Bose Sport open ear headphones won’t fit in your ears

Usually you would expect the headphones to go away in your ear canal. Because, you know, that’s what headphones do. But today, Bose is announcing its latest truly wireless headphones – the Bose Sport Open Ear Headphones – and the company claims they don’t fit, over or over your ears at all.

So where the hell are they going?

According to Bose’s Press release, open Bose Sport headphones sit above your ear canal with an oddly shaped hook. (However, if you look at the image below Sort looks like “covering” a tiny bit of the ear canal …) If you are reading sheet music, it looks like bass clef. Supposedly, you will be able to hear everything you listen to at the volume you want, but without other people listening to you. Bose says you’re just supposed to twist the hook on the outer ridge of your ear, and that it delivers “virtually skin-free” sound and no compression or vibration. Bose claims that the tiny dipole transducer in each speaker delivers clear sound while canceling out other noise, while the microphones are able to isolate your voice from other noise and wind.

As for the specs, the headphones are 48mm wide and 55mm high – so they appear to be relatively tall boys. the Jabra Elite Active 75t, for example, are 19.4mm wide and 16.2mm high. Bose also says the headphones “weigh only 14 grams per bud.” OK, but the AirPods Pro weigh 5.4 grams per bud and the Jabra Elite Active 75t is 5.5 grams. For connectivity, there is both an “etched antenna” and Bluetooth 5.1. The headphones also have an IPX4 rating and an estimated battery life of 8 hours.

As the name suggests, these headphones are intended for outdoor enthusiasts, especially runners, hikers, and cyclists who want to listen to music while keeping an ear attentive to ambient noise, such as traffic or a partner in the field. talkative exercise. There are bone conduction headphones that promise to do the same, but they are generally better for people with hearing loss or less severe. If you’ve used a pair before, the sound quality isn’t as good as regular headphones, and depending on the model, they sometimes slip off your head while running.

We’ve seen this kind of open audio technology from Bose before, especially in its Bose frames sunglasses that double as headphones. When I tested these, they surprisingly delivered this ‘listen to your music but others can’t hear’ promise. We’ll have to test these headphones, however, to see if they give you a similar experience and if the heavier weight and ear hook are comfortable enough for exercise.

The Bose Sport Open headphones will cost $ 200 and come in triple black, which I’m guessing is Bose’s term for “very black”. You can pre-order online today at BestBuy or Bose website, and delivery / availability is expected in the middle of this month.