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[Sebastian Watson]

The fundamental difference comes down to acoustic coupling and driver dynamics rather than marketing, so let’s talk physics. Open-back designs leave the rear of the driver exposed to ambient air, which means there’s no sealed cavity to create rear-pressure resonance. That lets the cone decelerate more cleanly, cutting the low-frequency distortion and ringing you hear in cheaper closed-backs, and it eliminates the internal reflections that compress perceived width. The result is a genuinely wider, deeper soundstage with better air and separation. Imaging—the precision of pinpointing a footstep or reload—

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[Sebastian Watson]

The thing most people get wrong is treating “linear vs tactile vs clicky” as a single.

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