Because Nothing Headphone (1) sound good for someone and bad for others. They have a problem

In recent days we have published the review of the headphone (1) of Nothing praising those that in our opinion are really excellent headphones. Therefore, with a audio yield much higher than what our expectations were. In addition,

We confirm everything we have said. Nevertheless, These headphones sound really wellbut we have to make a small clarification: they play well for many, but not for everyone. Moreover,

Or rather. For example, they play well (indeed very well) for everyone if you choose to listen to the cap as it should be done, that is, without cancellation of the active noise, but if the noise reduction system is activated Someone could find the unpleasant cap for a sort of distortion that takes over with excessive bass.

This is the fun part: the same cap with the same songs. Furthermore, the cancellation of because nothing headphone (1) sound the active noise sounds different according to the person who wears it and we believe we have understood why.

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The position of the microphones makes the system effective or not depending on the size of the head

The first time we wore the headphone (1) by plane the flight attendant asked us to remove the headphones during the take -off but yesterday morning, returning from the Nothing event, we kept them in the lead with the cancellation of the active noise by placing the head on the headrest of the seat. Consequently,

When the plane started accelerating for take -off, The membranes began to issue crooked sounds.

We immediately remembered what we wrote in the review: “Finally. there is another detail, decidedly curious: the DSP processes the information of the microphones in real time to delete the environment, and if we rotate the 90 ° head to the right because nothing headphone (1) sound or left for a few seconds the effect of the cancellation is reduced“And we understood which could be (we are practically certain) the problem, that is The position of the microphones for the cancellation of the noise.

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Nothing has put 6 microphones on the headphones: two of these, mounted in the lower part, are those that capture the audio during the phone calls while the four that are used for noise reduction are mounted inside, next to the pavilions, e They look directly at the “head”.

Depending on the distance between the head. the microphone, the surrender of the cancellation changes: large because nothing headphone (1) sound head, more crushed headphones and little space everything works perfectly, small and thin heads, the distance is greater and the problem takes over.

By rotating the head of 90 degrees. for the twist, the distance between the microphones and the skin changes and the surrender of the cancellation also changes: this is where the “curious” detail is born.

The test can also be done by pressing on the pavilions with the headphones worn. without even the music in playback: the pressure leads to feel the same type of disorder that we have heard in the take -off phase.

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In short, the position of the microphones chosen by Nothing generates a subtle problem that occurs only in the surrounding details and not for everyone. It will be to be understood if it because nothing headphone (1) sound can be resolved with an update.

All the other producers. from Sony to Bose to Apple with the AirPods Max, have always put the microphones shot outwards, or on the edge like Sony with the recent XM6. Nothing has chosen. we do not know if for aesthetic or functional reasons, to put them inside where the audio of the environment It arrives both direct and rebound on the skin.

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This created the first “ad personam” cap: if you remove the cancellation of the noise it sounds very well, for everyone. With the cancellation of the active noise depends on the shape of the head. the physiognomy: there are those who find it perfect, and those who instead in certain transient, with the high volume, will feel the membrane grace slightly.