It’s a more ergonomic listening with a friendly bass and a 3D-like atmospheric sound. If you wanna blast your head with deep bass like you do with in ears then this is not for you. I order ear open because I don’t like to our stuff inside my ears cause it’s greasy and annoys me, with the ear open you don’t even feel it’s there, it’s just hovering above your ear and gives you that nice sleek sound and at the same time you can have an irl conversation with people around you