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Our visit to Libratone at IFA 2018

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(Featured image: © 2018 Libratone)

Editor-in-chief David Wurm and I had the opportunity to ask Libratone a few questions at IFA 2018 in Berlin. We also got an impression of the new service called Libraradio.

The questions

The first thing we were interested in was why the Track + Wireless There is no protective case. Libratone's Global Product Manager admitted that the idea of ​​including a protective case was completely lost among the other things that had to be done when developing the in-ears. So the company's next product will almost certainly include a case again.

Next we wanted to know why a microUSB connector was built into the Track + Wireless instead of a USB-C port. When developing the in-ear headphones, Libratone believed that USB-C charging would not do anything for in-ear models. When The Verge wrote two days ago that USB-C should now finally be the standard for headphones, we were assured that Libratone will also be using the new plug from now on.

Then David and I had two more questions about the Libratone Q Adapt On Ear. I was interested to know whether the company is aware that the hinge on the on-ear headphones can wear out VERY easily. Libratone apparently knew nothing about this, but the problem was passed on to a responsible employee in front of me. This means that this manufacturing defect should no longer be present in the next generation.

Finally, we were still wondering whether it had been considered that the Q Adapt On Ear might not fit people with larger heads due to the lack of size options. The answer we received was that the Q Adapt On Ear did fit the test subjects. Because the headphones did not fit several customers, the successor will have more size adjustment options, according to Libratone's Global Product Manager.

Libraradio

Libraradio is a new service from the company itself, initially only for the Libratone Zipp 2 and the Libratone Zipp Mini 2 Will be available. But they want to try to make the service available for the first generation of Zipp speakers.

The service itself is similar to the Spotify radio function - you choose your favorite genre and artist and the app then creates a mix of songs that you may like. Optionally, you can also start the mix using a specially developed voice control.

Libraradio and the associated voice control will initially only be available via the app. However, they are already working on bringing the service directly to the speakers.

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David Haydl

David lives in Graz and has been there for around half a decade TechnikNews, also editor-in-chief for some time. He regularly provides the site with news, test reports and the like TechnikNews Weekly, which was his idea to launch. He likes to spend his free time outdoors, listening to a lot of music (and clearly too loud) and some podcasts on all kinds of topics, and also likes to go running. He enjoys the time that remains with his charming girlfriend or in front of the TV.

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