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Transparency mode killed open-ear headphones for me


With the quality of modern Transparency mode on ANC earbuds, are open-ear earbuds still relevant?

(Image credit: Sony Corporation)In 2016, a small company out of San Francisco, Nuheara, launched its own Indiegogo campaign, bringing the IQbuds to backers in 2017. With the quality of Sony’s WF-1000XM5, Samsung’s Galaxy Bud 2 Pro’s Ambient Mode, or Jabra’s Elite 10 HearThrough, there’s simply no reason to opt for open ear earbuds anymore. Support Dolby Atmos or Sony 360 Reality immersive audio tech and will reproduce those mixes with brilliant sound separation that gives you not only crisp treble and solid mids but also deep bass and sub-bass.

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