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

[Knightsfan11]

Harmon buying the consumer audio side of Masimo.

https://stereonet.com/news/breaking-masimo-finds-buyer-for-consumer-audio-business

 

[mikp]

mtw4 with lossless seems to stutter on phones. even with wifi\data off.
After 5 minutes or so left bud crackles and dies, reconnect and its fine again.

anyone have the same issue?

 

[helmutcheese]

Yes but I am sure it did not do so when I first got them, so may have been introduced by a later FW update.

This is when out and about with my phone, not sure if same at home as do not use that way normally but works fine on my PC+BT-W6.

 

[mikp]

yes, they work on the eppfun adapter I got. Anyways, on the phone at home no luck, not that I probably would tell the difference.

 

[JackNarrow]

Harmon buying the consumer audio side of Masimo.

https://stereonet.com/news/breaking-masimo-finds-buyer-for-consumer-audio-business

Wow so Samsung now own

JBL
* Bowers and Wilkins
* Denon
AKG


In its press release, Samsung says it “plans to solidify its global No. 1 position in the consumer audio market” by combining the Harman and Massimo businesses...

Umm....

 

[highlightshadow]

mtw4 with lossless seems to stutter on phones. even with wifi\data off.
After 5 minutes or so left bud crackles and dies, reconnect and its fine again.

anyone have the same issue?

Yep -- MTW4 biggest weakness is the signal strength -- AptX lossless is very unstable on these.

 

[mikp]

Yep -- MTW4 biggest weakness is the signal strength -- AptX lossless is very unstable on these.

thanks, so its not my new phone then. My moto was getting bluetooth issues on new chipsets, and I doubt they will fix it.

 

[mainguy]

Wow so Samsung now own

JBL
* Bowers and Wilkins
* Denon
AKG


In its press release, Samsung says it “plans to solidify its global No. 1 position in the consumer audio market” by combining the Harman and Massimo businesses...

Umm....

Wowzer.
I always thought Apple should've bought B&W and had them work on Airpods Max/homepod etc. Instead Apple just poached top B&W engineers.

I wonder if this will affect official Samsung audio products at all.

 

[AudiOhm]

Something new is in the "Air"...

Munich 15/05/2025

https://www.instagram.com/reel/DJJoFbISUVT/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link&igsh=MzRlODBiNWFlZA==

Cheers!!

Quite exciting. Ifi hinted at a tws many months (maybe years) back but nothing since. With scrapped projects on other brands maybe they silently ditched it.

Xmems if true?

The post is interesting though. They do hint at a "lightest set yet" which indicates an iteration on an existing product. On the other hand "air" and the case hint at tws.

Watching this one.

 

[Thesonofkrypton]

Something new is in the "Air"...

Munich 15/05/2025

https://www.instagram.com/reel/DJJoFbISUVT/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link&igsh=MzRlODBiNWFlZA==

Cheers!!

Interesting! Looks to be headphones? Hopefully they're decent pairing with my iDSD BL.

 

[Mr BubbaHyde]

Interesting! Looks to be headphones? Hopefully they're decent pairing with my iDSD BL.

I can say that it is not headphones, but it belongs in this thread...

Cheers!!

 

[Tommy C]

Wow so Samsung now own

JBL
* Bowers and Wilkins
* Denon
AKG


In its press release, Samsung says it “plans to solidify its global No. 1 position in the consumer audio market” by combining the Harman and Massimo businesses...

Umm....

Yeah, I can see them starting to purge certain models and such.
Not a fan of this.

 

[LFC_SL]

Yep -- MTW4 biggest weakness is the signal strength -- AptX lossless is very unstable on these.

Sennheiser?

I got a refurb set from the official store couple months ago, sale event £116. I assume a customer return. Works absolutely fine with the S24 Ultra. I only use it to/from and at the gym, so in a setting with high BT usage. From reviews and online forum posts it seems like Bluetooth headphones are pot luck because of so many different codecs, phones and OS versions

Quite exciting. Ifi hinted at a tws many months (maybe years) back but nothing since. With scrapped projects on other brands maybe they silently ditched it.

Xmems if true?

The post is interesting though. They do hint at a "lightest set yet" which indicates an iteration on an existing product. On the other hand "air" and the case hint at tws.

Watching this one.

Interesting! Looks to be headphones? Hopefully they're decent pairing with my iDSD BL.

Probably a version 2 of the go pods. Slimmer, lighter, faster, all the -ers

 

[Saraugie]

Probably a version 2 of the go pods. Slimmer, lighter, faster, all the -ers

And finger's crossed: w/ a complete package Support App which works well on IOS & Android.

 

[Luchyres]

Fit, form and function. Incredibly light. Wireless charging. More bass, fuller. Sadly, I don’t have the Bose anymore to compare. These have more in common with the Huawei Freeclip (which I love) than the Bose.

If you were picking for a basshead, would you recommend the Open Fit 2, Open Dots or the Freeclip? Will likely use for running/jogging/working out in addition to the usual use cases. (ZX1is not stable enough for me for running). TIA!