Moondrop’s Mirage earbuds put Hatsune Miku’s voice in your ears

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The Mirage are Hatsune Miku earbuds first. Her classic V3 artwork is recreated across the teal faceplates on white shells, and the voice that confirms your pairing is Miku herself.

Under the artwork, Moondrop built a complete budget true wireless earbud: a 10mm dynamic driver, adaptive noise canceling, and app-based tuning.

Price: $49.99
Where to Buy: Amazon

Is Miku really everywhere on these?

Every surface carries the collaboration. The earbuds recreate the classic Hatsune Miku V3 artwork with laser-etched patterns and her iconic 01 ID number worked into the design. The retail box carries the full V3 illustration, so the collaboration starts before the case opens.

She talks to you, too. Miku voices the system prompts in Japanese, covering power, pairing, mode changes, and low battery, and the package includes a silicone protective cover shaped like a scallion.

The box keeps it simple: the earbuds and their charging case, a charging cable, the manual, and a brand card, with the scallion cover as the one flourish. The case itself carries the collaboration too: white shell, translucent teal lid, and the red 01 mark on the front.

Is the driver more than a costume?

The driver is a 10mm dynamic unit with a variable-damping diaphragm and a nano-titanium crystal dome, and Moondrop rates total harmonic distortion at or under 0.05 percent, with the tuning work done on a B&K 5128 measurement rig.

Bluetooth 6.0 handles the connection. The codec list runs SBC, AAC, and LHDC.

Android phones that carry LHDC can feed the driver the wider stream Moondrop built it for, once LHDC is enabled in the MOONDROP Link app. LHDC can shorten battery life and make the connection more susceptible to interference, and the battery ratings in this piece are AAC figures, not LHDC figures. Connection range is rated at about 10 meters, open and unobstructed.

What does the noise canceling actually do?

RT-Adaptive ANC, the adaptive noise canceling Moondrop brands under that name, runs on a four-microphone array, and a transparency mode lets the room back in when you need it.

Calls get their own help. Hardware-accelerated AI ENC reduces background noise around your voice on the call pickup.

What can I change in the app?

The MOONDROP Link app carries a 10-band parametric EQ, plus personalized sound files that let a listener load a ready-made profile instead of building one band at a time, so the stock tuning can stay exactly as it ships or take on more low end.

Touch controls are customizable in the app, and a low-latency gaming mode covers video and games. Dual-device connection is in. Your phone and laptop can share the pair.

How long will they last on one charge?

Moondrop rates the buds at about 12.5 hours of playback from a 55mAh cell in each earbud, and the 400mAh charging case adds about 41 additional hours before it needs a cable itself. Those are the manufacturer’s rated figures, measured with fully charged buds and case playing continuous music at 50 percent volume over AAC, with no ANC condition stated.

Charging runs over USB-C. The box includes the cable.

Are they worth it if I’m not a Miku fan?

These are Miku earbuds first.

Price: $49.99
Where to Buy: Amazon

If Miku means nothing to you, the teal is a lot to wear, and plain earbuds do the same job without the artwork. If she does mean something to you, the prompts alone justify the pair: Miku voices the pair’s prompts in Japanese, in her own voice.

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