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Over-the-ear headphone lovers like me are familiar with open-back headphones; open-back earbuds like the Sony LinkBuds are another matter. Both types of headphone allow sound from the outside world to mix freely with whatever music you’re listening to, providing improved situational awareness while you’re out and about.
Sony accomplished this with the LinkBuds by designing the portion of the earbud that sits over your canal to be circular with a hole punched out–they look like doughnuts sitting in your ear. This isn’t Sony’s first attempt at a ring-based driver, but this is the first one the company has pushed hard to the mainstream. The LinkBuds retail for £149 and feature some compelling reasons for why you should consider them. Sony has gotten a lot of things right with the LinkBuds, and I’ve really enjoyed my time with them, but there are just too many little nagging issues that hold me back from recommending them without caveats.
WHY OPEN-BACK EARBUDS?
Before I dig into the details of the Sony LinkBuds themselves, I want to
