open-ear
English
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editopen-ear (not comparable)
- Synonym of open-back (“partially covering the ear”)
- 2008 August 4, [email protected], “Bass headphone amp recommendations?”, in alt.guitar.bass[2] (Usenet):
- I have a Dean Bass-in-a-Box. Even with cheap headphones, IMHO it sounds great. Fine for using open-ear headphones and playing along with "music in the room".
- 2021 January 8, Dieter Bohn, “The JLab JBuds Frames are open-ear headphones you clip to your glasses”, in The Verge[4], archived from the original on 2022-09-27:
- However, so far, there’s a fairly low ceiling on audio quality for open-ear headphones — so don’t expect audiophile quality regardless.