Will duly oblige! I actually have both the X2 and the Freedom that I have tested. Let me break it down for simplicity :)   Sound Quality - no aptX in either but hey, these are sports earphones. Negligible as long as microphonics is reduced. X2 is good in balancing both bass and treble. No...

I was lucky enough to try both. Let me attempt to break it down :)   Bose QC20 - it's fantastic in terms of noise cancelation. It's drowns out ambient sounds really effectively. The compromise is the sound quality is bassy and detail is not at a sparkling level.   B&O H3 ANC - the emphasis...

Just shared on FB. Should be an awesome event!

  Awesome stuff! Really reminds me of the good times where you have to actually play a CD track in real time, connect via an optical-in and then press record. It's so manual and authentic..haha   My only Sony was a play-only unit - the MZ-E90. I got this one from Japan and it's so freaking...

  Absolutely! The SR60i is great value :P   Just wondering, are these the headphones (eg HD800S) you would bring when traveling on bus / trains? My context is that I'm on the move so portability is a big factor for me. How's the sound quality for Spotify / Tidal Hi Fi like in these conditions?

  I use a few. There's the Grado SR60i, Klipsch Reference X20i to name a couple. For jogging, I'm using the Jaybird X2.

Just my 2 cents on this. I was using Tidal and Spotify concurrently at one point. Have not tried Google as yet.   Sound quality: To me, I am on the move a lot where I take planes and buses very often. Tidal Hi-Fi and Spotify 320kbps simply could not be differentiated regardless of how good my...