Other companies need to take note! - Fairphone Fairbuds XL

Fairphone is back with a new super repairable gadget -- the Fairbuds XL! After the original Fairbuds were almost not repairable at all, they're back to their roots with headphones that feature cool eco-friendly styling and are built to be repaired. Will Adam be impressed or are these a swing and a miss?

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CHAPTERS
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0:00 What IS an earbud?
1:02 Taking a look at the box
1:42 Unboxing
3:09 Design impressions
5:08 Fit and feel
5:51 Sponsor - Newegg
6:25 App and transparency mode test
9:34 Listening impressions
11:02 Labs results and built-in microphone test
11:41 Teardown and repairability impressions
14:04 Pricing and overall thoughts
15:17 Outro

[PhilipeGamer]

Here in Brazil we have a headphone called Kuba Disco and it's from a local company. It's a fully modular headset, and you can swap and fix everything like the drivers, ear cups, cables, and even the headband. In 2023 they will launch a headband with a bluetooth module and if you already have the headset, you can only buy the bluetooth headband.

Plus it's a good headphone and musicians love it.

[Sassi]

Small correction on the price:
European retail prices always include VAT which is - depending on the country - somewhere around 15% and 27%, on average 20% VAT.
That means the Fairbuds XL would cost 250€ incl. VAT, 208€ excl. VAT, or USD 225 plus your local sales tax.

[BattleBear]

A latency test for a Windows machine would be awesome

[Sivah_Akash]

Fun fact: Keeping my current "non-sustainable" headphones is more sustainable than buying a new sustainable headphone!

[Zetraxes]

The beginning where you explained why names are irrelevant and full of marketing deception was amazing keep up the great videos

[MegaDmanX]

Oh boy, I hope the 3D printing community finds out about these, it would be awesome to see what people come up with 😮

[rikwisselink-bijker]

One important thing to note is that European companies (almost) always show prices including VAT, because that is what you will pay as a consumer. As far as I'm aware Murrica is one of the few places that shows prices without VAT as a default.
So that price will probably be lower than just the conversion, depending on the VAT of the place you order.

[jordi]

The easy to replace battery is a Huge Plus, you can buy a 2nd one and have it charged and just change the battery when it gets low

[Nubrigtube]

Can I just say how sensible the joystick is for headphones instead of any touch oriented navigation? Having had similar headphones (Urbanears Pampas) with a joystick for controls is something I've wanted other companies to use as well. Especially if the joystick itself is repairable/replaceable. Physical controls will always be better than touch controls.

[Neoxon]

Considering the price, I was honestly expecting a little better when it came to noise canceling. But I do appreciate how easily repairable it is.

[serabc]

It's nice to see a repairable bluetooth headphones, but being honest if you want an long lasting, more environment friendly headphones, a good wired one are the best. Less parts to break an good sound that you can use for decades.

[ch.hayabusa]

7:30 "I love talking. I'm not going too stop talking. You cannot stop me from talking"

—Jake, LTT 2023

[jono]

Id like to see graphs in future show how eq presets affect the sound curve.

[arethunessamsonsen]

I reviewed these last week, and gave them 8 out of 10. Also, note that many headphones' ANC will let human voices through by design, so people can talk to you while the ANC is on. Also, all the parts are available as spare parts, except for the circuit board, so you canæ't build it yourself.

[c.j.hatton]

9:36 - I think the Amsterdam setting was made for EDM; EDM is very popular in the Netherlands

[urgx]

They missed a huge opportunity to call them "Fairpods" LOL...Apple would've been so mad :D

[John_]

00:16 Even worse, they're called Fairphones Fairbuds XL, so that emphasizes that they are also not Headphones :P

[HUKJR]

This already existed for years: Repeat Audio (formerly called Gerrard Street) which even comes with a lifetime free replacement parts warranty and you can send them back your old parts to be recycled. Source: I got one straight from the beginning and have already had two ear cups replacement so far. :)

[takatatsura]

Even though some companies that do this already exists for a while, it's important to have a more "know" one do this kind of product. Also, if you're from Brazil (or have a way to buy from there) there is a company called Kuba Audio that makes a headphone like this (no ANC sadly and the wireless version is very recent yet).

[Tmanrox]

One interesting thing is if in the future they’d sell parts so you can upgrade the headphones. Kinda like how with a framework you can upgrade the motherboard and stuff. Maybe you use them for 5 years and somethings wrong with the sound and instead of just buying the replacement part you buy the better quality replacement part.