Nothing Headphone 1 Pro: They Copied the Wrong Thing!
Marques Brownlee reviews the Nothing Headphone 1 Pro, a $400 headphone that tries to work for both casual listening and critical reference monitoring.
The gist
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A physical switch toggles between a consumer sound profile and flat reference EQ without removing the headphones, which is handy for creators.
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Sound quality scores 7 out of 10, behind rivals like the Sony XM6s and AirPods Max, which Brownlee puts at 9 out of 10.
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Noise cancellation rates 8 out of 10 thanks to cushion seals that block mid-frequency office sounds like keyboards and voices.
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The included case is a cheap plastic clamshell with no charging pass-through and leaves the headband exposed, which Brownlee calls a clear step back.
What they recommend · 1 pick
Sennheiser HD 600
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"It's possibly because I'm so used to listening to the HD 600s and that's like the signature I'm most comfortable with."
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Beats
· "The Sony Mark 6s, the Bose QuietComfort Ultras, the new Beats 360s, the AirPods Max of course. The type of..."
2:04
AirPods Max
· "These weigh somewhere in between their all-plastic competition but less than the AirPods Max. Like, AirPods..."
5:17
64 Audio IEMs
· "I just remember when I first started getting into in-ear monitors, getting introduced to these 64 Audio..."
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Nothing app
· "The new EQ in the Nothing app is also way more powerful as far as adjusting exactly the way it sounds. It..."
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