A few pictures hopefully it helps, they are bit shorter and angle varied a bit. The M2 are not as deep as the original. Tuning feels improved versus original. But when it comes to ANC the 60M1 with XL tips gave me better ANC than the M2; both both are better than the AZ80 and I think it comes from the shape and of course my ears .
I bought my XM5's today. I have to be honest, I think this might be the first time Sony has made TWS earbuds I actually like the sound of.
Like, they're not in my top 5 for sound by any means, but I thought the sound of the XM4's was... not good, not at all. The XM3's were not great either, zero soundstage, like a negative soundstage??? just in your head and nothing else, almost made me feel claustrophobic.
It's still not remarkable by any means, and out of the manufacturers that are popular these days, I find Sony to be the ones least focused on that aspect, but it's so much better.
These sound pretty clean, bass is somewhat snappy but sub-bass extension isn't especially great, but at least it manages to not be super mid-bass bloaty. Very non-offensive tuning, pretty much.
The fit at least for MY ears is fantastic (well, so far) while the XM4 was horrible for me, so as per usual... your mileage may very with that, some people say that the new ones are supposed to worse for fit... well, for my ears these are about 10x better.
Just based on first impressions, they're obviously not going to sound better than Mystique/Svanar/ZE8000/Nuratrue Pro/Aviot TE-Z1PNK's of the world, and possibly (probably) not even trouncing the QCII/Status Between 3ANC-range either, but I think it'll land somewhere after those if we're talking pure sound. But these are not just about sound so it's unfair to just compare them on that. But I haven't tested out much else so far so I will probably say more a little later on.
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Oh and yeah, the earbuds themselves, the design? Awful honestly. The XM4's at least looked a bit premium, these ones look like they're cheap Soundpeats earbuds or something. Slippery as all heck too.
Of course higher bitrate codecs aren't gonna enhance the sound signature itself but the usually the higher the codec, the cleaner and better detailed the sound gets. I love my Noble Fokus Pro but always keep using my LDAC and Aptx Lossless TWS more as to me when going back to the Noble, the sound detail feels lessened. So yeah IMO, the higher codecs makes the sound a step up in some regard
I updated my 2 Sennhesier TWSM2’s and that combined with my new iPhone now has excellent sound.. What amazes me, but shouldn’t (it’s Sennheiser after all), is the consistency between the two devices. Jumping back and forth, I simply can’t tell the difference…. Great job Sennheiser!
My pre-order with B&H for the AZ80 has been in since May, with no sign of them... I used PayPal, which means they charged me right away unlike credit card orders that usually only get charged when the product ships... I am kind of thinking that I will never see these from B&H...
Of course higher bitrate codecs aren't gonna enhance the sound signature itself but the usually the higher the codec, the cleaner and better detailed the sound gets. I love my Noble Fokus Pro but always keep using my LDAC and Aptx Lossless TWS more as to me when going back to the Noble, the sound detail feels lessened. So yeah IMO, the higher codecs makes the sound a step up in some regard
Been reading the last pages of the thread and most discussion seems to be about Sony xm5 and competitors.
For somebody like me that's looking for something below 70€ what would you guys recommend? Is there anything like all those wired chifi items (Moondrop Chu, 7hz Zero, Crinacle collars in general, etc) in the wireless world?
Its for the gym and sport in general so it has to no drop easily when moving. Sound cancelation not needed,
Been reading the last pages of the thread and most discussion seems to be about Sony xm5 and competitors.
For somebody like me that's looking for something below 70€ what would you guys recommend? Is there anything like all those wired chifi items (Moondrop Chu, 7hz Zero, Crinacle collars in general, etc) in the wireless world?
Its for the gym and sport in general so it has to no drop easily when moving. Sound cancelation not needed,
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