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Im generally not a fan of the emerging open-ear style of earbuds.
Ive tried several, but theyve all felt… lacking, in some way or another.
Even the otherwise excellentBose Ultra Open earbudsdont really do it for me.
Theyre the most impressive, but they dont fit with enough security for me tolikethem.
The cream of the crop?
Theyre a pretty pair of buds, thats for sure.
Sure, Honor’s are easily the best looking, but theyre still large and obtrusive.
But, like… why?
While it’s not worse than the ANC, the touch controls are just adequate.
I prefer buttons to wildly touching my ears in futile attempts to change track or switch ANC modes.
When done well, touch controls are almost tolerable and the touch controls here arealmostfine.
But theyre attached to a bud that, when pressed, moves into your ear cavity.
My touches were often not registered, and there was an uncomfortable scraping as they rubbed my inner ear.
Would a button have solved this?
No, but I think the fit might have.
Thanks to the way that they fit, they often struggle with bass, and even the lower mids.
Theres some real depth here.
Distorted guitars were crisp and well-defined, and dancing basslines showed some grunt.
They sound conventionallygood which in my eyes outweighs some of my perceived issues with the open-ear format.
They look nice and theyve got some interesting features if youve an Honor phone, too.
