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Some find wireless earbuds too intrusive, too isolating, and would rather listen to music played out of a phone’s speaker than have to insert even one bud. Help is now at hand though, with Sony’s LinkBuds (WF-L900) offering, like the other ‘open’ styles of wireless earbuds elsewhere on these pages, a twist on the traditional earbud design.
Just a quick look at the Linkbuds’ design will raise eyebrows. Instead of a tip protruding from the earbuds there is a circular section with a hole in the middle. It looks a bit like a smoothed-off Polo mint, though it won’t keep your ears feeling minty fresh. It’s actually the big USP of these wireless earbuds – a 12mm ring driver, designed to slide into the bottom part of your ear from where it fires music out into your ear’s opening. Think of the old-school in-ear headphones you used to get with Sony CD Walkmans back instamp a hole in the middle and you’re not far off it. Those of you who hate the feeling of silicone or memory foam burrowing into your ears will be delighted to learn Sony has deliberately designed the LinkBuds to not do this. Quite the opposite, in fact. Sony wants you to be able to hear the outside world instead of isolating yourself from it.
