Noble Audio has been delighting the community with beautiful, great-sounding in-ear monitors for years. At its helm is Dr. John Moulton, an audiologist by training who fans have appropriately nicknamed the Wizard. The magic continues with the Luxe IEM: our fourth collaboration with Noble and its first-ever product under $100. Smaller and more portable than the rest of the company’s lineup, the Luxe boasts an extremely robust design with CNC-machined anodized aluminum housings and a mic-equipped cable with a Vectran fiber weave for strength. The 8-millimeter dynamic drivers (one per ear) make for a bright, balanced sound signature with clarity, resolution, and a satisfying bass kick. 

With all the timbre and coherence you look for in a single-dynamic-driver IEM, the Luxe delivers excellent detail across the whole range and gives a little more oomph in the lower frequencies without going dark. Well suited for noisy environments, it pairs easily with your smartphone, portable music player, and other digital sources. Thanks to the cable’s exceptional strength and strain relief, you shouldn’t have to worry about it breaking should it catch on your gym equipment, get shoved in a pocket, or get stuck in a desk drawer. Along with a carrying case, the Luxe comes with double sets of silicone tips in small, medium, and large sizes—so if you lose one set, you’ll have another at the ready.