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anchors better known for its battery accessories for mobile phones and tablets but lately it's been making a serious push into the headphone market with a line of inexpensive bluetooth headphones now it's going a bit more upscale with a set of totally wireless earphones called the solo liberty plus it hopes will put a small dent in Apple earpods sales the earphones aren't due out till October but anchors launched a Kickstarter campaign to spur pre-orders with some enticing sub $100 pricing eventually the Liberty Plus is set to retail for $150 and it's worth noting that it's sweat resistant so you'll be able to use it at the gym or even run with it I got a chance to try a pre-production sample for a short listening session your phone's fit my ears snuggly and comfortably I got a tight seal and thanks to the little silicone ear hooks that cover the earbuds they stayed in my ears I did think they sounded quite good for this type of totally wireless earphone offering decent clarity with relatively plump but well sculpted bass I'll reserve final judgement on sound quality until I get a final shipping sample but my initial impression was that they sounded better than apples air pods anchor says the liberty plus will be Amazon Alexa enabled and support other voice assistant but those features weren't available in the early sample I took for spend battery life is rated at 3.5 hours in the included charging case allows you to charge the earphones more than ten times on the go that $150 retail price isn't terrible but the liberty plus is certainly a more attractive option at less than $100 while China based anchor is an established company with lots of products with any Kickstarter there's a chance the product will never ship so proceed at your own risk I'm David Carnot for cnet.com thanks for watching