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Bose Sport Earbuds

The Bose Sport Earbuds meets all the demands of an athlete, but is comfort alone worth the price?

Current price · Amazon US
$163.99
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Key specs

IP Rating
IPX4Most common
IPX442%IPX725%IPX517%IP558%

IPX4 is the most common — on 42% of the 12 sports & fitness headphones we've cataloged (of 17).

Battery Life Wireless
5 hBelow average
5 h
5 h19 h

below average for sports & fitness headphones — based on 16 of 17 we've cataloged.

Wearing Style
Ear hook50%Wingtip stabilizers29%Neckband21%

Wingtip stabilizers appears on 29% of the 14 sports & fitness headphones we've cataloged (of 17).

Bluetooth Version
5.1
5.443%5.321%5.014%5.17%

5.1 appears on 7% of the 14 sports & fitness headphones we've cataloged (of 17).

Build

IP Rating
IPX4
Sweat Resistance
Yes

Battery

Battery Life Wireless
5 h
Battery Life With Case
15 h
Charging Method
USB-C
Fast Charging
Yes

Design

Wearing Style
Wingtip stabilizers
Color Options
Black, blue, white
Earbud Form Factor
In-ear

Connectivity

Bluetooth Version
5.1
Bluetooth Codec
SBC, AAC
Connection Type
Bluetooth

Microphone

Microphone
Yes
Wind Noise Reduction
No

Features

Control Type
Touch controls
Fitness Tracking
No
Mono Mode
Yes

Release

Date
2020-09-29
Msrp Usd
179.95 USD
Year
2020

SoundGuys review

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SOUNDGUYS rating
6.7/ 10
Worth a look
Lil Katz
Reviewed byLil KatzContributorReviewed November 2022
Isolation1.0
Battery life5.7
Comfort & fit8.8
Connectivity5.0
Design7.2
Portability9.1
The verdict

The Bose Sport Earbuds is the most comfortable set of workout earbuds around, and makes huge improvements over the original Bose SoundSport Free. Bose's feature set isn't as impressive as one would hope, given the high cost of the Sport Earbuds, but most everything can be fixed with appropriate software or firmware updates.

✓What we like
✓Comfortable, secure fit
✓Fast charging, USB-C case
✓IPX4 rating
✓Active EQ and custom EQ
✓Auto play/pause and mono listening (right bud only)
✕What could be better
✕No Bluetooth multipoint
✕Bose Music app required to switch between devices
✕SBC and AAC only, no aptX
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Lab data

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Bose Sport EarbudsSoundGuys Headphone Preference Curve
Bose Sport Earbuds frequency responseMeasured frequency response (dB) against the SoundGuys house target — the dashed curve. The closer the measured line tracks the target, the more neutral the tuning; peaks ride above the target, dips fall below it.-60-48-36-24-120+12+24201001k10k20k

Measured frequency response (dB) against the SoundGuys house target — the dashed curve. The closer the measured line tracks the target, the more neutral the tuning; peaks ride above the target, dips fall below it.

Frequency response — measurement data
Bose Sport Earbuds: frequency response, as measured in the SoundGuys lab. Frequency in hertz.
Frequency (Hz)Response (dB)
20-9.2
25-6.5
32-4.3
40-2.3
50-0.6
630.6
801.1
1000.9
125-0.1
160-1.5
200-2.2
250-2.6
315-2.7
400-3.4
500-3.0
630-0.8
8000.1
1000-0.0
1250-0.8
16002.9
20007.2
25009.5
31509.2
40006.3
50002.8
6300-2.8
80000.7
100001.6
125003.8
16000-13.0
20000-44.4

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