rid of my airpods pro 2 and buying these ASAP
