EPOS GTW 270 Hybrid Wireless Gaming Earbuds, Bluetooth & USB-C Dongle, Noise Reducing Closed Design, Dual Mics, Ergonomic Fit, IPX 5 Water Resistant, Portable Charging Case, 20 Hours of Playtime

Got these "used" from amazon warehouse deal for half price and could have fooled me, other than the box being unsealed they were brand new and perfect condition. These perform absolutely fine for my intended purpose of wireless earbuds for music and light gaming on my mixed use work PC that don't look like obnoxious "gamer" headphones.Sound quality won't blow you away but they're certainly as good as you can expect at this price range.Saw some reviews complain about poor noise cancellation but they don't claim to have that feature--it is "noise reducing" as in the sealed design of an IEM type of earbud will block out most noise and they do a fairly good job of that.A recent firmware update fixed a few connection bugs I had and finally added the ability to use the microphone over the USB dongle.Overall very satisfied with these earbuds!That said, don't know if I'd say these are worth full price, but for what I paid, they are excellent.

Sounds great, works great, battery life is ATROCIOUS. Less than two hours from putting them in with my PC to the low battery warning. If they came with another set you could swap out it would be fine, but they aren't very practical when you have to stop and charge them every two hours.Update 2/17: After four months of very little use, the earbuds no longer pair with the dongle or any other device. Do not buy these.

They looked nice, the case is solid, the charging and battery life was showing as good.But then I used them.So here's how my experience went - first paired them with my MacBook Pro and used that to listen to some music on both iTunes and Spotify - they had a good punchy bass sound to them and a very nice mid/high levels. I was excited to say the least because I was looking for a good set of wireless buds to pair with my Steam Deck.So then I tried them with my iPhone and iPad - again good quality, solid pairing and same nice punchy sounds. I tried a game on my iPhone and all was good. No noticeable latency between the screen and the audio - so far again I'm excited.Then I paired them with my Steam Deck/Switch and that is where things went tits up. First there was the fun of getting them paired in the first place. They did not want to no matter what I did. Then suddenly out of the blue - they just were paired with my Steam Deck. So let's try some games, fired up some Spider-man and initially, it was ok. Then crackles occasionally ... then pops ... then desync and my audio was coming in a good 4-5 seconds after what was going on screen. Then the left side lost audio entirely. Then the right side was not working but the left side was just intermittently cracking.So I thought, maybe it's a firmware issue. So I did the required firmware update (yes I was on the launch firmware) and initially ok sounds a little better. So I thought, let me try gaming with them on the MBP instead. Put them into pairing again, got them connected. Tested with Spotify - all was good again no crackling. Started playing a game and again good for about 15' then it went to heck in a handbasket again. So I pushed through because I wanted to test the battery life ... I got 1.5 hours out of a FULLY charged set before they died.I am so disappointed because my other wired EPOS headphones are literally my go to. They are so much worse than my cheaper ones from Pamu/Padmate. This is embarrassing ...Also you can't do the use a single bud until it dies and swap it out with these. That makes these inferior to simple Airpods WTF and these are supposedly made by Senheiser?!

There's a lot to like about these earbuds. They sound fantastic. They are supremely comfortable. The EPOS Gaming Suite software that goes with it is slick and works great.However, I don't think it's fair to call these "gaming" earbuds. To qualify, they would have to offer truly low-latency, and in that regard, these do deliver... Unfortunately, the aptX-LL (Low Latency) codec is apparently running on such a razor's edge that it can't pull it off without the occasional crackling, which seems to get worse as time passes on my Windows PC and laptop, even after trying different ports, firmware, and driver updates.Kudos to EPOS for including their own USB dongle to ensure compatibility, but I'm afraid it just isn't good enough. To confirm the crackling problem with aptX-LL, I paired these buds with the Creative BT-W3 dongle, which also offers aptX-LL, as well as regular aptX, aptX HD, and SBC.aptX HD wasn't available - No biggie. aptX and SBC both worked flawlessly, with excellent sound and no crackling whatsoever - just the usual 200-300ms of latency which makes them unacceptable for gaming. Switching to aptX-LL nearly eliminated the latency, but it wasn't long before the crackling reared its ugly head once again. It's not terribly persistent, but it's enough to be annoying, and at this price point, I expect far better.I have a bulky, wireless headset that works perfectly, but it comes with its own, proprietary USB dongle that wisely doesn't use Bluetooth. I wish EPOS had done the same here, but then I guess you'd lose that mobile compatibility that everyone seems so obsessed with. I'm not sure if this is a failure of aptX-LL in general, or just EPOS' implementation of it. In any case, I'll be sending these back.