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CMF hit the balance between cheap and good clip earbuds
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The CMF Clip Pro are a very comfortable option for those that hate things in their ears.
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Clip earbuds are an exercise in compromise. It’s an inherent aspect of their design — and physics. They can be more comfortable for people that don’t like something jammed in their ear, but sound response suffers. Ambient awareness is great because you can easily hear the sound around you, which means to hear your own music the buds need to be turned up and potentially leak sound out to your neighbors. For what they offer, they can also get pricey, with popular pairs from Bose, Sony, and Shokz reaching $200. The CMF Clip Pro, though, are under $100, and while they still have those compromises, they handle them well.
CMF is Nothing’s budget sub-brand, and because it tends to release earbuds in the $40–$60 range, I was expecting the same when I first heard about the Clip Pro. But instead, the Clip Pro are $99 — the same price as Nothing’s Ear 3A that just came out last month with more features (and also more issues). Only a few days after release and the Clip Pro are already on sale at $79, which puts them at the price I think they should be.