RHA T20 Wireless in-Ear Monitors: HiFi IEMs with Detachable Cable & Bluetooth Neckband

UPDATE: 6 months and still in love! I’ve started wearing these outdoors when I bike. The only thing I do is make sure to not press them in quite so firmly so I have peripheral awareness of ambient traffic noises.Original review: I’ve owned everything from Bowers & Wilkes to Shure, Bose to Beats. I spent 15 years in the entertainment industry and learned early to protect my hearing, but this also means I’m picky about what I’ll listen to.I have a pair of Axel on-ear cans. (If you’ve never heard of the company, go check them out. A pair of headphones that is completely customizable where you can replace any part that breaks individually AND they sound good? Now you know why I own them!) They’re great for most listening, but try wearing glasses and a pair of on-ear cans for multiple hours per day of video calls. Yeahhh not so much. These RHAs are replacing my in-ear buds, a pair of Flare Jets that died after 5 years of hard daily use.So what do I like? First off the fit. Multiple ear tips let you find just the right material and size combo for comfort and to achieve maximum noise-reduction. Get the right fit and they do better than active noise canceling with its subtle background hiss. The weight of the drivers actually helps keep them in place, a nice change from most in-ear metal buds where that weight is just too far from your head. I won’t say that the wires over the ear are particularly adjustable, but it is nice to have the armature take them away from my face as I have always hated having wires dangling in my peripheral vision. The flexible neck weight and controls are comfortable, easy to reach, and pair, unpair, and repair with different devices quickly and easily. (I have a PC laptop, Apple iPhone, and Amazon Echo and it happily switches between all of them.)In terms of the sound? Oh wow. The way I’ve described this is like the concert being inside my head. Having spent time in the industry, I’ve got a collection of music and spoken word that I’ve used for close to 2 decades as my reference material. I was already enjoying these plenty but I’ll admit, I damned near dropped the dishes I was carrying when the one of the live concert tracks came up and I could hear the “location” relative to my own position when a pair of musicians had an exchange back and forth. (See the part earlier where I said that it sounds like a concert inside my head.) THAT’S a stunning level of delicacy and control to find in a pair of earphones. Changing out between the provided drivers and listening to the same tracks just let me hear different nuances highlighted within the composition. I wouldn’t have called any of it unbalanced, it’s simply a matter of what you’re listening to and how you prefer to have it EQ’ed.In short? Yup, these are worth every single dollar you are going to pay for them. (And oh, by the way, yes, they’re comfortable enough that I’ve forgotten I was wearing them once or twice until I laid down to go to bed and the weight moved weirdly. So yup, no problems using them for multiple hours of video conferences or in terms of battery life!)

Preface: I own Sennheiser CX300-ii, RHA MA350, 390 and 650 wireless.I went looking for an IEM style earphone for better sound isolation. If I could put up with the pain and discomfort of Etymotic ER produces in my canal, I would go with those for the reference quality audio and unmatched isolation. The RHA T20 wireless (caught on sale for $187) were the next best sound with so much more versatility.The ability to go from wired HD audio to wireless is nice. The option to change filters is nice. I think most users will not change the filters very often one you settle on your preference (mine is reference). Good selection of tips to get the best seal included. Nice neoprene case included.SOUND: This is where RHA gets it so right. The sound quality, clarity and stage are excellent for many types of music. I bounce from Symphony to opera to jazz to pop/rock. These show you what the engineer did in the recording mix very well. Without going into the sound specification scientifically, I'll say that they are nicely balanced without being a standard V or U shaped EQ but if the mix has thumping bass or screaming heavy metal treble, it shows. The sound separation and stage are very well done without trying to change it into something it is not. You get to hear the music as if you are there in the concert or in the studio.Comfort: for how heavy these metal pieces are, there is no fatigue from wearing them for 1-2 hours. Comfort on the whole ear is nice. The neckband is also quite comfortable and has nice controls.I HIGHLY recommend these if you want an audiophile experience with modern versatility while listening to you compute, iPod, iPhone, or with an adapter on your home stereo or tv.

I have used my T20i set for three years and the sound is incredible. The last year I didn’t use them much since I wanted a wireless solution. I’ve been using an inferior product till now. RHA finally released my favorite IEM with a wireless solution. This is perfect! They sound amazing and when I really want to get the highest quality possible I can switch them over to wired. Using these with Tidal has been fantastic and my only gripe is that they should have made these Bluetooth 5.0 though. The only thing holding this back has nothing to do with the headset and everything to do with Bluetooth but nonetheless it’s one of the best and truest to sound IEM you can get with Bluetooth.

These are the worst headphones I've ever had. First they dont stay on your neck when you workout, very annoying. 2 the little bulbous thing you put in your is always coming off and your lucky to find it. 3 and I didnt know the whole earbud would disconnect and it did when pulled them out of my bag at my friends house and now its lost forever. Who cares if they sound good if they dont stay togther.