JBL FreeX vs Jaybird Freedom F5 (2016)

The reviewers at Rtings have featured the JBL FreeX in their JBL FreeX Truly Wireless Headphones Review roundup. However, it fell short of making it to the top of their list.

Moving on to the Jaybird Freedom F5 (2016): 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 SoundGuys, Head-fi, CNET, Rtings, and Techradar, enough for them to include them on those lists.

Sources that tested and scored both products, like Rtings, haven't shown a preference for either in their reviews.

We also examined the available data to learn which sources liked these two Wireless Earphones best and found that the JBL FreeX managed to get its highest, 7.2, review score from Rtings, whereas the Jaybird Freedom F5 (2016) got its best rating from SoundGuys - 8.

Lastly, we averaged out all of their review data to compare them to their competitors. We found that the Jaybird Freedom F5 (2016), with its 7.6 out of 10 points, got reviewed noticeably better than most of its competitors - the average Wireless Earphone score being 7.2 - whereas the JBL FreeX performed worse, with an average of merely 7.2.