I Tried The Most HYPED Earphones: Lypertek × HeadphoneZone Pureplay Z3 review! 

Thank you, Raghav. :)

@@TechReflex I don't have any doubt these are good, value-for-money, budget tws for audiophiles but the marketing strategy used by HZ raises a few red flags for me. What I don't understand is that the Pureplay Z3 has been around for a long time now and this particular version has absolutely no changes made to it (per the founder of HZ himself) except addition of a logo. I wish you called out the fact that it's not a new product. This is a red flag even more so when almost all youtubers who have featured this product (including Paul's POV) in the last couple of months seem to be omitting the same detail. If the earbuds are good, sell more numbers by all means, but please call out important details in a review. Finally, if these are paid promotions which it seems to be (no cons other than patchy app support, seriously? and that "these are the best tws for audiophiles in this price range and above"?), please mention the same in the video. Weird that after 3 or 4 years, HZ would try to sell more of these using a new marketing strategy and get reviewers to not even mention the fact that these have been around for a while. But happy to be corrected if anything mentioned here is wrong of course

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What discounts?? It's showing 17k on Amazon 🥲

Did you connect them normally via BT settings, or by using quick pair feature?

Yamaha TW E3B is best between this two and right now its 3k which is a steal deal, lypertek at 6k is overpriced

Will check them out once I cover the 5-6 due products that got collected during the break. :)

I don't think that anyone, including HPZ is claiming that this is a new product or is superior to the regular version in any way. When I constantly referred to "pureplay series having a distinct aesthetic", and "audiophiles keep raving about the quality of this series", I did assume that people who are familiar with Lypertek would know about them. I also don't understand your issues with the marketing here, because I don't think anyone is claiming that the HPZ version of any product is better/has more features than the regular version. It's more like HPZ giving it a recommendation by getting their own logo added to it, and them also being big enough that brands are ready to make customized items for their store. With a quick google search, anyone can find the regular versions as well, so doesn't make sense to 'hide' that part intentionally in videos. Also, why do you think that by default a products 'should' have some cons? This isn't a smartphone, it's just a basic earbud, if it delivers is most areas where would you find a 'con'? I had included a long rant about the app being bad, but then I found the info on their website that they declared that their version just doesn't support the app, which may have been done to just avoid the discussion of the app altogether. And I did mention about the interference noise.

@@TechReflex #1 "I don't think that anyone, including HPZ is claiming that this is a new product or is superior to the regular version in any way. When I constantly referred to "pureplay series having a distinct aesthetic", and "audiophiles keep raving about the quality of this series", I did assume that people who are familiar with Lypertek would know about them." I didn't say you or HZ is claiming that this is a new/superior product. However, is that the same as choosing to omit the disclaimer in a review of said product that this is only a rebranding and a minor one at that? Secondly, you are referring to a series of products (per your admittance), why not the product itself. Can you see why this might cause confusion to an average Joe who might not be familiar with Lypertek or their recent offerings? It's a simple thing, instead of raving about the series, it would have been easier and clearer for the viewer if you just said that the Pureplay Z3 has been around and has proved itself over these years. #2 "I also don't understand your issues with the marketing here, because I don't think anyone is claiming that the HPZ version of any product is better/has more features than the regular version. It's more like HPZ giving it a recommendation by getting their own logo added to it, and them also being big enough that brands are ready to make customized items for their store." Simple question to you - You wouldn't raise an eyebrow if Samsung for example, re-introduced the original Buds Pro, no matter how good they were at the time, made no improvements to any of the features and yet added an Amazon logo and marketed them again 4 years later and reviewers make no mention of the fact that they have been around for a while? All I'm saying is this move raises red flags for me and I've seen a couple of comments here itself reflecting the same sentiment. HZ is a business enterprise and they are well within their rights to use any legal marketing strategy to sell more units of a product. I do not have an issue with the strategy they used, however, I do have an issue with reviewers brushing off this detail as something that should have been understood and not mention it even as a piece of information that the consumer should be aware of. If this is a paid promotion, which I'm sure is a necessary part of any business and there's nothing wrong with that as long as there is a disclaimer in the video itself. If it's not a paid promotion, I don't understand why reviewers would omit such a detail. #3 "With a quick google search, anyone can find the regular versions as well, so doesn't make sense to 'hide' that part intentionally in videos." I'll take your word for it and perform a search. This is what I get from a "quick" google search in India. In the top 10 search results, 3 are from HZ promoting the product, 2 from Lypertek themselves and 5 from various reviews around the world published in 2021. I'm not sure how this google search would have helped me figure out if this is indeed a new product or just a minor rebranding of something that was launched years back. Forgive me, if you think it's that simple and SEO is not a thing that brands do for marketing, you might be a little out of touch with consumer ground reality. #4 "Also, why do you think that by default a products 'should' have some cons? This isn't a smartphone, it's just a basic earbud, if it delivers is most areas where would you find a 'con'? I had included a long rant about the app being bad, but then I found the info on their website that they declared that their version just doesn't support the app, which may have been done to just avoid the discussion of the app altogether. And I did mention about the interference noise." If buying consumer electronics has taught us anything especially as Indians, be it a smartphone or a "basic" earbud (although I don't think there's anything basic about the technology behind them), it's that everything has flaws and nothing is perfect. If someone pushes a product and says there are no flaws or as in this case, mention a flaw which people have been complaining for years about (reflected in the app's reviews), but absolve the seller just because they declared on their website that app support is absent, now we're back to the illusion that the product has no flaws. I get that these are targeted towards audiophiles, but not even a mention of the call quality, fit and comfort, connectivity, firmware updates, etc.? You will forgive me again if I don't think this review is balanced. These points are critical, but they are meant to be constructive for a review. Please see them as they are if you can. The seller/brand can market their products however they wish, it will always be my responsibility aided by reviewers like you to make good purchasing decisions for the hard-earned money I spend. I might even buy these earbuds, but that's a decision I would take despite knowing their flaws and accepting them because the pros make it a good deal for me. A good way to avoid buyer's remorse.

Nope

That's planned for this year's models, I do group reviews of 7-8 IEMs every year.

​@@TechReflexwaiting for your iem comparison video eagerly 🫡

U better get the one plus buds...lypertek and all these headphones/earphones of the like are geared towards people who like flat or near neutral sounding devices.

It was this PurePlay Z3 version, or some older Lypertek model?

Yep. I think that's why HPZ just straight up declared that app is not supported, even tho it can work in many cases. The constant frustration is worse than not even trying it, but people can try their luck if they want to customise the controls.