Cambridge AudioMelomania M100 Earbuds - in Ear True Wireless Headphones with Active Noise Cancelling, Hi-Fi Sound, Bluetooth, Featuring Combined 52 Hour Battery Life with Charging Case - Black

I love the sound, the noise cancelling, and the transparency mode. And the audio is still good with ANC on. I don't think anything else sounds this good for the price.The issue I have is in direct sunlight, they'll pause or even skip songs. I suspect that's behind some of the connectivity complaints that people have made. If I block the direct sun with a hat, hood, or even my hand, no problem.

Great sound , one of the best , super comfortable.

Fitting is an issue

I have owned these pair of headphones for close to a year at this point and have purposefully waited to review them. I was very excited to purchase these as I am a big fan of Cambridge products I have previously owned. That is about where my excitement has ended however. The sound quality has been above average, the big issue is that the headphones rarely work as expected. One ear piece or the other would take turns cutting out constantly, requiring me factory reset the headphone in this each time. Once done, they would work correctly for a short period of time, but require a hard reset again within one or two uses. Customer support was unhelpful after numerous attempts, spending 2 months trying to figure out the issue. I gave up and hoped that updates would fix them, however they have not. At this point I would donate them, however they are barely usable on any regular basis. I have purchased other headphones since then and will take these out of my rotation.

I got my M100s about two weeks ago, shortly after acquiring a new unlocked Android phone (Motorola razr 2024). Prior to this, I was using Samsung Galaxy Buds+ paired with a Galaxy S10e phone.Breaking away from the Samsung ecosystem, I wanted to pick earbuds that would prioritize audiophile qualities - superb sound staging qualities with EQ customization. My market research led me to these headphones, and I figured I'd give them a go as they were getting a deep discount from their prior $200+ retail price down to my desired budget range (b/w $100-$200).After some initial quirks with pairing the case and earbuds to my device (the app always seemed to need a few seconds before it recognized my product), I started playing with the EQ on the Cambridge Audio app and found my sweet-spot settings. Combined with my phone's Dolby Atmos "spatial audio" setting the sounds from the M100 came through incredibly crisp and felt immersive on a whole new level. That is, until the Bluetooth connection started hiccupping on me.I have yet to pinpoint the source of these disruptions, but every other listening session (i.e. taking the earbuds out of the case, connecting to the phone once in my ear, and putting on music from Spotify) I start hearing these momentary drops of sound quality on my left earbud - almost as if streaming dropped to a lower bitrate - only to have the sound return to normal within a second or less.This wouldn't be such a big deal if it didn't happen so often and so randomly. It really pulls me out of the experience of immersing myself in my tunes, and it gets increasingly aggravating when it happens on a 5-10 seconds interval, until I put the earbuds away again in their case. Something similar appears to happen with the transparency mode, where it flickers between a tinny compressed sound and a more natural bitrate sound intermittently.When I used them for a call out in the busy streets of Manhattan, the person on the other side of the call got disturbed by sounds I couldn't hear as harshly with the seal of my foam tips. And while I knew before purchasing that the mic quality wasn't the best for calls (many professional reviews pointed to it as its weakest feature) I wasn't expecting such an aggressive tradeoff.In comparison, my Galaxy Buds+ from over 3 years ago have dropped on the ground several times during their lifetime and have had issues with charging my right earbud in the case as a result - which also made it die out significantly faster. But NEVER in its entire lifetime has the sound connection dropped even a smidge - and the mic successfully canceled out street noises like passing sirens during calls.If after two weeks of careful usage I get spotty connectivity and already see an alarming disparity of charge between my left and right earbuds (100% on L while 93% on R within 10mins of usage) I have no choice but to consider this product a downgrade from the seamless experience Samsung tried to corner me with in the previous generation(s). And that's a real shame because I like this company's ethos and the custom tuning really made for an amazing listening experience. I just want that experience interruption free.

Phenomenal sound quality crystal clear reasonably priced

Got my pair back in December, and absolutely loved them. Some of the best sounds TWS buds I’ve ever heard. Was excited for them as I’m a big Cambridge Audio fan (have various stereo components and love their sound signature). After a couple months the mics started to go and the person on the other end said I sounded like I was under water. I RMA’d them - Cambridge’s CS is excellent, but now I’m having numerous issues with the replacement. They will stay connected to my phone when in the case, factory resets did not fix the issue. They will also go into pairing mode after pairing my phone triggering devices around me saying they’re ready to pair. This has been going on for weeks and I’ll have to RMA them again. I’m really disappointed cause the battery life is great, the sound quality is excellent, and the fit / comfort is great. I really wished these had better QC cause if they did you couldn’t get a better TWS earbud for $100.