High End In-Ear for on the road: The Shure Aonic 5 with True Wireless Adapter Review

1 - Produktvorstellung und Lieferumfang 2 - Sound-Check, Komfort und Zusammenfassung

Now let’s get back to the star of my review, the Aonic 5, and get down to the important things in life.

Comfort

Due to the large number of earpieces, the Aonic 5 are very comfortable to wear and you can adjust the fit almost perfectly to any anatomy. Due to their light weight of 24.5 g, you hardly notice that you are wearing them, no matter what situation you are in. You can even forget you’re wearing them. Even in combination with the True Wireless adapters and the resulting higher weight, the comfort remains the same. It is also impossible for the clamps to fall out, as they fit snugly. So a proper headbang is definitely in there.

Sound Check

In general, these small plugs can be attested an excellent spatial resolution and an extremely precise reproduction, no matter which sound interpretation one has chosen The very natural bass reproduction through three high-resolution balanced-armature drivers can be heard without becoming too dominant. Two dedicated woofers and a separate tweeter deliver extended highs, a pleasantly warm midrange and a precise, fairly level foundation down low.

Shure also lets you decide which of the sound tubes to use. Balanced, warm or bright. Each of these tubes has its own signature and I tested all 3: there was a noticeable difference between the playing styles.

Balanced: ( delivery state )

Here the ratio of bass/woofer and treble is rather neutral and balanced, neither one nor the other is too loud or too quiet. The sound is neutral and crisp and it and can be very relaxed very deep into the music. My favorite? In a way, yes, because this signature actually always fits. You could have stopped at this point, but the rest makes you curious.

Bright

Here, the highs and mids come to the fore and it is boosted by about 2.5 dB. Thus, the bass slips a bit to the back, but still remains sufficiently present. Especially with vocals the recognition value benefits quite neatly. The sound is very precise and clear, but the blow-off noises of various instruments can get on your nerves because they become a bit too dominant. Speech and song yes, complex orchestral pieces rather no.

Warm

In this signature, the high frequency is reduced by 2.5 dB. The bass and lower mids now come forward clearly, but without pushing too hard. The fundamental frequencies of many instruments and also of the voices are reproduced in a fuller, more voluminous way and thus also much warmer as a whole. The bass still remains natural and crisp without booming or rumbling. This hits the nerve of the fun-listening faction, who rather like the fat bass.

To sum it up, the Aonic 5 are a sucker’s egg in the sound department, because you can just pop in the appropriate cookie of the day based on your mood.  So there’s something for everyone and you really get picked up acoustically. Even the basic version without True Wireless is quite good and with the ShurePlus Play app, the whole thing becomes even more interesting, because here we can also manually fine-tune the equalizer and filter out the sound that suits us best. Or make it worse, depending on your taste. So everyone should be helped to find a perfect setup.

Conclusion and summary

The Aonic 5 are certainly not the cheapest in-ears on the market but, not the most expensive either, as the price is open at the top. Shure is having an interesting battle here with the products from Hörluchs, of which I privately own a few myself. In a direct comparison, Shure really surprised me with the Aonic 5. The customization with sound tubes works and really surprised and picked me up. Here you really find a kind of unique selling proposition.

Of course, the question arises who buys such in-ears for this price.  The answer is quite simple: everyone who does not want to do without maximum listening pleasure, who wants to stand out from the usual mainstream, who has enough money and who buys sustainably in the long run. Because, as always, he who buys cheap, buys twice and with in-ears even more often. It’s up to you whether you also order the True Wireless adapters to achieve the last bit of comfort. It’s certainly a good option.  However, there are also a lot of alternatives and you should, as always, listen carefully before.

The test sample was provided by the manufacturer without obligation. There was no influence on the tests and results, nor was there any obligation to publish this review