The second reason is trickle-down technology from the audiophile headphone market. Portable audiophiles were always the nerdy bunch sitting in a small internet zone and obsessing about sound quality, comfort, functionality, etc. 

Even ten years ago, the community was tiny, but these people cared a lot about headphones and earphones.  Soon, many audiophiles began creating their own products, and bigger companies recognized that a seriously profitable market was emerging. 

Thus, the headphone market has exploded over the past decade, and the boundaries of what was possible have been pushed.  Multi BA (Balanced armature) driver configurations, hybrid earphones, electrostatic earphones, and even planar magnetic earbuds have changed how high-end audio behaves. 

Then there is the attention to aesthetics, ergonomics, and building on sometimes multi-thousand dollar earphones.  What does this mean if you are on a budget? Many companies have absorbed those tech advancements and tried implementing them in even cheaper earphones. 

This trickle-down technology has ultimately led to cheap earbuds with amazing sound. Something was not possible just a little while ago.

How to choose A good Set of Cheap Wireless Earbuds

Many people ask us what the best-sounding budget earphones are, but sound is just one part of the equation.  Below are the factors I think you should consider when buying cheap earphones.

• Comfort

• Build Quality

• Sound

• Price

• Styling

You might be surprised to see sound at number 3 on our list of most important factors.  Well, hear me out.  You can find many earphones under $50 that sound great, but unfortunately, some of these earphones completely disregard ergonomics. 

Think about it briefly; you will wear this inside your ears, usually for hours.  There is no point in having the greatest-sounding earbuds if you can’t stand having them in your ears for more than 20 minutes. 

The next most important factor is to build quality.  Even though your initial outlay is not much, and theoretically, you can more easily replace a broken set of $10 earphones than a $500 set, this is important to consider. 

Some cheap wireless earphones would have made this list on sound alone, but then we have no confidence in their last.  Furthermore, this is one area where companies will try and save a few pennies in the design by using lower-quality construction techniques and materials. 

Now, that’s not to say all earphones under $50 are junk, the majority, yes, but the ones we list here are pretty darn good for the price.

So the sound comes in third, and I think that is fair.  Yes, if you are on a budget, you will not get the same sound quality as someone with unlimited funds. Still, the truth that nobody is telling you is that the differences in real-world performance (sonically) are far smaller than a price tag would suggest. 

Some of the earphones below sound better than in-ear headphones over $200. Most of them sound better than their similarly priced competition.