The Aviot TE-V1R-HEN is a pair of true wireless earbuds designed specifically for Hololive fans. Don't discount the $169.99 buds as purely gimmicky fan merch—they’re excellent dual-driver earphones that show off Aviot’s chops as an audio manufacturer. Their active noise cancellation (ANC) is underwhelming, but they sound excellent, especially if you favor crisp highs to booming bass. That said, if you aren’t familiar with the VTuber scene, you can get far better noise cancellation for less money with the $129.99 Anker Soundcore Liberty 4 Pro ($129.99).

Aviot, a division of the Preseed Japan Corporation, is a fairly new headphone brand you probably haven’t heard of. Outside of its collaboration earbuds, most of its releases have been exclusive to Japan. Aviot entered my radar at Anime NYC last year with its booth showing off the TE-V1R-HEN, and since then, I’ve tried a few of its earbuds and met with Preseed’s president Shuto Inoue in Japan to discuss the brand's audio philosophy. Aviot’s pricey Cowboy Bebop-themed TE-ZX1 earbuds really impressed me with their five-driver design, excellent clarity, and built-in voice actor sound clips, but I decided against a full review at the time because of their Japanese-only nature (you’ll be hearing Koichi Yamadera and Megumi Hayashibara when you put them in your ears, not Steve Blum and Wendee Lee).