Perfect review, thx! I've bought my AZ80 before seeing this, but it just confirmed my belief. Pity they dont perform as good in gaming, but youre right, this is not that purpose. I gonna pair them with my new Huawei Watch 4 Pro - we'll see how it works.
Crazy how much I needed this video its like you are me making this all the same views and a PC gamer to boot, I have the XM5 and AZ80, I have bose too. ANC is important but I do enjoy a good sound. I like th XM5 all round but I get an issue with the foam tips on the left side that causes the ANC mic to tick or tap during quiet songs, otherwise can stay in all day, ANC great. AZ80, great sound, but one place I disagree is that they are awful for ANC near traffic, they dont react or deal with some sounds like Sony with the foam or Bose, the pressure you mentioned, I get within 30 minutes and I get migraines as well as a tight jaw. But the AZ80 sound so damn good. Momentum 4 were on my short list with Jabra elite 10 gen 2, so you helped me a great deal thank you.
I have the sennheiser and Technics and my partner has the Sony. Hands down without a doubt the Technics are the best earbuds I have ever tried. The soundstage and clarity are on a whole new different level and the app has tons of customisation options. Sennheiser has the worst case, I always need a separate bag to carry them and they have connections issues every now and then. Sony are good but definitely over hyped.
I don’t know, I have to disagree. I had the Momentum 3, then tried the AZ80, but I thought the sound just wasn’t as good. The mids were less recessed, but it sounded distant. When I tried different eartips, the sound came closer, but then it was… “splashy” too. The Sennheisers just sounded more “together”. They are not perfect but I do prefer them. Just the basic sound quality, I find to be much better.
I'm sorry, but at these price points, I need earbuds that have replaceable batteries. Also, it would be awesome if these companies started implementing the ability to choose "your' full charge from 80%, 85%, 90% or all the way to 100%. This would help get more than twice the battery life out of them. What kills these tiny lithium batteries is the fact they at 100% the whole time they are in the charger. We can do better!!!
Absolutely agree! The only earbuds that I am aware of that has replaceable batteries are the Fairbuds. The Momentum 4's do offer a battery protection mode which limits the charge to 80%.
You don't get twice the battery life with 80% changing where have you heard that a forum? Replaceable batteries require a larger form factor that's why they don't do it.
Sennheisers, because of the size of their case, are automatically eliminated for me. The Sonys are not bad, but I consider that since the XM3, Sony's ANC on its earbuds has not actually evolved, it's why Sony uses memory foam tips, to me, it's a bit like cheating, because I know that the other two with memory foam tips will be at the same level of ANC if not better. The Tecnics AZ80 are for me currently the best earbuds on the market, very very good sound 🔊, very good transparency mode, good quality of phone call in noisy environments (in fact you can find in the settings the perfect balance between the amount of ambient noise to eliminate and your voice), multipoint with 3 devices, good ANC but which needs to be improved a little bit. What Tecnics needs to improve on the next version, ANC, reduce the size of the earbuds a little bit, but above all, copy the touch gestures of the Pixel Buds Pro (the slide for volume). 🙏🏽
