These Affordable Earbuds Have a Sneaky Hi-Fi Feature That Should Be Standard

These sub-$100 wireless earbuds feature the “world’s smallest solid-state drivers.”

Soundpeats Capsule3 Pro+ wireless earbuds

Published August 23, 2024

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Soundpeats is a budget-friendly audio brand that makes a wide variety of wireless earbuds — all of them cost less than $100. Its newest wireless earbuds, the Capsule3 Pro+, are no different.

The Soundpeats Capsule3 Pro+ wireless earbuds cost $90 — although there’s a deal right now where you can get them for way less — and, at first glance, look like cheap knockoffs of AirPods Pro. However, they also have a sneaky cool hi-fi feature.

In addition to their 12mm dynamic drivers, the Capsule3 Pro+ feature Cowell Top-Firing xMEMS microspeakers — which Soudpeats calls the “world’s smallest solid-state drivers.” This promises to help them sound way better than most other cheap earbuds.

Soundpeats Capsule3 Pro+

Specs

Battery life	up to 6.5 hours (per earbud)
Water-resistance	IPX6
Wireless charging	No

$89.99 at Amazon

The world’s smallest solid-state drivers

The Capsule3 Pro+’s 12mm dynamic drivers still promise to deliver clear mids, crisp highs and powerful bass, but the top-firing xMEMS microspeakers will work in tandem with them to deliver an even more refined sound.

According to Soundpeats, the microspeakers “utilize a single-piece silicon membrane that is significantly harder and faster than plastic, unlike conventional coil speakers.” This helps them deliver audio with improved clarity and accuracy.

Additionally, these Soundpeats wireless earbuds support LDAC audio files, meaning they can stream higher-resolution music over Bluetooth (up to 990 kbps). However, you need a supported Android device to take advantage of this. Unfortunately, iPhones still don’t support LDAC.

Yes, there’s active noise-cancellation

In addition to their improved sound quality, the Capsule3 Pro+ support some higher-end features — including adaptive active noise-cancellation. When turned on, the earbuds will automatically detect the ambient noise around you and then adjust the noise-cancelling settings accordingly.

Obviously, given that these are relatively cheap wireless earbuds, I wouldn’t expect the noise-cancellation to be nearly as effective as on more premium wireless earbuds. But it’s still neat to have.

They support Bluetooth multi-point, a convenient feature for wirelessly connecting to two devices simultaneously, such as your laptop and smartphone. And they even have a low-latency mode for gaming.

As far as battery life, each earbud promises to get around 6.5 hours of juice with noise-cancellation turned on — which is decent but nothing extraordinary. The case can dish out a total of 43 hours between the two earbuds.

Price and availability

The SoundPeats Capsule3 Pro+ wireless earbuds come in one color: black. They cost $90 and are available now on Amazon.

If you’re looking to get a pretty killer deal, you can buy them directly from Soundpeats for 35 percent off — dropping the price to below $60. Just use the code “SPCAPFORPR” when checking out. This deal will run until September 22.