Sebby
Active Member
I started using these TWS a few days ago, curious about the company and its collaborations. I have never been a fan of TWS because they have always "disappointed" me. I decided to give the Senneheiser Momentum TWS 4 a chance, I returned them after 2 days for their sound signature: unacceptable for me at the price of €300.
I found these Nothing at the price of €150: they seemed beautiful, comfortable and the FR seemed correct to me: it seems that the members of DMS collaborated on the Tuning.
Right out of the box they seem to sound very good but perhaps with a little too much bass, but then I understood that the bass was raised by default by the Nothing App. Just deactivate them and you will have its true sound signature.
The app is very interesting because it has a parametric EQ inside and the changes are saved in the IEM, so once the EQ is set, it will be maintained on every device (Smartphone, PC ...).
Overall, they sound so good that they have replaced wired IEMs when I'm out and about and in many cases even when I'm at home.
They are also extremely comfortable (I'm a stickler for details here).
The ANC is decent, but when it's on the bass is a bit boosted, something to consider if you've done your own EQ tuning.
The transparency mode is sadly lacking, but I bought them for the sound, so the rest is secondary.
Battery life is really very good despite using LDAC and when I'm out and about with ANC enabled.
P.S. I did have a small audiophile victory: the app measures your hearing and automatically adjusts the tuning, especially in the highs (and does a great job for my tastes), but the only codec allowed is AAC (discovered later). When I first opened the app, I had the codec set to LHDC and since it didn't give me any warnings, I assumed my Xperia 5 V supported it. After the app automatically adjusted, I started to notice a lot of artifacts in the highs.
When I turned off the adjustment, I still noticed these artifacts and a compressed soundstage. After some headaches and almost resignation, I go into the "developer options" of my smartphone and I realize that it was set to AAC because my Sony does not support LHDC (thanks for not warning me). I select LDAC and magically the sound is finally correct, without artifacts and the soundstage is finally correct. Now I can say that I hear huge differences between AAC and LDAC with an involuntary "blind test".
I found these Nothing at the price of €150: they seemed beautiful, comfortable and the FR seemed correct to me: it seems that the members of DMS collaborated on the Tuning.
Right out of the box they seem to sound very good but perhaps with a little too much bass, but then I understood that the bass was raised by default by the Nothing App. Just deactivate them and you will have its true sound signature.
The app is very interesting because it has a parametric EQ inside and the changes are saved in the IEM, so once the EQ is set, it will be maintained on every device (Smartphone, PC ...).
Overall, they sound so good that they have replaced wired IEMs when I'm out and about and in many cases even when I'm at home.
They are also extremely comfortable (I'm a stickler for details here).
The ANC is decent, but when it's on the bass is a bit boosted, something to consider if you've done your own EQ tuning.
The transparency mode is sadly lacking, but I bought them for the sound, so the rest is secondary.
Battery life is really very good despite using LDAC and when I'm out and about with ANC enabled.
P.S. I did have a small audiophile victory: the app measures your hearing and automatically adjusts the tuning, especially in the highs (and does a great job for my tastes), but the only codec allowed is AAC (discovered later). When I first opened the app, I had the codec set to LHDC and since it didn't give me any warnings, I assumed my Xperia 5 V supported it. After the app automatically adjusted, I started to notice a lot of artifacts in the highs.
When I turned off the adjustment, I still noticed these artifacts and a compressed soundstage. After some headaches and almost resignation, I go into the "developer options" of my smartphone and I realize that it was set to AAC because my Sony does not support LHDC (thanks for not warning me). I select LDAC and magically the sound is finally correct, without artifacts and the soundstage is finally correct. Now I can say that I hear huge differences between AAC and LDAC with an involuntary "blind test".
