Astell & Kern UW100 MKII

Balanced, insightful and quite dynamic sound ; Decent battery life (in the earbuds) ; Good audio control options

Relatively big and cumbersome design ; No active noise-cancellation (ANC) ; Control interface could be better ; No IP rating

You’ll have to cancel external noise yourself if you want to hear the UW100 MKII at their best - but ‘their best’ is very good indeed. Whether that’s enough for you to overlook their shortcomings where design and control are concerned is a question...

The Astell&Kern UW100 MKII TWS earbuds are an improvement on the already impressing first generation of the UW100 earbuds. The improved sound is due to some restructuring of the internals of the earbuds but they still look the same on the outside and...