advertisement 05-26-2015 DESIGN These Incredibly Thin, Simple Headphones Don’t Use Any Wires Headphones using printed electronics, designed by Maxime Loiseau, are made of only eight parts.

Swedish headphone developer Jays has swapped the bells-and-whistles approach for one of comfort and ruggedness for its latest u-Jays on-ear headphones. We plugged in a pair to see how they performed.

After the campaign, ShareBuds MX2 Headphones will be available for $79. ShareBuds MX2 headphones are expected to ship to backers in May 2014.

Back pocket. Inner jacket pocket. A whole new world opens up—a world of pockets. I say headphones, but I’m referring to earbuds, my preferred method of sealing reality out of my ear canals.

This setup was my most important test scenario for the headphones, but I also gave them more demanding tests of musical accuracy by connecting them (wired) to the Scarlett Solo preamp I use in my ...