Technics AZ100 Review (vs Sony, Huawei, Sennheiser, Denon, B&W) 🤔

[@jump_man2377]

Wonderful review, I bought the AZ100 a few days ago, and I'm very happy with them.

[@aaronloudnwireless]

Very nice! Enjoy!

[@michaeltuerekn9133]

do they get louder than the AZ80's

[@martinwashington1007]

​​@@aaronloudnwireless Hi Aaron love your videos. Should I return my jabra elite 10 gen 2 for the technics az100 ( or even the az80). How does the comfort and anc on the az100 compare. The window to return is closing lol. So if you can find the time to answer it would be much appreciated. Thanks in advance and keep up the great work.

[@burhanbudak6041]

Not only is Aaron good with reviews, he knows 9 languages.

[@tremot7143]

Simply the best, most honest and comprehensive review and comparison of wireless earbuds I have ever seen. Well done! Count me a fan and instant subscriber.

[@aaronloudnwireless]

@@tremot7143 Thank you! Appreciate the sub

[@stefanolandesca3820]

These comparisons on sound signatures is what audiophiles have been looking for. Strong work!

[@aaronloudnwireless]

Thank you!

[@matter_of_time]

freebuds pro microphone just insane

[@aaronloudnwireless]

Yup

[@collinwee6530]

Excellent review Aaron! Thanks so much! I was waiting for this review then saw you popping this video! Cheers 🎉

[@aaronloudnwireless]

Thank you! Hope it helped!

[@ewingfox6459]

Thank you for the review! I've got a set of AZ100's on order, before these I've only really spent $$ on over the ear cans (HD600, etc). I'm excited to see how the additional features work, and hope I can tune the transparency mode in combination with therapeutic tones to manage my skull crushing tinnitus (Ironically, not due to loud listening, but an ear infection in late 2023, sigh).

[@aaronloudnwireless]

No problem! Would be good to update here how they are for someone with tinnitus. :)

[@ewingfox6459]

@@aaronloudnwireless My life's soundtrack is in the key of eeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee lol. I'll make sure to get back to you with my feedback. I love to see what the next generation of audiophiles are talking about, I was up to my eyeballs in it back in the late 1990's and early 2000's when it was a DIY scene to build headphone amps into Altoids tins (headwize forum OG) - running around with Mini-disk players, Radio Shack plastic boxes with battery and capacitor banks, altoid tin amps and over the ear cans that we all starved to afford :D :D

[@melvinaperez2585]

Thank You...!!! 👍🙏👍🙏👍🙏 for mentioning and including the loudness comparison, most reviewer's have no idea how Important for us Buyer's on how loud can this earbuds go. Please always include it on your future review's.

[@aaronloudnwireless]

I talk about this a bit more nowadays

[@elliekim6666]

Especially on iPhones. The only one that gets loud enough for me is the pi8. I use my Beats Studio pro on my s24 ultra at 60% while on my iPhone around one click under max

[@mikeecalvary]

Hey saw my name on the list. 😆 Glad I can be a part of what you are doing Aaron

[@aaronloudnwireless]

Thanks for being a long time supporter!

[@kabirfloray5969]

The B&W call quality is none existent! Big shame for a product that costs that much.

[@aaronloudnwireless]

It’s not great in noisy conditions yes

[@TheGamingAudiophile]

@@kabirfloray5969 You’re paying for the name.

[@drastikjdm4door]

True call quality is so bad I have to switch to another bud or speaker 😢

[@elliekim6666]

Idk I haven’t had huge issues with them myself but I rarely call

[@elliekim6666]

@@TheGamingAudiophileno you’re not. They sound amazing way better than the sonys and Bose.

[@mikeevans7381]

Thank you Aaron appreciate the comparison. I have one issue with the AZ100 and you mentioned it at the end of the episode the volume. I like having it when i need it instead of wishing it had more. 💯🙏🇺🇸

[@aaronloudnwireless]

You’re most welcome. It’s louder than the AZ80 but a little more loud would be nice.

[@Hunter4Knowledge]

I’m glad I’m a mid volume listener. I don’t know how you guys blast the volume to max. It’s ear piercing to me. I listened to the az80s between 30-60% an increase in volume is cool though ❤

[@ClintAvila]

​@@Hunter4Knowledge some recordings are lower and that extra volume is not necessarily to blast your ears but to be loud enough to enjoy older non compressed recordings.

[@ryanhursh6322]

These 100s aren’t released here in Germany until the 31st but literally just got a message that mine have shipped. Cant wait!

[@daraakinsooto7247]

What about comparing them to the Jabra Elite 10 Active Gen 2 also?

