[Uncle00Jesse]

PSA: For anyone with an Amex platinum card, remember you get $50 off every 6 months at Saks. It just so happened that Saks added the MTBs on their website yesterday. In case anyone wanted to give them a go. I went the Svanar LE route, they’ll be here tomorrow!

https://www.saksfifthavenue.com/product/montblanc-mtb-03-in-ear-headphones-0400019701138.html

 

[stacey]

Random thought but I’m looking forward to hearing what some audio companies like Noble, Hifiman, A&K can come up with the new S7 Pro chipset. 24/192 lossless over WiFi is a pretty crazy development and I’d wait for that instead of playing around with what’s currently in the market. Only downside is that those features could push prices upwards…

 

[Gilroypro]

Random thought but I’m looking forward to hearing what some audio companies like Noble, Hifiman, A&K can come up with the new S7 Pro chipset. 24/192 lossless over WiFi is a pretty crazy development and I’d wait for that instead of playing around with what’s currently in the market. Only downside is that those features could push prices upwards…

Most users here won't get to experience 24/192 lossless wifi if they won't change their phone preference. Happened when Aptx Lossless was out

 

[maceto]

Most users here won't get to experience 24/192 lossless wifi if they won't change their phone preference. Happened when Aptx Lossless was out

yes likely a year or more away

 

[productred]

You like these better than the Final and Nobles?

Better than Noble - definitely for me but it's a preference thing. I'm so very tired of these shameless V-shape tunings. Mystique is a no-no but the Prestige is not bad.
Better than Final - almost certainly, with Final perhaps preferable if you want to listen for many consecutive hours due to its totally fatigue-free comfy tuning. MTBs are more neutrally tuned so if your music demands aggressiveness they can deliver.

 

[stacey]

Most users here won't get to experience 24/192 lossless wifi if they won't change their phone preference. Happened when Aptx Lossless was out

There’s still laptops and DAPs. However I wouldn’t hold my breath on DAPs having this as an option since generally they’re several generations of Snapdragon behind, and that’s if they use Qualcomm chips. This feature would definitely be better if it worked independently of having a Qualcomm phone.

Apple does have a similar implementation but it’s restricted to the Vision Pro headset, and I somehow doubt that Sony will play nice after spending money on LDAC. It’s getting there but it’s likely to be 1-2 more generations before there’s a lot of devices to take advantage of it.

 

[cresny]

There’s still laptops and DAPs.

I guess you mean the Snapdragon X Elite? They say it rivals Apple silicon and it's coming in 2024. If it works with S7 Pro then I think I may be buying my first non apple laptop in a while.

 

[james444]

Do you have any recommends else?
$20 like Black Friday in EU and NA.

Nothing else, I'm afraid. I've been more into open earphones lately and still use my older TWS whenever I need isolation.

 

[stacey]

I guess you mean the Snapdragon X Elite? They say it rivals Apple silicon and it's coming in 2024. If it works with S7 Pro then I think I may be buying my first non apple laptop in a while.

Not necessarily. AptX is on some Windows machines. And I get AptX when I run Windows on bootcamp for my Mac.

 

[cresny]

Not necessarily. AptX is on some Windows machines. And I get AptX when I run Windows on bootcamp for my Mac.

Aptx is a software codec, but Qualcomm's wifi solution will require Snapdragon hardware on both ends.

 

[stacey]

Qualcomm also makes a lot of connectivity modems for laptops, like 5G, Bluetooth and WiFi. So we’ll see if they relax that for laptops.

 

[cresny]

Qualcomm also makes a lot of connectivity modems for laptops, like 5G, Bluetooth and WiFi. So we’ll see if they relax that for laptops.

And those modems are also used by almost every phone manufacturer. I have know idea about the technical details but would solve everything if they would also break out Snapdragon sound to a separate component.

 

[Not so fat head]

I guess you mean the Snapdragon X Elite? They say it rivals Apple silicon and it's coming in 2024. If it works with S7 Pro then I think I may be buying my first non apple laptop in a while.

I’d test it first, most likely not a big improvement over Apples latest AAC chipsets. Changing a phone is a bigger issue than any perceived sound improvement..

 

[regancipher]

@james444 @regancipher
Can you refer some in-ear tws about $30? Havit, Soul, QCY, Soundpeats, ...
In Vietnam, QCY ht05 about $20 (sale off, new without warranty), Huawei Freebuds 5i about $45 (used with wanrranty, over budget).
Does ht05 have disadvantages?
Thanks

I am releasing a video on the best $30 options next week. HT05 is still my favourite budget option.

Sure, it has some annoyances (I talk about them here) but they sound better than the next best option (Moondrop Space Travel) and have other big advantages too (fully customisable controls and EQ that save to the buds, effective and highly configurable ANC, reasonable call quality, good latency performance, good battery life, etc).

The MST are pretty good, but they also have the non capacitive touch control problem, so they have no real advantages over the HT05 (despite certain YouTubers claiming the MST are 'game changers' or whatever they are saying)

 

[regancipher]

Soundcore AeroFit and AeroFit Pro... https://us.soundcore.com/products/aerofit-pro-a3871011?ref=navimenu_1_1_img


JVC also working on open style with the new Nearphones NP50T...

I've had the Pro for a while. Not really a fan. The driver output section is too big - it rests against your tragus and is quite uncomfortable. I've been quite surprised (although perhaps I shouldn't be) by the reviews claiming they're the best thing since sliced bread - I tested the 1More S50 after them and they blow them out of the water in every category.