Sony WF-C710N vs Technics EAH-AZ100

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WF-C710N compared with EAH-AZ100

	SonyWF-C710N	TechnicsEAH-AZ100
Overview
Released
Released	April 2025	January 2025
Sound
Type
Type	In-ear	In-ear
Noise cancelling
Noise cancelling	Yes	Yes
Transparency mode
Transparency mode	Yes	Yes
Spatial audio with head tracking
Spatial audio with head tracking	–	Yes
Driver size
Driver size	5 mm	10 mm
Bluetooth codecs
Bluetooth codecs	SBC and AAC	SBC, AAC, LDAC and LC3
Drivers
Drivers	5 mm driver	10 mm magnetic-fluid dynamic drivers with aluminium diaphragms
Noise cancelling detail
Noise cancelling detail	Dual Noise Sensor technology; Ambient Sound Mode adjustable in 20 levels, with Voice focus and a Voice passthrough setting; Adaptive Sound Control; Quick Attention Mode	Adaptive hybrid ANC; Ambient and Attention modes; one-touch conversation mode
Audio features
Audio features	DSEE upscaling; 360 Reality Audio; custom equaliser in the app	Dolby Atmos optimisation and Dolby Head Tracking; LDAC unavailable with three-device multipoint
Battery
Listening time (maker's claim)
Listening time (maker's claim)	Up to 8.5 hours	Up to 10 hours
With the case
With the case	Up to 30 hours	Up to 28 hours
Wireless charging
Wireless charging	No	Yes
Battery life detail
Battery life detail	Up to 12 hours with noise cancelling off (AAC), 40 hours with the case; with SBC, 8 hours with noise cancelling on; 8 hours with Ambient Sound Mode on (AAC); talk time up to 4.5 hours; the equaliser and DSEE shorten battery life	AAC, ANC on 10 hours / 28 with case, off 12 / 29; LDAC, ANC on 7 / 18, off 8 / 19
Charging case
Charging case	USB-C; about 3.5 hours to fully charge the case and earbuds, 1.5 hours for the earbuds alone	USB-C or Qi; earbuds charge in approximately 2 hours, case in 2.5 hours over USB or 3.5 over Qi
Fast charging
Fast charging	5 minutes of charging gives about 1 hour of playback	15 minutes gives approximately 90 minutes of playback
Design
Weight (each earbud)
Weight (each earbud)	5.2 g (better)	5.9 g
Water and sweat resistance
Water and sweat resistance	IPX4	IPX4
Bluetooth
Bluetooth	5.3	5.3
Two devices at once
Two devices at once	Yes	Yes
Controls
Controls	Touch sensor on each earbud (by default the left switches noise cancelling and Ambient Sound Mode and holds for Quick Attention Mode; the right plays and pauses, skips tracks and holds for the voice assistant; tap four or more times for volume), reassignable in the app; Quick Access to a music service; IR sensors pause music when an earbud is taken out and switch the earbuds off after about 15 minutes	Customisable touch controls; wear detection pauses and resumes playback
Microphones
Microphones	Microphones on the outside and inside of each earbud, used for noise cancelling, Ambient Sound Mode and calls; Precise Voice Pickup Technology with AI noise reduction for calls	Three per earbud; Voice Focus AI processes outgoing and incoming call audio
Fit and ear tips
Fit and ear tips	Hybrid silicone rubber earbud tips in XS, M and XL (M fitted); either earbud can be used on its own	Five silicone tip sizes, XS, S, M, ML and L
Case weight
Case weight	About 38 g	Approximately 42 g
Water resistance detail
Water resistance detail	IPX4 for the earbuds	IPX4 applies to earbuds only
Works with
Works with	Sony | Sound Connect app for iOS and Android; multipoint connection to two devices; Bluetooth 5.3 Class 1, about 10 m range; A2DP, AVRCP, HFP and HSP	Technics Audio Connect for iOS and Android; Google Fast Pair, LE Audio and Auracast
Colours
Colours	Black, White, Pink, Glass Blue (translucent)	Black, Silver, Champagne Gold, Midnight Blue and Moonlight Lilac
In the box
In the box	Earbuds, charging case, USB-C cable (USB-A to USB-C), hybrid silicone rubber earbud tips in XS, M and XL, documents	Earbuds, charging case, five sizes of ear tip and 0.2 m USB-C charging cable