David Applebaum’s Top Headphones

When I want to hear music or inspiring words, I prefer OPEN EAR HEADPHONES so that I can listen to my music or programs while still open to the world around me. My favorite headphones are made by Shokz. Read more: I have created a life that allows me to easily be in nature whether it is by the ocean, a canyon or my garden. I crave my time outside and in the sunshine every day. Most of the time, I like to hear the waves, and the wind, the birds and the leaves. Please note that I prefer the inclusive word AND to the exclusive word OR. I do not want beach OR trees, I want beach AND trees. And I do not want to be able to hear the world around me OR my favorite music, I want to hear the world around me AND my favorite music. I also want to be able to listen to my music AND hear the bicycle rider coming from behind me at breakneck speed… or the brown bear rustling in the shrubs behind me (stories for another day). So yes, I want to relax AND be safe. Now if I am on an airplane flight, I understand the preference of noise-canceling earphones, but when I am walking by the ocean, hiking a canyon AND even enjoying my garden… I want the music to be a layer of my experience, not the only thing that I hear. So let me introduce you to the open-ear headset. Wireless headsets that send the sound to your eardrums via bone conduction. The sound quality is exceptional, the quality of life is sublime.