Jaybird X2 (2015) vs Jabra Elite 25e

The Jaybird X2 (2015) makes for a good, if unremarkable, Canal Earphone for people with a $130 budget.

The Jabra Elite 25e, however, is merely mediocre at its $79 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 $130 and $75 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 Jaybird X2 (2015) and Jabra Elite 25e, however, we wrote a summary of what we could find about them:

While the Jaybird X2 (2015) wasn't able to make it to the very top of any roundups from sources that perform quality hands-on testing, it still got featured in a large number of them. SoundGuys, Rtings, Techradar, PCmag, CNET, and TrustedReviews have all deemed it worthy of a place on their respective shortlists.

Taking a look at the Jabra Elite 25e, it got featured in roundups from two reliable sources that conduct their own testing - Rtings and PCmag - but it fell short of earning a top spot in either.

When we thoroughly analyzed their review scores, we learned that all of the sources that tested both Canal Earphones, including PCmag and Rtings, preferred the Jaybird X2 (2015) over the Jabra Elite 25e.

We also took a look at which sources they managed to impress the most. The Jaybird X2 (2015) was liked best by Gadget Review, which gave it a score of 9.3, while the Jabra Elite 25e got its highest, 7, score from PCmag.

Lastly, we averaged out all of their review ratings and observed that the Jaybird X2 (2015), with its 8.1 average, performed considerably better than most Canal Earphones - the mean score for the product category being 7.4 out of 10 - while the Jabra Elite 25e managed an average of 6.8.

There's one caveat here - it might not be entirely justifiable to do a direct Jaybird X2 (2015) vs. Jabra Elite 25e review average comparison since they aren't priced the same and more expensive products tend to get higher review scores from some sources.