Audio-Technica ATH-ANC23 (2009) vs JLab JBuds Air Sport

We couldn't find enough data on either product to be able to come to any reliable conclusions. We highly recommend that you take a look at some other options in the $110 and $60 budget ranges instead.

Gear Patrol, a review site with a history of doing objective hands-on testing, has great things to say about the Audio-Technica ATH-ANC23 (2009). In fact, it's "Ranked 2 out of 6" in its "The Best In-Ear Noise-Canceling Headphones for Every Budget" roundup, which points toward it being a good Noise-Cancelling Earphone.

Moving on to the JLab JBuds Air Sport: 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 Technically Well, Headphone Review, SoundGuys, PCmag, and iMore, enough for them to include them on those lists.

We couldn't find any sources that tested both of these Noise-Cancelling 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 Audio-Technica ATH-ANC23 (2009) got its highest, 9.5, rating from CNET, while the JLab JBuds Air Sport earned its best, 8.9, score from Technically Well.

Lastly, we averaged out all of the reviews scores that we could find on these two products and compared them to other Noise-Cancelling Earphones on the market. We learned that both of them performed far better than most of their competitors - the overall review average earned by Noise-Cancelling Earphones being 7.3 out of 10, whereas the Audio-Technica ATH-ANC23 (2009) and JLab JBuds Air Sport managed averages of 9.1 and 7.8 points, respectively.

Due to the difference in their prices, however, it's important to keep in mind that a direct Audio-Technica ATH-ANC23 (2009) vs. JLab JBuds Air Sport 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.