Good deal – Technics EAH-AZ60 “5-star” true wireless earphones at €149.00 (-21%)

It is with great ambitions that the Technics EAH-AZ60 headphones present themselves: neither more nor less like the best headphones true-wireless current. And they were indeed not very far from taking up this challenge…

This is a nice surprise that these Technics EAH-AZ60. Headphones true-wireless top of the range from the Japanese manufacturer manage, thanks among other things to very good sound performance and a user experience that is as complete as it is intuitive, to climb slowly but surely into the front runners. While they don’t quite rival the gold standard that are the WF-1000XM4s, they’re still a must-have if you’re looking for great headphones. true-wireless.

Strong points

• Rich, energetic and dynamic sound reproduction.
• Very good level of detail on the whole spectrum.
• Simple, pleasant and complete use.
• Extremely comprehensive Technics app, highly customizable user experience.
• Multipoint connection.
• Neat design.

Weak points

• A little too “frontal” sound stage, which lacks a bit of naturalness.
• Perfectible active noise reduction, especially on voices.
• Design a little too imposing, especially for small ears.
• A few small features are missing (port detector, Qi wireless charging).

NB: The reported price drop is calculated by comparing the lowest price of the day with the average of the lowest prices charged by all merchants for the product last month, with security rules to exclude prices from shops whose the VAT policy is not clear (known as “grey” shops, typically in the case of imports from China).

Alternatively

It’s an event: for the very first time, headphones without any wire manage to offer very effective noise reduction, even managing to match that offered by the very best wired noise reduction headphones. But this is not the only quality of these Sony WF-1000XM3s, which also rank among the very best in their category in terms of comfort, autonomy and, last but not least, the quality of sound reproduction. After all this, we wouldn’t dare take issue with the mediocre performance of hands-free kit microphones – which doesn’t prevent Sony’s latest products from being quite simply the best in-ear headphones. true-wireless available on the market.