The Creative Aurvana Ace 2 earbuds are available now for $149.99. These earbuds are game-changing and sound better than any pair I’ve ever tried. The only con is that it took me a while to get them to connect with my Pixel 8 Pro. (Turns out the earbuds have to be out of the case before you pair them.)
For a while now, my go-to earbuds have been the Denon PerL Pros. The sound those babies deliver is rich and exciting, filled with just the right amount of bass and treble and a perfect blend of midrange. But that time at the top of the mountain could be coming to an end, thanks to the Creative Aurvana Ace 2 earbuds. These new devices make use of xMEMS speaker technology to deliver a clarity of sound I’ve never heard in a pair of earbuds.
Behind this sound are the new xMEMS drivers, which are solid-state semiconductor MEMS speakers. MEMS stands for Micro-Electromechanical System and incorporates both moving and non-moving electronics, as well as moving mechanical bits to produce sound. For the Aurvana Ace 2 earbuds, the moving piece of the equation is a tiny silicon membrane that creates sound when an electric signal is passed through it.
The advantage of MEMS technology is that these drivers can produce a higher frequency response range, can shift from one sound to another with exponentially faster speed, and are far more durable than traditional drivers. That means they can produce higher highs and lower lows, do so faster, and last longer while doing it. On top of that, MEMS speakers are IP58 rated, which means they are fully dustproof and waterproof.
One of the more important specs is the frequency response. You won’t find many earbuds capable of reaching down to 5 Hz or up to 40,000 Hz. That’s impressive.
As I said, I wasn’t expecting to be blown away by a pair of $150 earbuds, but wow, was I ever. The first piece of music I played was the Godzilla -1 original score, and I had never heard such big sounds out of a pair of earbuds. These sound more like over-the-ear headphones than tiny earbuds. If you’re looking for some seriously-special sound in a very small package, you cannot go wrong with the Creative Aurvana Ace 2.