[@aaronloudnwireless]

🤔

[@kenroman777]

@Aaron X Loud and Wireless is this the same Technics branch of Panasonic that I started my HiFi Receiver journey on in 1973?

[@aaronloudnwireless]

Yes!

[@hawesome145]

Hi Aaron awesome review as always! I sold my AZ-80 and got the Denon Perl Pro mostly down to the lovely wide soundstage, which I found the AZ80 could not compare. Would you say the AZ100’s soundstage can match the Denons? If so I think I would switch back to the Technics as they were better in every other way bar sound. Thanks

[@aaronloudnwireless]

Almost, the Denons soundstage is a little wider

[@richardclements2134]

How do these compare Vs the B&O Eleven?

[@seanjoe1704]

I'm a fan of B&O sound signature. I have Pi8 and EX. And I love EX more than Pi8. I only like sound quality. Eleven are the upgraded of EX. I think Eleven are the best ! Waitin for nobel audio fokus rex5

[@KJP-dv2uj]

This is what I am waiting for! However, hardly any reviewers have said anything about the Beoplay Eleven.

[@omkarjagdale4241]

@@seanjoe1704i also have beoplay ex… and Im blown away by the sound of it❤

[@aaronloudnwireless]

Did not test Beoplay 11 so can't say yet

[@richardclements2134]

IMO the Beoplay eleven have, as expected, astounding sound quality. The "improved" noise cancelling still only makes them Tier A, not Tier S however.

[@Protonas]

Have you had the chance to test both headphones with flat eq settings between Freebuds pro 4 and freebuds pro 3? If so, which one did you find more successful in terms of layering and resolution?Thank you for sharing.

[@ivantevekelov4074]

Please, can you tell me where is the sound of Jlab Epic Lab Editiion among the buds in the review?

[@aaronloudnwireless]

Between AZ100 and Denon

[@rlan55]

Are using the default settings of the Perl Pro? I guess so considering the crappy sound! I have them tuned to my ears and they sound awesome, better than any of the other earbuds I own (XM4, Linkbuds S, Melomania M100)

[@frederik6519]

How is passive noise isolation on the az100?

[@TomBucksch]

Hey Aron, at the ANC comparison u havnt switched on the adaptive mode. The diffrence is quite big. When i used them in a Bus and swithced between the modes u get a clearly better anc after a few second in adaptive mode and there is almost no Mid frequencies and fare less hissing like in your video.

[@seal7118]

I wonder if there are really big differences in sound quality between EQd Liberty 4 Pro and these earbuds?

[@jasonMB999]

Liberty 4 pros are egregious 😂. I'm sending mine back. Everything positive you heard about them were sponsored opinions

[@serrael-182]

Wait you already tested free buds 4 pro?

[@aaronloudnwireless]

Somewhat. Just got them.

[@serrael-182]

@aaronloudnwireless Alright! I suscribed so it would be weird if i had missed it. :D

[@aaronloudnwireless]

👏👏👏😂

[@Ceeboey]

The Huawei is unmatched for calls wtf

[@aaronloudnwireless]

Yep

[@ItsArunShan]

Yeah. They are second to none

[@DinDjarin7]

Thank you Aaron for the amazing review!!! Cannot wait for the full review of the Huawei Freebuds Pro 4 ❤ with love from Portugal🇵🇹

[@aaronloudnwireless]

Thanks for following the content! Stay tuned!

[@ivan-j4l9x]

No aptx. I'm getting tired of these ewaste products that I've decided to get an iem with bluetooth earhook upgrade. I can keep the iem and upgrade/replace the bluetooth earhook when the battery goes.

[@CB-pe3tk]

is there a big difference between az100 and freebuds pro 4's ANC?

[@aaronloudnwireless]

Yes

[@aeisbaer8042]

I don’t really understand your fr measurements. They do look compensated, but to which target. Or are they raw?

[@Triple-6]

Yea man, I’ve brought this up a couple times but Aaron doesn’t seem to want to talk about it much. These measurements are raw man. That’s crazy huh? They look so off that you’d think they were compensated. I know I wondered the same thing a while back. I understand a GRAS rig or especially a B&K 5128 is prohibitively expensive. We’re talking the cost of a car. So I get that most people aren’t going to buy one. But you can get a 711 knockoff coupler for two to three hundred bucks or so. I mean… many of these earbuds cost more than that lol. These are the same high quality couplers that sources like Crinacle, DHRME, ReganCipher, many on SquigLink, etc. etc. use. There’s just no excuse to severely cripple yourself by using some random contraption that doesn’t even attempt to replicate the human HRTF. It just totally invalidates all of your data and audio recordings. They’re only even remotely useful in comparing against each other. But even then, I wonder because I sometimes see a measurement like the AZ80 which somewhat resembles the accurate data then I see something like the AZ100… I mean there’s no proper measurement for them yet, but there’s no way they sound like that. When we see SoundGuys, RTINGS, DHRME, etc. measure ‘em, remember this comment.

