DUNU DN-Alpha 1 Dynamic Balanced Armature Earphones - The World's First Hybrid Earbud

As a long time headphone user and owner of Westone IEMs, I was very much tempted to buy those earbuds. I wanted non-isolating earphones, that would allow me to hear traffic and be safe on a bike or simply walking aroind on the street, so earbuds should do it Armature driver for highs and mids and dynamic for bass, in an open-ear application, seemed to be a decent idea.So they arrived. Build quality is decent and purchase went smoothly. They fit the ear just fine, but not airtight, which is exactly what I wanted, and the package is really full of tips and stuff. However, sound quality is just terrible, flat, with no bass whatsoever and not a trace of space or resolution.Those should not be earbuds. They totally lose it when just in your ears, as eaebuds are supposed to work. They sound a whole lot better though as ear canal phones, when pressed tightly towards auricle, but then they are not comfortable at all (not to mention that walking around presing your eqrs with your fingers looks just stupid). They try to be "auricle-canal" hybrid, but that is not what I paid for.If you want well fitting but open earbuds, that do not fall out easily, go with Bose IE2. They are cheaper and sound far better than DUNU Alpha 1. Alphas might be a perfect base for customization, as casing them into Shure-like form would probably work wonders, but as earbuds they are worthless. Nice build quality though.