Going fully Wireless IEMs. Too soon? Or are we there yet?

[Not so fat head]

This is new to me, but maybe not to y’all..
Take these Amazon vine customers reviews with a grain of salt..

 

[cresny]

I'm waiting on Technics support to send me my 10% coupon code lol I signed up for the newsletter to get it two days ago, and I already started getting marketing emails from them, but no coupon code. So now it's escalated up. I've never ordered from them directly before.

In case you are using Gmail mine was under Promotions

 

[ipaddy]

Noble Rex5 is likely at the top of the heap now for sound quality. But what do folks think of the newly announced Technics AZ-100? The EAZ-80 was not all *that* much worse than the Noble, so...

 

[Knightsfan11]

Noble Rex5 is likely at the top of the heap now for sound quality. But what do folks think of the newly announced Technics AZ-100? The EAZ-80 was not all *that* much worse than the Noble, so...

On paper, they seem to tick all the boxes I'd want ticked from a TWS. But, paying that kind of money for a product likely to be redundant in 2-3 years, is not at the top of my priority list.

 

[clerkpalmer]

On paper, they seem to tick all the boxes I'd want ticked from a TWS. But, paying that kind of money for a product likely to be redundant in 2-3 years, is not at the top of my priority list.

You mean like every piece of tech item ever made? Do you have a cell phone? Weird comment.

 

[Not so fat head]

On paper, they seem to tick all the boxes I'd want ticked from a TWS. But, paying that kind of money for a product likely to be redundant in 2-3 years, is not at the top of my priority list.

But, you’ll get to enjoy it for 2-3 years. I need to move up the food chain eventually.
Hanging around the approx. $250 range..

 

[spinrite]

Testing my Geekfly L6 tws last few days they have blown my mind and audio performance wise they surpassed my expectations how good bluetooth wireless audio can be when done right. Immediate bullet points positives would be immersive, smooth musical sound signature, precision and details in the retrieval, expansive, three-dimensional soundstage, finesse and realism of the sound reproduction, stable solid connectivity even at distances from the source, natural anc with deep insertion and they stay put once inserted and seated with the right tips, plenty high quality codecs available hi res connectivity, lots of accessories and tip options, beautiful large leather like box case to keep it all stashed away and together, my new end game IEMs, let see how long I can stay away . Support for these for anyone concerned about battery degradation over the 2-3 year use period, geekfly is standing behind these with a 10 year free battery replacement this is big positive that sold me. A few negatives they are chunky and thick boys but for the design and internals these have it's to be expected but at least they are lightweight the app is a work in progress and they are working on a improved, updated app to be released soon and only works on Android at the moment, iOS is coming, no multipoint pairing, no wireless. For sound, gotta give credit to the engineering for tuning these right. They aren't tuned to sound bass heavy and dark, I would call it that there's right amount bass response and it digs deep. The L6s has the sub-bass extension I like and would expect from planars, but has an extra mid-bass bump that makes the audio immersive and musical with perfect amount of slam, but the bump doesn't bleed into mids and the mids hit more neutral than forward and lush with natural pleasant timbre. The sub-bass on the L6 really something else, between the 2 piezoelectric drivers and 10mm planar drivers whether or not it's coming from the 2 piezoelectric drivers and/or the planar drivers still has to be figured out but it's not dark or a muffled sound signature. L6 uses copper gold-plated sound chamber and brass material, which can absorb the excess reflected sound waves in each unit, making the sound more clean and transparent which could also positively enhance on the 2 piezoelectric resonance bone conduction drivers but well done Geekfly. I owned the MTW4, liked those the audio tuning was a favorite of mine but flawed in many other aspects, Pi8s wasn't a fan although they were comfortable, the negatives was on the high end unfortunately the section that I think got forgotten about. Yes, it does get a lot of detail and clarity, but compared to the driving low end, it feels weak and under appreciated and the latency was another issue.

 

[ipaddy]

On paper, they seem to tick all the boxes I'd want ticked from a TWS. But, paying that kind of money for a product likely to be redundant in 2-3 years, is not at the top of my priority list.

The Rex5 is $450. The AZ100 is $300. Rex5 sounds great. If one can use that for 3 years without battery failing, I'd be more than happy.

