EarFun, a company that has been surprising us for several years withultra-affordable wireless earbudsthat sound terrific, has taken its first step into the over-ear wireless headphone space and we got a chance to give them a listen at CES 2024. The EarFun Wave Pro are priced at $80 and will be available toward the end of March.
EarFun Wave Pro
The Wave Pro look impressive on paper. They’ve got hybrid active noise cancellation (ANC),hi-res audiocapability thanks to support for Sony’sLDAC Bluetooth codec,Bluetooth Multipoint, 40mm drivers, five built-in mics for calls, and a huge 80-hour claimed battery life.
If the Wave Pro can repeat the performance of the company’s wireless earbuds, they’ll be the first wireless cans to provide some serious competition to1More’s $100 SonoFlow, which we currently consider to be thebest budget wireless headphonesyou can buy.
Digital Trends’ ownDerek Malcolmwas in Las Vegas for the big electronics show and got some brief ears-on time with the Wave Pro at EarFun’s booth. Admittedly, the CES show floor isn’t necessarily an optimal space for auditioning audio products, but Malcolm nonetheless felt that they sounded good for the price, with a “nice balance, and decent low end.” He noted that the sound signature could probably do with some additional tweaking using the EarFun app’s EQ adjustments.
Ten minutes is hardly a good test of long-term comfort, but the Wave Pro show promise in that area. Malcolm’s immediate assessment was “comfy and not pinchy at all.” Hear Through (transparency) mode made external voices easier to hear thanks to some amplification, and the only real critique was in regard to the ANC, which he dubbed “only OK.”
It’s not the final word on the Wave Pro — we’ll be doing a full review as soon as we get a chance to spend some more considered time with them closer to launch.
EarFun also debuted new generations of some of its most popular wireless earbuds and speakers at CES:
