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Earfun Tune Professional: Two minute evaluate
Finances audio model Earfun has continued its foray into the over-ear headphone sport with the Earfun Tune Professional, an inexpensive pair of over-ears which sadly don’t stay as much as Earfun’s usually-impressive monitor file. A few of the best cheap headphones I’ve examined, they aren’t.
Earfun’s first over-ears, the Wave Pro, have been a few of our top-rated inexpensive headphones, simply incomes (for some time, at the very least) a spot on our record of the best headphones you should buy. They usually have been all the time going to be a tricky act to observe. The truth that they’re nonetheless available for purchase now additionally makes them an enormous (and actually, extra viable) rival to the Tune Professional.
I received’t beat across the bush: the large drawback with the headphones is that they simply don’t sound good. Earfun’s typical capacity to punch nicely above its weight in some way didn’t grace the brand new and reasonably ironically-named Tune Professional. The cans lack severe bass, endure frequent peaking that ruins percussion, and don’t supply a lot in the best way of an organised, layered soundstage to allow you to admire the separation and element of devices.
You’ll be able to’t count on Bose- or Sony-tier audio in cans that value underneath $/£100 however there are many price range headphones for a similar worth that outstrip the Tune Professional. In order you will see as we get into the meat of this evaluate, it is arduous to advocate the cans.
I additionally discovered the Earfuns fairly uncomfortable to put on for lengthy intervals of time. The stress they exerted on my head grew noticeable after only some hours of use. It’s not nice and neither of those are considerations was one thing I skilled with the Wave Professional.
Why not go decrease than 3 stars? Nicely, the Earfun magic is current in a couple of different areas. Take, for instance, the battery life: these headphones will final a monumental 120 hours (with ANC turned off) earlier than you’ll have to cost them. That’s 5 straight days of music earlier than they want powering up and I don’t have to inform you how vital a protracted battery life could be for sure subsets of customers. There are only a few headphones available on the market that come even near this rating.
Earfun has additionally included its traditional vary of options on its app: a number of ANC modes (maybe too many – extra on this later), an in-depth equalizer and a characteristic that’s all too unusual on headphones: a listening take a look at to mechanically create your individual sound combine. This latter is a beautiful little additional that numerous rivals don’t have.
Whereas the audio high quality lets issues down big-time, I can see the admirable battery life and listening take a look at drawing in some customers preferring performance over sound high quality. It’s simply that these are extra caveats than I often have so as to add in an Earfun evaluate – a model I often champion within the ‘low-cost and cheerful’ stakes.
Earfun Tune Professional evaluate: Specs
|
Element |
Worth |
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Waterproof |
N/A |
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Battery life (quoted) |
120 hours (ANC off) 80 hours (ANC on) |
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Bluetooth sort |
Bluetooth 5.4 |
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Weight |
289g |
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Driver |
40mm + 10mm |
Earfun Tune Professional evaluate: Worth and availability
- Launched in Might 2025
- RRP of $89.99 / £79.99 (roughly AU$160)
- Already out there at $69.99 / £59.99 (no AU gross sales)
The Earfun Tune Professional have been introduced in Might 2025 for a retail worth of $89.99 / £79.99 (roughly AU$160 although they don’t seem to be on sale in Australia on the time of writing, in contrast to many different merchandise from the corporate).
Don’t inform Amazon that although, as a result of the retailer lists in a number of areas that the cans have been launched in September 2024. It gives them for the discounted worth of $69.99 / £59.99 (on the time of writing) regardless of them being new.
Nevertheless a lot you pay for them, the Earfun Tune Professional are clearly price range headphones. They’re the center of Earfun’s three over-ear choices, sitting equally between the dearer Wave Professional and cheaper Wave Life.
Earfun Tune Professional evaluate: Design
- Chunky cans with 3.5mm jack and bodily buttons
- Uncomfortable for lengthy play periods
- No IP score for waterproofing
As you possibly can see from photos, Earfun has stored issues easy with the Tune Professional, enjoying near the system for over-ear headphones.
