How much should you invest for the best True Wireless listening?

6 premium True Wireless headphones on the test bench -

• To compete with Apple and its 100% wireless AirPods Pro headphones, manufacturers are competing for innovations: high-performance noise reduction, battery life reaching peaks ...

• But to pay for the Grail of good sound, it remains necessary to pay the price.

• From 159 euros to 299 euros, from Huawei to Sennheiser, "20 Minutes" recommends six pairs of

  True Wireless

  headphones

   that we have tested and that will not disappoint.

Do you demand good sound?

While Apple's AirPods Pro (sold for 279 euros) and the Sony WF-1000XM3 (169 euros) are recognized as being the

benchmark

headphones

on the market, other brands also offer products offering excellent services.

After having tested a first round of headphones for less than 120 euros, but also the famous 100% wireless headphones from the Silvercrest brand sold at Lidl, “20 Minutes” is rising in terms of budget.

From 159 euros to 299 euros, here are the ones who claim to offer the best sound.

So, question: what budget should you plan for the music to be really good?

159 euros: Huawei, FreeBuds Pro

Diversifying, the smartphone manufacturer signs with these FreeBuds Pro 100% wireless noise-canceling in-ear headphones with fairly good audio quality.

Very medium-oriented, it does not however disappoint and can blend into any type of listening.

Huawei's FreeBuds Pro headphones.

- CHRISTOPHE SEFRIN / 20 MINUTES

If the music is generally good, the ergonomics miss the mark a bit: with their very smooth coating and their magnetic attachment system, the FreeBuds Pro are complicated to extract from their storage box.

In addition, they benefit from semi-touch controls.

You have to "pinch" the small rod to pause a title, slide your thumb and index finger on either side to change the volume ... which is not the height of practicality.

Finally, these headphones have a setting application, but only reserved for owners of smartphones under EMUI 10 (the Huawei interface).

To be reserved primarily for fans of the brand, therefore.

Autonomy: up to 30 hours.

179 euros: Oppo, Enco X

The ambition of Chinese smartphone maker Oppo is

.

Not content with challenging Huawei in the field of smartphones, the manufacturer is going directly to Apple and its AirPods Pro with Enco X, its 100% wireless noise-canceling headphones.

To be perfectly legitimate on the issue, Oppo has joined forces with Danish specialist Dynaudio.

And the result can be heard.

The Enco X headphones from Oppo.

- CHRISTOPHE SEFRIN / 20 MINUTES

In black or white, the headphones are delivered in a small charging box capable of offering them up to 25 hours of battery life (4 hours per charge with noise reduction activated, 5h30 without noise reduction).

Listening is almost perfect.

Served by the presence of 11 mm headphones capable of reproducing a wide frequency band (from 20 to 20,000 Hz), the Enco X take care of both very demanding titles in detail, as well as more muscular pieces.

For its part, noise reduction can do the job assigned to it.

Autonomy: up to 25 hours.

199 euros: Klipsch, T5 II True Wireless

The American brand delights the eardrums with these very pleasant to wear in-ear headphones.

Delivered in a metal charging case reminiscent of Zippo lighters and supplied with six pairs of tips in different sizes (who says better?), The T5 II True Wireless deliver clear, detailed and ample sound.

If he can seem in very slight lack of bass, he does not make any mistakes whatever the musical register listened to.

The Klipsch T5 II True Wireless headphones.

- CHRISTOPHE SEFRIN / 20 MINUTES

We appreciate the physical controls rather than tactile (sometimes hazardous).

Although not having active noise reduction, these headphones still offer good passive isolation and protect conversations.

Autonomy: up to 24 hours.

249 euros: Jabra, Elite 85t

A pioneer in the world of True Wireless headphones, the Danish company Jabra continues its good momentum by expanding its range with the Elite 85t.

This pair of headphones features an active noise reduction function with adjustable level.

Incorporating 6 microphones instead of 4, as for the previous models, they thus make it possible to attenuate the surrounding noises on 11 levels.

Something to adapt to all circumstances: travel, public transport,

...

Huawei's FreeBuds Pro headphones.

- CHRISTOPHE SEFRIN / 20 MINUTES

Multipoint Bluetooth compatible, you can add two audio sources to them at the same time (a smartphone and a computer, for example).

With physical buttons and an excellent control application including the ability to customize the equalization, these headphones can boast of offering a very warm sound, emphasizing the mids, and never flying above the bass and treble.

The soundstage is beautiful, very "vinyl" in its approach and, in our eyes, a real reference in the field.

Note that the models in the 75t range can, thanks to an update, now benefit from noise reduction.

Autonomy: up to 25 hours.

279 euros: Bose, Quietcomfort Earbuds

Champion in noise reduction headphones, Bose finally delivers headphones with the same philosophy.

Or semi-intras (in black or pearly white) a little voluminous which, once extracted from their large loading box, attach perfectly to the entrance of the ears using small silicone fins.

Bose Quietcomfort Earbuds.

- CHRISTOPHE SEFRIN / 20 MINUTES

The proposed application does not have an equalizer: Bose wants to impose its sound signature.

This is shaped by hellish bass whose typing quality is never compromised, even at high volume.

Warm yet detailed, the sound of these QC Earbuds is perfectly isolated from the noise outside by an adjustable active noise reduction (in the app) and almost perfect, even if human voices still manage to pierce somewhat.

Perfection does not exist, the touch controls are incomplete, without adjusting the volume or changing the song.

Battery life: up to 12 hours.

299 euros: Sennheiser Momentum True Wireless 2

This new version of the headphones from the discreet but efficient German brand is worth a look.

Presented in a fabric-covered case, the Momentum True Wireless 2 (IPX4 standard to resist rain and sweat) are not the most discreet on the market, but their relative advantage conceals a good technicality, including dynamic transducers of 7 mm.

The Momentum True Wireless 2 headphones from Sennheiser.

- CHRISTOPHE SEFRIN / 20 MINUTES

To be personalized with an application called

(it allows in particular to assign the desired functions to the touch surfaces of the headphones, but also to benefit from a very good equalizer), the Momentum True Wireless 2 reproduce an excellently controlled sound.

While being very present, the bass is deep and does not stifle the listening.

The vocals remain unspoiled and warm, while the detail blooms through sharp highs without ever whistling.

Downside: unlike others, the search box is not compatible with induction charging).

Battery life: up to 28 hours.

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