The first thing to say in weighing up these funny-looking headphones is that they sound absolutely sublime. The second is that the addition of active noise-cancelling has given them a real lift. That’s the important stuff, and that’s why they’re getting five stars. The question of whether ear-tuned headphones are genuinely the way forward for personal audio isn’t quite so clear - and there’s a lack of flexibility in the Nuraphone system that can be frustrating. But we’re not complaining too much when they perform this well.
Luscious hearing-matched sound; Effective noise-cancelling; Clever adjustable bass-whump; Surprisingly useful ‘social mode’;
Limited manual EQ tweakage; In-ear/over-ear weirdness;