Cleer inc. via Amazon has
Cleer ARC 4 Plus Open-Ear True Wireless Earbuds w/ Dolby Audio (Black or White) on sale for $129.99 - 45% with promo code
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Features:
- Dolby Audio 3D surround sound with head tracking for a theater-like listening experience.
- Lightweight design keeps ears unblocked and allows awareness of surrounding sounds.
- Up to 34 hours of total playback, with 10-minute fast charging for 3 hours of listening.
- IPX7 protection against water and sweat, ideal for workouts and outdoor activities.
- Bluetooth 5.4 supports seamless switching between two connected devices.
- Cleer+ app offers EQ adjustments, firmware updates, and personalized touch controls.
- Snapdragon Sound, aptX Adaptive and Lossless support, and DBE 4.0 bass enhancement.
- Dual noise-canceling microphones improve voice clarity for calls and meetings.
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What's the point of open earbuds that cover most of your ear canal?
Why not get normal earbuds and just use passthrough mode if you need to hear your surroundings?
But as for the openness on this kind of thing, the ones I do have rotate, so I spin them a bit to offer more or less blocking if someone is talking. At least for me they don't block enough that I can't tell what's going on around me in the house. I may not have heard what they said, but I know they were trying to talk, so I can pop them open or off to hear. Passthrough for me means I would either need it always on or know to toggle it. Passthrough often has terrible tolerance for wind so I never want it on when I'm outside or wearing a rain jacket as it amplifies that material sound dramatically.
The other reason I do like them is I had some water trapped in my ear awhile back and for a couple weeks any in ear hurt after a little bit, but open ears were fine.
That said, bone conducting works better for letting you hear around you. My shokz had just died and couldn't justify buying another expensive one that randomly stops after the 2 year mark.
No need to reposition them and risk them falling off and the "openness" is closer to a 70/30 split, where the earbuds are just background noise unless you crank them all the way up.
Shokz are good if you need something closer to a 90/10 split, but you have to be discerning about their models. Only about 2 of the models they've released are actually bone conduction and one of them has it gated behind an app setting.
What's the point of open earbuds that cover most of your ear canal?
Why not get normal earbuds and just use passthrough mode if you need to hear your surroundings?
What's the point of open earbuds that cover most of your ear canal?
Why not get normal earbuds and just use passthrough mode if you need to hear your surroundings?
-some may not want to completely fill their ear canal (for a variety of reasons)
Just some reasons. I've had open ear buds since the original Sony Linkbuds. There is no substitute for having your ears open to natural external noises.
Why some people want or need that is another question. Different products for different use cases
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This drops latency down below 30 milliseconds, meaning sound effects are completely instantaneous. The ARC 4 Plus utilizes standard Bluetooth 5.4. Even with Snapdragon Sound and aptX Adaptive/Lossless, standard Bluetooth will still introduce a minor delay (usually 80ms to 150ms depending on the host device)
The ARC 5 Gaming features THX Spatial Audio equipped with a dedicated Game Mode profile. This works alongside 6-axis head-tracking to build a much wider 3D environment specifically tailored to track environmental audio. The ARC 4 Plus also has fantastic spatial immersion with Dolby Atmos and head-tracking, but its tuning is balanced strictly for music and cinematic streaming rather than directional gaming cues.
If you're going for open earbuds, it seems counterintuitive.
I think a lot of you haven't heard good passthrough either. Maybe just the crappy version the airpods come with? Because those sound like cheap hearing aids.
If you're going for open earbuds, it seems counterintuitive.
I think a lot of you haven't heard good passthrough either. Maybe just the crappy version the airpods come with? Because those sound like cheap hearing aids.
If you're going for open earbuds, it seems counterintuitive.
I think a lot of you haven't heard good passthrough either. Maybe just the crappy version the airpods come with? Because those sound like cheap hearing aids.
I have some Earfun Clip 2 also. They don't impede my normal hearing. My Sony Linkbuds sit in the ear and have a hole in the middle. It doesn't noticeably impact what I hear.
It's likely I haven't heard Earbuds with good Pass-through. The Sony Linkbuds Fit is ok.. The Samsung buds I have aren't great. But I also don't need to hunt for good Pass-through..
Don't need it with the open ears I have.
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