Eagerly waiting to read your take.
I don’t need anything new but I definitely like odd stuff lol
I do think they are a bit of an odd bird. Worth the $99 price of admission. Not really worth it at $300 these days with newer stuff.
Usual JVC lady with an asian accent giving power, pairing, and connected messages. Odd that there is a guy that speaks English with no accent at all will give one message saying the bluetooth is disconnected or device cannot be found. ANC/Ambient/ Voice Enhancement and any other commands do not have voice prompts.
Case is odd. Cool with the button and easy to open and close with one hand. Is showing fingerprints. It does fit the earphones with tips as long as the Sedna Earfits longer type. Case has the R on the left side and the L on the right side so you have to get used to remembering that. Qi works fine.
The stock tips are good for them and are pretty nice. I am also using the M body pieces. These pieces help them be a bit more stable and can give more iso but they don't lock in like fins. So the buds are only gonna stay in with the ear tip fit and seal. I have had the 9.5 gram weight of the earbuds make them fall out of my ear with some tips I have tried. These will be more picky for fit.
The earphones have wear sensors but seem to only use them to save battery life. Can't shut them off in the app. So, harder to burn them in since they won't play if I am not wearing them. The odd part, like I said, is they only seem to want to save battery. If you take the R out it will shut off and vice versa. Doesn't pause the music. The other side will keep playing but you hear the side you take out stop playing.
App is fine gets the job done but not many features. You can't reassign control functions. You can add voice enhancement and set the levels of VE, ambient, and ANC levels when you cycle with the button. I have ambient and ANC set to high each. You can shut the LED off so it doesn't blink when playing which is good for bedroom situations when you might not want to see it.
Controls are good for me. A bit of a learning curve. L button cycles Ambient, ANC, and Off(gives a double beep). R button just answers and rejects calls. L touch panel swipes up and down for volume. Half swipe for one step. Full swipe for two steps at a time. Tap of L touch panel is Play/pause. R touch panel is 1 tap for play/pause, 2 taps for FF and 3 taps for rewind. Swipe on the R side cycles through the ANC and ambient levels. Tap and hold R pauses music and turns ambient on.
Ambient I really like. A smidge of hiss but otherwise really natural to me and good for voices. Outside of the little bit of hiss I think it is my favorite for how it is presented and interacting with people. ANC is the lower frequency type and is slight in amount but if you fit the earphones right they do have good passive. It can be quite a decent difference from Ambient to how much noise is cancelled. More of it does come from the passive side. ANC doesn't alter the sound outside of hearing what is playing a bit more.
Still want to burn them in and decide on tips but the sound is quite good. Clean and pretty tight out of the box. Big and roomy in all dimensions. Sounds right. No weaknesses. Nothing odd here and happy with this aspect them since I first heard them. Nice volume but not the loudest TWS.
A bit odd or quirky. Still quite good. They show their 1.5 year age with no MP or adaptive and their size is from back before the likes of Sony, JVC, and AT started to make things smaller.