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Fairbuds XL review: modular headphones designed to go the distance
One of the first things I did when I got my hands on Fairphones new over-ear headphones, the Fairbuds XL, was dismantle them. Not because there was anything wrong with them but because, if theres one thing Fairphone does well, its building products that are not just possible to take apart but actively enjoyable to do so. And Im happy to report that the same is true here. After unclipping plastic tabs, levering open metal fasteners, and unscrewing some good old Phillips-head screws, I was left with a pair of over-ear headphones neatly deconstructed into around a dozen constituent parts. This modular construction isnt just a design flex (though, to…