Sennheiser CX Sport vs JBL J22a

The Sennheiser CX Sport and the JBL J22a are decent Canal Earphones at their respective price points, but don't manage to stand out from their direct competitors in any meaningful way. We suggest that you also look at some alternatives that can be found for around $85 or $50.

If you're still interested in learning a bit more about the Sennheiser CX Sport and the JBL J22a, however, read on for a summary of what we could gather about them:

While the Sennheiser CX Sport 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. Techradar, What Hi-Fi?, PCmag, Reviewed, and Wirecutter (NYTimes) have all deemed it worthy of a place on their respective shortlists.

As for the JBL J22a - it wasn't considered to be a good enough purchase to earn a spot in any roundups conducted by sources that perform objective hands-on testing, which typically indicates that a product isn't worth its asking price.

Lastly, we tried to do a direct Sennheiser CX Sport vs. JBL J22a comparison of review ratings between these two products, but couldn't find any review scores for the JBL J22a.

Compared to all other Canal Earphones on the market, however, the Sennheiser CX Sport performed great. When averaged out, it earned a rating of 7.7 out of 10, which is much better than the 7.4 review average of Canal Earphones in general.