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this is the j-bird x3 the third iteration of the company's popular water-resistant wireless sports headphone what's new about it well for starters it's earbuds are smaller than the X 2's also its inline remote has been redesigned and its battery has been upgraded to deliver up to eight hours of juice while playing music at moderate volume levels j-bert also says it's tweaked the six millimeter drivers inside the earbud and I will say these are among the best sounding wireless sports headphones out there right now and at 130 dollars they cost $50 less and what the X 2's cost when they first came out as far as other improvements go the fins that help secure the buds in your ears have also been redesigned for the better and jaybird now includes a clip to attach the headphone to the back of your shirt if you want to the set of cord shortening accessories are also in the box along with plenty of ear tips one of which will hopefully allow you to get a tight comfortable seal to maximize sound quality it's also worth mentioning that jaybird has a little charging accessory that connects to a microUSB cable which you then clip on to the inline remote I was a little worried about losing the accessory but jaybird said it went with this charging method because sweat and grime from people's hands sometimes ended up in the USB charging port on the x2 and cause the headphone to fail jibbers more expensive freedom headphone has a similar charging scheme but the freedom charging accessory includes a built-in battery to extend battery life this one doesn't however like with the freedom you can go into Jaybirds my sound app for your iOS or Android devices and customize the sound to your liking I thought the default sound profile was pretty well balanced and work just fine for me overall I think the x3 is a significant improvement over the x2 and may actually better than the freedom well I think the Bose sound sport Wireless is a slightly more comfortable headphone to wear the x3 did fit my ear a little better than the x2 and it's more discreet than the Bose and helmet friendly so you can wear it while skiing or snowboarding without a problem I'm David karna for cnet.com that's the jaybird x3 thanks for watching