Technics EAH-AZ100 Earbuds Review: Smaller Size, Better Sound

Technics is nary slouch successful the diagnostic department, and the latest brace offers conscionable astir each modern diagnostic you could want. You’ll find each the basics similar auto-pause sensors, a multiband EQ, Google Fast Pair, and an Earbuds Finder, with customization disposable successful the Technics app. In fact, virtually everything is customizable for an astir dizzying array of options. If there’s thing you don’t like, from however the buds relay video sync to however your dependable sounds connected calls, there’s apt an accommodation available.

Not everything feels arsenic polished arsenic Apple’s AirPods Pro, the bundle person successful the space. The AZ100's telephone suppression feature, for instance, does a large occupation sidesplitting ambient sound astir your dependable (or adjacent the dependable connected the different end), but it makes you dependable a spot sterile and robotic successful the process. The app itself sometimes refused to load, forcing maine to refresh it, though it was different stable.

Multitaskers volition beryllium pleased to spot the instrumentality of three-device multipoint pairing, letting you easy swap betwixt your computer, tablet, and telephone implicit Bluetooth, with nary marque loyalty required. Speaking of Bluetooth, you’ll not lone get enactment for regular codecs similar AAC and LDAC implicit Bluetooth 5.3, but besides Bluetooth LE Audio, which should futureproof the buds for next-gen wireless streaming.

The AZ100’s interaction controls are responsive, customizable, and comprehensive, with default options for playback, calling, volume, and ambient audio astatine the ready. The layout is simply a tad confusing astatine first, but I admit the quality to execute conscionable astir immoderate task without grabbing your phone.

Velvet Sparkle

I often prevention the dependable show for last, but the AZ100's dependable is excessively bully to clasp disconnected immoderate longer. Like astir hi-fi buds, they supply a dilatory and dependable revelation of their skills. The further you drill down, the amended they sound.

When I archetypal fired them up, I was amazed by the dependable signature’s lukewarm and astir heavy flavor, seeming much reliant connected the bass and little mids than expected. That said, I mostly similar a smoother interaction successful my hi-fi implicit crisp and zingy, and it didn’t instrumentality agelong to find that the AZ100’s lukewarm entranceway acts astir similar a velvet backdrop connected which instrumental textures and effects glitter similar jewels successful the light.