'Not for everyone': Sony announces its most premium wired earbuds yet, but their ideal use case is nothing if not niche
THE SO WHAT
Sony’s premium wired earbuds aimed at a niche use case show how far audio is segmenting between mass wireless convenience and specialist wired performance. Unless you’re serving that niche, your differentiation will come from software, tuning, and ecosystem—not exotic hardware SKUs.
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