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Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 23 April 2024
The feature set is good. nice app, equalizer (more on that later), (some) ANC, customisable controls, nice industrial design.
They auto detect when removed from ears. Good, but take a second or two to react.
Sound quality is interesting. certainly ok for budget earbuds.
Dirac Opteo sounds good. This is the default.
For pop music, they sound ok. In a slightly synthetic way.
For guitar based rock, folk, etc they are less good. Bass can overpower. I find myself fiddling in the EQ app more than I feel that I should...almost on a song by song basis.
For dub, EDM or something where bass is important, adding Ultra bass on level 5 is ..er.. quite interesting. Plenty of bass.
They don't distort at volume which is a positive.
ANC works (ish). Setting between Noise Cancellation and Off gives some audible reduction.
Control customisation is quite good - but no single tap control (just double and triple). I have changed the defaults on mine.
Overall these are cheap earbuds with decent sound quality, but enhanced by a good App and really nice industrial design. Oh and the funky orange colour is interesting.
4 stars... but I am quite picky.
EDIT: Dropped to 2 Stars because the Nothing X App does not work reliably with IOS. I cannot pair my iPHONE to these buds and so cannot use the equaliser etc. This was reported in a You Tube review so I think is a wider problem than just my experience. Tried reseting, rebooting etc. Life is too short for flakey experiences. Not for Apple users IMHO.
So, these are budget earbuds. Ok, please bear in mind when reading the rest of this review.
The feature set is good. nice app, equalizer (more on that later), (some) ANC, customisable controls, nice industrial design.
They auto detect when removed from ears. Good, but take a second or two to react.
Sound quality is interesting. certainly ok for budget earbuds.
Dirac Opteo sounds good. This is the default.
For pop music, they sound ok. In a slightly synthetic way.
For guitar based rock, folk, etc they are less good. Bass can overpower. I find myself fiddling in the EQ app more than I feel that I should...almost on a song by song basis.
For dub, EDM or something where bass is important, adding Ultra bass on level 5 is ..er.. quite interesting. Plenty of bass.
They don't distort at volume which is a positive.
ANC works (ish). Setting between Noise Cancellation and Off gives some audible reduction.
Control customisation is quite good - but no single tap control (just double and triple). I have changed the defaults on mine.
Overall these are cheap earbuds with decent sound quality, but enhanced by a good App and really nice industrial design. Oh and the funky orange colour is interesting.
4 stars... but I am quite picky.
EDIT: Dropped to 2 Stars because the Nothing X App does not work reliably with IOS. I cannot pair my iPHONE to these buds and so cannot use the equaliser etc. This was reported in a You Tube review so I think is a wider problem than just my experience. Tried reseting, rebooting etc. Life is too short for flakey experiences. Not for Apple users IMHO.
The feature set is good. nice app, equalizer (more on that later), (some) ANC, customisable controls, nice industrial design.
They auto detect when removed from ears. Good, but take a second or two to react.
Sound quality is interesting. certainly ok for budget earbuds.
Dirac Opteo sounds good. This is the default.
For pop music, they sound ok. In a slightly synthetic way.
For guitar based rock, folk, etc they are less good. Bass can overpower. I find myself fiddling in the EQ app more than I feel that I should...almost on a song by song basis.
For dub, EDM or something where bass is important, adding Ultra bass on level 5 is ..er.. quite interesting. Plenty of bass.
They don't distort at volume which is a positive.
ANC works (ish). Setting between Noise Cancellation and Off gives some audible reduction.
Control customisation is quite good - but no single tap control (just double and triple). I have changed the defaults on mine.
Overall these are cheap earbuds with decent sound quality, but enhanced by a good App and really nice industrial design. Oh and the funky orange colour is interesting.
4 stars... but I am quite picky.
EDIT: Dropped to 2 Stars because the Nothing X App does not work reliably with IOS. I cannot pair my iPHONE to these buds and so cannot use the equaliser etc. This was reported in a You Tube review so I think is a wider problem than just my experience. Tried reseting, rebooting etc. Life is too short for flakey experiences. Not for Apple users IMHO.
Lots of features, ok sound quality. Strong bass. EDIT: Earbud App has problems with IOS
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 23 April 2024
So, these are budget earbuds. Ok, please bear in mind when reading the rest of this review.Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 23 April 2024
The feature set is good. nice app, equalizer (more on that later), (some) ANC, customisable controls, nice industrial design.
They auto detect when removed from ears. Good, but take a second or two to react.
Sound quality is interesting. certainly ok for budget earbuds.
Dirac Opteo sounds good. This is the default.
For pop music, they sound ok. In a slightly synthetic way.
For guitar based rock, folk, etc they are less good. Bass can overpower. I find myself fiddling in the EQ app more than I feel that I should...almost on a song by song basis.
For dub, EDM or something where bass is important, adding Ultra bass on level 5 is ..er.. quite interesting. Plenty of bass.
They don't distort at volume which is a positive.
ANC works (ish). Setting between Noise Cancellation and Off gives some audible reduction.
Control customisation is quite good - but no single tap control (just double and triple). I have changed the defaults on mine.
Overall these are cheap earbuds with decent sound quality, but enhanced by a good App and really nice industrial design. Oh and the funky orange colour is interesting.
4 stars... but I am quite picky.
EDIT: Dropped to 2 Stars because the Nothing X App does not work reliably with IOS. I cannot pair my iPHONE to these buds and so cannot use the equaliser etc. This was reported in a You Tube review so I think is a wider problem than just my experience. Tried reseting, rebooting etc. Life is too short for flakey experiences. Not for Apple users IMHO.
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