The cans weigh 289g and are constituted of plastic, in order that they don’t really feel too heavy whenever you’re sporting them. That doesn’t imply they’re precisely comfy although, and I might solely hear for a couple of hours earlier than needing to provide my head a break.
The ear cups are fairly thick, sticking out of your head about 50% greater than your common pair of over-ears (judging by the few pairs I had readily available). I don’t think about that is guilty for the consolation points nevertheless it does make the cans look imposing whenever you put on them.
Earfun has ensured that the Tune Professional have some versatility in measurement because the band could be prolonged or retracted fairly a distance (should you do have a bigger head, take a look at our roundup feature of headphones with longer extendable arms) whereas the cups could be rotated round 100 levels – and so they additionally fold up if you wish to put them in a bag.
Onto the buttons. On the best cup you’ve received a quantity rocker, energy button and three.5mm headphone jack – sure, the Tune Professional helps wired audio – whereas the left earpiece has an ANC button and the USB-C charging port.
The buttons don’t stick out that removed from the casework and so, regardless of little knobs to make them a bit extra distinguished, I nonetheless discovered them fairly arduous to find simply with my fingers. As an alternative, I usually relied on my cellphone to vary quantity and ANC.
Earfun’s web site makes no point out of any sort of IP score for the Tune Professional so I’d advocate protecting them excessive and dry.
Earfun Tune Professional evaluate: Options
- Incredbly battery life
- Vary of ANC modes, all positive
- Equalizer with listening take a look at
Earfun headphones all the time out-rep the competitors within the options division and issues aren’t any totally different for the Tune Professional. The true spotlight of those cans is the battery life, which in line with Earfun stretches to an unbelievable 120 hours with ANC turned off and a still-admirable 80 hours with it turned on.
I can depend on one hand the variety of units of headphones that beat or match that battery life, and it’s an important determine for individuals who not often get time to cost up their headphones for one cause or one other. I’d’ve cherished cans like these after I final went travelling.
Subsequent up, ANC is… current, I’ll say that a lot. It’s positive, however removed from best-in-class and about what you’d count on for the value. It’s helpful for masking up sure annoying background noises like a dishwasher in one other room or distant site visitors going previous your home, nevertheless it received’t make your commute near-silent or guarantee you possibly can hear your music when vacuuming at residence.
A number of totally different ANC presets can be found within the Earfun app. Default, which I take to be ‘off’, is Regular however there’s Ambient Sound to permit close by noises by means of, Wind noise cancellation which is simply designed for the infuriating sound of wind that all the time baffles headphone ANC, and lastly Consolation ANC and Sturdy ANC. I take these latter to be ‘medium’ and ‘excessive’ strengths to Regular’s ‘off’, however that is based mostly purely on the icons within the app and nothing else.
I’ve complained in previous evaluations about Earfun’s array of ANC modes being a bit overwhelming. Why? As a result of it’s arduous to know which mode try to be utilizing at anyone time, and it’s additionally a chore to open up the Earfun app to modify should you determine you need to (the ANC button on the cans solely cycles by means of the primary three choices, not the 2 full-blooded ANC ones).
A number of extra options out there by means of the the Earfun app embrace the power to toggle low-latency modes for gaming or a wide-soundstage mode for films and TV, and a technique to change what the buttons on the ear cups do. Nevertheless, the key one to notice is an equalizer.
As with previous Earfuns, the Tune Professional gives a variety of EQ modes based mostly on totally different genres of music or growing or reducing bass or treble. There are many choices and it’s value enjoying round to seek out your good preset, although a 10-band customized EQ mode enables you to create your individual combine too. A short take a look at additionally creates a bespoke equalizer combine for you and I used to be fairly proud of the combination it created for me.
For name dealing with, the Earfun Tune Professional characteristic 5 mics (presumably per earpiece, though Earfun does not categorical this as such. However the rest can be odd) in addition to an algorithm to clear up your voice when others hear you.
