It's always an exciting time when a new pair of premium earbuds enters the ever increasingly busy space, and Technics latest might just be one of the most interesting yet. The AZ100 are replacing the older (and excellent) Technics AZ80, and Technics has packed in some very cool tech to justify their price.

We go hands-on with Shokz's upgraded true-wireless OpenFit 2 open earbuds that use its air-conduction speaker technology.

Shokz strayed from its bone conduction roots with a pair of “air conduction” open-ear wireless earbuds. While the Shokz OpenFit delivered better audio than bone conduction models, that wasn’t saying much.

Shokz has made improvements to comfort, volume, battery, and touch controls. Unfortunately, the sound quality is a little more muddy than I’d like.