Creative Announces the Zen Air True Wireless Earphones

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Creative Technology today announced the launch of the Creative Zen Air, sporting a new stick-shaped earbud design with a pocket-friendly charging case that is both stylish and lightweight. These true wireless earbuds can also do more than just rack up style points, it comes with nifty noise control features such as Active Noise Cancellation and Ambient Mode for a seamless listening experience. Despite its compact form factor, the Creative Zen Air can deliver a total playtime of up to 18 hours and up to 6 hours of playtime on a single charge to keep the music pumping all day long. Coupled with 10 mm Neodymium drivers, Bluetooth 5.0 connectivity and a certified IPX4 sweat-proof rating, the Creative Zen Air truly stands out as the ideal true wireless earbuds fit for every pocket.

Creative Zen Air offers users a better listening experience with Active Noise Cancellation (ANC) that can help filter out unwanted background noises so users can stay focused - be it at the office during an important conference call or listening to their favorite beats on the go without any interruptions. With a simple tap of the earbuds, users can easily switch to the Ambient Mode to let just the right amount of surrounding sound in, which works perfectly when running errands or while hiking on a busy trail.



Small but Mighty
The Creative Zen Air weighs next to nothing at merely 46 g, but it can deliver a hefty audio punch with 10 mm Neodymium drivers that boast clear high and well-balanced mids to produce high-quality audio performance that greatly exceeds its price point.

It is also fitted with 4 microphones that offer better voice pick-up to ensure clearer communication so users can experience hassle-free and uninterrupted calls anytime, anywhere.

On top of that, the latest true wireless earbuds can offer up to 18 hours of battery life with up to 6 hours of playtime on a single charge to meet the user's every audio need - whether for commuting, exercising or just out for a short errand. For a fuss-free and quick charge, users can simply place the charging case on a Qi-compatible wireless charging pad. Together with Bluetooth 5.0 connectivity and a certified IPX4 sweatproof rating, the Creative Zen Air ticks all the right boxes to make it the perfect everyday audio companion.

SXFI READY Spatial Holographic Audio
Creative Zen Air will support upcoming SXFI READY devices (e.g. smart TVs, PCs and mobile devices) that come built-in with the award-winning Super X-Fi Spatial Holography technology that allows users to enjoy SXFI Spatial Holography that recreates a multi-speaker system soundstage within the headphones. Users can download the SXFI App to preview this technology on local content on their phones.

Pricing and Availability
Creative Zen Air is priced at SGD $69 and is available at Creative.com.

For more information, visit the product page.

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[Space Lynx]

if it was for sale in USA I might have considered it... looks like Singapore only. I am in the market for some Active ANC in-ears though. lame.

 

[TheLostSwede]

if it was for sale in USA I might have considered it... looks like Singapore only. I am in the market for some Active ANC in-ears though. lame.

Check out the Donner Dobuds One on Amazon if you want a similar form factor and price range, pretty good for the money, I bought them on the back of a news post I posted here, no affiliation with the company.
They have a lot of discount offers on them too.

 

[thewan]

if it was for sale in USA I might have considered it... looks like Singapore only. I am in the market for some Active ANC in-ears though. lame.

Creative Zen Air

The affordable Creative Zen Air is great for all-round everyday use. The earbuds are designed with a comfortable fit, lightweight form factor, and active noise cancelling technology.

en.creative.com

Its available in EU also. Wait abit, maybe itll come to the US.

 

[TomasK]

Bought these because I was curious how do cheap TWS sound and well, it is not very good. Depending on whether AAC or SBC is used (based on what device you pair them with), the sound will be bad in a different way. SBC has tons of noise in high frequencies and AAC cannot handle complex parts of music with a lot of drums, guitars and vocals present as well as anything with a lot of energy in high frequencies in very short time, like some hi-hat sounds. I was wondering why the sound is so bad and it is because of bitrate limitations the headphones set when pairing over bluetooth - 245 Kbps for SBC (bitpool 38) and 96 (!!) Kbps for AAC. I have nothing against those codecs, they both do sound good if they have enough bitrate to work with (>200 Kbps for AAC and >320 Kbps for SBC), but with bitrates like this, the result is sound full of compression artifacts. Not good. But I guess this had to be done, as otherwise the battery life would be a fraction of what it is or Creative would have to fit a bigger chip inside the earphones, which might not be possible... And to add insult to injury, Creative started offering a coupon for 20€ off for these on their web site a few days after I had bought them there