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My parents always used to say, \u201cYou get what you pay for,\u201d and at the ripe old age of 33, I\u2019ve often found that to be true. If you buy a knockoff, that\u2019s usually what you\u2019re going to get: an imitation of something that\u2019s cheaper, but probably not quite as good as the real deal. Usually,\u00a0that\u2019s what you\u2019re going to get. But not always.<\/p>\n
Sometimes, if Soundpeats\u2019 new Clip1 wireless earbuds<\/a> are any indication, what you actually get (for a lot less money) is your favorite new pair of open-style wireless earbuds for the price.<\/p>\n Soundpeats Clip1<\/p>\n The Clip1 are a great-sounding pair of open-style wireless earbuds with an enticing price.<\/p>\n Sound is excellent Very comfortable Volume keeps up with ambient noise Accessible price point Not a huge fan of the look Movie mode sounds… bad Sorry, Bose <\/p>\n I\u2019ve used a few pairs of open wireless earbuds in my day, and there was always one pair that stood as my favorite: Bose\u2019s Ultra Open Earbuds<\/a>. I personally love Bose\u2019s clip-on design, which is comfortable and (at least in my opinion) looks pretty good\u2014more like a piece of jewelry than a pair of wireless earbuds. Also, Bose\u2019s Ultra Open Earbuds shouldn\u2019t work, but they do. The wireless earbuds actually tuck the speaker behind your ear, while a solid plastic lip rests inside and holds the whole thing in place. Despite that strange, very indirect method of delivering audio, they sound great. There\u2019s just one problem, and that\u2019s that they\u2019re kind of wildly expensive.<\/p>\n Coming up on nearly two years since their release date, the Ultra Open Earbuds are still $300. That\u2019s a steep price to pay for wireless earbuds that you\u2019re probably not going to want to use all the time, every single day. But $70? Now we\u2019re talking.<\/p>\n Unlike Bose\u2019s Ultra Open Earbuds, Soundpeats\u2019 Clip1<\/a> start at less than half the price. While you might be raising your eyebrows, wondering what kind of sacrifices you\u2019re making in the sound department, I\u2019m here to tell you that the Clip1 might be a lot less of a compromise than you\u2019d expect. Immediately upon sliding the Clip1 onto my ears and loading up Spotify, I noticed that Soundpeats paid special attention to fidelity.<\/p>\n I started off with some jazz, Wes Montgomery\u2019s \u201cWhile We\u2019re Young,<\/a>\u201d and noticed ample low end and very little distortion even with the volume turned up past 75% on my phone. Guitar tones sounded natural and nuanced, like I was in the room. I could hear subtle string buzzes and even the soft fuzz of the recording process from 1961, an artifact of how the tune was recorded back then. More than a solid start.<\/p>\n Other genres translated equally as well. I listened to some rock songs with a lot more going on instrument-wise and in the production department, and the Clip1 crushed it. In \u201cCastleman\u201d by Floatie, I was able to hear all of the guitar tracks clearly and separately, with very little distortion. Vocals stood apart from the mix but weren\u2019t too pronounced, and the low end was present but not overwhelming. Similarly, with electronic music, the Clip1 continued to impress. I listened to Todd Terje\u2019s \u201cDelorean Dynamite,\u201d and the driving arpeggiated synths sounded perfectly gritty, with shakers and other reverberated percussion came across as atmospheric but well-accounted for.<\/p>\n If this all sounds like I\u2019m gushing, well, I kind of am. The Clip1 exceeded my expectations in the sound department, and it\u2019s clear that Soundpeats made the effort on a hardware level to deliver. Inside the Clip1, there are 12mm drivers, which are backed up by dual magnets. The use of two magnets, according to Soundpeats, is meant to decrease distortion and deliver a more precise, uniform sound, since the two magnets equate to less variability in the way the wireless earbuds\u2019 diaphragm moves. The results are clear\u2014literally. These are some of the best-sounding open wireless earbuds I\u2019ve used to date, and I\u2019ve used quite a few now from Sony, Nothing<\/a>, and Bose.<\/p>\n On top of sounding great, I also find them to be equally as listenable in louder volume scenarios as Bose\u2019s Ultra Open Earbuds, if not a little more so. Because of the design of open wireless earbuds, no pair will ever be ideal in high-volume situations where you\u2019d want a more traditional pair of wireless earbuds with tips and active noise cancelation (ANC). There\u2019s a middle ground to be struck where you can still hear your audio well while also being able to hear your surroundings, though. In my humble opinion, Soundpeats strikes that balance well.