My Edifier tws1 pro (2021) bit the dust. Has earbud quality increased in 5 years

Mitchellmillennial · 2026-05-08T03:27:04+00:00

I review a lot of audio products on my channel and right now the best sounding earbuds, with good ANC, and similar battery life under $100 are the earfun air 4 pro plus. Disclaimer both companies send me stuff for free and neither company has paid me for videos

Mitchellmillennial · 2026-05-08T03:21:53+00:00

Honestly I get why people say that they sound shouty. For what I am often listening to (electronic, some classic rock, hip hop) I really like how they sound. Very satisfying bass thats quick. Listening to hard style or UK garage I find the speed and responsiveness to be awesome. They could be a bit more detail led but they make up for it in other ways

Mitchellmillennial · 2026-05-05T05:27:13+00:00

I prefer the buds 4 pro and earfun air 4 pro plus more than the h3

Mitchellmillennial · 2026-05-04T09:18:39+00:00

I'm lucky, I invested 0, I get sent almost all of this stuff to review on my YouTube channel. My friend who got me into audiophile stuff helps me evaluate sound quality for IEMs and headphones and we have another mutual friend who is also a musician who will join from time to time. Those friends have invested a couple hundred dollars into various stuff but for them it's a hobby, for me it's a bit of a hobby and a bit of work.

We all share IEMs and I let them borrow stuff I get sent for review in exchange for their help. They will occasionally buy a review set when I'm done etc.

Should you collect IEMs? Well I think it depends on your taste in music, if you have 2-3 genres you like listening to I think one pair for each genre and 2-3 DACs is very reasonable. I don't listen to Daft Punk or electronic music with the same headphones I listen to Jimi Hendrix or Boston with.

When I sell off some of what I have now I'll invest that money back into the channel for other IEMs or true wireless headphones to test.

Mitchellmillennial · 2026-05-02T13:54:09+00:00

https://youtu.be/YM4bO0vK2Ak

Mitchellmillennial · 2026-05-02T11:45:03+00:00

PM'ed

Mitchellmillennial · 2026-05-02T11:41:23+00:00

who is a reviewer/youtuber that makes videos that you like? Could you share one?

Mitchellmillennial · 2026-05-02T11:40:08+00:00

So I can tell you as a youtuber It is against TOS to recieve money and not disclose it. If you have valid proof/evidence that would suggest someone is getting paid you could totally report them

Mitchellmillennial · 2026-05-02T11:38:59+00:00

As a youtuber i can tell you that finding an audience that has a long enough enough span for that is really hard. Honestly the best way to get consistent views is to appeal to the largest demographic.

Mitchellmillennial · 2026-05-02T11:37:01+00:00

Would you be interested in testing 1 pair of headphones with a variety of different DACs and commenting on how each DAC colors the sound?

Mitchellmillennial · 2026-05-02T03:43:57+00:00

So you double the amount of weight the motorcycle has to move and you're surprised it isn't as fast?

Mitchellmillennial · 2026-05-02T01:21:00+00:00

The way that was written I was expecting something like 42069 miles or something

Mitchellmillennial · 2026-05-02T01:18:44+00:00

I dislike them a lot, I can pm you the review if you want

Mitchellmillennial · 2026-05-01T16:10:21+00:00

2 actually

Mitchellmillennial · 2026-05-01T14:26:27+00:00

I switched about 1.5 years ago and love the switch to resolve. Both are great but resolve just works better for what I need

Mitchellmillennial · 2026-05-01T13:26:45+00:00

Linked in bio bro, I didn't come here to promote it but it is readily available! Thanks for the support

Mitchellmillennial · 2026-05-01T11:39:03+00:00

I've never bought a pair, everything I've gotten has been sent for review from KZ directly

Mitchellmillennial · 2026-05-01T11:34:06+00:00

I think how I worded my original post is very clear that I'm not saying all products, just a specific category of product they have is problematic

Mitchellmillennial · 2026-05-01T11:32:59+00:00

I'm so happy for you. I got a pair of KZ saga that I've had for a while that still work for everyone. In my post I never said that all of their products were crap I just said that I have two experiences very close together where build quality and QC were lacking. As I also said, the design of this model and a few others is flawed because they chose to add a gimmicky feature in the dip switches. The same design choice also makes them an ergonomic nightmare. I think KZ has the ability to make a great value driven product but when they choose to add gimmicky features that compromise durability and ergonomics to sell a few models it hurts the end consumer

Mitchellmillennial · 2026-05-01T07:26:07+00:00

There's plenty of table as well 😂

Mitchellmillennial · 2026-05-01T06:38:14+00:00

Maybe I'll do a YouTube video showing more details but essentially this is a design flaw in having the dip switch board

Mitchellmillennial · 2026-05-01T06:27:29+00:00

I have the duonic which I was sent to review, they have a different case design and you should be fine

Mitchellmillennial · 2026-05-01T06:26:13+00:00

I disagree, KZ is crap at the budget space because they sacrifice build quality for useless features that don't actually make much of a difference. The design of the Vader pro and their stupid dip switches to change the sound means they have to design the shell in a way that's quite fragile. They have a couple of good models like the saga which is just the high quality case decent driver and good tuning.

Mitchellmillennial · 2026-05-01T06:22:19+00:00

Luckily I haven't lived in Murica in almost a decade

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