Sound quality was a deal-breaker for me (returned them)

First off, I returned these after trying them for a few days. The sound quality just wasn't what I consider adequate. I am giving them three stars though as they did pair easily and function well otherwise. The buttons on them don't control the volume which actually is a good thing - your iPhone is supposed to do that and ones that have it on the cord sort of run at cross-purposes. The speaker element is a bit big but I still was able to cram it into my little ears. And with the smallest set of silicone earbuds that came with it, these fit snuggly in my narrow ear canals. I bought these because for Christmas last year I got a similar product for my daughter and they work great and sound spectacular (great bass and good reproduction all the way up to the treble range). However, I just got a iPhone 11 Pro Max and it doesn't pair with the older BlueTooth for some reason (get with it Apple and fix this!). So I went for these BT 5.0 ones and it did pair nicely. But the sound quality was really noticeably lacking especially when I compared them to the same songs on my daughter's setup (iPhone X + $19 sport headphones). I even made sure to play with the EQ settings on both so they matched. The "small speaker" setting seemed the best for these but even that couldn't boost what was required to get things sounding decent. Mostly there was distortion in the frequencies that were lacking if boosted. I listen to music at probably just slightly over normal volume but not "blasting"... so this is not normally a problem for me. For around $15 they are likely just o.k. I just hoped for more and would have gladly paid 2x that price to get it. So I am back on the hunt...

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