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Comment by ryukoposting

5 months ago

Hey, they already make those! Go get yourself some open-back headphones. They sound great and I love mine, though they are rather silly.

I haven't seen these, and you gave me a new fear for what people might do in public.

More seriously, they seem to have better audio so they're meant for home audiophile headphone usage?

  • Sony MDR 605LP is an example of a very open design. I used to own a pair, and I quite enjoys listening to them (by myself). Seems like today Open-Back Headphones is more popular, they are still open in the back.

    The sound of the open air headphones are a bit hard to describe with other words than 'open' :-P It's just a bit more like listening to speakers.

  • Yes, my open back headphones never leave my home. They really only make sense if you listen to a lot of music (I do).