Dyskolos

It’s the best goto for…well…alternatives. I help a lot there and had many productive talks with devs too. Never noticed something fishy.

Just got the Sony linkbuds open. Not really European, but from the Asian Germany 😁 Buds are great, very innovative and the app is nice. Sound is very good considering it’s open and got a hole in the driver

Totally depends on your use-case. But for the best all-rounder that performs good in every genre and even videogames is the Philips Fidelio. X1 or x2hr, whichever you can get. Pretty cheap too. Skip the x3. I just bought my third one now and wear them like 3-10 hours a day. Super comfy too. IF you like open cans.

But for classical music or so I would go for some more “serious” audiophile ones. I have some other cans for that ranging widely in prices.

“Mr. Inbetween” (Australian, but hey…) Awesome short show. And BBC’s old version of Sherlock Holmes. The best of them all. And the UK is still European. At least physically.