Amazon just dropped off these new Philips TAT8506 and I'm actually surprised they don't stink. Didn't think Philips could make a good sounding headphone. Well, I'm wrong. These sound good and ANC is very good at home. Even blocks out Paw Patrol... sigh...
Amazon just dropped off these new Philips TAT8506 and I'm actually surprised they don't stink. Didn't think Philips could make a good sounding headphone. Well, I'm wrong. These sound good and ANC is very good at home. Even blocks out Paw Patrol... sigh...
For $190-200 the MTW3 seems like a really good value, but I'll be damned if I don't think they sounded very average when I've tried them out. I've been so close to buying them for the discounted price... But then I remember that I've heard them.
I don't know if I'm literally going crazy but I really enjoyed the MTW2 even though it wasn't perfect, but the MTW3 left me surprised with how poor I found the audio quality/tuning to be, even messing with the EQ in the app. Sure, Wavelet could probably improve them a lot... But eh.
Not sure what everybody else is hearing that I'm not hearing.
E5A or E5B? I got the B here that just came out, new 7s enroute from our Amazon friends in Japan. I really didn't like the E5As. I think back when I had them, Amazon US accidentally sent me a case of them (no lie). I was the good customer who sent them back and kept one.
Just my opinion....
I never update immediately. I listen for a while, if I like what I hear, then good enough. I'll check update history and feedback, and maybe update...
Can save you many headaches.
- Beautiful case and nice build quality
- Very comfortable
- Secure fit (have only tried the silicone tips so far)
- Significantly louder than the EQ
- Very enjoyable sound (with ANC on)
- Responsive touch controls
- Multipoint Bluetooth out of the box
- Extended three years warranty - very nice and welcome for the high price point.
- Connection so far has been stable.
- IP57 rating, still fairly rare for many TWS.
- Seemingly frequent firmware updates so far
Neutral:
- Average ANC, I can already tell.
- Transparency mode isn't very strong either (but at least doesn't have white noise)
- OK app. Pretty much the same features as the EQ had.
- A tiny bit shouty on high volumes? Not sure yet...
Negative:
- Unfortunately no customizable touch controls
- Sound in ANC mode is significantly bassier than in "neutral" mode. Seems a bit flat and lifeless in neutral mode as a first impression.
- In single bud mode, the right bud can only skip tracks forward and the left one only backwards.
- No volume control in single bud mode as well as no transparency mode.
Cannot say anything about battery life or call quality yet.
I do like them so far. As expected though, not sure if they are necessarily worth 399, especially in comparison to the MTW3 I paid half the price for but time will tell. They are definitely way more comfortable than the EQ and thankfully so much louder, too.
- Beautiful case and nice build quality
- Very comfortable
- Secure fit (have only tried the silicone tips so far)
- Significantly louder than the EQ
- Very enjoyable sound (with ANC on)
- Responsive touch controls
- Multipoint Bluetooth out of the box
- Extended three years warranty - very nice and welcome for the high price point.
- Connection so far has been stable.
- Seemingly frequent firmware updates so far
Neutral:
- Average ANC, I can already tell.
- Transparency mode isn't very strong either (but at least doesn't have white noise)
- OK app. Pretty much the same features as the EQ had.
- A tiny bit shouty on high volumes? Not sure yet...
Negative:
- Unfortunately no customizable touch controls
- Sound in ANC mode is significantly bassier than in "neutral" mode. Seems a bit flat and lifeless in neutral mode as a first impression.
- In single bud mode, the right bud can only skip tracks forward and the left one only backwards.
- No volume control in single bud mode as well as no transparency mode.
Cannot say anything about battery life or call quality yet.
I do like them so far. As expected though, not sure if they are necessarily worth 399, especially in comparison to the MTW3 I paid half the price for but time will tell. They are definitely way more comfortable than the EQ and thankfully so much louder, too.
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