They're not audiophile quality and i did hear a low level of background noise when they were receiving on bluetooth

Once I was in my vehicle the background noise was too much and the earbuds basically fell apart from a quality standpoint.

Other party hears a lot of background noise while talking over the phone

Background noise isnt a problem, in fact I have to take them out of my ear in order to hear if someone is talking to me

i'm not 100% certain if there is active noise canceling, but certainly sounds like it-- background noises are extremely diminished when these are in my ears

I wish the call clairty was better, i sometimes find that the people i talk too either can't hear me or hear to much background noise.

Fits in ear well so cuts out a lot of background noise.

which you can tell has happened because the earbuds themselves have a voice that tells you when they have been turned on as well as when they have paired together

I am returning them as fast as I can

using both earbuds simultaneously).I have tried using the earbuds streaming music from Amazon Music, as well as from music stored locally on my iPhone 6S Plus

There is a one time set-up that is admittedly slower than Airpods, but after that they work just as seamlessly

Worked exactly as they should

I am confounded as to how I lose the connection at a stop light with my phone in my pocket and less than

The only complaint I have, and it's very minor, is that the R and L indicators printed on the ear buds are very faint and really hard to read depending on the light