What is this...
Early impression is the case is very ergonomic and a tank. You can probably step on it. Buds as well are very sturdy plastic. Magnets are quite strong. Tips seem very good so might not even need replacing. There seems to be some room for other tips. Buttons are plastic and in the right place. Fit is very nice. Like the control scheme.
A little hiccup out of the box. I thought they were very low and that scared me. One press on the left is volume up and I got a beep but never a double beep for max volume. I put the L back in the case and took it out again and it fixed it. These have plenty of volume.
First sound impression is, again, solid bass. They always say heavy bass, overwhelming bass, etc. with the solid bass and they always disappoint the bassheads. There is some bass and heft but it is a slight lift more tastefully done. I am not a basshead or in with the neutral crown but want that right in between amount esp. for outside when you lose some to external noise. These have that right amount of boost for outside. SQ out of the box is fun and quite good. Bass is fairly tight out of the box and pretty quick. The sig does have some warmth but it is not the CKR70TW and is better balanced to me. I also don't see any foam inside behind the screen this time.
Quick on the ANC, feedback type only, pretty good but only does low freqs. Need more testing on it of course. Quick transparency drops the volume quite low so you can't hear it so it should just pause but doesn't. Good thing is one press on the L gives you your original volume so you don't have to keep pressing. Transparency setting is pretty natural and quiet for noise. Think it is better than the Jabra here.
Again, the chick doesn't sound Asian and sounds pretty cute. Still might talk a bit much.
So far, pretty damn good and as a new model, even a lower series, it should surpass the old. This so far is better ANC, ambient, and SQ than the CKR70TW.