When it comes to Panasonic's audio industry, many people may not know that Panasonic also has a sub-brand Technics that is positioned at the high end. Although this high-end sub-brand, which was born in 1965, is also a comprehensive audio brand, panasonic has earned enough face in terms of technology and products, and in the eyes of those who know it, it is a more high-end positioning than Sony.
However, with the decline of Panasonic and the changes in the entire audio market, Technics also disappeared for a while. I heard a few years ago that Panasonic restarted Technics, but there has been no movement in China, and later I learned that panasonic set up a trial room in Hangzhou as early as 2018, but it will still be based on high-end turntables, and until recently I learned that it has also launched two or three TWS headphones.
▲ The protagonist of this article, AZ60, is one of the active noise reduction TWS, very simple packaging. Although we all agree that the packaging is exquisite or not, it is not important that the product is easy to use, but I was still a little disappointed when I saw this packaging, after all, it is Panasonic's high-end brand Wow, but when I put on the headphones, I didn't have that idea, first of all, the sound insulation effect of AZ60 itself is very good, and secondly, the sound is really worth listening to.
▲ The side of the packaging box is not only pasted with panasonic warranty card but also authenticity verification, which should be said to be that many people have felt the troubles of various channels of parallel goods. Here to add, this AZ60 is made in Malaysia, there is information on the packaging box and the headphone storage box, and the probability of parallel goods should be much lower.
▲At present, this Technics AZ60 has not yet been sold, so we will show the box step by step.
▲ Family portrait display, earbuds directly completed 7 pairs, of which two pairs of details are slightly different, reflected in the wearing is mainly the size of the tucked into the ear canal. Experienced old irons will find that if the headphones are filled with deep and full ear canals, the low and medium frequencies, especially the low frequencies, are reflected differently in the sense of volume and sound field.
▲ In TWS headphones have experienced several years of vigorous development, whether it is a headset cavity mold or a storage box, it is difficult to make tricks. Technics AZ60 wisely chose a stable and simple design, the storage box is not large, the surface matte texture greatly weakens the plastic feeling. The storage box is not very crisp when the lid is opened, but fortunately, its opening and closing range is relatively large.
▲At present, I don't know the price of this pair of headphones on the market, the first look of the box is still quite textured, and the AZ60 cavity also has obvious magnetic force when placed in it, so there is no need to worry about poor charging contact or put into the Bluetooth continuously open.
▲ Technics AZ60 cavity appearance display, the volume in the TWS belongs to the medium upper, as an active noise reduction TWS headphones, the size is still one size smaller than the Sony noise reduction beans. The cavity shape is relatively simple, and the metal back cover panel with laser pattern extends all the way to the edge of the cavity, making the ordinary AZ60 itself full of texture in an instant.
▲Technics AZ60 cavity close-up, so you see for yourself, the workmanship is very good. Wearing is also better than expected, because its nozzle angle is relatively large, and there is a curve, as long as it is accustomed to in-ear, whether it is running or sit-ups is not a thing, plus it has IPX4 waterproof and sweatproof, wearing it into the gym without pressure.
▲ The inside of the cavity and the earplug sleeve display, pay attention to the person will notice that there is a layer of filter cotton in the middle of the earbud sleeve, and I also said earlier that there are two kinds of earbud sleeves, the difference is that the size of the white transparent part of the picture above is different. In short, small earbud sleeves have different effects on sound quality performance, which is not a detail that HiFi enthusiasts will not tell you.
▲Personal experience section
Pairing: The pairing of Technics AZ60 is very simple, open the lid to take out the storage box to enter the pairing state, because it is a tws+ program, regardless of left and right, while supporting two people to wear one earplug, the only disadvantage is that when you wear one earbud to listen to the song, and then take out another one from the storage box to wear (single ear to binaural), it will have a system tone.
Interactive: Like most TWSs, the AZ60 uses touch-based operation, high sensitivity, and a metal back cover that makes it easy to operate. However, its interactive logic is worth discussing, by default, click part left and right to pause/start, double click on the left for volume reduction, double click on the right for the next song; triple-click on the left for volume plus, triple-click on the right for the previous song; long press on the left for 2 seconds for the voice assistant, long press on the right for 2 seconds for noise reduction mode and listening ambient sound mode toggle.
Because the function is more complete, but the left and right earbuds function point separately, it also increases the cost of operation memory, so you can discuss whether you like it, of course, you can also re-customize in the APP.
Bluetooth: Although the AZ60 is not equipped with Qualcomm chips, the stability and partition effect of the 5.2 Bluetooth solution used are also the top performance of similar products, and in addition to supporting AAC, it also supports LDAC.
Time delay: Although I did not use the manual game to test this time, only through various types of videos and previous TWS experience comparison, the delay performance of the AZ60 is completely passable, and it is competent for the game. And to add that after the first two years of TWS scuffle, the recent new TWS headset delay control is quite good, visual inspection is the dividend after the maturity of the technology.
