Technics - Premium Hi-Fi EAH-AZ80-S
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Last updated: Aug 1, 2025 Scoring
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"Fantastic!! ... I wouldn’t hesitate to call them “audiophile TWS headphones.” ... the sound is simply brilliant. ... They play the entire spectrum of details, and they are fun. ... A great buy with a mature sound, almost like wired headphones, and they have a great soundstage. ... Given the LDAC, these are the best. ... I would get Technics if you can and want to use the LDAC codec and play your music at high bitrates. ... they sound almost analytical but fun nonetheless with an excellent soundstage. ... the AZ80 are that good and precise, especially being the tws."
"If you're coming from Bose, Sony, Airpods, Sennheisers or B&W wireless buds (which I have tried and tested all flagship models) these would be a huge step up."
"AZ80 with superbass preset gives me some mega clean bass."
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"they are the most comfortable earbuds I’ve ever worn."
"The AZ80s are my main gym drivers. ... They have a solid fit for me. I have zero issues with them moving or wanting to fall out while lifting"
"I also use mine in the gym consistently no issues of them falling out whatsoever."
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"The 3-device multipoint connectivity is flawless."
"AZ80 connectivity was a perfect 10."
"3 device perfect multipoint"
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"the noise canceling is exceptional. ... The noise canceling is on par with the Bose quiet comfort Line"
"They're at the high end of ANC. ... They're better than anything that is not famed for ONLY ANC. ... Bose QC are better at ANC, but that's ALL they do. ... There aren't many better, even given the price."
"Technics AZ80 are fabulous. ... the AZ80s are several levels above them."
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"excellent voice"
"The mic also works great ... the mic is on par with airpods."
"call quality on the az80s is on par with airpods in my opinion."
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"found them very quiet ... On my PC or on my IPhone."
"The technics are nowhere near loud enough tho ... the Az80 (not sure about the 100’s) aren’t loud enough"
"They were in the quiet category."
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"USE THE STOCK ONES, any other tip I tried outside the stock ones, really make the ANC WAY worse, by 60% I would say, and it’s not an exaggeration"
"you can't completely turn off ANC and ANC makes me sick."
"ANC is comparable, which is an improvement because this is one area where the AZ80 clearly lost."
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"The others are no go. ... the flatter buds were tolerable, but they pressed into my ear hole."
"The ~0.5-1 point better sound quality did not rival the comfort of my APP2s"
"they didn't stay in properly for me."
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"Similar things happened with mine."
"And after 13 months, both earbuds just finally popped, and the case stopped charging 3 months ago, I have to use pass through."
"my technics are already having battery issues just owning them for 5 months. ... So I’m not very happy about that."
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"The technics sounded the worst - heavily electronically altered, volume in and out as they tried to cancel the background noise. ... I'm shocked. The most expensive by far are the worst."
"The call quality was awful for people trying to hear my voice. ... Regularly I’d get friends and family repeatedly saying what. Especially if trying to call from outside with any sort of a breeze at all. ... They tout having the tech to single out your voice for others but it doesn’t work."
"call/mic quality sucks. ... Calls always sound fine to me but it's way more important with my job for me to sound good to the person on the other end of the phone call."
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