I’ve had the Samsung Galaxy buds for a couple weeks now and I’ve been actually surprisingly really content with them! They are very comfortable, work well, have great range and sound quite good!
The stock tuning is very Harman-esque and should work well for most people. I prefer using the “Soft” tuning profile, which is available if you use Android and have the Galaxy Wearables app installed. This tuning makes the profile very reminiscent of the Etymotics ER2XR, which is a warmer diffuse field tuning.
I went ahead and measured each of the sound profiles in the app tonight and this is what they look like visually on a graph:
Here’s my quick takes on each setting:
Stock - Harman Tuning (a little bright, but not too bad)
Bass Boost - Too bassy and meh
Soft - Very nice warm tuning, very similar to Etymotics ER2XR but a tad more airy, or very very close to the Moondrop KXXS
Dynamic - A gentle V-Shape tuning, like TFZ No 3
Clear - Similar to Moondrop Kanas Pro but more intimate
Treble - Diffuse Field tuning, like Etymotics ER4