Somehow this flew under my radar, thanks for the impressions! It appears the SQ of the BQC35 would fit my bill a bit better. On the other hand I do like good passive isolation and the X8 do remind me a bit of my old old Jabra Sport Elite, my first ever TWS pair ... which I would probably by again if I saw a mega deal, just for nostalgia's sake.
Me too it appears, but more because corona virus seems to be shutting down AliExpress and that's my only source ... have not seen any new interesting TWS popping up in a while ... But I also think I have enough (do I ever)
Speaking of ANC needs, seen
THIS one? they claim they have 'Adaptive Noise Cancelling (Pure ANC)' .. not sure if they understand the meaning of 'pure' ... but at this price I doubt this is real ANC