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Sometimes, you just don’t want to write what you gotta write.

So this is awkward, to say the least.

USB-C EarPods connected to an iPhone 15, with TechRadar�s $20 Challenge badge, on a purple background

And I do so love a bargain!

There, I’ve said it.

Nobody hates being proven wrong more than me.

USB-C EarPods connected to an iPhone 15, held in a hand, on purple background

Oh, you don’t have one of those?

Join the club).

Only, it’s notgoodsound.

Apple USB-C EarPods connected to an iPhone 15 on purple background

But I cannot applaud these EarPods.

I’m sorry; they do not sound good.

If anything, a standalone DAC will simply amplify the issue.

Apple USB-C EarPods in their packaging on a purple cushion

The new USB-C EarPods just don’t seem capable of faithful sonic representation in my honest and reticent opinion.

Given their superior termination, it seems such a shame.

Suffice it to say, the new USB-C EarPods will not be gracing ourbest cheap headphonesguide any time soon.

Apple USB-C EarPods on a purple cushion

Again, we wish it weren’t so.

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