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I have a pair of the original Aukey EP-B40 headphones and absolutely loved them. They had great sound and good battery life and fit great. The only slight downsides were that the controls made them weigh down the left side a little and the charging port used the old micro usb connector so I had to have an extra charger around just for that. So when I saw these were available with a usb c port I jumped to buy them; they are so inexpensive it seemed worth the price just to not have to carry around the extra charger. I assumed the EP-B40P would be pretty much exactly the same just with a different port, but they aren't.
The difference in the controls is noticeable right away, being larger and and heavier. It is on the right side instead of the left now for no reason and was hard to get used to the change, but it does seem to be further down the cord so it rests on the shoulders easier without pulling out the earbud on that side. Using the controls feels different too, more tactile with almost too much resistance so that I have to make sure to push hard to keep my finger down when doing a long press. There is also a little cord connector in in the back that you can slide up and down the cords to make them tighter to you head if you want. This is a nice little addition.
That is all just mostly frivolous or cosmetic changes that don't mean that much. The biggest difference on these headphones are the slight change in size of the part that fits in your ears and the change in speaker drivers, neither for the better. These two changes combined make for a sound that is much tinnier and cheaper sounding. Because the tips are just a little smaller they don't make as good of contact with the inside of the ear which, as you will know if you have worn this style of headphones before, keeps the bass from being as full as it should be leading to a poor sound. I swapped out the tips with a set from another pair of headphones for a better fit and that just made the poor quality of the driver even more obvious. Now that they fit snugly in my ears the bass is fine but the mids and highs are horribly muddy/tinny. Changing the eq setting on the headphones helps and makes the sound tolerable but the highs are still a little too tinny and the mids are frustratingly muddy.
I've been using these for a week or two now and I'm still not used to the sound yet. I'm close to just chucking them in the bin and counting it as a loss.
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