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there's this little company out there in Salt Lake City Utah that has really set the standard for sport earbuds on the market when I tested the original blueblood X they were the best sounding sport earbuds I've heard to date and it's known rings true today when compared to other brands I've tested over the years now I do admit it still was not the perfect pair of earbuds in regards to fitment for my particular ears but just last month jaybird sent me their newest jaybird x2 the follow-up to the previous generation of course go over these slightly new fitment and no question discuss the sound quality but let's start with what features are included so without further ado I'm Jimmy with Jim's review room comm and I'm here to help you make a purchase decision welcome everyone to another video going over the physical features jaybird returns with a very similar design but this time coming in matte paint finishes of blue red green and what I particularly like the all-black can be all white paint colors the same lay flat cables makes a return which is very durable it feels meeting the hands and from prior experience with two other blue but exterior phones the wires do hold up from throwing these around throw these in your bag and into your car etc I also go one step further and testing the ends of the earphones where the wire exits and this area is notorious for poorly made designs and cheaper products flexing the cable left and right did not expose any design flaws no wires disconnecting or the ends actually becoming loose and for those who are unfamiliar with the previous model the new x2 here are also sweat proof the earphones have a hydrophobic coating from Liquipel designed to protect against sweat and the elements as claimed by j-bird during my test which of course is not recommended for you to try at home as it is excessive and technically not sweat drenching these and waterproof the earphones still function perfectly fine afterwards now getting a bit deeper into the x2 behind one of the earphones I cap conceals the microUSB port through charge the device Jay Berg claims up to eight hours of use which is an industry-leading standard and from my personal testing at 50% volume to get a middle of the ground tester you can say I was able to achieve about seven hours and 15 minutes and apologies for taking the video in the car here how to run an errand real quick so I couldn't leave the earphones at home but charging this from a dead battery to full had taken me personally 2 hours and 23 minutes to be exact over all the time claimed and achieved is still quite impressive longer better life than the power beats and the jabbers for pulse to name some of the other notable competitors out there and moving down is your inline controller for adjusting volume and an inline microphone with the now older blueblood X every adjustment with you the beep and the music would sound like it would skip that is now gone with the x2 it is now completely seamless as where the inline microphone here is a live quick test just for you guys to listen to hello hey it's me all right I'm going to do a quick jog and well I'm going to just let me know how it's done all right we're good copy wind I don't not explain the depends on weird dolls are running again so when the first time here I'm running against the wind one more time I mean it's not even winded not even our voice you're talking it sounds like I can hear maybe a car in the background or something but other than that it's not much of any noise at all okay all right now now I can hear something but other than that yeah a car just drove by and right before I get into fitment let me show you what accessories you get compared to the last generation the clamshell hard case was a nice case in general using the new soft case it works for the most part but closing the lid it was somewhat cumbersome too much pressure would push the lid in while too light just didn't get it to seal now yet inside j-bird does offer three wingtips that go into the ball of your ear which I'll demonstrate shortly three separate clips to loop the wire for behind the ear wearing and less which addresses some of the fitment issues from the last generation j-bird appears to have partnered with comply foam now I tested compliant last year and found they make an assortment of expanding foam ear tips to offer better noise isolation and a better fit versus these standard silicon tips thankfully j-bird does offer both sets here to try again with a physical design there's not much that has been changed however one redesign I noticed are the ear fins or what they used to call the ear wings there is slightly wider and rounded at the end compared to the old models this subtle change does help and add in the comply foam tips it does overall makes for a slightly more secure fit over the blue but X now there's two ways of wearing this one is the traditional way of letting the wire dangle on your neck this way you have the fin tips face away from each other select your size ear tips then and then press each side into the ear now keep in mind the controller stays on the right side of your face the other option is going over the ear which I felt surprisingly more secure and it stayed in here a bit better this time the inline controller will be on the left side of your face with the ear fins pointed inward and down you use the clips to show in the cable bit and when you place this in your ear the wire goes up and over now I do have to disclose and it's obvious everyone's ears are a little bit different but these do fit better than the old ones I believe with these subtle changes from my personal experience that did take a good bit of trial and error to find the right combination of ear fins and ear tip sizes to make this work personally for me and once you've found the right size they stay in for the most part in the more stationary movements like relaxing at home to weightlifting worked perfectly fine for me running yielded good as the earphones did stay attached to my ear the entire time but I would lose once in a while the in-ear sound characteristics if you want sound isolation more vigorous exercises may cause the ear tips to sit more on the outside of the ear canal versus in some runners may prefer this since it's safer to hear your surroundings while running but you have great audio quality it's imperative to have a good seal unless regarding sound leaking the x2 holds in sound very well with minimal to no sound leaking whatsoever so your neighbor sitting next to you won't hear your music at all but this really brings us to the sound test the characteristics really hasn't changed much from the blue but X but to be honest jaybird didn't mess with tried-and-true these things still gets loud and listening to the x2 it just fifty percent volume was definitely enough basis deep full bodied and offers much meat to rap pop and EDM those listening to kid ink hey what happened cascade sounded amazing it's not overkill the bass Department either as listening to bass heavy music for a good hour so straight wasn't fatiguing to my ears the vocals and mid-range of instruments are pushed just far enough Ford to offer such clarity and subtle brightness and this does complement the low frequencies as well the highs do have some rollover so many of these snares and cymbal crashes are not too sharp and this prevents your ringing Antoninus testing this on some classic ac/dc and Red Hot Chili Peppers sounded amazing as well again the mid-range is just pushed forward enough hearing the lead singers emphasize their vocals again all very well done and to really appreciate these earphones of course use local paid and downloaded music the streaming services are okay for casual listening but to really appreciate these you gotta go with higher quality higher bitrate files and last overall from use the signal strength for me is within reason walking away from my cell phone here leaving this on one side of the house and walking to the other maybe forty linear feet starting I started to hear a little bit of crackling at thirty feet or less sounded perfectly fine with no loss in connection from my note for phone so overall to conclude this long review here it's still my favorite sounding sport Bluetooth earphones the sound is just immersive and the sound signature is still the best again of any sport Bluetooth earphones I've tested and I know some of my fans and viewers counted on my facebook they just bought a pair of being blue but X's don't be bummed as I switched the old versus the new at the same volume in with the same song of course I couldn't really tell a difference if anything it's practically the same great audio quality as for fitment they did improve but I can foresee with that small handful again that may have some trouble nonetheless I would still give these at least a try as I wouldn't pass up on the audio quality being offered so hope this review helped 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