Beyerdynamic's new Byrd headphones promise personalised sound quality

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Beyerdynamic has announced a revamp to its brand and a new Byrd in-ear headphone range.

Beyerdynamic has added to the avalanche of new products at IFA 2018, launching six new products, offering wired and wireless earphones and personalised sound.

Beyerdynamic Byrd is the new range of affordable in-ear headphones, with wired and wireless models promising the "flattest design and biggest sound". The Byrd in-ears follow in the footsteps of the What Hi-Fi? Award-winning Byron range of earphones, so we are expecting big things when it comes to sound quality and overall performance.

The wired earphones, the Beat Byrd and Soul Byrd, are joined by the Blue Byrd and Blue Byrd ANC wireless earbuds. The wireless models aren't "true wireless" but instead sport a flexible cable (Blue Byrd) or neckband (Blue Byrd ANC) joining the buds, while the Blue Byrd ANC adds, you might have guessed, active-noise-cancelling.

Don't fancy in-ears, then there are the Lagoon ANC over-ears, which also feature active noise-cancelling and sound personalisation.

Joe Cox
Joe Cox
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Joe is the Content Director for What Hi-Fi? and Future’s Product Testing, having previously been the Global Editor-in-Chief of What Hi-Fi?. He has worked on What Hi-Fi? across the print magazine and website for almost 20 years, writing news, reviews and features on everything from turntables to TVs, headphones to hi-fi separates. He has covered product launch events across the world, from Apple to Technics, Sony and Samsung; reported from CES, the Bristol Show, and Munich High End for many years; and written for sites such as the BBC, Stuff and The Guardian. In his spare time, he enjoys expanding his vinyl collection and cycling (not at the same time).