Over the past year, I’ve traveled with two pairs of headphones: the Nothing Ear 2 and the Apple AirPods Pro 2. I prefer the Nothing headphones for occasional listening, with their emphasis on clear vocals that pair well with my regular playlists.
While inferior in audio playback, subjectively speaking, the Apple AirPods Pro fills the void of active noise cancellation (ANC), especially during cross-country flights, when I’d rather hear my thoughts than the drumming of a car’s engines. plane. The Nothing Ear 2 is not bad at blocking out external noise; AirPods are just better.
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With the new Nothing Ear (yes, the company is backing off with the brand and saying goodbye to numbers), I’m convinced of a future where I’ll only need to carry one pair of headphones with me at all times, and there’s no AirPods Pro. Here’s a rundown of Nothing Ear’s best new features, which only look better when you realize how much the headphones cost.
If you held Nothing Ear and Ear 2 in front of me and told me to spot the differences, I’d think you were recreating The Office meme. From the point of view of someone who edits for a living, the new model (both the case and the headphones) looks almost identical to the old one, for better or worse.
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The positives include a clear, glossy casing that makes the earbuds underneath absolutely pop. Nothing’s transparent design language may not be to everyone’s taste, but it will easily strike a chord with gadget enthusiasts like me. An aa bonus gentle dimple on the case aims to keep the two earbuds in place, although I’ve found it’s just as useful as a twist grip.
Beyond the aesthetic and vibration controls, Nothing Ear’s transparent design makes them very prone to scratches. I’m talking micro-scratches and imperfections right out of my jeans pocket on the first day. I also wish the LED indicator was brighter, with more noticeable flashes and strobes to let you know when the earbuds are in pairing mode and fully charged.
For sound, Nothing incorporated its “most advanced driver system to date,” an 11mm dynamic driver that’s now made with a ceramic diaphragm to better deliver high frequencies and a dual-chamber design that features two additional vents. for cochlear-sounding flow (10% more). in each earphone, they told me). In layman’s terms, Nothing Ear takes an already fantastic-sounding pair of headphones and takes things up a notch in virtually every department.
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Specifically, I’ve noticed a huge improvement in bass output, with the Nothing Ear sounding more spacious and involving out of the box than I remembered the Nothing Ear 2 to be. I still found myself turning down the bass boost leveler in the Nothing X app., because “too much bass” is one thing, but adjusting it moderately made almost every song I listened to feel livelier than I was used to. That list includes Future’s We Still Don’t Trust You, where the underlying synth chords were surprisingly discernible from the snare and various ad-libs.
I’m equally impressed by Nothing Ear’s improved ANC, which can now block out up to 45 decibels of noise, which is enough noise cancellation to silence quiet conversations and street noises. My bus ride home from work has become my stress test for noise cancellation, and since switching from Ear 2 to Ear 2, I’ve noticed that the “Stop Requested” chime is no longer audible. The real test will come when you wear them on the plane. For now, I’m content to rely solely on the Ear for travel.
Within the Nothing After a five-minute hearing test, the app will adaptively adjust the equalizer to accommodate any gaps in your frequency spectrum (read: what you can and can’t hear at various pitches).
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Battery life was one of the issues I had with last year’s Nothing Ear 2 and part of the reason I needed to carry my AirPods Pro as a backup, but things look better with the Ear. Over two weeks of testing, I charged the earbuds three times, case and all. Of course, I leave ANC at its highest level and listen to music at about 70% volume, but the endurance numbers I got with the Nothing Ear (about seven hours before having to put them in the case) are a welcome change Keynote USA News
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