Nothing - Ear (1st/2nd Gen)

Also, Ive recently purchased soundpeats capsule 3pro, earfun air pro 4, nothing ear 2025, and denon perl pros. I returned all of them except the perl pros. the auto eq is amazing. These edge out my lib3pros, plus im having charging issues with the lib3pros. The denon perl pros put a smile on my face.. Fantastic earbuds.

I own Nothing Ear (not A, standard) and Buds FE. Ear are much superior in sound, however I am not sure how different A are from ear. I think Buds are more easier to use however if you own an iPhone buying them is pointless.

I'm no earbud genius but I've been doing a deep dive into this recently because I needed a new pair. I ended up buying soundpeats capsule 3 pro and really like the sound quality. I think I might have to get larger silicone's though. The ones I have seemed to drop connection randomly when I first got them, the issue has stopped though so I'm not sure exactly what happened. I have an old pair of nothing 1's and they work great as well. Ultimately the only reason I went with the soundpeats was because they were on sale and 60 bucks cheaper than the nothing 2a. I really want the nothing 2024 version but I'll be waiting until I have a birthday or something because I'm too cheap to buy $200 earbuds just because I want to lol.

I recently bought ear 2 by nothing and well, they're amazing. I stopped using my sony wf-mx 5 and gave them to my mum. The nothing ones are amazing, overall neutral with a nice harman tendency, long lasting, good anc (not as good as sony, but good enough for sure)

First of all, the case is not an argument for me, personally. Of course it could be for some of you and yes, Sony has a better form factor. The reasons I prefer the ear (2) over the xm5 are the following: -I'm working as a mastering engineer and prefer a frequency response in between neutral and Harman, the ear (2) are much closer to that, while the xm5 are what I would call a balanced bathtub. The ear (2) allow for somewhat accurate hearing measurements (and correction) and the app is really, really well made. They offer two lossless and a lossy codec, while the xm5 offer ldac (older version) and a lossy one, but often one or both buds have short connection losses while listening lossless. no issues with the ear (2) at all. Soundstage and comfort are also better for me, although this is a personal thing. Battery life is a bit shorter and anc not as extreme with ear (2),but therfore it's adaptive, making it feel less like this typical anc vacuum, if you know what I mean. I don't use them for calls, can't say a lot more than that both work well, no complaints here. I also never tried the Galaxy buds. Nothing ear (2) sound like improved airpods 2 pro with a better stage and larger frequency response, including a better bass representation.

Nothing ear (2) I use

I've tried the Sony, Sennheiser, and Technics from that list. Sennheiser (Momentum 3): Very good sound quality, but they broke after a couple of months. Also, even after owning them for about a year, the ear fins made my ears sore during longer listening sessions. Great sound, but not the most reliable or comfortable. Sony: I bought the Sony earbuds to replace the Sennheisers. While the sound was good, the foam ear tips were annoying, and they didn’t support the ear well, leading to discomfort. Like the Sennheisers, they made my ears sore after longer periods. I ended up returning them after just a few days. Technics AZ80: These were my favorite out of the ones I tried. Very comfortable with good ear support, and the sound quality was excellent. Sadly, one earbud jumped out of my ear into a river while I was running, so that ended that. Now, I'm using the Nothing Ear (2). Honestly, I would recommend the Nothing Ear (2) over all the others. It offers basically the same sound quality at half the price, and the app experience is much better than Technics'. Summary: All of them have good sound quality. Sennheiser sounds great but has reliability issues and uncomfortable ear fins. Sony has good sound but uncomfortable ear tips and poor fit. Technics are the best overall for comfort and sound. Nothing Ear (2) delivers about 95% of the Technics experience, has a better app, and costs half as much.

I use my Nothing Ear in-ear headphones. https://preview.redd.it/ndmad0f4y95f1.png?width=439&format=png&auto=webp&s=370ca239ad147824c6a4a56444f73a3d1fe51c67

Not bad, quite reliable :)

Nothing Ear (2) is a great all rounder

I use the Nothing ear (2) and they are pretty good at cancelling background noise. There is a YouTube video where a bunch of earbuds are compared and they were by far the best at keeping sound quality good with a lot of background noise.

i have had the Original Nothing Ear 1 which developed a fault after 8 months. Returned it and got the Ear (2). That has been great so far after 18 months now. However, coming from Apple Earpod Pros, it's about 80% of the Apple earbuds. It is at half the price though and I would say if you don't need wireless charging, the Nothing Ear (a) is worth it. Noise cancellation in the Nothing Ear isn't amazing. It works but it could be a LOT better. If my Sony 1000XM4 is 10/10, then Apple would be like 7.5/10 and the Nothing would be like 5/10 for noise cancellation. They are the right price with good set of features and they look good.

Same, they work great

I have those but the latency is too high for me. Tried it once and then went back to my cabled in ears.

Nothing’s ear pods are fantastic.

I know this sounds basic but AirPods seem to be one of the best earbuds for reliability in this exact situation. Many earbuds I’ve had have ran into the one ear stops working problem, but I’ve had 4 different models of AirPods and this never occurred. If you’re not an iPhone user then any of nothing’s earbuds will do good, I’ve seen that they don’t run into issues often. Beats fit pro also was very reliable for me, so I can vouch for those too. IMO stay away from Sony, Bose, and sennheiser when it comes to earbuds. I’m not sure why but they cannot seem to get their reliability under control