Cowin E7 (2015) vs Focal Elear

While the Cowin E7 (2015) makes for a fairly good Noise-Cancelling Headphone for people with a $50 budget, we weren't able to find enough data on the Focal Elear to come to any reliable conclusions.

In either case, we suggest that you look at some other options at the $50 and $420 budget ranges before committing to one of these.

If you'd nonetheless like to learn more about the Cowin E7 (2015) and Focal Elear, however, we wrote a summary of what we know about them:

The Cowin E7 (2015) has done great in various roundups conducted by reliable and unbiased sources that do their own testing, like iMore, Windows Central, Good Housekeeping, and Android Central - it earned the "Best Value Over-Ear Headphones" title from iMore, "Great value" from Windows Central, and "Most Popular Noise Canceling Headphones on Amazon" from Good Housekeeping.

Moving on to the Focal Elear: it was unable to reach the very top of any roundups from sources that conduct reliable and unbiased testing. Nonetheless, it still managed to impress reviewers from a number of such sites, like Headphone Review, The Verge, Head-fi, Headfonics, iMore, Rtings, and Audioholics, enough for them to include them on those lists.

When we thoroughly analyzed their review scores, we learned that all of the sources that tested both Noise-Cancelling Headphones, including Rtings, preferred the Cowin E7 (2015) over the Focal Elear.

We also took a look at which sources they managed to impress the most. The Cowin E7 (2015) was liked best by Gadget Review, which gave it a score of 9.2, while the Focal Elear got its highest, 9, score from Headphone Review.

Lastly, we averaged out all of the reviews scores that we could find on these two products and compared them to other Noise-Cancelling Headphones on the market. We learned that both of them performed far better than most of their competitors - the overall review average earned by Noise-Cancelling Headphones being 7.6 out of 10, whereas the Cowin E7 (2015) and Focal Elear managed averages of 7.8 and 7.8 points, respectively.

Due to the difference in their prices, however, it's important to keep in mind that a direct Cowin E7 (2015) vs. Focal Elear comparison might not be entirely fair - some sources don't take value for money into account when assigning their scores and therefore have a tendency to rate more premium products better.