Dope Tech: Weirdest Earbuds I've Ever Tried!

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[DidYounisMe]

We all know Marques set up the shot in the beginning to flex his fresh hair cut, looking sharp my man 👌

[ShadowDrakken]

The earbuds seem like they'd be really good for people prone to ear infections. By not trapping in moisture and allowing the ear to breath, it should reduce the risks of infection. I'd love to see data on it!

[krisengelaar]

The most surprising thing about this is Sony using actual words to name their product

[kobotherobohobo]

While the linkbuds may be lacking bass (there is still more than I expected), the mids and highs are unlike anything I've experienced from any earbuds, aside from iems, before. There's a crispness to the sound that seems to be extremely difficult for manufacturers to achieve in any ear/headphones without them being legitimately open backed. Not having to touch the earbuds themselves is such a gamechanger since there's no chance of knocking them loose while frustratingly trying to get the touch pad to work, and it seems to be way more consistent than any the controls of any other touch- controlled earbuds I've used.

I'd recommend these to anyone who still wants to be connected to the outside world while walking around/going on a hike.
They're also perfect for people like me who have older cars with stereo systems that are mediocre and/or don't work at all since I can still hear what's going on around me while listening to decent sounding music. The fact that the plastics are recycled from car parts makes them that much more fitting for that purpose

[dannywinget]

The Xbox screen was dope! The giveaway is also nice especially with the charity component. Two of the best in tech teaming up can only = 🔥

[aloafofbeans]

Man, Sony is always ahead of the game with crazy stuff like this. And they are using actual words in their naming!

[MariaIsabel_Fufuria]

The Sony Linkbuds are pretty cool and make a lot of sense (say, from a Japanese commuter and handheld gaming perspective), since a lot of people commute, walk several kilometers a day and even still game-on-the-go. They made it so you could still hear and speak in public without having to pop out and possibly lose those tiny earpieces. As a Sony (Playstation) fangirl myself, the "tapping the area in front of your ear" reminds me of Aloy's Focus (a triangular device she uses to scan, see data of and interact with "the old world" - our world/time) in (Sony) Playstation's Horizon Forbidden West. PRETTY COOL!

[AltafKapadia]

Hey Marques, I was just using my Sony link buds when your video popped up. Honestly, its one of the weirdest and coolest tech I ever had. Thanks for the review!

[sherluk_homs]

I think Sony actually worked a really long time on these kind of earphones.
I remember like 6 years ago my mother participated on a market research, where she got to test these kind of earphones for about two weeks and then give feedback on what her thoughts were about them.
She gave them to me for a day to test them myself and of course they were still completely wired and really didn't sound good at all, in fact very canny and trebbly sound with a total of zero bass. But that might really just been something like an prototype.
I don't actually know if Sony ever released them or were just working on them until they have a finalized product they think is good enough for the open market.

[vikram]

12:58 I believe that's why technology exists. Making positive impacts. Great job you both.

[Hayden_Agar]

The control on the Sony's with tapping the skin is incredible

[jamesCamali]

It’s a good era in tech when Sony starts dropping weirdos like those buds. The Sony Mylo and the Vaio P were bizarre devices, but their designs were a ton of fun.

[Johnnyhoboy]

As a backer of Xscreen and person who's interested in the Sony Airbuds, this was an awesome vid to see!

[Alex-cwrz]

I genuinely think as someone with dyspraxia tapping the side of my head for controls will be a lot easier than hitting the earbuds as I find it very hard to actually tap a tiny earbud, with my coordination.

[kiranips]

I’m in love with these Sony ear buds. Sony is killing it with its innovation. How often do we see big companies think out of the box. Kudos to Sony again

[CalCalCal]

Just got a pair of link buds, one really cool feature is that if you have a touque on in the winter, tapping basically anywhere on the side of your hat will work. Very useful when it's cold af and you don't want to have to take off gloves or hat.

[raihansyah]

Bro this brings back some nostalgia, I remember back when I had my PlayStation 1 with the screen flip up like this one. Granted, it's not the best screen by any means, but it was enough to just be able to see what's happening on the fly.

[sukhoifan]

The double tap the skin/ear to adjust volume is actually available on Samsung Buds too. It is under "labs" options. But you can only change volume (up or down, depending on the side), there is no option to map to other things.

[neilcoelho]

Been a long time subscriber. Earlier mkbhd used to make a lot of videos on random stuff. Now it feels like videos only on main stream stuff like what's trending. Hope more random tech videos like this are made.