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Danish audio brand Jabra — once best known for business-friendly headsets — now has a big following among those who want high-quality earbuds to wear while exercising. I’ve tried out a half dozen or so wireless headphones from the company over the past few years and there were some decent offerings in there. But its latest, the Jabra Elite Active 75t, are the first true wireless earbuds from the company that really made an impression with me. It feels like the company has finally ticked all the boxes.
Jabra Strengths Are Still There
If you’ve ever owned a pair of Jabra sports earbuds, you’ll have an idea of what to expect from the Elite Active 75t buds.
Jabra’s mobile app is a solid offering that makes setup easy and includes onscreen controls for key functions (many of which can also be operated through on-bud controls) as well as displaying battery life. Audio quality is solid — crisp and energetic with support for the SBC and AAC codecs. Not as much low end as I’d like, but that’s true of virtually all earbuds. The mobile app has an EQ that can help tailor that sound, including giving the bass a bit of a boost.
There are multiple cutouts visible in the earbud shells and that’s to accommodate a total of four MEMS microphones. They continue…
