Rose Technics EARFREE i3 HiFi TWS Review & Sound Impressions

Perhaps one of the best LDAC capable HiFi TWS in the market now.
Sections:
00:00 Introduction & Price
01:02 Wear & Comfort
01:37 Settings & Features
06:21 Microphone Performance
06:39 Battery Performance
07:19 Audio Performance
10:06 Verdict
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Shot On:
- Sony Alpha A6700 (Native 4K50P XAVC HS 4.2.2)
- Viltrox FE II F1.8 85mm
- RØDE Wireless Pro
- Monitoring Headphone: Sony MDR7506
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[@gabrielduran8755]

Excellent review, Thanks for analyzing these earbuds.

[@donglemadness]

My pleasure. And thanks!

[@taipan75]

Thanks as always for the review Andy. Love your work.....👍
Surprised to hear a TWS even with LDAC would compete with a 7hz wired IEM (Not sure on the source comparison for the IEM??)
I have many TWS and have never heard any bluetooth codec even with 990kbs compete with the dynamics, soundstage, clarity of a decent wired IEM. The best TWS I own, that gets remotely close is the Hifiman Svanar IE and I still think there's a gap.
Anyway, thanks for your reviews Andy.

[@donglemadness]

My pleasure

[@nailedit05]

Nice review Andy 🙂

[@donglemadness]

Thanks 👍

[@fiddlix]

I’ve been in the market for a set of TWS buds. Thank you Andy.

[@donglemadness]

No problem 👍

[@starofmadness8307]

Nice review

[@donglemadness]

Thanks!😁

[@EricJorgensen1]

thanks for this

[@donglemadness]

You're welcome

[@the7observer]

more reviews for TWS would be awesome. Is very hard to find a more technical well organized review for them.
Maybe you should check the baseus MA10 Pro seems interesting, some graphs in Squiglink shows is more treble focused like the EW200 and is marketed as "recommended by classical composers" which indicates the tuning could be different. I use the Edifier W240TN and the NB2, both are more bass focused, vocals and strings are OK but not as good as my EW200 and Artti R1

[@donglemadness]

Thanks, that is my wish too. I see TWS as something that could develop further to a point that we will likely depend on them more and more especially for streaming services like Tidal/Qobuz

[@sebolla9791]

It would be interesting a comparation with fiio FW5,

[@Spike626721]

A comparison with the moondrop golden ages would be nice 🙏

[@donglemadness]

I will need to get Golden Ages first

[@idefkicabti4141]

Hi andy, i was wondering if the sound performance of the tws doesn't get affected if i dont set it to LDAC? Do i need a phone that supports LDAC just to squeeze out every little bit of the performance in the tws?

[@donglemadness]

It depends, if you are streaming and use AAC instead of LDAC, then likely you will not hear much loss in sound quality at all. But once you push for higher resolution like FLAC or Max Res on Tidal, then you would notice the LDAC offer denser and better dynamics. But for the most part, Spotify, TH-cam etc will work just fine on non LDAC

[@idefkicabti4141]

@@donglemadness thanks for the responsive reply 😁, i was planning buying it for my Redmi note 11 pro 5g with poweramp app. It would be my first tws, so i hope it is great in person.

[@abhikmandal6696]

Hi Andy, i'm new subscriber here. I recently ordered delci and fiio ka11. I'm returning ka11 due its connectivity issues.
Can you recommend me a dac/amp within similar price range?

[@donglemadness]

Thanks. That Delci will sound amazing with the newly released Venture Electronics ODO, and you only need to pay $5 for the dongle, yet it will perform better than KA11. Just check my review on ODO and the Blind Test recently

[@abhikmandal6696]

​​@@donglemadness Thanks Andy, i've watched that video but sadly that dongle isn't available in India. Currently the available ones (price range- $50) are ifi go link, shanling ua1 plus, 7hz 71, Abigail pro.

[@donglemadness]

@@abhikmandal6696 Abigail Pro then

[@abhikmandal6696]

Thanks Andy for answering. After watching several videos of donglemadness, I've decided to spend $10 more and to buy moondrop dawn pro.
Will it synergize well with delci ?

[@ggdfggdfgdffgfddg34]

Hello, friend, could you give a rating from 1 to 10 for the naturalness of the sound, where 10 is your reference wired earphone?

[@donglemadness]

I would give it a 8/10

[@Rhust226]

If you tried the galaxy buds series, how would it compare to them?

[@donglemadness]

Unfortunately no, I never tried Galaxy buds

[@Mixail747]

vs Moondrop Space Travel ?

[@donglemadness]

Haven't tried Space Travel 2 yet