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For a number of years, I’ve been enjoying the peace and quiet of active-noise cancelling headphones and earbuds. I think they do wonders to de-stress your commute, isolate you from your environment, help you enjoy music better in a sub-optimal environment and fight listening fatigue by reducing the need to turn up the volume (which risks hearing damage). But sometimes, you don’t want to be disconnected from the world around you. Maybe you’re out-and-about and crossing the road – apparently quite a few accidents have happened because people just can’t hear the car that’s coming for them. But even at home or in the office – maybe you need to hear someone calling out for you whilst still enjoying a bit of music or an online meeting. That’s where open-type earbuds come in. Open-type earbuds generally sit on the pinnae of your ear and direct sound towards your ear but without enclosing the ear canal like in-ear buds do. Because sound needs to travel through the open air, sound clarity…

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