Fit for purpose

Not only are they comfier than ever, today’s wireless earbuds are also better able to do their job; delivering high-quality sound into your ears. Here’s our pick of the bunch

Remember the bad old days of on-the-go music listening? You know, when you used to fumble around in your bag or pocket for your in-ear headphones before pulling out a knot of electrical spaghetti and spending what seemed like an age untangling it? Then, once the buds were in, you would invariably reach into your pocket for something else, accidentally snag the wire and yank the buds from your lugholes. Priceless. Then one day, the hi-fi gods granted us the miracle of the wireless earbud. The first examples had more than their fair share of teething troubles (Bluetooth connectivity; minimal battery life; sound-quality issues), but the essential technological leap had been made, and the wireless earbud genie was well and truly out of the music bottle. Rapid progress Things have…

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What Hi-Fi? (Digital) - 1 Issue, December 2024

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