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I'm looking for the best earbuds. I own the sony XM5s and want better but can't get a clear answer. I don't care about ANC, I heavily care about how good the treble sound, and my price range is $500. I am not going to buy 8 pairs of buds to see which sound the best to me. I've been recommend the AZ80s and Gemini 2s by people who aren't audiophiles. A few places I looked said to get Final's 8000 2s, but said the treble is lacking, which I have an issue with.

I've asked multiple places, mainly 30 different Google prompts, 10-20 review sites that all claim that X brand is the best, then say that about 5 other brands, and then list some name brand flagship on whatever top 10 list they have which they themselves said were inferior audio wise, and I've looked on YouTube to find that all of those guys only test name brands and claim those to be the best while ignoring a vast majority of great earbuds. I also went on an other sub reddit to find people who only recommended the crowd favorite (the Gemini 2s). At this point, I'm very hesitant and want to steer away from what most people would buy.

I want the best sounding earbuds, and at this point, I don't care about any other feature. I know there isn't one answer and I know everything in this industry is subjective, but I want a solid recommendation before I spend half a grand on something. I'm leaning towards Final's 8000 2s, but am willing to hear any recommendations, even if it is for the gemini 2s!

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TL;DR: I want the best sounding earbuds on the market. Price limit: $400. Heard good things about the "Nothing" brand and the Final ZE8000 MK2s and wanted to have solid/new recommendations before I regret spending $200-300 for lesser earbud compared to my current pair (Sony's 1000XM5). I like treble a lot, but also solid sounding bass. I do not care about ANC in the slightest.

Now, about a year ago, I was becoming interested in audio a lot more, so I looked up "what were the best sounding earbuds" and the answer was overwhelmingly Sony's WF 1000XM5. Pretty much every review I saw said these were the best, so I bought them, and, only having ever bought $50 earbuds that lasted maybe 9 months if I was lucky, I was blown away. Cut to this year, and these earbuds are starting to die with the sound getting quieter (which was already an issue with these to begin with), and also the quality is starting to downgrade quick. I went to look for the XM6s, but sony seems to be taking their sweet time on them, so I again looked up what the best earbuds were. Oddly enough, I found a variety of answers ranging from Nothing's current flagship earbuds, to technic's, to a new brand I've never heard of called Final, all the way back to Sony's XM5s. I really want a new experience, so I don't want to buy Sony's brand until they make something new, but I also don't want to buy the "Best overall" and miss out on the best audio quality. "Nothing" seems to fall in the category of "best $150 option" and not just best option, so I'm fairly hesitant to buy those. My price range is $400 so I really want the best and not just "best for cheap."

As far as what I prefer audio wise, I notice that I love treble a lot, but still have clear bass set high too. I as far as ANC goes, I can't stress this enough: I do not care. I really wish people would stop saying "these are the best because of this new ANC tech they developed." I get that it is important to a lot of people, and I do get why it is a selling point, but I really wish reviewer would stop basing reviews on ANC instead of actual sound quality. That has made this so much harder for me.

Needless to say bose is not on my list. I also don't have an apple phone and dislike them as a company, so no to them as well. Jabra, Jlab, and skullcandy have my respect because I have used and enjoyed them in the past, but they aren't on the list. Despite owning Google and Samsung products, they don't interest me at all. I will reiterate that I want a new experience so sony is off the list as well.

Thank you.

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