[@aaronloudnwireless]

They're not raw, they're DF compensated

[@aaronloudnwireless]

@Triple-6 I use the MiniDSP ears, DF compensation for iems

[@aeisbaer8042]

@@aaronloudnwireless Thanks for the Info :)

[@aaronloudnwireless]

@@aeisbaer8042 most welcome 😁

[@rdaffon23]

Great review. Can you review the new Noble Fokus Rex5 and Prestige?

[@1Reaper1]

Great video. Unsure if the Amazon link is correct. It’s bringing me to the AZ80 amazon page.

[@aaronloudnwireless]

If it's not sold on your local Amazon yet it might redirect

[@SamuelMartin-q5f]

Listening to this video with the king of earbuds, Technics AZ-100

[@seanattieh3234]

King of earbuds? How old are you?6?😅

[@halo-halo9244]

Yo need to sell my liver to be able to afford this 😅

[@76fazza]

Stop watching KZbin videos and go wash that crumpled up towel under your bed.

[@aaronloudnwireless]

👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻

[@Tecuany]

I think you should try the Huawei Freebuds pro 4 with its own brand because I have a Pura 70 ultra and it has spacial audio. But you need a huawei. Here I don't have the chance to try the 2.3mbs 😢

[@dule2303]

Please eltell me pi8 or gemini 2 for sound quality?

[@dule2303]

For my ears pi7 s2 is the best for sound quality,i want to buy new . Pi8 or geminy 2?

[@Ji4H40]

Please review the Noble Audio Fokus Rex5

[@axelstinger929]

I would be very interested in the Technics AZ 100! But I am also a Sony fan and own the WF-1000xm4. I don't know whether I should buy the Technics now or wait for the Xm6

[@aaronloudnwireless]

No news about XM6 yet though

[@specularog524]

Try the noble fokus rex5 (by far the best sounding tws as of right now)

[@littlebcally1]

I have the huawei pro 4s. The call quality is absolutely insane. I can play the sound system to a level where you couldn't hear someone sitting next to you without shouting, and the person on the line can't hear the music. However, the noise cancelling itself for your own enjoyment, blocking out the noise around you isn't that impressive. And matches what I can see on this review, looks like sony and technics is better. The sound is otherwise good

[@littlebcally1]

I can only listen in aac on a samsung s23 which is very disappointing. I thought I could listen in LDAC. But otherwise an enjoyable sound. Hopefully huawei can figure this out for android users

[@aaronloudnwireless]

💯💯💯

[@kevinwillis2859]

Multipoint didn’t work in IOS! That was a fatal flaw for me! Customer Service was non responsive! The Sound and ANC is good, but comparable to my AirPods Pro’s. I was too quick purchase the AZ -100’s after being influenced by early reviews! I made a mistake especially since I had a similar experience with the AZ - 60’s Three years ago! Don’t believe the hype!

[@aaronloudnwireless]

@kevinwillis2859 How did multipoint not work for you? I tested on 2 iPhones with 1 Android and it works

[@bacilius7]

Probaste con el codex aptx hd y ldac de sony o solo con el codex acc qué es del Apple que no es lo mismo que ldac de Sony

[@aaronloudnwireless]

Probé todos los códecs, pero solo hicieron una pequeña diferencia. Lo más importante es ajustar los controladores de los auriculares.

[@curl3v252]

That treble tuning by the AZ100 is not nice. To sibilant and harsh, specially on louder volumes. ANC also had some annoying wining noise that took over so I much prefer Sony, Sennheiser and even Denons ANC over Technics. Another thing I find really important is the sound quality difference between ANC on/off and transparency. AZ80 was terrible in that area.

[@aaronloudnwireless]

Thanks for the input!

[@curl3v252]

@@aaronloudnwireless, A lot of the earbuds I have tried have more or less a treble that is to sibilant so my ears are probably to sensitive.

[@aaronloudnwireless]

@@curl3v252 could you EQ any of them to sound less sibilant?

[@curl3v252]

@@aaronloudnwireless, Some of them. The EQ need to have 2, 4, 8 and 16 kHz bands in case of emergency. Those 4 are usually the culprit for my ears. But some earbuds tends to loose a bit to much detail or clarity in the treble when lowering it.

[@mosankoane4938]

​@@curl3v252Do you have the same problem with the momentum 4?

