Beats urBeats 3 (2012) vs Jays a-Jays Five (2013)

The Beats urBeats 3 (2012) has managed to impress reviewers from two reliable and objective sources that conduct their own testing, namely Good Housekeeping and iMore. It did great in their roundups - it earned the "Best wired in-ear headphones" title from Good Housekeeping, and "Ranked 2 out of 8" from iMore, which marks it as a product that's worth considering.

As for the Jays a-Jays Five (2013), 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 What Hi-Fi?, Head-fi, and TrustedReviews enough to make it onto their respective shortlists.

As for a direct Beats urBeats 3 (2012) vs. Jays a-Jays Five (2013) comparison of their review performance, we examined sources that tested and rated both products, like What Hi-Fi?. It turns out that all such sources consider the Jays a-Jays Five (2013) to be the superior product.

We also looked at the available data to find which sources liked each of them best and learned that the Beats urBeats 3 (2012) most impressed reviewers at SoundGuys - they gave it a score of 7.5, whereas the Jays a-Jays Five (2013) got rated best by Digitaltrends - 7.

Lastly, we analyzed their review averages and found that both of them performed worse than most of their competitors - the overall average rating received by Earphones in general is 7.3 out of 10, compared to the 5.9 and 6.3 average review scores of the Beats urBeats 3 (2012) and Jays a-Jays Five (2013), respectively.