I am looking for bluetooth in-ear headphones and would like to ask about your experience with IEMS vs Airpods.
I would have a setup with Fiio FA7 and UTWS5 - the case seems very big to me and I made bad experiences with the UTWS1 Adapters. Especially phone calls were awfull.
As I am in the apple ecosystems and for their small size and convenience, I am considering Apple Airpods 2. I tested some of a friend and couldn’t find a noteable difference to the Fiio.
What is your experience? Is the better sound quality of the iems with adapter worth comprimising for the convenience airpods offer?
I’ve got two pairs of the Sennheiser Momentum 3 and the Moondrop Chu 2 with an Apple 3.5mm adapter and really happy with both. I wouldn’t change a thing or spend more on a travel set. The wireless adapters I’ve tried run out of volume if you equalize with a preamp reduction. The Momentum 3 for me are so good out of the box I use stock settings.
For me personally I own both. Good IEMs as well as Airpods pro and Airpods pro2. I use the IEMS with my Dap and sometimes with my phone. It all depends on what I am doing. Recently retired and used my Airpod’s every day all day. When I got home I would sometimes switch.