belief : Another week , another launch ; this time it was Philips ’ bi - annual look at products on their elbow room in the next few months , with the focus being on its OLED+908 and its unexampled Fidelio L4 and T2 headphones .
I sustain up close ( if not necessarily personal ) with each product , and the headphones were a picky area of interest on this occasion . I ’d like theFidelio L3enough to give them our best headphones award in 2021 . The originalT1 true wirelessI was n’t as fond of . Big and chunky , the aim of the earbuds felt as if they were from a previous generation .
And Benoit Burette , Audio Strategy Director for Philips Audio , concede that was an issue during his presentation for the T2 , shining a light on an surface area that ’s become more authoritative with each passing true wireless generation – fit .
There have been many times in the office where I ’ve chatted to people about wireless earbuds where the issue of fit come up . A few complained about theSony WF-1000XM4 , which despite being smaller than theWF-1000XM3 , were still large and chunky for some , not conform to into their ears with the same sense of surety . And of class , if the earphones ’ Navy SEAL is n’t nasty and secure , you wo n’t get the best speech sound or dissonance - cancellation . It ’s a cascading effect .
And so , with each new iteration of a true wireless , whether fromBose , Sony and now Philips , the electronic messaging has been “ smaller is better ” .
And Benoit have in a few interesting tidbits of consumer insights from Futuresource Consulting that indicated that , for the first time , comfortableness tally higher in terms of why consumers chose a unfeigned radio set ( 76 % to 75 % ) . labour deeper into the turn , consumers in GenZ , Millennial ( that ’s me ) , 42 - 57 , and 58 + years groups were involve about their biggest thwarting with in - ear figure and imagine what came up as the main intellect ? “ stableness in ear ” .
And of those groups asked , sound character only boast as an answer in one group – GenZ – and it was at the bottom of the three largest answer .
Now you could see at that from two perspective . One is that other groups are n’t concerned about sound quality because it ’s not something they ’re ‘ thwarted ’ about and perhaps even take in for granted . Or that they are concerned about heavy quality , but there are other things that are other concerns that are more pressing .
It ’s a surprise , at least to me , as wakeless timbre as always been king but that ’s clearly not the case as wireless earbuds have become more popular . We fag phone for longer it seems , and therefore comfort is the priority , but even if you wear a couplet for five minutes or an hour , such is the knock - on effects on other aspect that I mentioned before , a good conniption is essential to a dear overall experience .
So it always impresses me when you really face at the wealthiness of technology in true wireless earbuds that ’s been miniaturized to fit into place . With effectual quality that ’s not all that a significant footmark from their over - ear counterparts , they are true wireless wonder .
So unlike television receiver , where bigger is more and more consider as honest ( and of course , hoovering up more of your John Cash ) , pocket-sized is in force fortrue wireless . Audio make are listening to you , but lease ’s also not turn a loss sight of the reason we all listen to music for , and that ’s for how the sound makes usfeel . Otherwise , who cares if they fit well but reasoned rubbish ?
