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These unusual earbuds were the surprise of the year for me - why they sound so good

If you haven't heard of NYC-based audio brand Status, you'll be as surprised as I was with this unique pair of earbuds.

In fact, the Status Pro X earbuds are absolutely delightful from the low end to the mid range. Now, I did attempt to enable Android's LDAC codec for 990/kbps/090/kbps, but found the connection dropped too much, so I switched it back to best effort. Triple driver setup (dual Knowles balanced armature drivers and one 12" dynamic driver)-52db active noise canceling AI speech enhancement Bluetooth 5.3 IP55 water resistance 3 beam-forming mics 8-hour battery life from a single charge (with a total of 24 hours using the charging case) Optical wearing sensor 24-bit/96 kHz audio over Bluetooth LDAC support for audio up to 990 kbps Both touch and physical button control

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