<\/p>\n On the crucial subway test, I was able to hear my post-work Buffalo Bills sports talk podcast while still keeping one foot in the environmental sound. That\u2019s more than I could say for other entrants in the open-ear audio game, which have a bad habit of being drowned out in loud environments.<\/p>\n Which clip gets the comfort crown <\/p>\n Outside of being able to hear your surroundings more, another reason why people buy open-style wireless earbuds is that they\u2019re just a lot more comfortable than using something that gets put inside your ear, even if it\u2019s only a little bit.<\/p>\n While both the Bose Ultra Open Earbuds and Soundpeats\u2019 Clip1 have a similar design (a clip that you wrap around your ear), there are subtle differences between the two you should know. As I mentioned, Bose\u2019s Ultra Open Earbuds have a plastic knob that goes inside your ear, while the speaker, a round little drum, actually gets tucked behind your ear. The indirect approach to delivering audio somehow produces solid, well-balanced sound.<\/p>\n Similarly, the Clip1 also tucks around your ear like a clip, but instead of tucking the speaker behind your ear like Bose, the speaker rests in your outer ear in the Clip1, while the battery and magnets actually located behind. I\u2019ve already covered how that design seems to deliver sound, and as satisfied as I am with that end, I\u2019m equally as satisfied with the comfort. The Clip1, like Bose\u2019s Ultra Open Earbuds are great to wear over long periods and feel sturdy and comfortable while wrapped around my ears. If you\u2019re the type of person who hates the feeling of shoving silicone tips into your ears like you would with wireless earbuds that have ANC, the Clip1 will feel like a massive relief. The Clip1 might even have a slight edge over Bose, since Soundpeats manages to get the weight of each of its earbuds down to 5g as opposed to Bose\u2019s Ultra Open Earbuds, which weigh 6.3g per earbud.<\/p>\n Like Bose\u2019s Ultra Open Earbuds, the Clip1 also allows for a good amount of ambient noise bleed, which, in this case, is exactly what\u2019s supposed to happen. While wearing the Clip1, I was still able to hear colleagues and respond to people in my office, while they were unable to hear what I was listening to; in this case, that happened to be a podcast at about 75% volume. While I didn\u2019t test the Clip1 on a bike, I would be more than comfortable wearing these open wireless earbuds in a situation where I needed to hear my surroundings. I<\/p>\n f you\u2019re in need of hands-free controls, the Clip1 also have touch inputs which allow you to double and triple-tap the piece that rests behind your ear on either earbuds to play and pause, and skip tracks respectively. It\u2019s a little awkward at first, tapping behind your ear like that, but once you get the hang of it, they work just fine.<\/p>\n As long as we\u2019re talking about design, it\u2019s worth mentioning one area that I actually don\u2019t think the Clip1 takes the crown over Bose in, and that\u2019s looks. There\u2019s nothing particularly offensive about the Clip1 design, but it\u2019s not my cup of tea if Bose is the comparison. The Clip1 is a little bit lower profile compared to the Ultra Open Earbuds, which is nice, but I actually appreciate the almost cyberpunk look, even if they\u2019re more noticeable when they\u2019re clipped onto your ears. Similarly, the charging case of the Clip1 is fine but very cheap-feeling, thanks to the shiny, smooth plastic as opposed to Bose\u2019s almost matte plastic.<\/p>\n That\u2019s a minor gripe, all things considered, and even more forgivable when you keep in mind that the Clip1 is $70 compared to Bose\u2019s current $300 price tag on the Ultra Open Earbuds.<\/p>\n Battery life and features <\/p>\n Open wireless earbuds may not have the benefit of canceling noise like other wireless earbuds, but that lack of ANC is actually a blessing in some ways, mostly when it comes to battery life. According to Soundpeats, the Clip1 should get 8 hours on a single charge when being played at 60% volume. That battery life tracks in my testing; after more than two hours of listening, I was at about 80%, though I wasn\u2019t listening to audio the entire time (I took some short breaks intermittently).<\/p>\n![\"Soundpeats](\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/soundpeats-clip1-review-1.jpg\")
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