 

[darveniza]

Not TWS but just received the Roseselsa_Distant Mountain

 

[helmutcheese]

Another AZ100 review with lot of app screens:

https://www.ecoustics.com/reviews/technics-eah-az100-true-wireless-earbuds/

TOZO announces Golden X2 Pro earbuds with AI translation​

https://www.soundguys.com/tozo-announces-golden-x2-pro-earbuds-with-ai-translation-130598/

 

[clerkpalmer]

The Rex5 is $450. The AZ100 is $300. Rex5 sounds great. If one can use that for 3 years without battery failing, I'd be more than happy.

The AZ will not sound like the Rex or even close.

Another AZ100 review with lot of app screens:

https://www.ecoustics.com/reviews/technics-eah-az100-true-wireless-earbuds/

TOZO announces Golden X2 Pro earbuds with AI translation​

https://www.soundguys.com/tozo-announces-golden-x2-pro-earbuds-with-ai-translation-130598/

It's tempting to order a new toy. But will these best the superb Rex and very good pi8.

 

[helmutcheese]

Some reviewers say they sound better than the Pi8, I did not like the "empty/hollow barrel sound (for want of a better description) of the AZ80 if you remember and I was not alone in this but the fit/comfort and ANC were good, cannot remember if the real life battery life was good or bad via LDAC and mostly 16/44.1 audio files.

The AMZ UK pre-order sold out for the black, only silver remains.

 

[dmphile]

Testing my Geekfly L6 tws last few days they have blown my mind and audio performance wise they surpassed my expectations how good bluetooth wireless audio can be when done right. Immediate bullet points positives would be immersive, smooth musical sound signature, precision and details in the retrieval, expansive, three-dimensional soundstage, finesse and realism of the sound reproduction, stable solid connectivity even at distances from the source, natural anc with deep insertion and they stay put once inserted and seated with the right tips, plenty high quality codecs available hi res connectivity, lots of accessories and tip options, beautiful large leather like box case to keep it all stashed away and together, my new end game IEMs, let see how long I can stay away . Support for these for anyone concerned about battery degradation over the 2-3 year use period, geekfly is standing behind these with a 10 year free battery replacement this is big positive that sold me. A few negatives they are chunky and thick boys but for the design and internals these have it's to be expected but at least they are lightweight the app is a work in progress and they are working on a improved, updated app to be released soon and only works on Android at the moment, iOS is coming. For sound, gotta give credit to the engineering for tuning these right. They aren't tuned to sound bass heavy and dark, I would call it that there's right amount bass response and it digs deep. The L6s has the sub-bass extension I like and would expect from planars, but has an extra mid-bass bump that makes the audio immersive and musical with perfect amount of slam, but the bump doesn't bleed into mids and the mids hit more neutral than forward and lush with natural pleasant timbre. The sub-bass on the L6 really something else, between the 2 piezoelectric drivers and 10mm planar drivers whether or not it's coming from the 2 piezoelectric drivers and/or the planar drivers still has to be figured out but it's not dark or a muffled sound signature. L6 uses copper gold-plated sound chamber and brass material, which can absorb the excess reflected sound waves in each unit, making the sound more clean and transparent which could also positively enhance on the 2 piezoelectric resonance bone conduction drivers but well done Geekfly. I owned the MTW4, liked those the audio tuning was a favorite of mine but flawed in many other aspects, Pi8s wasn't a fan although they were comfortable, the negatives was on the high end unfortunately the section that I think got forgotten about. Yes, it does get a lot of detail and clarity, but compared to the driving low end, it feels weak and under appreciated and the latency was another issue.

Congrats! Nice impressions. If you've heard the FoKus Prestige or Rex5, how do they compare?

Also, do they have multi point connectivity by chance?

 

[spinrite]

Congrats! Nice impressions. If you've heard the FoKus Prestige or Rex5, how do they compare?

Also, do they have multi point connectivity by chance?

Haven't tried the Rexs but this member has both maybe he can come in @Gilroypro

 

[dmphile]

Haven't tried the Rexs but this member has both maybe he can come in @Gilroypro

He did give me a brief description on the two and says the L6 comes out on top in SQ but as always, I'm gathering more data points to make my decision.