Tuesday, August 21, 2018

Optoma’s Nuforce Be Live5 neckbuds are sweat-proof, cost $99, and sound decent

Optoma is one of a legion of companies vying to carve out a slice of the booming wireless audio market, and its latest model is quite a respectable effort. The Nuforce Be Live5 is a classic pair of neckbuds with a reasonable $99 price, a sweat-proof design, Comply foam tips bundled in the box, and a pleasing, bass-rich sound. I’ve had a pair to test for a couple of weeks and there’s no chance of mistaking these for anything like hi-fi personal audio, but for the purposes that earbuds like these are typically used — let’s call them sport-fi and commuter-fi — they deliver a nice bit of punch and dynamism with vocals that remain strong and prominent even against a background of substantially increased bass. In a quiet room, there’s...

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