Most TWS earphones sound disgusting. I stated this 5 years ago, and nothing has changed in these 5 years: everything ‘true wireless’ that came into my hands by accident (like, a colleague let me try it on) sounded very, very bad. However, there were always some people who would appear in the comments section with a take like «why are you messing with your wires when there are OK wireless models?»
An unusual «very Nothing» design, decent battery life, and, most importantly, an 8-point parametric equalizer! I immediately grabbed the white ones. That’s what we’ll be talking about today.
I’m watching products of the EPZ company with interest — at least because I see a certain logic, a certain vector and progress in what they’re doing.
The HiFiGo store approached me with a proposal to write a review on Juzear × Z Reviews Defiant in-ear monitors. «Monkey see monkey do, huh?», I thought and agreed.
The KeepHiFi store decided to send me KBEAR earphones for a review. I got interested in it and agreed.
The Meteor’s release turned out to be suspiciously quiet. Last year, the same thing happened to Concerto: the model happened to be so disappointing that it was almost immediately discontinued and moved from the category of headphones to one of audiophile oddities. So, it seemed to me at some point that Meteor had suffered the same fate.
The purpose of this text is to clarify some fine points that are not commonly discussed publicly in the community of fans of measuring something or speculating about the sound of headphones when looking at the available measurements.
I started thinking about a good case for in-ear monitors a long time ago, back in 2019. Since then, the range of the related issues and the market have not changed at all.
Aune released AR5000, its first over-ear headphones, about a year ago, and these headphones were great, which I honestly wrote about. Now SR700, a new model, have appeared. Aune remembered about me and sent them to me for a review.
