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“My Disdainful Encounter with $2,000 Earbuds at CES”

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I really wanted to hate the $2,000 earbuds I tried at CES Instead, I need to hide my credit card away so Breggz won't bankrupt meLook, anyone who is saying they’re going to start selling a pair of $2,000 studio monitor-quality in-ear headphones had better show up with the receipts. I spoke with Breggz Audio‘s CFO, Jeroen van Els, to figure out what it was about these in-ear headphones that was so special. From there, the company fell into a rabbit hole of creating the best possible in-ear headphones. After the (admittedly brief) demo, van Els showed me the “transparency” mode, which meant he was able to talk to me while I was still wearing the earphones. For professional artists needing lower latency, we’re working on solutions to be introduced later,” van Els shares.