Earfun Tune Professional evaluate: Sound efficiency
- 40mm + 10mm drivers
- Distorting sound, missing bass
- Restricted sound stage
Given the value you’re paying for the Tune Professional, you’re in all probability not anticipating probably the most ear-pleasing audio on the planet, and it’s a great factor to set your expectations low as a result of these Earfun headphones don’t sound nice, even for the cash.
Specs-wise, the headphones pack each a 40mm and 10mm driver in every can which ought to ostensibly present additional oomph within the bass division, however idea is a far cry from reality.
Maybe the most important challenge, noticeable continuously, is the audio peaking by means of the treble, which crushes hi-hats into mere hisses and devolves highly effective guitar strains into crunchy oblivion. On the different finish of the frequency scale, the tuning right here boosts the bass drum a lot that it steadily overrides vocals. It’s arduous to get pleasure from songs with out percussion and element by means of the mids to supply rhythm, and the Tune Professional don’t supply a lot of that.
You’re not getting a lot enlargement or element by means of the soundstage right here both, with music introduced as a considerably homogenous mush as a substitute of a group of separate, distinct and layered devices given sufficient room to be impactful. The complicated combine right here additionally masks the element and dynamic nuance in my music, whereas additionally sapping a number of the appeal and emotion from vocals. When you care in regards to the musicality inside your favourite songs, these sadly aren’t the cans for you.
If there’s something to be mentioned for the Earfun Tune Professional’s audio high quality, it’s that the max quantity goes fairly loud, so that you’re by no means going to wrestle to listen to songs even should you flip ANC off.
- Sound efficiency rating: 2.5/5
Earfun Tune Professional: Worth
Normally when qualifying the worth of low-cost headphones, I merely level to the value and say “sure”, nevertheless it’s not fairly as straightforward as that for the Tune Professional.
Whereas the headphones are admittedly very inexpensive, they’re not the one low-cost headphones in existence, and others will get you extra bang in your buck. That’s literal, with many different low-cost choices getting you higher audio high quality.
The one different vital issue is the characteristic set, which admittedly is fairly aggressive on the Earfun Tune Professional. So should you aren’t that bothered in regards to the sound and care extra about longevity and the presence of an equalizer, these claw again some worth factors.
Earfun Tune Professional evaluate: scorecard
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Class |
Remark |
Rating |
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Worth |
You get what you pay for, however you are not too far out of pocket for the Earfuns. |
3.5/5 |
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Design |
The Tune Professional is a bit too massive and ponderous to be absolutely comfy to put on, nevertheless it has 3.5mm. |
3.5/5 |
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Options |
For price range cans, the characteristic set is strong. The battery life is laudable and the EQ (and its take a look at) are too. |
4/5 |
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Sound |
A spread of points with the audio high quality makes it arduous to award many factors on this division. |
2.5/5 |
Earfun Tune Professional: Ought to I purchase?
Purchase them if…
Do not buy them if…
Additionally think about
|
Element |
Earfun Tune Professional |
1More Sonoflow Professional HQ51 |
Earfun Wave Professional |
|
Waterproof |
NA |
NA |
NA |
|
Battery life |
120 hours (ANC off) 80 hours (ANC on) |
100 hours (ANC off) 65 hours (ANC on) |
80 hours (ANC off) 55 hours (ANC on) |
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Bluetooth sort |
Bluetooth 5.4 |
Bluetooth 5.4 |
Bluetooth 5.3 |
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Weight |
289g |
246g |
268g |
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Driver |
40mm + 10mm |
40mm |
40mm |
How I examined
I used the Earfun Tune Professional for 3 weeks with a purpose to write this evaluate, and a few additional time throughout the writing course of itself.
Throughout testing I used the Earfun alongside a couple of gadgets, most steadily my Android smartphone through Bluetooth however typically an iPod Traditional through 3.5mm. Listening was usually music however I additionally listened to some some spoken-word, video games and TV reveals too. Testing was carried out at residence and round my neighborhood.
I have been testing audio merchandise for TechRadar for over 6 years and at present take a look at a number of headphones or earbuds every month. This has included many previous Earfun merchandise – together with the marginally older Wave Professional.
- First reviewed: June 2025