I've posted this before but it seems new people are exploring the Go Pods and Shure TW2.
From having experience both with the Go Pods and the TW2. IMO, the Go Pods are better if you are mostly listening at home. The case is huge, it does not have great build quality, making it far less a Go Pod than a Stay at Home Pod. They do sound great but the cable from the pod to the IEM can easily be too short for some and/or too stiff. Myself and others had this complaint, which lessened comfort for any longer listening session. I like touch button control, but the pod part of the Go Pods could be too short with not enough surface area poking out from behind your ear to always make it easy to touch right.
Again not so bad chilling at home but annoying on the go. The charging contacts could easily get too dirty to charge and had to be cleaned. No big deal but never had that issue with any TWS before, ones I used much more. And lastly, no app. They can tell you as many times as they want the no app thing is on purpose; it's for a simple put 'em on and forget them experience, but they were just cheap and wanted more money. You don't have to use an app if you don't want to, but even just for firmware updates, come on. Anyway, people do want the option with TWS for basic app features, especially at a premium price. They are $400, they should come with an app, and are overpriced for what you get. Should be max $299. Max. Also the company gaslit the Pod owners with a thread in the sponsored forum essentially promising an app built with community feedback, then almost a year later, when pressed, had zero update on it. As in they hadn't even bothered to start. Too cheap to hire an app developer. But for purely SQ, they are very nice. Imagine with an app and some basic features?
But the Pods are a unique product, so I guess they can get away with an overpriced and under-featured product because of that. I don't respect that type of business practice though. But I get it, when there are a lack of options, there you go. This crap happens.
The Shure TW2. For me, much better portable package, both the case size and the actual device. Serviceable app. A great transparency mode. EQ. They do not put out as much volume, but you can increase it by selecting a different Shure IEM profile, still not as much as the Go Pod. But no lossless codec, but with AptX. And of course, only MMCX. Also the controls are push button, and surprisingly, I really liked their implementation. Works with gloves. Also the controls are slightly customizable. The transparency mode is not only great, better than any TWS I've used, but you can also set it to pause the music when entering ambient mode. To me, that is a small but huge quality of life feautre.
I couldnt' warrant having a $400 invested in a TWS system that was best used at home vs on the go so I sold the Go Pods, your mileage may vary. I can just plug in my IEM's to an A&K HB1 or even the iFi Go Blu and I'm fine with that on many walks, let alone at home. It's so convenient, to me.