Waza-Air Wireless Personal Guitar Amplification System

I'm loving these so far, the sound quality is excellent and they are very comfy. Super handy for playing late or when you want to avoid upsetting anyone. Turned the gyro feature off pretty fast although do have to say it worked perfectly and is pretty impressive. I'm not finding it very intuitive to adjust but there are some great videos online of walkthroughs. It could do with a pouch or something for the dongle and cable but I think it's pretty good value for money to be honest. Would recommend, I'll be getting the expression pedal to go with it. UPDATE: for anyone using a guitar with active electronics, make sure you read the instructions, you may need a longer TRS cable and a female adapter so the dongle plugs in further away from the guitar, otherwise you'll get high pitched hum. Both available on Amazon.

I am a near 50yr old guitarist and have been playing since I was 9 so I consider myself a good judge of tone quality by now, I have been lucky (stupid) enough to have owned some amazing amps including Bad Cat, Mesa, Spawn, Cornford (etc etc) Believe me when I say that these (especially the clean and edge of break up tones) are INCREDIBLE sound wise, the app is easy to set up and link (even for a technophobe like me) up and away you go in tone heaven for silent practice. They come with (as far as I can tell a clean tone and a driven tone saved - using the app I quickly made the six available presets into different tones, some with effects and some not and you scroll through them and adjust volume with intuitive buttons on the side of the cans. The one downside is that they are a little tight of fit and this isnt seemingly adjustable - you only really notice it when you take them off after an hour or so and your ears whisper to you 'Thank **** for that' and slowly return themselves to a reasonable temperature - I guess the more venting the more the sound bleeds so its sort of understandable for them to be snug. You can also use them as bluetooth headphones AND play music through them and then play along which is really useful for jamming silently. Cannot recommend highly enough otherwise - simply incredible, probably the best guitar related 'gadget' I have ever owned.

I bought these after much searching for a decent set of wireless headphones for guitar practice without wires. Normal Bluetooth headphones are no good because they 'lag' too much with the sound, and wireless RF headphones seem to be pretty much a lucky dip in terms of sound quality versus hiss as far as I could tell. Enter the Waza-Air.... Wireless sound, great quality, no lag, can play over backing tracks via a phone or laptop etc. Awesome! But they're bl**dy expensive! If you do your research, you'll also see loads of reviews harping on about these great features designed to 'put you on the stage' or 'keep you in the sound space' blah blah blah... In theory, this allows you to 'place' the amp/band in a particular spot in your listening environment... and then as you move around/turn your head, the amp & band magically stay where you put them. And they do... and it's really nifty... for about 30 seconds. Then they start to 'drift', slowly circulating the room until you 'fix' them again. Hmm... The stage feature is a pretty nifty idea... but it simply doesn't work in my experience (and others). I think it has something to do with the gyroscope inside and you naturally moving your head around. Whatever... it doesn't work properly so they ought to fix it or stop using it as a selling point. That being said, if you just switch the sound to normal 'surround', it's great - it sounds great, works great, and does exactly what I bought them for - allowing me to practice without bothering everyone else in the house. Oh, I should also mention that they do a bunch of different amp tones/sounds etc that are great quality - not something I've delved into too much, but you can also make your own tones if you feel the need, and it'll store 6 tones on the headphones themselves so you can use it without the accompanying app if you want to. Bizarrely enough, the Waza-Air seem to be the ONLY wireless headphones on the market to do this effectively, so if you want excellent, wireless, lag-free sound for guitar practice then you'll have to pony up the pennies to get them. Just don't buy them for the snazzy gimmicky stuff.

Having read a lot of reviews of these I decided to give them a whirl. I have to say they've exceeded my expectations in pretty much every way. Frankly as a pair of stand alone phones, I have better sound quality from, for example B&W P7s. But those are dedicated to simply doing their best at clean sound reproduction from a streamed source. These do that with all sorts of magic, take a second stream from your guitar, know which way your head is pointed, and, oh yes, have the heart of a Katana built into them. The documentation available from Boss doesn't do them justice IMO. In fact the included paperwork refers to documents that aren't available. There's a decent video on YouTube from Boss, plus a few others from Youtube guitarists. But I've decided not to let that detract from how awesome the hardware and accompanying software is. I guess if you're a Katana user the amp / effects stuff is second nature. The spatial stuff won't be and is very good. If you want to plop your guitar in with your favourite bands and play along, these are amazing, whether you want to do it 'dry' or make it seem like you're on stage. I've only had these a day so no idea how they will last, but if their build quality and reliability is anything like the rest of the Boss kit I have, they'll be fine. Excellent kit.

