Bose introduces their new Ultra Open Earbuds. “Their cuff-like fit leaves your ears totally open so you can still hear the world around you”
https://www.bose.com/p/earbuds/bose-ultra-open-earbuds/ULT-HEADPHONEOPN.html
Norm from Tested recently reviewed the “Ray-Ban Meta Smart Glasses”. The most interesting use case for him was to have good, non obtrusive earphones that allow you to hear normally without blocking people out.
The amount of people in the comments not understanding why open buds are relevant to some people / the concept of earbuds overall is quite funny. I guess there’s some truth in stereotypical Lemmy user rarely showing up outside 🙃
earbuds are fucking stupid why don’t you just wear headphones
Huh? If I wear headphones outside, they will literally be drenched in sweat when I take them off. And you can’t exactly put headphones in a washing machine to remove sweat from the foam padding either. They’ll start to stink in no time.
OK, but why the fuck are their models looking at me like I’m a piece of shit?
Do wearing these gives you a futuristic superiority complex?
Open almost always means no bass (unless you’re spending $500+ on planar magnetic), so I’ll pass.
Semi-closed back is the way to go. Best of all worlds (good sound stage + good bass).
You haven’t even heard them and are making grand assumptions. The bass is great at low to medium listening levels but rolls off as you increase the volume due to physical limitations.
