At a higher playback level and with noise cancellation switched on, the ATH-TWX9s achieved a listening time of five and a half hours.

Both touch sensors and buttons can now be freely assigned to control music playback, volume, ambience functions, and more based on your personal preferences. Its design is unlike any that A-T has launched, the model number is also different, so they must have put in a lot of effort on the TWX9.Another benefit of this arrangement is that if you’re connected to a computer and a smartphone simultaneously, you can continue to adjust the earbuds’ settings from the A-T app on your phone even while listening/working on your PC. Using the ATH-TWX9 with the Audio-Technica CONNECT app gives you access to many additional functions, such as the low latency mode, ambience control (including presets and hear-through), EQ, touch sensor settings, voice assistant, and more! Okay, I know, such synthetic rubber surfaces often get sticky in Singapore’s humid weather over a few years, but I don’t know for sure if Audio-Technica’s latest gadget will suffer the same fate. A graphical EQ with five bands for custom settings, which can be saved as pre-sets, is available for sound control. If you are more accustomed to the Sennheiser type of tuning, the TWX9 might sound relatively less clear.

You can also turn on or off features like in-ear detection, low-latency mode, and sidetone, as well as adjust the touch sensor sensitivity and on-ear volume control (by default each button press will increase or decrease volume by 10%, but you can increase or decrease the size of that interval).This characteristic continues towards midrange, allowing instruments to sound full yet not too ringing. Matt beschichtete Flächen (insbesondere das Case ist fast komplett mit einer Pfirsichhaut versehen) leuchten mir nicht ein, sie sind immer wesentlich empfindlicher und weniger langlebig als konventionelle Oberflächen. Der Klang der TWX9 ist wirklich sehr gut - aber das Wort "audiophil" aus anderen Rezensionen würde ich nicht benutzen. A selling point of the charging case is that it has built-in UV radiation that kills bacteria on the earbuds.

In addition to having five discrete ANC modes for varying situations like flying in an airplane, traveling on a train or being near traffic, in an office, or at home, the A-T Connect app lets you personalize the way these modes work. It has everything that any premium true wireless earbuds can ask for, and a sound presentation that tops any Audio-Technica earbuds. Now, I’m on the record for saying size doesn’t matter as much in an earbud or IEM because it’s literally sitting just millimetres from your eardrums, but that’s still unusually small.

You can customise the sound using the equaliser and also adjust the noise cancelling mode – choose hear-through or airplane noise cancelling, for example. Besides customising some of the key controls, the Audio-Technica Connect app allows EQ adjustment, turn on Side Tone, adjust L-R balance (an uncommon but important feature for users with imbalanced hearing). The Audio-Technica ATH-TWX9 is a new true wireless product looking to make room in a pretty crowded market.