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Out of everything you listed the best for your needs are going to be az100 an Bose. However here's where the problem lies Bose has great anc the best out there but the quality of music is shit just shit. If you are talking actually quality music then you don't want Bose. I'd say az100 are your best bet after that having great anc some day about the same as Sony or even better in other cases an you have great battery life. After that I'd say the xm5 would be best choice after. They have good sound not great but good sn they have all the other functions you'd want. Not as many as az100 but a lot. Then there mw4 they def sound leagues above Sony an slightly better than az100 but they won't help with your anc problem they lean more towards I prefer music quality over functionality but they still have all those functions they just don't shine in them like others in this category... Nothing is good budget one but not what your needs. Geminis are good but anc is not good for your needs that's towards I prefer some of the best quality I can listen to in music with heavy clean base Denon are great all around too but anc def not use there but everything else they work smoothly. After a year though some times it doesn't auto connect to my phone but rarely an they still sound great after hours of use.
These are 3 buds I have actually (outside of my Jaybirds that I use for heavy workouts, or long runs), and honestly the AZ100s after dialing them in offer the best overall soundstage and bass imho, and I’m a bass head too. Crazy $ though. I have some Senn HD600s that I love for playing along to music on the drums, and practicing, and thought I’d like the M4s a lot, and while I don’t dislike them, they don’t quite deliver compared the Technics. I do tend to use them more though because of fitment, as they just take to my ear canals a bit better than the Technics. NEs I really love for the $, especially if you use the bass boost. If that’s your budget, I’d honestly give them a shot, although as others have said, their ANC isn’t spectacular. But still, very affordable and good performing buds that pretty much give you what they promise for the price point. Honestly my biggest issue with this style bud is the control on the arm. More often than I’d like, it disrupts the fit slightly when I reach up to adjust anything with my sausage fingers. But that’s probably just me.
You need momentum 4 earbuds or devialet Gemini 2 or noble rex5. Best earbuds ever made IMHO
I’ve had a few gens of the momentum buds including This one, most tend to be buggy and die for random reasons but while they work they’re great! I still have my momentum 2’s and they go hard, both 3 and 4 had battery issues in one bud. You CAN crack them open and replace the battery pretty cheap but honestly I just send em back for a refund get my money back 9 - 15 months later
Without a doubt the pro x. Followed by the B&W if you can afford, and personally I prefer the Denons over the momentum 4s - use mostly for the gym, the M4s had wonderful sound, just weren’t loud enough. The pro x gives you everything you can ask, just get the foam tips separately. The galaxys were straight trash and the technics are both ok, not really sure why everyone’s d-riding them, to each their own i suppose.
So I bought the momentum 4/Xm5/BD amron 300/az 100/JBL tour live 3. Eventually went with the Rex 5 but thats a different story. Out of those five I had the JBLs as my favorite. By far actually. I still use them for the gym cause water resistance...
I ordered all the popular buds (momentum 4, AZ100, Amron300, XM5, Tour 3) and for me the JBL (SURPRISINGLY) won by far actually. Also really liked the beyern but the bass sucked ass.
The momentum were nice, but way too flat for my liking. They had a very natural sound, clear but flat. I mainly got mine for the gym and listen to the harder styles and metal.
Wired headphone - Fiio FT1 or Senn HD599. Wired IEM - Simgot EW300, Truthear Hexa or Crinear Meta. Wireless - Focal Bathys or Sennheiser M4’s. Usually the EW300 is my go to more regularly though.
Having kind of a different experience myself with owning CX plus that stopped working and then i bought the Air Pods Pro 2 before going to Momentum 4. Honestly i expected more. The sound quality is good, but i think it could be better, while saying the ANC is spot on is a joke for a pair that costs 200 euros. I have had Xiaomi Buds 3 with the same ANC and we all know how much they cost. For me it was kind of a let down. I loved my CX plus and could say they were the best earphones i used and expected the momentum 4 to be next level in everything and sadly for me they are just not.
Yes, it is a game changer, but maybe i had too high expectations. Momentum 4 is the highest class of TWS earphones and for me they just deliver that
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