Nothing - Ear (a)
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Based on 1 year's data from Feb 15, 2026 How it works
Liked most:
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"The app lets you connect to two devices at once for seemless swirching and so far definitely works better than the airpods. ... I have iphone, ipad, macbook, and apple watch, plus use PC at home and work and no issues with any of my devices."
"Seamless switching between mac and Android."
"connection"
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6
"The latest one have much better bass response."
"The bass on the nothings is fantastic and i really like the sound they can push out with heavier faster music like deathcore, gabber, hard techno and such."
"Nothing Ear and Ear (a) have an absolutely incredible bass slider. ... I'll leave mine at level 2 and occasionally do the full 5, it's wonderful, it still sounds crystal clear no matter where you put it."
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"extremely cheap (was around 70 bucks) for that quality and amount of features!"
"for considerably less money"
"For my money at $200 cad they were well worth it"
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"Wear them for work calls, climbing, running/hiking, and biking."
"they don’t fall out when working out"
"don't fall out"
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"For battery, I've been using them for like 45-60 minutes a day during my workout sessions, and they genuinely lasted me a good 10 days before I had to juice up the case."
"I feel like my Nothing Ear and Ear (a) get almost 8"
"I've been using them for 8-12h daily and they're still going strong"
Disliked most:
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"The transparency is trash though."
"the transparency is just awful and I need to take the buds out if I want to hear anything."
"The ANC is solid, but the transparency mode? Not so much. ... Tried to swap them for my AirPods but still in love with Apple ’s transparency."
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"nothing buds are bland and dull sounding. No bass or trebal either"
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"very poor ANC"
"the noise reduction is meh. ... When listening music can hear people talking. ... I don't like it."
"Samsungs were better for ... NC"
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"The only caveat I have is that they randomly pause not too sure why sometimes it happens once ever 45 seconds sometimes it doesn’t happen at all"
"they crackle sometimes"
2theMooonn 1.0I like the nothing ear (a) they’re better than AirPods in my opinion, only $100 so I’m not too worried about if I damage them or lose them. Noise canceling is good enough for me.
Aaroncre 1.0I have Nothing Ear (a) and they're good and check all your boxes.
Adorable-Rough-5320 1.0If I have the Nothing Ear (a) and I love it, worth getting Nothing Ear 2024 or should I consider Denon or Technics
I love my Nothing Ear(a) too.
Alternative-Fly-1727 1.0Sony WF-1000XM5 are some of the best out there. I would also recommend the nothing ear 2 or the more budget nothing ear(a) which I personally use and they probably have the best audio quality in that price range. Tho I have absolutely no idea why you would spend 500$ for earbuds and if earbuds priced at that range exist, but all of these are 300$ or and below(ear 2 are 150$ and ear a should be about 90$).
Yeah, the ear(a) sound really good, no complaints about the quality but the ANC is not so good in my opinion, and if I recall correctly the ear 2 are much better in the ANC dep. But the ANC on the Sony buds are by far one of, if not the best out there, the quality should also be comparable or better.
avariqfr30 1.0If you can splurge out a little more $$, go for the Nothing Ear (2024). Sounds amazing, infinite customization with EQ, ANC is pretty decent tbh only struggles in some harsh edge cases (like most sub-200 USD earbuds). But between the two, I'd lean towards the Nothing Ear (a). It sounds really really good even though some people say ANC is only passable.
Bongowit 1.0Big fan of the Nothing Ear (a)
br0dge 1.0Second this. Have these and have no issues and love the quality.
Brahmadeo 1.0I would advise against Nothing's offerings. Nothing (ear) that I have I got them replaced once. The Battery doesn't last more than 2 hours after a while.
brbnrm 1.0They sound nice, but the thing is they unfortunately fall out of my ears pretty easily. Just a thing to have in mind if you had similar problems before.
Bruce_Wayne8887 1.0I have the Nothing Ear (a) and the sound is really good and they are really comfortable, the app is also excellent. ANC is pretty good. About average, if you want excellent ANC go up to the Bose QC2, Airpods Pro category.
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