[@TheBasded]

I have sony wf-1000xm5 is worth to upgrade to az100?

[@Davidkurniawan-qd1en]

Wait for xm6

[@heavymetal6910]

Ouch 😮 the technics are way too bright in the vocals here, the bowers sounded awesome

[@aaronloudnwireless]

👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻

[@Laura-sm6tx]

What about comparing wired earphone under 30$ this is my list 1.apple earpods 2.philips tae1018 3.moondrop shiroyuki 4.akg 5.nakamichi 6.pioneer

[@OMPTraxxs]

I like the JLab Epic Lab very much. Also for that price 😉👍🏻

[@aaronloudnwireless]

👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻

[@martinwashington1007]

Love the videos. Jabra elite 10 gen 2 or these? How does the anc stack up in comparison. And comfortable are the tech az100

[@aaronloudnwireless]

Technics do feel tighter in the ears than the Jabra. Jabra has slightly better ANC.

[@martinwashington1007]

​​@@aaronloudnwireless thanks for the prompt response. I've returned the jabra. Now I have to decide between the samsung buds 3 pro and az100. I don't know if I'm bugging or not, but so far the b3p sound better, more lively imo. There also more comfortable. Az100 just seem to have build tter build quality and battery life . But it's early days.

[@Superchinandegano]

Buen análisis. 👍🏻

[@aaronloudnwireless]

Gracias!

[@DiskoKDiskoL]

Can you start to upload in 4k? The year is 2025..

[@aaronloudnwireless]

I do often, but recently I'm facing issues exporting in 4K. We'll see.

[@liamporter1137]

Sony needs EQ to be acceptable in sound quality. The APP is too complicated to be useful. They should focus on sound quality.

[@aaronloudnwireless]

👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻

[@mikehochleitner8516]

Thank you for your good work

[@elliekim6666]

The bowers and Wilkins are $320 atm I think so for that I’ll take them. Tho I’m getting the az100 to review we’ll see

[@seanjoe1704]

I love sound quality and I bought Pi8. Very happy and the case can use as a transmitter dac for all dap which hasn't a bluetooth. And it sound very2 good. Super cool !!!

[@aaronloudnwireless]

💯💯💯

[@BifBaf5380]

Спасибо за обзор друг. Перевод отличный

[@grogu360]

I hate to say it but the Huawei were best

[@aaronloudnwireless]

👏👏👏

[@neilnitin4004]

Haha i said this before to about huawei freebuds pro 3. AFter using lots of highend brands, skeptically i bought huawei (in my country they dont even sell them, had to buy through amazon)...since i bought huawei not a single issue with calls or connectivity or audio quality. Impressive for sure

[@56679076]

​@@neilnitin4004What about noise Cancellation? 😊

[@misko_hryzko]

Thank you for great comparison. What about Gemini 2 ? 🙄

[@aaronloudnwireless]

I don't have them on hand so can't say. Only have my review of them last year to fall back on. kzbin.info/www/bejne/lXPMe6R-jp56eNU

[@radiogoon]

Thankyou, tested these new ones vs sony and perl at yodobashi today and they felt so much better then the Sony's. Only problem is i can't reserve one as a foreigner 😭

[@aaronloudnwireless]

@@radiogoon Sad!

[@bikeme218]

How about the Galaxy buds pro 3?

[@jasonMB999]

Those don't belong here. They are not premium

[@aaronloudnwireless]

They're ok!

[@jasonMB999]

But then xm5 has worst ambient mode of any premium earbud I've tested

[@aaronloudnwireless]

Trust me, there are worse!

[@Icecold_Art]

I was very into TWS, but after the batterries died on couple of my premium ones that I used everyday while working. So let’s be honest a heavy non stop use. (B&O EQ and B&O EX ) I came to a conclusion that I will be better off with wired iems and buying a BT dongle DAC/amp. As when it’s baterry dies Incan still use it as a dac for my computer or more easily replace it. While the wired iems will last me for ages. Now I’m happy with my Fiio BTR17 And something like the Sivga Que, KZ PRX, Leteciel Shark and ISN EBC80 ( my end game ) Will be buying the cheaper yet still good „disposable” tws that I won’t mind dying after a year or so. Earfun and such.

