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” (andrew.masto.host)

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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

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[-] Tattorack@lemmy.world 23 points 8 months ago

Eeeehhhhh that depends.

I work delivering food on a bicycle. I need to be able to hear things. Would be nice if I could listing to my playlists and not drown out the car coming my way.

[-] _Analog_@lemmy.world 4 points 8 months ago

May I suggest checking these out? https://shokz.com/products/openrunpro

Not affiliated, just like mine for when I need to keep my ears completely open. Audio quality is surprisingly good, but also never going to compete with something whose sole purpose is to sound good i.e. non-sporty headphones.

Bike riding is perfect for these bone conducting headphones, you can listen to tunes while hearing absolutely everything.

[-] Tattorack@lemmy.world 5 points 8 months ago

180 US for 10 hours of battery life and, allegedly, a full titanium body. That's honestly reasonable.

Now the real question is; do they ship to Denmark? I'll have to check that out after work.

[-] aeki@slrpnk.net 1 points 8 months ago

Seems like only the US is available. I am also curious about a product like this that'd deliver to Sweden.

[-] Tattorack@lemmy.world 1 points 8 months ago

Well, it turns out Telenor is selling that exact model here. Maybe check your phone provider?

[-] brian@programming.dev 1 points 8 months ago

I have a pair, and they're really convenient. Occasionally they do make me feel sick if I wear them too long though

[-] beeb@lemm.ee -3 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago)

The bose quietcomfort ones do that and more. You can choose if you want to block out external sounds with ANC or enable pass-through so you can hear the world around you. Not sure why they needed to make this product.

[-] EveningPancakes@lemm.ee 9 points 8 months ago

Passthrough doesn't work well on a bike when there's wind rushing past the microphones that record the passthrough sound. This product fixes that.

[-] beeb@lemm.ee 3 points 8 months ago

OK I can see how that would be better for biking.

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