Review specific to Using with Foot Pedal System I wanted to go completely wireless with my guitar and headphones. This does it! I also wanted to be able to do this and play like I would through my foot pedal system and worked out how to do that too. You get a lot for your money here. I will not provide a complete review - you can watch numerous videos etc - try the one from Andertons which is a great review. I love the headphones and use them by themselves to play along with streaming music - its really really cool and I love the different settings and effects - you get a lot for your money. Wireless Headphones That Sound Like a REAL Amp? BOSS Waza-Air Headphones for Guitarists! - YouTube Footpedal System: This review is about use with GNX4 Digitech (or other) Footpedal system. It took a bit of getting used to but is great. I now have wireless headphones and wireless guitar playing through my GNX4 system. Ensure Wazza is set up correct and connected to iPhone app. Set Gyro Ambience position to off Set Amplifier to Flat Acoustic Set all effects to off Plug Wazza transmitter into the OUT socket on the GNX system. I also used wireless LEKATO receiver and transmitter - I have a transmitter in the guitar and a receiver plugged into the guitar socket on the GNX I now have a complete wireless foot pedal system with wireless headphones If you watch the Andertons video you will see them do similar at the 21:10 mark Enjoy

I struggle to find any faults with these. They are comfortable and can easily be worn for hours, they dont make your ears warm. The sound is phenomenal, pick attack is instant and the tube-amp style reactiveness is entirely there. Perfect for practice for beginners or pros alike. Battery lasts days between chargers. The one negative is the app for the phone is a little archaic, but does the job nonetheless. My MesaBoogie has barely been used in the last 6 months because the headphones are so bloody good!

Use through my pedal board at home for favourite effects. Excellent standalone when travelling or anywhere you don't want to fuss with cables . Best headphones I've ever used . If they were ever stolen, I'd replace with same straight away ! Very much as near an "on stage" experience as can be through headphones. Completely different from my conventional Sennheiser's through Amp headphone out. Expensive but so easy and convenient, I'm practicing much more than I used to & enjoying even more because I know I'm not pissing people off in the house !

First saw these when scrolling through some (on-line) Guitar videos, and thought "I've got to have a closer look at these". As a purely 'bedroom guitarist' I was fed-up with being told to "turn it down" when playing through a normal portable amp (even at a pretty low level). The Waza-Air Headphone Amp seemed to be just the thing I needed! Only problem was that I couldn't find anywhere (in the UK) that had them 'in-stock'. All the normal suppliers (including Amazon) had them on 'back-order' with no idea if or when they would get any stock. By chance, I recently spotted a link on the Amazon Page, that they were available to buy (via the Amazon Marketplace), from a supplier called Scotto Musique, in Marseille, France. To be honest, I was a bit worried as to whether it was going to be a good idea to take a chance and order them, considering the ongoing global 'lockdown' issues. Especially as they were going to be a tad over £400 including delivery (elsewhere they were advertised anywhere between £350 - £385 including p&p...... albeit that no-one had them available!). Eventually took the plunge and went for it. I couldn't have been happier with the supplier, I was emailed within a day that they had been shipped, with tracking information that enabled me to track them at every point to a safe delivery within 3 days. As for the Waza-Air Headphones themselves, I was just 'blown away' with them. They are everything I was hoping they would be. Yes, they probably have some finnicky 'issues' that some other reviewers have pointed out. But I can now wirelessly 'plug and play' to my hearts content, any time, day or night, without annoying other family members (or neighbours!). With all manner of Amp/Effects configurations (that only I get to hear), available via the on-line free Boss App. On top of that I can wander around the house, if I want to, and still carry on being 'plugged in' without any restraining wires/pedals to hold me back. They are perfect for both Electric and Electro-Acoustic guitars (and Bass guitar if that's your instrument) Like other reviews, I was a bit surprised that Boss didn't include a hard case, considering the price of the headphones. But as pointed out by another reviewer 'epoch71', I was able to purchase a case (on Amazon) that was a perfect fit for both the headphones and the transmitter etc. Something Boss might want to think about in the future. If, like me, you want to avoid the 'noise complaints', then I highly recommend these (albeit expensive?) brilliant Boss Waza-Air headphones.