What do you
wear headphones for, and what do expect from them? These are two important
questions you must ask yourself before even considering the Sony
Xperia Ear Duo. Your answers will impact any buying decision more than the
vast majority of audio products out there and are as important as, say,
confirming you know how to drive before buying a car.
Think we’re
exaggerating? Perhaps a tiny bit, but we’ve been wearing the Xperia Ear Duo for
a few weeks now and know them pretty well — warts and all. Here’s our review of
Sony’s unusual “hearable” that’s very different from other pricey headphones
out there.
DESIGN
What makes the
Xperia Ear Duo different? These true wireless audio devices are designed from
the core to keep you aware of the world around you by not isolating you from
it, while still letting you listen to music, plus take phone calls and chat to
your voice assistant of choice. The headphones reproduce sound using what Sony
calls a Spatial Acoustic Conductor, where audio units hide inside a small
chassis that hangs behind your ear, while sound is pumped into your ears
through little tubes, which end in rubber rings to support them.
The real reason
Sony has made the Xperia Ear Duo this way, however, is to keep them from
blocking out the world. You can hear absolutely everything going on.
Conversations, traffic, birds singing, everything. This means there is a time
and place for wearing the Xperia Ear Duo. We loved using them when out cycling,
as we could hear the sound of impending doom and avoid it, as well as in the
office where we could still hear our name called out.
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