▲ In terms of battery life, you can take a look at its manual, the first time you see a manufacturer so detailed description of the instruction manual endurance, different decoding formats of the battery life is not the same Oh, of which the AAC format is the longest, open noise reduction full of a use time of 7 hours, plus the maximum duration of the charging box up to 24 hours, in the current TWS headphones in the middle level. If DLAC is used, the corresponding data are 4.5 hours and 16 hours.
Although the overall battery life of AZ60 is not very long, if you compare similar products, you will find that its single endurance is actually quite good, and it can only be said that the battery capacity in the charging case is slightly smaller, only 650 mAh. However, because of the unique design of the storage box and the charging case into one, and the support for fast charging, 15 minutes of charging can be used for 70 minutes. By the way, I have experienced so many TWS headphones and do not feel obvious panic, because the phone is charged too often.
▲Active noise reduction experience
AZ60 uses a hybrid active noise reduction method, there is no Chinese version of the data to check, but its APP is adjustable noise reduction intensity, here only say personal experience.
I said at the beginning of this article that AZ60 has a good sound insulation effect when worn, but its active noise reduction effect is also very good. Individuals go to the vegetable market to buy vegetables during the rush hour in the morning, and the decibels of environmental noise such as traffic and human voices on the side of the road can be imagined, basically all eliminated, if you turn on the music again, it is said that it is into the confined space is not a boast.
Ge Bing's magic is that in the listening mode, the ambient sound feels like no headphones, and the human voice is particularly clear when communicating. In my opinion, the AZ60 has a better listening ambient sound experience and call noise reduction, and I have the best impression I have ever encountered.
▲Personal hearing part sharing
There is an equalizer adjustable in the Technics AZ60 APP, but the sound here is the default listening sense at the factory, and the sound source is NetEase Cloud online music, I hope you know.
The sound of the AZ60 gives people a very punctual feeling at the beginning, the analysis is natural, the style is slightly lighter but the atmosphere is stretched out at a glance.
Its low-frequency diving is not deep, but the instrumental separation and elasticity are excellent, the sense of volume is moderate, the sound base is natural, and the problem of controlling metal percussion is not big. The low-frequency sound field is still relatively wide in the same type of TWS headphones, with a good sense of layering, but the edge part is slightly weak.
The overall low frequency feature is that it has both the overall atmosphere and the analysis of the instrument, the brightness is moderate and bright, and the sense of transparency is very comfortable, which is the kind of headphones that the main strong analysis style headphones do not have.
AZ60's vocals are more pleasing to the ear, itself is light, but the sense of warmth and stretch is just right, whether it is a bass like Zhao Peng or a tenor like Eight Eyes, its mellow feeling is more natural, the analysis is clean and refreshing, and there is a faint box smell.
AZ60 female voice is first of all a very comfortable thickness and stretch, the overall brightness and analysis is more natural, the details of the tooth sound varies from person to person, listen to Mo Wenwei is a bit heavy, listen to Faye Wong but more natural, listen to the landlord's cat That clean and transparent female voice will not make people feel like a sound card sound.
If you have seen my previous TWS headphone experience works, you will find that I generally do not say its high frequency, but technics AZ60 still has to nag two sentences.
The high frequencies of the AZ60 are not bright by default (not accustomed to direct pulling APP curves), but the overall transparency and musicality are quite obvious and comfortable. In terms of details, the instrumental separation and sound field are still excellent, and the instrumental performance is decent, and the performance in the folk instrumental music of flute, erhu and pipa is better than that of Western instrumental music, which is inferior to the low and medium frequencies, but this also provides performance opportunities for its APP, right?
▲ Technics AZ60 APP level page display, yes, all English, personally found the language column in the settings, there was no Chinese, associated with some loyal fans have long been played, visually Panasonic did not plan to use this headset in the country at the beginning, right?
However, we have played a lot of TWS, look at the icons, the basic functions will be operated, such as noise reduction intensity, listening to the ambient sound intensity and equalizer design are very intuitive. Other anti-loss functions and interactive action customization need to be translated to the whole, and will not be shown here for limited space.
▲Overall summary section
The price of technics AZ60 on the domestic market is not known, but it is certain that its sound quality easily covers the Sony 1000MX3. This sound style with a faint box flavor is very contagious for those who have seen HIFI speakers, warm and durable in the ear, and most styles can be controlled.
So you ask me what is the biggest highlight of Technics AZ60, the answer is naturally the sound quality, but its active noise reduction effect and the effect of listening to the ambient sound are also very good, the only thing that makes me spit is its interaction logic, the design of the left and right ear functions needs more time to remember it.
In addition, it must be said that Technics is a wireless work that can make the current young people impress Panasonic, and interested can pay attention to its recent domestic listing price.