[@omkarjagdale4241]

I also use beoplay ex… the alternate headphones u have suggested does they match the sound quality of b&o ex? Because Im really happy with the sound of ex…

[@Icecold_Art]

@ EX has excellent sound quality, and is tuned really well. It has a fantastic frequency response graph. But the baterry problems are real until We will develop a real new technology that will last longer and wont degrade as quick. The Sivga Que is a 70$ iem with outstanding build and accessories. It sounds very good and close to the ex if You would EQ a bit more bass to it. But if You would like a „true” wired replacement I’d suggest going the way of Dunu DaVinci, Sound Rhyme SR7, Xenns Mangird Tea pro, or my beloved ISN H60. They are all hybrids with multiple drivers, unlike a single driver and dsp in the beoplay EX. Fiio BTR15 or 17 with in app parametric eq in app and You are all set for many years. The only thing missing would be ANC. But with iems and good seal, you get good passive isolation.

[@omkarjagdale4241]

@@Icecold_Art thank you so much for the explanation brother❤️

[@Icecold_Art]

@ you’re welcome ☺️ It’s mind boggling and overwhelming this audio world, I have made many mistakes myself, wasting a lot of money in the process. So I’m happy to save someone that trouble.

[@omkarjagdale4241]

@ this would help a lot to someone like me…its really confusing to buy right headphones…I have used many of earbuds but I stopped at beoplay ex as they sound like a dream earbuds for me🫰🏻

[@frankc8689]

Technics AZ100 or Jabra 10 gen 2?

[@jasonMB999]

LOL

[@adasko948]

Saund !! Jabra 8 points , technics 9.5 points

[@asan1050]

*Aaron X Loud and Wireless* Thank you very much!

[@aaronloudnwireless]

Most welcome!

[@mungwatk]

The technics sounded poor in the mic tests. 1st test was Sony, 2nd was Huawei. Globally the Huawei won.

[@Nohndl]

Aaron, I'm starting not to trust your ears. I listened to the mic test and I didn't think the AZ100 ranked close to where you ranked them. That causes me to question the sound quality test as well because as much as you guys might try to give us sound quality samples, we know it doesn't match the actual musical production of headphones on our ears, so we take your word. From the past few mic tests, your ears are now untrustworthy.

[@aaronloudnwireless]

I suggest you listen to the samples again. When it comes to mic quality, i look for noise gating, voice filtering and amplication. It’s a totally different metric from how sound quality is assessed. You should also listen to the samples with all your devices set to flat EQ. Cheers.

[@crownmajesty]

Yes sir

[@aaronloudnwireless]

🍻

[@fizywig]

Technics sound is " veiled" compared to Pi8

[@aaronloudnwireless]

👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻

[@TheGamingAudiophile]

JBL Tour Pro 3 are better than them all.

[@aaronloudnwireless]

Can't wait to try it

[@braddavister137]

Sound wise the JBL were pretty good, but they were so difficult to get out of the case and into the ears. Once they were in your ears, they felt really good and like I stated the sound was good. I didn’t like that the touch controls were very limitedand I think the screen on the case is a gimmick and was over designed. That being said I would still pick the denon

[@DiskoKDiskoL]

LOL

[@seanattieh3234]

Keep dreaming

[@TheGamingAudiophile]

@ No need to dream when I have the buds as well.

[@supaburger]

The Huawei are amazing

[@halo-halo9244]

But only 4.5 Hours playback time. Trust me it is better to have longer playback than shorter one. Coming from a galaxy buds+ user with 10+ hours of listening time, when I had to switch to a galaxy buds pro with better overall sound but shorter battery life, it makes me miss my old galaxy buds plus as I can listen for an entire day without charging it after 5-6 hours. It's very annoying. If you are maybe a casual listener who only use the buds for 3-4 hours at a time then I guess Huawei is not bad. Also the battery degrades over time so eventually your 4.5 hours will become 3 hours after a few months if you use your buds everyday. 😅

[@aaronloudnwireless]

🍻

[@supaburger]

@@halo-halo9244 I own the galaxy buds, buds +, buds pro 1 and 2. The mics are not good on them. My jabra elite 10 have a good mic but the battery life it's not good. My pixel pro have a great mic but the shape it's terrible in the ear. It would be awesome to get 8+ hours with the jabra

[@OverlordDevilen]

Lol! Huawei practically crushes everyone and for half the cost of its competitors..... Huawei is definitely the nightmare of all other manufacturers. I see it difficult for Sony can make headphones that beat Huawei for less than $300. I'm disappointed in the AZ 100 for that cost they should be the rivals to beat. I'm a Sony user but this year I'm going with Huawei.

[@rsg5850]

I felt the same at the first listen of the samples that Huawei knocks it out the park! But after listening it many times the vocal,high to mid treble is bit suppressed compared to az100. Imo AZ100 has a good balance but such premium price i will go with MTW4.

[@aaronloudnwireless]

👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻

[@名無しさん-u3p]

Devialet Gemini Ⅱ😢