![]() ![]() The flirting guitars in the beginning of The Clash’s “Should I Stay or Should I Go” fed into each distinctly, making me feel like I was on stage standing between the band members. The custom 18 x 11mm dynamic drivers seemed to do their job, even on the epic bass drop on Zedd’s “Clarity.” I didn’t feel as immersed as I do when listening to the same song on the Sony LinkBuds S, but that’s kind of the point of open-ear earbuds. The song’s simple bass beat had more depth than I expected, too. Listening to Milky Chance’s “Stolen Dance”, the verses sounded slightly off-key, exactly as they should in this folk-meets-dance track. Yet as the first earbuds with air conduction to hit the market, the OpenFit impressed me. Varying ear shapes and sizes require the kind of tuning technology that isn’t fool-proof. Shokz OpenFit review: Sound qualityĪs you might expect, open-ear headphones won’t sound as strong as most wireless earbuds because the sound isn’t being fed directly into your ear canals. You’ll have to make playback louder or quieter directly on your paired Bluetooth device. There are no volume controls directly on the bud, though. A long press skips tracks or rejects a call. A double tap pauses and plays music, or answers and ends phone calls. Once the buds are paired and powered on, the touch pads are used to control music and call playback. Both buds need to be positioned in the case, and the touch pads on each bud need to be pressed simultaneously to trigger pairing. ![]() But when I wanted to pair them to my computer, I faced a somewhat cumbersome process. They automatically entered Bluetooth pairing mode, connecting to my iPhone quickly. Pairing the Shokz OpenFit is a breeze the first time you open them out of the box.
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