Audiophile's go to pick for TWS
To set the scene, I LOVE audio – I own some Focal Clear headphones (1k headphones) and have tried all sorts over the years in terms of low, mid and high-end audio.

Now the issue with most popular TWS or Headphones, such as the Sony or Apple products, is they try to tune their audio performance to suit untrained ears in a ‘v shape’ of frequency response, where it’s thought users tend to think lots of bass and treble means a product sounds good. In reality, this has actually been proven wrong multiple times by Harman and various academic studies that use the ‘Harman frequency curve’ as their basis for studies on this matter. Worth looking that up actually if you’re curious but anyhow, fortunately Samsung now own AKG so have a company with good history of audio performance working on their tech whilst also, amazingly, being parent company of Harman. The combination? A very balanced set of earphones that, by far, offer the best audio performance for any TWS sub 500 and even in the IEM space for products double the price of these and even still, you’d need a decent DAC for a IEM so these are truely amazing value for the 99-150 they are on sale for. They aren’t flawless to be fair, the highs can be a touch harsh at times but most wouldn’t notice if they don’t daily drive 1k headphones and I mean, genuinely, if I did a blind audio test I’d suggest these cost 300+

Active noise cancelling is decent, it does well with low and mid frequencies but less so with high frequencies so you tend to hear high frequency highlights of the audio around you, not a big deal but sometimes I’ll find myself turning off the ANC because of this. To be honest, normal IEM’s without in-build mics and talk-through technologies actually do a really good job of passive noise isolation which, I’d say, actually beats the ANC you get on most TWS including these but the feature of being able to hear pass through audio around you can actually be really nice, particularly in places likes airports or public transport if you need to hear announcements or what’s going on and ultimately mean you don’t ever need to take them off until you arrive in the office or destination.

Integration into android devices works well also, especially with my Samsung S21. No real surprise, but still had to be mentioned.

Battery with ANC is circa 6 hours, they do charge fast in the case and this works well enough for me. For a longer flight I’d probably take my over-ear headphones anyway.

Oh and the best bit, these were on sale for 99….. BARGAIN for that price and I’d still call them good value at 200