Is the Technics EAH-AZ100 worth the upgrade from the Powerbeats Pro 2?

Verdict

Meaningful upgrade

The Technics EAH-AZ100 scores 7.4 points above the Powerbeats Pro 2. That's a real improvement, though not the kind you'd notice on every track. The gains are concentrated in sound (7.9 to 9.2) and value (7.0 to 8.1). You do give up ground on calls (8.3 to 7.8). On paper: battery life 10 h to 12 h, codecs AAC to SBC, AAC, LC3, LDAC and multipoint pairing. Worth checking: battery incl. case goes 45 h to 28 h and microphones goes 3 to 2. One caution: this steps down a line tier (Powerbeats Pro 2 to EAH-AZ100), and base models usually trade away tier features - check the codec and ANC rows above before trusting the score gap alone. The two sit at effectively the same price. Worth doing if you're replacing anyway; harder to justify as a pure upgrade if what you have still works.