And, after all, it's why companies that focus on
open design headphones, like Grado, are successful with audiophiles.
To be fair, this is always how the double - edged sword of
open design headphones slices.
Not exact matches
Besides being expensive, this pair of
headphones has two caveats: It's wired, and it has an
open design.
I was able to test both the Trekz Titanium and the Trekz Air
headphones, and while both have an
open - ear
design that offers durability and comfort, I was especially impressed with the Trekz Air.
Featuring an
open - back
design that lets ambient noise mix with your music for a natural feeling, these
headphones offer an incredibly balanced music reproduction.
Sennheiser's HD 700
headphones are an evolutionary step in audio performance with their
open - back
design and high - performance sound quality.
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Both impose
design limitations on
headphone makers, who could create awesome sound much more easily if they go with a wired
open - back
design (such as, for example, the Sennheiser HD 650s); it's just much simpler.
The company's ClamCase Pro for iPad Air 2 is similar to the ClamCase + but costs about $ 20 less, lacks backlit keys, is about an ounce lighter, and has a case
design with much smaller
openings around the Lightning - connector port and
headphone jack that accommodate only the smallest of plugs.
To be fair, it's not uncommon for
open - back
headphone designs to be a bit bass shy.
The downside of this
design is that you won't get the sweet, natural sound quality that
open - back
headphones offer.
These
headphones, which are often on the expensive side, use an
open - back
design that doesn't seal in the audio from the drivers.
The Monolith M300 are
open - back
design, which means sound gets in and out of the
headphone.
That's because where most planar magnetic
headphones are
open - backed — a
design that allows the sound to «breathe» a bit more, but also sacrifices passive noise isolation — the PM - 3 are closed - back, allowing you to more effectively drown out the world when you're on a noisy train or at the office.
This is impressive, considering that both the 3.5 mm
headphone jack and the USB - C slot at the bottom of the phone are
open; despite it being a feature of Sony flagship phones for quite some time, the waterproof
design is still something worth shouting about.
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design
As noted in our review, they're not the best wireless
headphones out there, although the Google Assistant integration is still top notch, even if the
open - air
design and poor fit options aren't for everyone.
Open air earbud or
headphone designs are always going to be polarizing.
Sennheiser announced the HD 700 fully
open dynamic stereo
headphones which combine high - end sound with an innovative
headphone design.
With their
open front and back
design, Elear was modeled after the Utopia but
designed to offer an incredible listening experience when combined with a
headphone amplifier / DAC for the upcoming audiophile at a more affordable price.
The second device — the Xperia Ear
Open - Style
headphones — is still in the concept
design phase.