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Looking for European earbud producer with open-ear design (feddit.org)
submitted 5 hours ago* (last edited 3 hours ago) by [email protected] to c/[email protected]
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I'm currently looking to replace my in-ears (which are slowly dying) and I have settled on the open-ear form factor. Unfortunately open-ears are not very common, so I've had trouble finding many European options. I'd settle for a European company, because produced in Europe is even more difficult to find.

What I found so far:

  • Nothing Open Ear (UK, produced in China)
  • Suunto Aqua/Wing/Sonic (Finland, probably produced in China
  • Teufel Airy Open TWS (Germany, probably produced in China)
  • Beyerdynamic Veerio 200 (Germany, 85% of all Beyerdynamic products produced in Germany)

Please do not confuse open-back (full-size over-ear) and open-ear (small form factor).

European brands I have checked which do not have open-ears:

  • Steelseries
  • Bang & Olufsen
  • Austrian Audio
  • Sennheiser
  • Meze
  • Fairphone
  • Valco
  • Fresh 'n Rebel

Brands with open-ears but not European:

  • Shokz
  • Bose
  • JBL
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[–] [email protected] 5 points 4 hours ago (1 children)

Beyerdynamic DT 990 Pro are amazing open ear headphones. Quality to price ratio is outstanding.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 4 hours ago (1 children)

Those are unfortunately open-back and not open-ear.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 4 hours ago

Sorry. Didn't read correctly

[–] [email protected] 3 points 4 hours ago (2 children)

Hi,

I don’t know where Teufel produces )likely China though), but the brand is high quality and these should match more or less.

https://teufel.de/airy-open-tws-107001994

[–] [email protected] 3 points 3 hours ago

I won a pair of Teufel earbuds and their noise cancelling is abysmal. Good sound, shame about the ANC.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 4 hours ago

Thanks, added to my list!

[–] [email protected] 2 points 5 hours ago (1 children)

@trolske Sennheiser?

https://www.sennheiser-hearing.com/

[–] [email protected] 3 points 5 hours ago (1 children)

No open-ears as far as I can see

[–] [email protected] 2 points 4 hours ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 2 points 4 hours ago

Those are open-back, not open-ear.