Sennheiser CX Sport vs Libratone Q Adapt In-ear

The Sennheiser CX Sport and the Libratone Q Adapt In-ear are decent 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 $30.

If you're still interested in learning a bit more about the Sennheiser CX Sport and the Libratone Q Adapt In-ear, 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.

Moving on to the Libratone Q Adapt In-ear: 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 What Hi-Fi?, PCmag, SoundGuys, Techradar, and Tom's Guide, enough for them to include them on those lists.

Out of the sources that tested and rated both of these Earphones, Techradar preferred the Sennheiser CX Sport, whereas reviewers at PCmag liked the Libratone Q Adapt In-ear better. What Hi-Fi? gave them identical review scores.

We also took a look at which sources liked these products best - the highest Sennheiser CX Sport rating came from Gadget Review, whereas the Libratone Q Adapt In-ear most impressed reviewers at What Hi-Fi?; they earned scores of 9.1 and 8, respectively.

Lastly, we averaged out all of their review ratings and observed that the Sennheiser CX Sport, with its 7.7 average, performed considerably better than most Earphones - the mean score for the product category being 7.3 out of 10 - while the Libratone Q Adapt In-ear managed an average of 7.3.

There's one caveat here - it might not be entirely justifiable to do a direct Sennheiser CX Sport vs. Libratone Q Adapt In-ear review average comparison since they aren't priced the same and more expensive products tend to get higher review scores from some sources.