Bose SoundSport Wireless (2016) vs RHA T20 (2015)

The Bose SoundSport Wireless (2016) is a great Earphone for its $129 asking price.

The RHA T20 (2015), however, is merely passable at its $254 price point. If you're considering buying a Earphone in the $250 range, you might want to check out some of its competitors.

The Bose SoundSport Wireless (2016) was loved by reviewers at SoundGuys, a highly trusted source that performs reliable in-depth testing. It did great in its "Best Bose headphones" roundup where it was named its "Best wireless earbuds", which, in itself, makes it a product worth considering.

Moving on to the RHA T20 (2015): 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 Head-fi, Techradar, SoundGuys, HomeTheaterReview.com, What Hi-Fi?, PCmag, Headfonics, Audioholics, and Wirecutter (NYTimes), enough for them to include them on those lists.

To get a better idea of how they fare when compared directly to each other, we analyzed review scores of sources that tested both. What Hi-Fi?, for example, preferred the Bose SoundSport Wireless (2016), while PCmag rated both of them the same.

We also took a look at which sources had the best things to say about them. We learned that the Bose SoundSport Wireless (2016) got reviewed the highest by What Hi-Fi? - it gave it a rating of 10, while the RHA T20 (2015) most impressed reviewers at Head-fi, which gave it a score of 10.

Lastly, we averaged out all of the reviews scores that we could find on these two products and compared them to other Earphones on the market. We learned that both of them performed far better than most of their competitors - the overall review average earned by Earphones being 7.3 out of 10, whereas the Bose SoundSport Wireless (2016) and RHA T20 (2015) managed averages of 8.1 and 8.6 points, respectively.

Due to the difference in their prices, however, it's important to keep in mind that a direct Bose SoundSport Wireless (2016) vs. RHA T20 (2015) 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.