Sennheiser CX Sport vs Plantronics BackBeat FIT (2014)

The Sennheiser CX Sport and the Plantronics BackBeat FIT (2014) 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 Earphones that cost around $90.

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 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 Plantronics BackBeat FIT (2014): 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 Android Authority, Expert Reviews, PCmag, CNET, Rtings, SoundGuys, Tom's Guide, Techradar, PhoneArena, and Android Central, enough for them to include them on those lists.

Lastly, we compared their review averages and found that the Sennheiser CX Sport did much better than the majority of its competitors, with an average review score of 7.7 out of 10, compared to the 7.3 overall average of Earphones in general, whereas the Plantronics BackBeat FIT (2014) hasn't managed to perform quite as well, with an average rating of 7.3.