r/soundcore

I make sure to always use the travel case provided with these and they still look new after more than a year.

So I bought two Soundcore x20 last Christmas, one for myself and one for my girlfriend. She opened the box, got supper excited, went to test it only to find out that one of the headphones did not reproduce audio. It responded to button commands, connected to phone, but no audio. I was pretty disappointed, it was Christmas after all, but I figured shit happens.

I contacted Soundcore, they offered me 80% refund, I refused it and told them to give me a full refund, as it is my right. But they made it difficult, it took a month back and forth to get the money back into my account.

A month goes by, my headphone gives out, same issue, one headphone wouldn't reproduce audio. I contacted them, went through the same shit, got my money back.

But because of the quality of the sound and fit (I use it to go running and gym), I figure let's give it another try, no way this can happened again. So I went and bought two more pairs, one for me, one for the girlfriend. Yesterday mine stopped again, same issue, no audio on one of the ears. Learn from my mistake and stay away.

TL;DR: Bought 4 pairs of Soundcore X20s since Christmas. 3 out of the 4 have now suffered the exact same issue of one earbud losing audio entirely (my girlfriend's second pair is the only one still surviving). Love the fit, but the quality control is non-existent. Learn from my mistake and stay away.

I recently picked up the Soundcore Liberty Buds and liked the idea of the fins, but even after following the fitting guide, they kept falling out due to my ear shape.

After some experimenting, I tried reversing the fins and they actually stayed in way more securely.

Problem:
The fins aren’t designed to be installed backwards. They’ll attach loosely, but a small T-shaped piece of plastic stops them from seating fully.

Fix (quick mod):
I used a Dremel with a cylindrical grinding stone to file down the stem of the "T" into more of a straight bar.

• Takes a couple of minutes
• Just remove a little at a time and test fit
• They can still be clipped on the regular way if you want to go back to that fit

Result:

• Fins now stay securely attached to the buds
• Buds fit much better in my ears
• They still fit in the charging case with no issues (even with Size 3 fins)
• No need to remove fins when charging

Overall, way more comfortable and secure now, with a solid seal and no constant readjusting.

is this type of headphone? earphone? earbud? high volume sound leak higher and more easier to discover by people nearby compare to normal lined open-ear earphone?

For the doubters, here are my credentials (lol)

Airpods Pro (1st gen)

Airpods Pro (2nd gen)

Airpods 4 (ANC)

Samsung Galaxy Buds (first gen)

Samsung Galaxy Buds+

Samsung Galaxy Buds 2

Haylou T19’s

Redmi Buds 5

Soundcore R50i

Soundcore R50i NC

Souncore R60i NC

(not all of those are on the third photo, lost a lot of these on the bus and school lol)

I got my R60’s during November of Last year (2025) I was super excited, especially since I was using the R50i NC’s at that time (I had sold my Airpods 4 ANC’s) compared to it’s predecessor (The R50i NC’s) it was a completely differnet pair of buds.

Build Quality 9/10: Plastic felt a lot more premium, compared to the R50i NC’s that felt hollow, these felt firm, had better weight as well, made it feel a lot more premium, It lost the stand (I used it a lot haha) but it didn’t annoy me that much, also liked the Matte finish, it just scratched over time (completely normal)

Sound Quality 10/10: These were such a huge step up from the R50i NC’s! The R50’s sounded very dull (even with EQ adjustments) but the R60i’s sounded like 100 dollar+ Earbuds, The EQ I made was done to mimic my Airpods 4 ANC, I was able to feal some base, and hear the clarity of the audio, the 11mm Drivers did a great job with making the Earbuds sound super premium for it’s affordable price, 6 months later and I still have no issues

ANC/Transparency 8/10: The ANC for the price is also amazing! (But then again it already blocks a lot of light noise without the ANC) it’s up to 52db compared to the 42db on the R50i NCs, when I tell you that the ANC on these are no joke for the price, I’m being very fr, used these a lot for commutes, and I couldn’t hear 85-90% of the usual noise, chirping passengers, the bus engine, traffic, etc, the extra added mics did a fantastic job blocking the noise, I couldn’t even hear the conductor at times which got me into trouble lol, the transparency on the other hand needs a bit more adjustment, I can still feel it somewhat blocking my hearing with transparency on, sometimes I have trouble hearing things even with transparency on so I just take them off my ears, transparency’s probably a 6.5-7/10 (this is only because I’ve tried earbuds with better transparency) but for the price, I’d rate it around 8/10.

Connectivity: 6/10: This is where I start to have some issues (do keep in mind that I use an IPhone, that’s also the reason why I didn’t talk about LDAC on the sound quality) I use an IPhone and an Apple watch on the daily, I get connectivity issues especially when I’m using/wearing both devices at the same time, like when I watch a youtube video on my Phone, my earbuds would randomly connect to my apple watch and it would make an irritating sound (like a tiny explosion) that would annoy me all the time, sometimes only one earbud would disconnect, and the other would continue to play the video I’m watching, when I go for runs, sometimes my earbuds would also disconnect from my watch (when I don’t have my phone with me) which is also a bummer, I don’t know if android/google os watch users suffer from these connectivity issues though, that’s kind of my biggezt ick with the buds.

Battery 10/10: Even with ANC or Transparency on I still get around 6-7 hours worth of total usage time on these, around 60-70% audio with ANC or Transparency and 30-40% on just ANC in the College Library, one time I even left my case by accident and I literally lasted me the whole day lol, exceptional battery life. (this is 6 months into ownership)

Overall rating 8.5-9/10: Without the connectivity issues these would definetely be a 10/10, these have to be one of the best bang for you buck earbuds to date, without a doubt you guys should get these if you don’t have them yet, especially if you’re looking for great sound quality on a budget. I got these for around 1100 php (less than 20usd) during it’s release date, I was super lucky since these were around 2k php (33 usd) on other stores online, and if you bought it on a physical store, it would cost you around 2.5k (40 usd) but now these are on sale everywhere and you can easily get these for below 1.5k php (25 usd) worth every penny!

Im wondering how to clean these Earcups or do i have to replace them?

So my Soundcore Q20I Headphones battery went bad and the 12 month warranty expired last month on 25th April. They are saying that these are not repairable and they can’t even help with paid Repairs. What the fuck is that?

Soundcore Liberty 5 Pro I just searched for the Liberty 5 Pro, and strangely enough, they are apparently already available for purchase. Is it a fake shop? I'll drop the link in here for you.

https://www.jacob.de/produkte/anker-soundcore-liberty-d1204g11-artnr-100849898.html

saw this in an Instagram ad for the upcoming flagships, it’ll come in black and other colors but they look way too big imo. they’re also being marketed as “AI earbuds”, so i’ll likely stick with the 4 pro