We get pitched on new "true wireless earbuds" every few days from brands we know and don't know. In a sea of sameness, it's a category that begs for differentiation so our ears perked up when Dirac, the Swedish company known for its high level of expertise in audio processing, reached out with an offer to review earbuds from Sudio, a Swedish brand we never heard of. Turns out the Sudio E2 earphones are among the first to include Dirac Virtuo, a new type of spatial processing that aims to create "an immersive sound experience with enhanced sound quality."
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The E2 earbuds look ordinary and, apart from Virtuo, offer a fairly common set of features that includes active noise cancellation (ANC), a charging case with a magnetic lid, and IPX4-level resistance to rain, sweat, and even direct splashes. Wireless connections are made through Bluetooth 5.2 and the E2 uses six microphones-three per earbud-to handle calls and suppress noise.
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