Noble FoKus Rex5 review: Incredible sound, if you’re willing to pay for it
$449 is a lot to pay for earbuds. When you consider the quality of the options at $100 and below, it may seem exorbitant. However, Noble Audio hasn’t just crafted another set of high-end wireless earbuds. The company is offering something unique on the FoKus Rex5: five drivers. Most earbuds have one or two, but Noble has put its in-ear monitor (IEM) expertise to work here, packing in a 10mm dynamic driver, a 6mm planar driver and three balanced armature drivers. <br /> The result is absolutely incredible sound quality for a set of wireless earbuds. A wide, immersive soundstage surpasses every other set I’ve tested, and I’ve tested a lot of them. However, audio performance alone doesn’t make a complete product. There’s still battery life, active noise cancellation (ANC), cus [...]
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