After a couple of flights my verdict is that these are fine for flying.
The noise canceling cuts out engine noise to an acceptable level, I would say these provide 75-80% the isolation of the full size XM3s.
I am still somewhat surprised that the most balanced wireless sound is coming from Sony TW earbuds. There is no overbloated bass like on every other ANC earbud or headphone I tried, and I tried a good number of them.
Comfort is ok, I really like that I can tilt my head and snooze with these on the plane which is not possible with full sized headphones. And these sound better (at least more balanced) to my ears than the XM3 headphones.
These are for sure the best true wireless option for now as far as overall comfort and sound goes.
And the problems:
It is hard to find comfortable ear tips. Nothing really works for me from the box and I am reluctant to spend another £10-40 on different tips that might work better.
I don't like the look. They remind me to the Bluetooth headsets from 10-20 years ago. Some people thought those were cool. I didn't.
If I could improve one thing on the sound that would be bass detail, resolution and extension. Bass quantity is surprisingly fine. All in all sound quality is good for what it is.
And a question at the end:
Why on earth is the sound thin in the first 60 seconds every time I start playing? After about 60 secs there is always a change when the sound gets fuller.
Edit: I forgot to add, that the touch controls are pretty poor.
The noise canceling cuts out engine noise to an acceptable level, I would say these provide 75-80% the isolation of the full size XM3s.
I am still somewhat surprised that the most balanced wireless sound is coming from Sony TW earbuds. There is no overbloated bass like on every other ANC earbud or headphone I tried, and I tried a good number of them.
Comfort is ok, I really like that I can tilt my head and snooze with these on the plane which is not possible with full sized headphones. And these sound better (at least more balanced) to my ears than the XM3 headphones.
These are for sure the best true wireless option for now as far as overall comfort and sound goes.
And the problems:
It is hard to find comfortable ear tips. Nothing really works for me from the box and I am reluctant to spend another £10-40 on different tips that might work better.
I don't like the look. They remind me to the Bluetooth headsets from 10-20 years ago. Some people thought those were cool. I didn't.
If I could improve one thing on the sound that would be bass detail, resolution and extension. Bass quantity is surprisingly fine. All in all sound quality is good for what it is.
And a question at the end:
Why on earth is the sound thin in the first 60 seconds every time I start playing? After about 60 secs there is always a change when the sound gets fuller.
Edit: I forgot to add, that the touch controls are pretty poor.
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