Sennheiser CX Sport vs Jabra Sport Pulse (2014)

The Jabra Sport Pulse (2014) and the Sennheiser CX Sport are merely passable for their respective price points and don't stand out from their competition in any meaningful way. We recommend that you take a look at some other Canal Earphones that cost around $85.

However, if you're still interested in learning more about these two options, we wrote a short summary of what we know about them:

While the Jabra Sport Pulse (2014) wasn't able to make it to the very top of any roundups from sources that perform quality hands-on testing, it still got featured in a large number of them. SoundGuys, Tech Advisor, Expert Reviews, CNET, Tom's Guide, PCmag, Android Authority, Reviewed, and Gear Patrol have all deemed it worthy of a place on their respective shortlists.

Moving on to the Sennheiser CX 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 Techradar, What Hi-Fi?, PCmag, Wirecutter (NYTimes), and Reviewed, enough for them to include them on those lists.

For a direct Jabra Sport Pulse (2014) vs. the Sennheiser CX Sport comparison, we first examined sources that tested and scored both. Most of them, including PCmag, have found the Sennheiser CX Sport to be the better product, while Digitaltrends rated both equally.

When we took a look at which sources they managed to impress the most, we discovered that the Jabra Sport Pulse (2014) received its best, 8.6, score from SoundGuys, while the Sennheiser CX Sport got its highest, 9.1, rating from Gadget Review.

Lastly, we averaged out all of their review data to compare them to their competitors. We found that the Sennheiser CX Sport, with its 7.7 out of 10 points, got reviewed noticeably better than most of its competitors - the average Canal Earphone score being 7.4 - whereas the Jabra Sport Pulse (2014) performed worse, with an average of merely 7.2.