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Erin Bashford

These utterly bizarre open-back headphones look like something out of a sci-fi movie — and I'm obsessed

The jlab jbuds open headphones photographed with a white and blue background.

I'm over at the IFA 2025 tech show in Berlin right now, which means I'm seeing some of the coolest future tech firsthand. I've seen a speaker that's also a cassette player, some of the world's first dual hybrid driver earbuds, earbuds with live AI translation, and, of course, the par-for-the-course "realistic" robots that look like something out of a horror movie.

But as someone who's obsessed with music — and, consequently, the best headphones and best wireless earbuds — I knew I needed to head to JLab to find out what the audio brand has been cooking up.

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