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Sony LinkBuds S review: Small Earbuds, Big Sound

They don’t have a unique design like the standard LinkBuds, but the LinkBuds S buds are compact and lightweight with active noise canceling, great sound and many of the features of Sony’s flagship WF-1000XM4 earbuds. They also support Sony’s LDAC audio codec. So are they worth $200? Find the earbuds in this video here πŸ‘‡:…

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They don’t have a unique design like the standard LinkBuds, but the LinkBuds S buds are compact and lightweight with active noise canceling, great sound and many of the features of Sony’s flagship WF-1000XM4 earbuds. They also support Sony’s LDAC audio codec. So are they worth $200?
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  1. Suly

    May 18, 2022 at 4:56 pm

    what are the most comfortable earbuds to sleep with?

    • eAA a

      May 18, 2022 at 5:07 pm

      probs bose sleepbuds

    • Ψ«Ω„Ψ§Ψ¬Ψ§Ψͺ Ω…Ψ³ΨͺΨΉΩ…Ω„Ψ©

      May 18, 2022 at 5:08 pm

      Don’t sleep with earbuds

    • google kullanΔ±cΔ±sΔ±

      May 18, 2022 at 11:16 pm

      It doesn’t exists.

    • M1528A

      May 18, 2022 at 11:26 pm

      I have fallen asleep with the original linkbuds. But I have lost them in the morning. Took me a while to find them twice…. Once I had to turn it up… The other time I could not hear it as it was not flat to anything to actually turn on.

      But they can be felt when on side

  2. Brandon

    May 18, 2022 at 5:02 pm

    Might have gotten these if the call quality wasn’t so terrible

  3. eAA a

    May 18, 2022 at 5:06 pm

    For 179 bucks, no wireless charging and multi point connectivity is disappointing, even more so when you factor in the fact that my earfuns sounds good, have wireless charging and ANC just for 70 bucks. This was honestly a bad choice by Sony. If I were looking for a pair of earbuds, I’d honestly go for beats (30 bucks cheaper, nearly the same, good android experience) or airpods pro (200-ish on amazon these days)

    • David Setton

      May 18, 2022 at 6:01 pm

      where is the multi point? I wish more companies would include this feature.

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  4. sushant kumar

    May 18, 2022 at 5:41 pm

    $200 FOR THAT TRASH MIC
    I WE SHOULD CONSIDER IS AS WITHOUT MIC TWS

  5. Vincent Foronda

    May 18, 2022 at 5:59 pm

    do you guys believe wired earbuds are dead? in consumers market??

    • Jay

      May 18, 2022 at 7:32 pm

      Mostly is, wired earpods are making a return due to some weird trend but they’re still overshadowed by the wireless earbuds overall. They still have some like in the consumer market and alot left in the professional one tho

  6. Rolex

    May 18, 2022 at 5:59 pm

    Sony really trusts its fan baseπŸ€”, frankly releasing these earbuds at this price compared to the Airpods Pro which we regularly find around $179 max, 1More Evo at $130 currently and $130 Soundcore Liberty 3 Pro, seriously unless you have stock at Sony πŸšΆπŸ½β€β™‚οΈπŸšΆπŸ½β€β™‚οΈπŸšΆπŸ½β€β™‚οΈ.

    • David Setton

      May 18, 2022 at 6:00 pm

      I agree – too expensive.

    • SHIVAM ARYA

      May 18, 2022 at 6:33 pm

      I mean they also discount their earbuds on their website from time to time so they should also be around 150$ in a while

  7. Jesse Rosenbaum

    May 18, 2022 at 6:03 pm

    Design-wise, they look good. Based on your comments the sound quality is there, but that call quality seemed really bad. Based on that alone, I would pass on them.

    • jmaxim917

      May 18, 2022 at 7:21 pm

      I agree. The call quality was really bad and for that I wouldn’t buy them either especially at $200.

  8. kartik sharma

    May 18, 2022 at 6:04 pm

    Multipoint should be a must at this price range.

  9. Megatron2013

    May 18, 2022 at 6:10 pm

    These buds should’ve been priced around one hundred dollars. Two hundred is too high.

  10. Benjamin Bidlack

    May 18, 2022 at 6:25 pm

    Fantastic review, as usual from David. Definitely picking these up. Small size, trim fit, good seal, noise canceling, great overall sound – all really important and just what I need for workouts and rides, and no second device is OK. Big thanks to David and CNET for ongoing outstanding and very timely reviews.

  11. Harley Pan

    May 18, 2022 at 6:29 pm

    Do they have air pressure vents like the Airpods Pro? I am confused.

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  12. Troy Howard

    May 18, 2022 at 6:33 pm

    Wow! You had me until the phone call. Absolutely horrible. NEXT!

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  13. Perik Malik

    May 18, 2022 at 7:05 pm

    For me ,is the big brother of C500 ,just because is so similar, their biggest brother is the xm4……

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    May 18, 2022 at 7:44 pm

    David knows his stuff, always get great info from his reviews. Props to saying the full name every time too lol. Sony has to work on the naming, Linkbuds is good it looks like they are giving thought to naming now.

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  15. mirankovic

    May 18, 2022 at 9:02 pm

    The big problem with Sony earbuds is you can’t tweek the eq with ldac format. Only sbc. Should have mentioned that for us soundgeeks πŸ™‚

    • Kyle VanWagner

      May 18, 2022 at 11:44 pm

      Are you sure this is true? I have the EQ set on my WF-1000XM4’s and my phone says it’s playing via LDAC. Nothing indicates that it’s not.

  16. Taryn Milnes

    May 18, 2022 at 9:23 pm

    Here in canada the linkbuds s and wf1000xm4 are the same price

    • Max Fireman

      May 18, 2022 at 10:12 pm

      Not true. 299 vs 399

    • Taryn Milnes

      May 18, 2022 at 11:32 pm

      @Max Fireman umm no both are 299 where i am in canada 299 on Amazon reg 320 so only 20 dollar difference.

  17. adjied guman

    May 18, 2022 at 9:26 pm

    When to buy in Europa ?

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  18. sameniola

    May 18, 2022 at 10:20 pm

    Nice review as usual

  19. Felix Rios

    May 18, 2022 at 10:39 pm

    Voice is horrrrrrrrrible

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    May 18, 2022 at 11:13 pm

    Another sony trash that costs 200$.

  21. M1528A

    May 18, 2022 at 11:24 pm

    Thanks. Great video. I seen to understand that the original open far ring drive is better for office life use.. I always want to able hear around

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  22. michael douglas

    May 19, 2022 at 12:22 am

    Voice calling was complete trash, Sony needs to go back to the drawing board and make an all round quality product without having its consumers break the bank.

  23. bf3ram

    May 19, 2022 at 12:29 am

    These are 2 dollars?

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  24. Dan Mac

    May 19, 2022 at 12:35 am

    How are they compared to the XM3’s?

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