[Ghisy]

Subscribed.

Aviot seem to take their sweet a** time to reply. If the cheaper tier is gone by then, I'm out. They lost a potential sale.

 

[Saraguie]

You can customize the EQ on the app. Perhaps it’s pre-loaded on the IEM?

And the difference is that the commands are voiced by the Cowboy Bebop VAs…in Japanese, and the color is red. That’s it.

The shells look different, no?

 

[Gilroypro]

Aviot seem to take their sweet a** time to reply. If the cheaper tier is gone by then, I'm out. They lost a potential sale.

I found the email when I did order the red ones on indigogo at the time. 1500 yen is like $10 to ship

 

[Ghisy]

I found the email when I did order the red ones on indigogo at the time. 1500 yen is like $10 to ship

Did you have to pay customs fees on top of that? I can see you're in the US so maybe it's different. I know I have to now in Europe all the time and it's 20% extra.

 

[Gilroypro]

I don't know that for indigogo but had to pay import fees when it was ready to ship from Worldwide shipping in Japan

 

[stacey]

I don't know that for indigogo but had to pay import fees when it was ready to ship from Worldwide shipping in Japan

You pay import fees in the US? Unless you mean private shipper fees?

 

[Ghisy]

I don't know that for indigogo but had to pay import fees when it was ready to ship from Worldwide shipping in Japan

My bad, I thought you got them early through Indiegogo.

 

[stacey]

The Red one is TE-ZX1. Indiegogo Tiers ($216, $249, $282 USD)
https://aviot.jp/product/te-zx1/
https://www.indiegogo.com/projects/world-first-5-driver-wireless-earbuds-from-japan#/


The Black one is the TE-ZX1-PNK. ¥ 49,500 (Approximately $332 USD)
https://aviot.jp/product/te-zx1-pnk/


The main differences that I've found:

• RED TE-ZX1: The voice guidance clips are recorded by the voice actors playing Cowboy Bebop characters.
  
• BLACK TE-ZX1-PNK: It's tuned by Pierre Nakano, drummer of band Ling Tosite Sigure, focusing on bass dynamics.
  

As far as hardware goes, they have the same specs. Both are using BT 5.3 and have the same battery life.

The shells look different, no?

No. But you may have bought a completely different product.

TE ZX1 is what Gilroypro has. Above is the 5 driver with the Planar DD combo and 3 BA.
TE Z1 is what you linked. It’s a DD planar driver in 1 piece. No BA.

 

[james444]

Did you have to pay customs fees on top of that? I can see you're in the US so maybe it's different. I know I have to now in Europe all the time and it's 20% extra.

I would expect to pay customs fees if they ship from Japan. I backed the Linner Deluxe on Indiegogo and had to pay customs fees when they shipped.

 

[davescleveland]

Depending on pricing tiers:

1. Noble Fokus Prestige
2. Noble Fokus Pro
3. Hifiman Svanar
4. Final ZE8000
5. Devialet Gemini 2
6. Denon Pearl Pro
7. Sennheiser MTW3/4.

I’m sure others can chime in.

I agree. I don't have the geminis. I would switch out the b and o ex there. I'm having difficulty distinguishing a lot of difference between my pro and prestige. Might it be the same with a pretty coating? I dunno. These are all the best of the best. My other question is what about the falcon max versus the prestige? Has anyone compared?

 

[clerkpalmer]

There's a lightning deal on the Status Between 3ANC on Amazon for $129 which ends in 5 hours. I do find it odd the product page images show support for Hi-res AptX codecs. That's clearly wrong.

Not bad if you can deal with the fit (or lack thereof).

 

[Saraguie]

No. But you may have bought a completely different product.

TE ZX1 is what Gilroypro has. Above is the 5 driver with the Planar DD combo and 3 BA.
TE Z1 is what you linked. It’s a DD planar driver in 1 piece. No BA.

I think Gilroypro has both models. Thanks for helping to figure out the models.

 

[Saraguie]

No. But you may have bought a completely different product.

TE ZX1 is what Gilroypro has. Above is the 5 driver with the Planar DD combo and 3 BA.
TE Z1 is what you linked. It’s a DD planar driver in 1 piece. No BA.

This is TOO much $$ but the explanation is English so it's worth a look if interested in the PNK model.

 

[Gilroypro]

I think Gilroypro has both models. Thanks for helping to figure out the models.

Yes I have 3 PNK TWS from Aviot

 

[Uncle00Jesse]

Depending on pricing tiers:

1. Noble Fokus Prestige
2. Noble Fokus Pro
3. Hifiman Svanar
4. Final ZE8000
5. Devialet Gemini 2
6. Denon Pearl Pro
7. Sennheiser MTW3/4.

I’m sure others can chime in.

I’d say that’s a fair list. Honestly I’m surprised the Svanar and Svanar LE aren’t talked about a bit more. For guys that lean more towards jazz, classical, acoustic, some rock and classic rock, they are pretty incredible. Sometimes I’ll still get those holy schiit moments that I’m not listening to my CFA Bonnevilles.