Several audio companies have been hopping on the open-ear earbuds bandwagon, a headphone design where the speaker rests outside the listener’s ear rather than inside it. Beyerdynamic is the latest to offer this listening option with the VERIO 200, the brand’s first set of open-ear true wireless headphones. The set retails for $220 and is available to order today.
Open-ear headphones can come with some sacrifices to audio quality, but this set features a custom 16.22mm graphene driver. Using the lightweight graphene in speakers can cut down on sound distortion, so the high-end material could help negate that usual performance tradeoff with this style. The open-ear approach can also be more comfortable if you don’t enjoy the usual in-ear earbud experience. And you’ll be able to hear your surroundings much better with this design, something that can be important for people wearing these…
