According to the headphone buying guide, open-back headsets and headphones have a wider sound stage while closed-back headphones sound more direct. I'm speaking broadly, and not about specific models. Do open-back headsets and headphones add more spaciousness than already exists in content being...

Samsung also calls their version "ambient sound mode"--https://www.samsung.com/us/support/answer/ANS00078084/--and their version is adjustable.

Apparently, Sony's WF-SP700N headset has a feature that they call "ambient sound mode", but I don't know if it is adjustable.

Not only so that I can hear the sound that is around me, but more specifically so that I can engage in brief conversation without taking my headset off.

Regardless of whether they are IEMs, on-ears, or over-ears, I want to know what other headsets that do this exist.

Microsoft's Surface Headphones have a feature that they refer to as "adjustable active noise cancellation", and what the user can adjust is active noise cancellation, from full-on on one extreme, to AMPLIFYING the sound that is around the user at the other extreme, and everything in-between. I...

I bought the variety pack of the SmartCore series instead of the variety pack prescribed for my particular headset--my Sony MDR-AS800AP--because the SmartCore is newer, and I figured it would be worth trying it to see if the SmartCore Sport Pro had better sound quality than the earlier Sport...

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I just listened to my SmartCore Sport Pro and Audio Pro tips via my headset connected to my iPhone, and I think that they both sound better than the original Sport Pro tips, and I also think that the SmartCore Audio Pro tips sound better than the SmartCore Sport Pro tips. Of course, the Sport...

Hmmm, I never got a response to my question above. Regardless, I bought the variety pack of the SmartCore tips--the Audio Pro and Sport Pro tips--a few days ago on Amazon, and just received them. As far as I know, the SmartCore tips are a new series of tips from Comply. So far, I've only done a...

Why are Comply tips designed with foam extending beyond the end of the internal plastic core? This seems to be what causes a reduction in upper frequencies, so why does Comply design them this way?

I use Sony Sports Headphone model # MDR-AS800AP (https://esupport.sony.com/US/p/model-home.pl?mdl=MDRAS800AP; https://www.head-fi.org/threads/sony-mdr-as800ap-not-to-be-underestimated.750769/) and would like help choosing tips. I've had the Comply Sport Pro 200 (SX-200) tips for a month or so...

I'm curious about high-resolution audio. I don't buy music anymore, I stream it from Spotify, and although Spotify (to my knowledge) does not currently offer high-resolution audio, they were testing offering lossless audio the last time I searched for information about Spotify and sound quality...

After reading through this thread, I am left with these questions: 1. If inserting a foreign object into our ear canals causes our bodies to produce ear wax at a faster rate than they otherwise would, which then requires us to remove the wax with ear-washing kits or with special visits to a...

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I have a pair of Sony MDR-AS800APs and I want to buy or make tips that are custom-fit for my ears. I bought and use those because they were thewirecutter.com's pick for best wired exercise headphones (ironic website name in this context). Because these headphones were designed to be used while...

Check out http://m.thewirecutter.com/leaderboard/headphones/. There, they have an article about wired exercise headphones, and an article about wireless exercise headphones. I doubt that they are audiophile-quality, so they might not be classified as IEMs, but those articles are worth a read.