Nothing’s New Headphone (1) Pro Are Made for the Studio

The Headphone (1) Pro is Nothing's newest pair of cans, the company announced on Monday at an evening event in New York City. The headphones resemble Nothing’s first-ever over-ear headphones that debuted last summer, though the design and fit have been refined. The key change, though, is audio quality.

Instead of a single dynamic driver producing the sound in each earcup, Nothing has outfitted the Headphone (1) Pro with three drivers for each ear. Most headphones use a single 40-mm dynamic driver, so a single speaker ends up handling the bass, mids, and treble of your tracks. That can cause some muddiness and distortion. Adding more drivers—one for each specific frequency spectrum—gives the sound more room to stretch out and sparkle.

There’s a 40-mm bass dynamic driver to handle the low end. Then there’s a precision dynamic driver to tackle the midrange sounds like vocals, pianos, and guitars. The...

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