- New earplugs have 11 mm dynamic drivers in a super-light open design
- They offer up to 28 hours of battery life and fast charging from flat
- Accentum Open costs $ 130 / £ 70 (or around AU $ 145)
It’s official: As we reported last month, Sennheiser has a new set of open earplugs called the Accentum Open – and they are cheaper than previous reports unless you live in the US.
The new Accentum Open is available in a choice of cream and black with a recommended retail price of £ 69.99 / € 89.90 / or around AU $ 145. Unfortunately, US pricing is somewhat steeper for $ 129.95. Ouch.
If you are not familiar with Open-style earplug design, it means you do not connect a tip to your ear canal and seal yourself from the outside world. Unlike many of the best open earplugs, the Accentum is open to AirPods 4 to offer a family -like design that sits outside your ear canal.
And despite missing ANC (active noise cancellation), they can be a fine alternative to AirPods 4 (which costs $ 129 / £ 129 / AU $ 219), depending on where you live …
Sennheiser Open earplugs: Key features
The Sennheiser Open is very similar to AirPods 4, with a long stem containing touch checks and a fair Airpodsque charging case. Each bud is only 4.4 g, about the same as a single playing card, and the life of the battery is 6.5 hours per day. Knud and 28 hours with the charging case. Ten minutes of USB charging delivers up to 1.5 hours of listening time.
Inside each earplug there is an 11 mm dynamic transducer that sits right outside your ear canal, allowing you to listen to music and podcasts in comfort without blocking the outside world.
Sennheiser did not go into more details, but the product list on Thomann Retail Site says the frequency range is 25Hz to 15,000Hz and that the supported codecs are SBC and AAC.
The ears have Bluetooth 5.3 with multipoint, and there are double beam -forming microphones for clear calling. Overall a convincing bundle then, especially if they match the rest of the Accentum line during our test – though the American price could make them less enticing if you live there.
