I hear you. The Variations, Blessing 2 and the like are molded like true IEMs. Probably why I gravitate to them, that and the sound. Man, just love it. So, I've had my TW2s on my ears since say, 8am. Not always with music. Mix of music, ambient, Zooms. Variations on them. I just finally charged them when they hit 10% left. Not bad. I bet they would have lasted another 30-45.
Nice. Great to hear they made it through the conf calls, etc. Another key goal.
They say the curiosity killed the cat.
Same here though. For years I chased good sound IEMs. Most I spent was around $450 on a set. Then all these indie players up their game and prices and $1000 for IEMs was kind of the new normal for a flagship. I was out of the race for a while due to a new career path and found happiness with my trusty Jabra.
Admittedly I'm quite happy with my current rotation but using the UE900 here and there feels like TWS has still a long way to go but the TW2 adapters sort of help to bridge that gap.
SO true. All of this.Exactly. The Fokus is what killed me. Tough to put in some of the TWS I have now for listening to music, it's that different. I always have the wireless cans too, so not overly keen to drop thousands on a fancy iem setup. End up chasing the rabbits down their holes
I dunno man, nothing I've heard in wireless (over the ear or not) compares even close to my Solaris. I've heard high end wired over the hear that compares, but for me the isolation of an IEM beats the best full setup I've personally heard. So I'm very interested to see what the TW2 would do with Solaris. But it's another 190 bucks, when I might just want to spend for Fokus or wait for Fokus 2. So we shall see.Exactly. The Fokus is what killed me. Tough to put in some of the TWS I have now for listening to music, it's that different. I always have the wireless cans too, so not overly keen to drop thousands on a fancy iem setup. End up chasing the rabbits down their holes
I’m looking at some budget options like the campfire comet and Moondrop aria to get some itches scratched
For some reason it actually started on the 4th so we got all the info. You missed the Monster with the 2 DNA models and the Jabra Elite 4 Active. Probably best they released the 4 Active later on cause at $120 and with ANC and aptX it is a better deal than the 7 Active.
Multipoint up to 2 devices, ANC and their Jabra app which is always pretty solid, it's an interesting product. I'm curious how's the sound quality.
My local audio shop recommended the CA Honeydew. Sadly they were out of stock when I checked a while back and no demo unit available at that time.
And a 10 mm DD. I put myself on waitlist on warehouse site.
Early CNET review liked them but still brings up the older models at the cheap prices they are going for. That has been constant for all the new models; saying the older are so cheap now and more premium feeling or whatever that you can go that route instead. The new Jabra generation hasn't gone over as well as they would have hoped. From when the battery life dropped quite a bit and no aptX on the higher models and MP was not gonna happen till a ways after they came out. Jabra while still good is no longer a "heavy hitter" to borrow from bladefd.
What sound sig are you after. The comet is only a 1 BA. The Aria is nice and balanced... What else are you looking for man
Something about the Comet is tempting despite single BA. Maybe because it’s campfires’ version of it. Reviews call it balanced; because ported, strong bass. And $99 for open box.
