Sony's flagship noise-cancelling over-ear headphones, launched in 2025 as the WH-1000XM5's successor and a common benchmark for rival premium ANC headphones.
WIRED's reviewer says Nothing's Headphone (1) Pro belongs among the best from Sony, Bose and Apple after nearly a month of testing. The verdict is one reviewer's and comes with stated limits, so it fits some buyers better than others.
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Nothing's $399 Headphone 1 Pro carries a physical Flat EQ switch that turns off its app EQ and spatial audio so studio users can check mixes. Early reviews suggest most listeners will keep tuning in Nothing's app instead.
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Oliver Schusser said the Beats 360 came out of watching how people live with headphones all day, and the specification follows that brief at 295.4 grams, with cushions you can machine wash and IPX4 water resistance.
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Gizmodo's reviewer put the $449 Ace Ultra's sound behind Sony's $460 XM6 and a notch under Bose at the same money, which leaves the new Wi-Fi handoff to Sonos speakers as the case for buying it.
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The WH-1000XM4C arrives with a retuned sound profile, a 10-band EQ and Bluetooth 6.0, while battery life comes in below the 2020 model and the cancelling silicon is unchanged. Gizmodo's reviewer never heard the original.
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