SoundPeats Truengine SE Review: $40 Incredibly Well Spent

“You don’t mind that when you listen to their voice and see their value, they lack ANC.”

• Extremely cheap

• very comfortable

• Very good sound quality

• Excellent noise isolation

• Responsive physical button

• No ambient sound

• No wireless charging

• No fast charge

True wireless earbuds are actually game-changers in personal audio. The complete absence of wires plus a compact and (usually) pocketable size and shape make them the ideal smartphone companion for your daily commute, your workout or even a long flight.

But at prices that regularly exceed $ 100, it can be difficult to find a decent set of inexpensive true wireless earbuds.

So when I raced on The Soundpits Trujune SE, which has a suggested price of $ 50, but only for retail $ 40 on Amazon, I was plotting. Can such a cheap set of true wireless earbuds really be worth it yourself?

Time to find out…

What is in the box

Truengine SE like the most true wireless earbuds, ships with a charging case, a USB cable for charging, and silicon-shaped three tips.

The box itself is as original as it gets: a small black cardboard container with a color-printed cardboard sleeve. It sounds like a criticism, but it is not praise.

So far the headphones and earbuds are packed in huge boxes, with lots of plastic both inside and out, designed to make a statement on a shelf at your local big-box store.

Because Soundpits is essentially an online-only seller, it can do away with all of the extra content, bringing down costs while having little impact on the planet.

The design

The same Minimalist design philosophy ranges from Box to Trujin SE.

The charging case has a smooth, matte black finish, with rounded corners that make it comfortable to hold. It’s about the average size for the right wireless range, meaning it’s a bit larger than the cool little cases that come with Apple’s $ 149 AirPods or Jabra’s $ 180 Elite 75t, but it’s actually $ 200 Sony is more useful than the WFP-SP800N, or Amazon’s $ 130. Echo Buds.

The lid and hinge feel well built, and the internal magnet is strong enough to prevent the lid from accidentally opening.

Just below the opening groove of the lid are four LEDs indicating the remaining battery capacity and charging state of the case.

It would be nice if it offered wireless charging and USB-C instead of microUSB, but allowances should be paid for the price of the Truigin SE and these features are hardly a requirement.

The earbuds are easily removed from their charging sockets and popped back without the need for seating adjustments.

Soudpets states that Truengine SE are IPX4 rated. I didn’t test them to see how well they handled some moisture exposure, but I hope they handle a sweaty workout properly.

Comfort, Fit, and Control

Truengine SE are remarkably comfortable. They have the same ergonomic shape as the much more expensive Jabra Elite 75t, which allows them to sit safely in your ear without creating pressure points without any pressure.

The earbuds are smart in shape. It is molded into two sections; The black plastic part holds the battery, electronics, and control buttons and sits outside the conch of your ear, while the transparent section – which has two conductors and the tip of the ear – has a smaller set of dimensions. I found that this not only made the fit more comfortable and secure, but it also gave me the ability to push ear tips deeper into my ear canal if I wanted to, which I can’t do with most earbud designs.

Once seated, the earbuds will not move, unless you move them, making them ideal for workouts.

As is always the case for me, the medium tips installed at the factory were perfectly sized, but I think most people would be able to get a good fit with small and large sized tips.

There is no fancy touch control on the Truengine SE, instead (again like the Elite 75t) they use physical buttons. Whether or not this was a cost-saving decision doesn’t matter – in my opinion, well-designed physical buttons are better than touch controls, and Truengine SE’s buttons are great. They take very little pressure to activate and respond with an active click – no need to be surprised if a tap was identified. The click sound is a bit loud, but not annoying.

You get all the key commands with only two buttons: play / pause, call answer / end, volume up / down, track skip forward / back and voice assistant access.

There is no wear sensor, so when you pull an earbud, the Truengine SE cannot stop the music automatically, but they provide the ability to use the earbuds independently. Doing so will prevent volume and track skip features from working correctly, but critical (play / pause and call answer / end) are unaffected.

The only quirky aspect of the Truengine SE from the usage point of view is their Bluetooth connection.

You can see that sometimes Truengine SE will pair automatically with your phone, and sometimes you need to select them from your list of Bluetooth devices. This is a quickie that comes from the ability to use each earbud independently. This fix is ​​simple, but requires you to create a habit: if you remove the same earbud from the case every time (eg right, then left) it should be added automatically. Deviate from this pattern and you may have to make the connection manually.

battery life

With six hours of play time between charges, the Truengine SE lasts longer than the AirPods or AirPods Pro in five hours, but not as long as the Elite 75t in 7.5 hours. In other words, they are about average for a decent set of buds. The charging case, on the other hand, is slightly better than average, allowing you to fully recharge the Truengine SE only three times for 27 hours of wire-free time.

If you were prepared to use just one bud at a time, you can effectively double this time.

However, it takes 2.5 hours to charge the buds from empty, and there is no quick-charge feature, which is my only real criticism of the Trujin SE’s battery performance.

Sound quality

The Truengine SE sound ridiculous for their price. There are two reasons for this: First, the earbuds design allows excellent noise isolation. You have no doubt that they do not offer Active Noise Cancellation (ANC) and they really do not need it.

When the earbuds were firmly seated, I found that the sound from my under-desk fan cut in half immediately.

The second reason is the dual dynamic drivers of Truengine SE. They do an excellent job of separating low, mid and high frequencies and produce a very warm and rich sound that neither blows the bass nor the treble. Instead, each has an excellent balance, meaning a challenging bass track from Hans Zimmer Time Still packs all of its emotional weight (delivering mostly through layering sub-bass, bass and low-midrange instruments).

Should you expect them to sound like a $ 180 set of Jabra Elite 75Ts? No, it would be truly miraculous. By comparison, Truengine SE does not provide the same accuracy and definition of individual elements or the same accuracy and depth of soundstage.

But like a high bit rate MP3 or AAC track is mostly what our brains want from a song in a small file, so Truengine SE provides sound quality at a very high cost.

Call quality

As you might expect, Truengine SE’s call quality is perfectly acceptable. My voice was easy to understand for my callers and for the most part, the background sounds were well managed.

It is rarely the “HD voice” experience that headphones in the $ 200- $ 400 range sometimes boast, but unless you plan to make a long business call from a noisy environment, you get There won’t be a passive-aggressive text message at the end suggesting that you find a landline.

The only real downside to calling Truengine SE is not being able to hear themselves – earbuds work so well on sound isolation, they can actually benefit from an ambient post-function for real-world interaction and A side-tone feature phone calls for this.

It is also to take into account situations when situational awareness is a good thing, like walking on city streets.

Take us

What can you expect from a $ 40 set of true wireless earbuds? If those soundpits are Trujine SE, the answer is: good fit, comfort, control, and sound quality. We think this is more than enough to recommend them to anyone looking for a budget set of buds.

Is there a better option?

If you also want to spend less money, the $ 30 JLab Go Air is a solid option, but they don’t even fit with the Truengine SE, and they don’t look good. If you’re comfortable buying refurbished, Amazon sells a “refreshed” Truengine SE for only $ 23, the best choice for a new set of Truengine SEs.

How long will they last?

Truengine SE comes with a one-year warranty from Soundpits, which can be extended to 21 months if you register with the company. From my limited time with earbuds, they appear to be well built and should last as long as many other similar products. The only part that can wear out quickly are the physical buttons, although I haven’t seen any negative customer reviews complaining about it.

Should you buy them

Yes, Soundpits Truengine SE offers great value for a very reasonable price.

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