Ultimate sports headphones? Sony LinkBuds fitness check

Sony LinkBuds WF-L900: A different kind of earrings

Headphones are now available in countless variants and for a wide variety of purposes. The demands are particularly high when it comes to sports: in addition to good sound, which literally sets the pace, the wearing comfort, the form factor and the robustness play an important role here. With their ear hooks or designs trimmed for fitness, dedicated sports models usually don’t look exactly elegant. Also, not everyone wants to use extra headphones while running, weightlifting, or doing yoga.

True wireless in-ears prove to be real all-rounders: They are visually rather inconspicuous, small and light, but still have stamina and a strong sound. only the ear plug – whether made of rubber, silicone or foam – are often perceived as uncomfortable. Sony has these with the new ones LinkBuds WF-L900 without further ado completely omitted and bets in a way instead ring, which is held in place solely by the shape of the ears thanks to the case being set back. The open design with a hole in the middle increases safety, especially on roads, without having to accept compromises when listening to music or making phone calls.

We show you in cooperation with MediaMarkt the (sporty) highlights of the new headphones.

Ring Design: Always connected to the outside world

Active noise canceling (ANC) is literally a part of modern headphones. When traveling, the active noise cancellation like it about the Sony WF-1000XM4 offer, can be an advantage, but doorbells, loudspeaker announcements, people or approaching vehicles are often filtered out acoustically – a great danger when crossing streets.

Instead of closing the ear canal and thus sealing off the outside world, this educates ring design the Sony LinkBuds WF-L900 rather a tunnel. So you can always listen to music and other audio content or make phone calls while listening to the surrounding sounds or conversations. the adaptive volume control automatically adjusts the sound level so that the headphones are not drowned out even if there is sudden noise.

If desired, the pauses Speak-to-Chat feature with the help of Voice pickup technology starts playing as soon as you talk to someone – and automatically resumes playing when the conversation is over. The configuration is done via the smartphone app Sony Headphones Connect. By the way, the voice control can be activated with the words “OK Google” or “Alexa”.

High wearing comfort: small, light, not noticeable

As already mentioned, the new Sony LinkBuds are coming without earplugs the end. Instead, they nestle solely through hers special construction and the ergonomic design carefully into the auricle, with the ring-shaped driver unit right in front of the auditory entrance. To one alike firm and comfortable seat To ensure this, the developers drew on the extensive human ear shape data collected since the introduction of the first in-ear headphones in 1982. The scope of delivery includes ear hooks in five sizes.

That’s how they stay LinkBuds securely in place even during longer, intensive training sessions – without uncomfortable pressure or to fall out. The low weight of just under four grams certainly contributes significantly. Because the headphones by protection class IPX4 are certified, you can neither sweat nor splashing water to wear something. It is better not to swim or shower with them. If you don’t want to touch the headphones with wet fingers, you can simply tap on the area between the cheekbones and the ear, for example to skip a song.

LinkBuds with powerful sound and long runtime

Despite the tiny design, the Sony LinkBuds WF-L900 pack a lot of technology. In addition to the specially developed 12mm ring driver with a flexible membrane (for less recoil) guarantees above all the integrated V1 processor an authentic and balanced sound. the Digital Sound Enhancement Engine (DSEE) is designed to improve the quality of compressed music by restoring the high-frequency elements for clearer detail. In telephone calls, the interlocutor benefits from a Noise reduction algorithm, which uses artificial intelligence to largely filter out ambient noise. In order to ensure low latency even with interference signals, the Bluetooth signal is transmitted to both ears at the same time.

The built-in batteries last around 5.5 hours on one charge – that USB-C chargeable case pocket-sized allows another twelve hours. thanks to fast charging function the headphones fill up with enough energy for 90 minutes of music enjoyment in just ten minutes. During this time you can, for example, comfortably put on your training clothes.

Sony’s new LinkBuds WF-L900 are at MediaMarkt now for 179.99 euros can be ordered free of charge. Stand as color variants dark grey and White to select. By the way, both consist of recycled plastics from automobile parts.