Technics Reference Class Hi-Fi Wireless Earbuds,Dolby Atmos...

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"I bought these to replace my Sony WF1000X3's (yes, now two version old) whose charge controller died after 5 years. The Technics offer a notable improvement in sound quality particularly in instrument separation. The bass feels entirely different from the Sony's with the Technics feeling as though the bass were in my head rather than near it. Try the different equalizer settings in the app. These sound better somewhere between the Dynamic and Treble+ settings.Bluetooth connects quickly; within 2-3 seconds of taking it out of the case; a big improvement over the Sony's 15-20 seconds.While the Technics is often described as being not as good as Sony's latest offerings, I expect it to be as good or better than the XM3's. It isn't. It's good, but it has two limitations. The first is that it's effectiveness is driven greatly by the quality of the seal from the eartips, and it's challenging to get a good seal. They need to be pushed in your ear solidly. I recommend going with a smaller eartip than you would expect. The stock eartips work pretty well. I've tried memory foam tips which were amazing on the Sony's, but whose comfort is mediocre due to Technic's mysterious decision to make the ear bud speakers oval and cumbersome to replace. The silicone SpinFit tips provide the best balance of comfort and isolation.Even with a good seal, the ANC isn't the vault-door shutting finality of the Sony's. High pitched noises enter pretty easily with some sounds, like plates being clanked together seem to bypass the ANC entirely. Right now I have Indigo Girls playing on the stereo and even with these earbuds solidly in my ear, the lyrics are understandable even though the music is inaudible. The app's ANC fine tuning does almost nothing to improve this.The stock configuration of the earbuds will result in a noticeable delay between audio and video. This can be remedied by turning on the LDAC codec in the app will resolve this, but at the cost of multi-device connectivity and battery life.Battery life is excellent so far even with LDAC turned. I have yet to wear them for more than 3 hours continuously at which point they were at 56%. The case brought them back to full charge in 10 minutes.We'll see how these hold up long-term; hopefully longer than the 5 years the Sony XM3's survived, especially since the Sony's really died after 3 years, but at least it was possible to change the batteries. Modern earbuds have put an end to that."