Bluetooth earbuds for working out/excercise

[Jono8]

I bought some cheap £20 wireless earbuds (yineme true workout) thinking I could live with fairly poor sound quality just while I'm working out....but I did not think it would be that bad.

The bit crushing going on is insane and they can't cope with anything, especially anything with a large dynamic range like orchestral stuff. Cymbals sound awful on any track which is a clear sign of terrible Bluetooth streaming quality. I've tried them on three different devices and all are the same.

My question is, are all the cheap sub £40 Chinese earphones like this? There are a never ending amount of different brands/types to buy soniys a minefield. Obviously they all have millions of 5 star reviews from people saying the quality is great, but they likely have no idea what good sound quality is. So has anyone who is a semi-audiophile had any luck with any of them?

If not, what would be the best sports earbuds ( would like ones with an ear hook) to buy for sub £75ish (if possible)?

I'm not expecting astonshing quality for the money, but at least a fairly clear and uncrushed sound.

 

[heatonpkmassive]

Not sure if you've bought anything yet, but I'm a semi audiophile, Yamaha amp, Tannoy Revolution floorstanders, connected to my PC through an optical cable. So I don't just want bog standard sound, but not into the real high end of hifi, amp was about 300 quid and the speakers 500 quid.

So that'll give you an idea of my audiophile level, so not high but also not basic. Have a search for Vankyo X200 buds. For the price, they really aren't bad. They're equal to the very good wired AKG buds I got with my Note 8 phone. Only bought these for using camping for sound from the tablet when watching a film late at night, didn't expect to be using them for music. But I am, they're not bad. Everything about them is better quality than I thought I'd get.

 

[heatonpkmassive]

Should also note that I use them with Poweramp on Android, which allows a LOT of fine tuning, preamp, equaliser, etc. so can raise/reduce certain levels that might not sound as good otherwise.