Going fully Wireless IEMs. Too soon? Or are we there yet?

[Not so fat head]

The Wf-XM5’s I picked up at Best Buy says made in Vietnam, according to the internet, they’re made in China…. Fakes?

 

[Saraugie]

HIFIMAN SVANAR​

50% off at Amazon. FOMO get thee back !!!!! https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0C73D3RQK?th=1&psc=1

That is really tough to pass on. The Svanar are legit good even at $500.

It is the closest to an audiophile tuning I have heard in a TWS. I love it. If using LDAC, start the music, then hit the Bluetooth button to disconnect, and immediately hit the Bluetooth button to reconnect, and the connection is stable.

18 days after buying on Amazon no shipping. WTH? Amazon is the seller, HiFiman shipper. I pulled up the listing again, it said 4 days shipping > from HiFiman. I canceled the 1st order and I'm listening to them from 2nd order 4 days after buying.
I wonder if FATfreq and HlFiman follow the same shipping policies !!!



Paired no problem. Auto EQ in Wavelet & away we go.....M300/LDAC > Note depth/decay best in TWS I've heard. Clear wide soundstage, I can picture the instrument placements. Acoustic guitars > fantastic. Parasite by Ozzie and Zak... it goes deep. A serious earphone TWS or not.

OK, I'm, going to help chase Sally through alley........ see ya!

 

[Saraugie]

I must be the minority, because I've never had bad luck with Apple. They're great.

I have an open chat conversation w/ Apple Support. Any device or software I have a questions about: I type my question and a support chat starts about the issue. Usually it is handled via text.
I don't pay or 'qualify' for it. How much better can it get?

 

[productred]

The BT11 is taking a beating via the comments in the thread here and on Reddit, FiiO even admitted in not so many words they are Beta testing it on us.

I have both and the BT-W6 is far more polished right now and has a fully working Windows App that you can set it up on and move to phone/Mac/games console etc.

The lack of LDAC is not an issue as I knew that to begin with and Creative have never done so and all my phones have supported it from 2016.

I can do LDAC via my BTA30 PRO also the Alt AD2P driver just as well as with the BT11 so the claim of better distance due to their ground-breaking antennae design etc is BS IMO.

The only advantage is I can now use my FW5's properly with LDAC on my PC as both devices shoehorn LDAC onto a chipset that does not support it by using Snapdragon's compression as without it you would be stuck with 600k instead of 900k but it can act up regardless.

If I use my FiiO FW5's with my PC it is 90% of the time via the Creative Dongle (previously BT-W4/5) for aptX Adaptive and the same on my phone or LHDC both of which are better than LDAC all round including SQ/Latency and Battery on the exactly same devices so an apple to apples comparison

I was looking forward to both the BT11 and the BT-W6. I want LDAC so leaned towards BT11 more.

I'm not saying Beta testing on customers is right or is a good thing. But I think it is a case of Fiio vs Creative - a niche ChiFi setup (not too small one but still..) vs a global multi-business corporation. For a small co when they are to roll out something innovative like the BT11 with a lot of time and costs already thrown into the project with not much to learn from existing products on the market, AND with zero return during the R&D period, it is understandable for them to try push it out into the market early (and pre-maturely) to at least reap SOME return to fund the rest of the process.

I don't like how things are going at the moment re the BT11, but I don't want to be too critical of the situation. I hope they work hard to patch things up and I'll be happy to wait for the next batch with the updated firmware.

 

[absolutnie]

Another take on Nothing Ear 2024 EQ if anyone is interested. Bass enhance off

 

[HeadphoneAddict00]

Any thoughts on Nothing Ear 2 vs Technics AZ80? I don't know why it's so hard to find a TWS with a flat midrange

 

[jant71]

So, I figured these Philips buds don't need two screens or mesh combining so I figured I'd take the metal screens off the earphones.

I said they have solid build quality and needles and safety pins would just bend and a knife wouldn't poke through so I needed to use a power drill.

Safe to say not acoustically transparent mesh there. Next up a comparison...

Against the $76 KS100 single dynamic version. Philips stock tips but large for added seal vs. E-Pro Horn TWS on the A&D. Nothing else different except the KS100 connected with AptX and the Philips only has SBC. Similar sound and I'd say totally even but I like the Philips signature slightly more. Also beats the Ceramics in HiFi mode and my $79 Glidic and similarly priced Aviot. I suspected they maybe had one driver for both the higher 69XX model and this so they tweak the path out to turn the higher models "detailed, natural sound" into just "natural sound" for the 3519 model. Or I'm absolutely wrong but they still sound better when all is said and done.

 

[SilverEars]

Anybody use USB Audio Player PRO? Anyway to get bit-perfect output with TWS? Or is that not possible since it would means max volume on the earphone?

 

[SilverEars]

I found something annoying about the GBP3. The case charge state is not indicated when I have the earphones on. Linkbuds S shows you the case charge level as default easily, and automatically indicates as a notification.

Is it possible have GB3P to have a notification on drop down for the charge level of the case? I don't want to go digging after this at times.

 

[cresny]

Anybody use USB Audio Player PRO? Anyway to get bit-perfect output with TWS? Or is that not possible since it would means max volume on the earphone?

What do they mean by "bit-perfect" audio?

 

[resis]

So does the BT-W6 really lower latency for gaming with TWS? Are there better alternatives?

 

[TK33]

I found something annoying about the GBP3. The case charge state is not indicated when I have the earphones on. Linkbuds S shows you the case charge level as default easily, and automatically indicates as a notification.

Is it possible have GB3P to have a notification on drop down for the charge level of the case? I don't want to go digging after this at times.

Not sure about case charge level in the notification drop down or what phone you are using but when my I open my Buds3 Pro case and the GB3P connects to my Fold 5, I get a popup showing me battery level for the left and right earbuds and the case. I also use the Buds3 Pro widget which shows me this information as well.

 

[SilverEars]

Not sure about case charge level in the notification drop down or what phone you are using but when my I open my Buds3 Pro case and the GB3P connects to my Fold 5, I get a popup showing me battery level for the left and right earbuds and the case. I also use the Buds3 Pro widget which shows me this information as well.

My widget only shows earphones charge levels, not the case. I don't know what happened!

 

[Peter Hyatt]

Considerable time with Ariot ZX1 and am impressed by the sound quality. Love the soundstage.

EQ includes 2 custom settings. No issues with app.

 

[SilverEars]

HIFIMAN SVANAR​

50% off at Amazon. FOMO get thee back !!!!! https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0C73D3RQK?th=1&psc=1

I will admit I like the SQ of Svanar. I don't know what it is, but I like how music sounds no this TWS. The measurements don't look all that great in the treble, but for some reason, I like the way it sounds for music. This is very hard since I don't like the build quality, and I also want really great ANC.