Is the Cambridge Audio Melomania A100 worth the upgrade from the Powerbeats Pro 2?

Verdict

Meaningful upgrade

The Cambridge Audio Melomania A100 scores 7.0 points above the Powerbeats Pro 2. That's a real improvement, though not the kind you'd notice on every track. The gains are concentrated in value (7.0 to 9.6) and sound (7.9 to 9.0). On paper: battery life 10 h to 11 h, codecs AAC to SBC, AAC, aptX Adaptive, aptX Lossless, LDAC and bluetooth 5.3 to 5.4. Worth checking: battery life (anc on) goes 8 h to 6.5 h and battery incl. case goes 45 h to 39 h. One caution: this steps down a line tier (Powerbeats Pro 2 to Melomania A100), and base models usually trade away tier features - check the codec and ANC rows above before trusting the score gap alone. It's also $151 cheaper, which makes this an easy call. Worth doing if you're replacing anyway; harder to justify as a pure upgrade if what you have still works.