Nothing Headphone 1 problems

“This is IP52 rated for water and dust resistance so if you're going to be using it for exercising you don't have to worry about anything. Although with the ear cups and the leather finishing the PU leather finishing this will get your ears…”

“The problem is a lot of the weight is in the ear cup, so it does clamp down and give a lot more pressure on the sides of your head and your ears and after an hour or two you're definitely going to have some fatigue”

“these headphones weigh in at 329 grams... while using them for a longer period of time, I felt that the top of the headband was starting to dig into the top of my head leading to a little bit of discomfort.”

“They're also a fair bit heavier and over time you can feel that weight on the top of your head a bit. Now the clamp force or how they squeeze inward on your head is also a bit strong to me”

“Just like any PU material, it can get warm up after a while which can be really uncomfortable, definitely not something that you want to wear during the summer or under a hot weather.”

“Now, I will say the build quality is very good, but I did notice that the headphone one are a bit tighter around the head than some other headphones on the market.”

“The Nothing headphone 1 exhibits some notable deviations from our preference curve to say the least, particularly after its most recent firmware update. As you can see, the base is very weak, it's sitting well below our target curve, and…”

“My opinion of the QC Ultra sound quality is way different from most average reviews that never touch the EQ... they are underwhelming stock, you know, they are super base heavy, it drowns out the mids the treble so you don't get the detail”

“Instead of utilizing the learnings research data and results from two years of working with the audiophile community... they decided to not follow that path. They fix what wasn't broken so they can slap a KEF logo on a box and headphones”

“When I first connected it to my phone and started listening, they did not sound good at all. The bass was horrible, the vocals were scratching, and at high volume it was totally crackling.”

“The one weakness it has is with wind. It doesn't do very good with gusts. So if you're outside... the wind will can penetrate and make it a little more difficult.”

“Out of the box, without any advancements and without getting into the advanced 8-band equalizer, the sound is for lack of better terms, yeah, lacking and flat.”

“the design is so striking that it defeats the purpose of privacy when you want to use this like on a plane or in a bus where you want your space... someone is going to be like what are those”

“we could more clearly mark these left or right when you're trying to get used to them. You have very dark text to read up here that I just don't think is going to quite get the job done”

“The one small thing that does bother me is that the aluminum ear cups can rub against each other when you're handling them and that scratching sound is a bit annoying.”

“I think they look really cool when you're looking at pictures up close, but they look completely different when you're wearing it on your head.”

“They also share an IP52 rating for light dust exposure and vertically dripping water, so they are not ideal for intense workouts or heavy rain.”

“it doesn't have the left and right description inside it so it might not be easy for you to know which part goes to which part”

“the ANC I think is probably the biggest downside when it comes to its sound because when you're in inside it does a really good job of blocking out any background noise but it's going to because the home is significantly quieter than…”

“transparency is at best mediocre, just like the noise canceling is... I'm going to give it a mediocre”

“didn't perform as well with wind interference”

“the ANC is average”

“A slight caveat with that though is if you are going outside with this, wearing these headphones, I noticed because you have the microphone on the bottom kind of a corner right there, you are going to be getting significantly more wind…”

“The one miss is these headphones don't fold. So traveling with you know that means the case is a little awkwardly bigger. And also this zipper in the case is kind of annoying.”

“I do have to state that I'm not a fan of the size of the case. It's going to travel pretty... It's going to take up some space, especially if you have a small bag”

“the left and right pieces tend to clang together at the corners. Now, this can potentially lead to some scratching of the metal frame.”

“If I'm buying these based on just sound quality, are these worth $300 bucks? No. I would give these 250 at max. They really should be around 200 bucks. 250, okay. 300, no.”

“Like the momentum 4, are cheaper, you get better sound...”

“For $299 dollars retail, you're going to need more reasons to buy it compared to the most popular headphones in the market”

“When you turn on ambient mode, it goes shhh which is kind of weird”

“...boosting one frequency doesn't really boost it much, it lowers the volume of all other frequencies, I guess to keep an overall volume balance, but it's definitely very hard to tweak because of that.”

“Spatial audio has to be the least impressive feature with the headphone 1. I didn't find anything special about the audio”

“That over-the-ear detection is godawful when paired to my Mac. It just never works.”

“Next, there's no easy to replace battery. The internal battery is actually soldered in which isn't really consumer friendly”

“though it should be noted that there is a significant impact on battery life from using it.”

“All these controls I mentioned are on the right ear cup and it feels really weird to put my thumb on the back to use the roller and paddle. I would have preferred if they made them on the front which feels more natural for my hands to…”

“The on-board controls are nice, but I would prefer to just be able to double tap a button to skip 15 seconds forward in a podcast rather than manually scrub.”

“I don't know why the Bluetooth is hidden for someone who is not techy that could make it a bit hard to find”

“They say that can also scrub through tracks. I haven't been able to get this to happen”

“You do have to kind of... turn your head a little bit to reach those controls”