Anker Soundbuds Curve vs Jays a-Jays Five (2013)

The Anker Soundbuds Curve is an example of a great Canal Earphone at its $25 budget.

In the case of the Jays a-Jays Five (2013), however, we weren't able to find enough data to come to any reliable conclusions.

The Anker Soundbuds Curve managed to impress reviewers from two reliable and unbiased sources that conduct their own hands-on testing, namely Reviewed and MakeUseOf. It performed great in their roundups - it earned the "Best Value" title from Reviewed and "Ranked 1 out of 4" from MakeUseOf, which makes it a product worthy of consideration.

As for the Jays a-Jays Five (2013) - Head-fi, a source that conducts reliable hands-on testing, has featured it in its JAYS T00093 a-JAYS Five Earphones for Android - Black review roundup. However, it didn't make it to any of the top spots.

We couldn't find any sources that tested both of these Canal Earphones, so we only analyzed how they performed in reviews from different sites.

We first examined which sources rated each of these best and found that the Anker Soundbuds Curve got its highest, 9, rating from Technically Well, while the Jays a-Jays Five (2013) earned its best, 7, score from Digitaltrends.

Lastly, we averaged out all of their review ratings and observed that the Anker Soundbuds Curve, with its 9.0 average, performed considerably better than most Canal Earphones - the mean score for the product category being 7.4 out of 10 - while the Jays a-Jays Five (2013) managed an average of 6.5.

There's one caveat here - it might not be entirely justifiable to do a direct Anker Soundbuds Curve vs. Jays a-Jays Five (2013) review average comparison since they aren't priced the same and more expensive products tend to get higher review scores from some sources.