Earphones with noise cancellation are quite common. People want to block outside noises when they are listening to music, and that is perfectly normal. However, there are situations when we actually need to hear every sound nearby while listening to our music. For this purpose, I got myself a nice pair of earphones from Fit AirDrives.
Fit AirDrives earphones are different from most other earphones because they do not block our ears. Instead of going into our ears, Fit AirDrives is positioned just outside our ears, thus not blocking any external sound, but we can still hear the music. It comes with built-in remote to adjust volume.
Most people would probably need this for sports, crossing roads in busy traffic or outdoor activities. My specific need is a bit different. At night I often need to listen to music, or to watch movies in front of my computer in a room with sleeping newborn baby. So I try not to use the speakers because it would wake my baby boy up, but if I use normal earphones or headphones, I will not hear him cry or make other sounds. Particularly when my wife is asleep, I need to be in full aware situation while still enjoying my music/movies.
So how do these earphones perform? Obviously they can not compare with sound quality of high-end earphones, but the sound is decent for casual listening. I need to turn up my Mac’s volume to around 80% (and its remote volume to 100%) to get proper hearing, but otherwise these earphones are reasonably usable. It took around 15 minutes for my ears to adjust with this new way of listening music, but after that, I actually can enjoy my music and quickly can hear my baby boy crying.
It is worth to mention that the design of these earphones is a bit unique. The earphones are attached around our ears using its own cable. That is a simple approach, yet I have never seen it in any other product so far. The cable can be pulled a bit to adjust to our ears’ size. However, attaching the cable around my ears usually take longer time than what I usually need to wear any headphones or earphones.
Since I did not have high expectations on this product in the first place, I am quite happy with what I get. Not a high-quality audio device, but certainly works as promised and solves my specific situation. Good product.
Where did you buy these..I cannot find…:(