House of Marley Smile Jamaica vs Periodic Audio Be

The House of Marley Smile Jamaica (Wireless) makes for a good, if unremarkable, Canal Earphone for people with a $50 budget.

The Periodic Audio Be, however, is merely mediocre at its $299 asking price, when compared to similarly priced products, and won't satisfy the needs of most people.

In either case, we suggest that you first take a look at some other options at the $50 and $270 price points before committing to one of these - it's likely that you'll be able to find some better alternatives.

If you're still interested in learning more about the House of Marley Smile Jamaica (Wireless) and Periodic Audio Be, however, we wrote a summary of what we could find about them:

inews.co.uk, a source known for its hands-on testing and objective methodology, had good things to say about the House of Marley Smile Jamaica (Wireless). It performed great in its "10 best in-ear headphones – how to pick between Bose, B&O and more" roundup and earned the "Ranked 2 out of 10" title.

As for the Periodic Audio Be, it wasn't able to earn a top spot in any roundups from trusted sources that conduct their own hands-on testing. Nevertheless, it managed to impress reviewers at HomeTheaterReview.com, Head-fi, and PCmag enough to make it onto their respective shortlists.

We examined all of the review data that we could find and first took a look at sources that reviewed both of them, like PCmag, and found that they haven't shown a preference for either product.

Then we checked which sources liked these two Canal Earphones best and found that the House of Marley Smile Jamaica (Wireless) got its highest, 8.6, review score from reviewers at SoundGuys, whereas the Periodic Audio Be earned its best score of 10 from HomeTheaterReview.com.

Lastly, we averaged out all of the reviews scores that we could find on these two products and compared them to other Canal Earphones on the market. We learned that both of them performed far better than most of their competitors - the overall review average earned by Canal Earphones being 7.4 out of 10, whereas the House of Marley Smile Jamaica (Wireless) and Periodic Audio Be managed averages of 7.8 and 8.6 points, respectively.

Due to the difference in their prices, however, it's important to keep in mind that a direct House of Marley Smile Jamaica (Wireless) vs. Periodic Audio Be 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.