• @solrizeEnglish
    -23•9 months ago

    Yes, it’s walking around outside while listening to music that is a niche usage. I know that some people do it and can’t live without it, but I tend to feel that is unusual. It’s annoying to see “these earphones let you keep hearing other people’s conversations around you” as if that was a desirable feature, which it almost never is.

    • @ABCDEEnglish
      20•9 months ago

      You tend to feel? Mate, it’s not unusual, it’s been done for decades by lots of people. Go outside and look.

    • @[email protected]English
      16•9 months ago

      The Walkman, introduced in the 80’s, would like a word. As would the first electronic handheld radios in the 60’s.

      Niche? You keep using that word. I do not think that word means what you think it means.

    • Mbourgon everywhereEnglish
      11•9 months ago

      Many people outside do not have headphones on. But most people who are walking/running/cycling do have them on.

      • @[email protected]English
        5•9 months ago

        Yup. I used to bike with headphones hanging around my neck so i could hear some music but also the world. Its much better now with passthrough, I can put them in my ears to hear both the audio and world normally.

        These look even better than the active passthrough, as they would use way less power for the same benefit. Im exactly the market for these “open” headphones.

        • Mbourgon everywhereEnglish
          2•9 months ago

          For what it’s worth, I’ve quite enjoyed my aftershokz, on my second pair. The one downside I have is that the wind going over them makes a noise in my ear, and the furry things you clip to your bike helmet straps don’t help enough. don’t get me wrong, you have the wind noise in your ears regardless, but the aftershocks make it worse.

          On the plus side, I don’t have to worry about them ever falling off, unlike these, strapped underneath my helmet like they are.