Friday, November 17, 2017
Review: Nuraphones are the best headphones any of us have ever heard
newatlas.com: After a record-breaking Kickstarter campaign and more than a year of painstaking design, testing and production work, Nura has finally gone into production with its first consumer headphones, and I've had my hands on a set for the last month. These are not press freebies, either - after playing with the prototypes last year, I immediately slapped down my own money for a set. That's a first for me.
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I go through earbuds like other people go through tissues. I actually just bought two pairs last weekend because I lost the pair I bought at the beginning of the semester. The one pair of headphones I own did not have a good enough sound quality for me to justify lugging them around any longer. Consequently, I have been looking for a solid pair of headphones that aren't absurdly expensive for mediocre quality for a while now. At $400, I probably won't be making this purchase anytime soon, though that does not put the Nuraphone into the "absurdly expensive" range. I just don't have money. I am intrigued by the individualized hearing test, and I'd like the opportunity to test them out for myself. The earbud within the headphone concept actually reminds me of Rachel's Phipps project. I am also interested in Nura's solution to the airflow problem in the all-silicon over-ear-phone.
Wow. I don’t know that I’ve ever heard quite such a glowing review of a piece of electronics. The author has a few criticisms, but overall, the article is gushing.
The concept of a personalized auditory profile is certainly intriguing. I never considered the fact that everyone’s perception of music and reception of frequencies is individual. I sort of assumed that everyone, unless they had hearing difficulty, heard more or less the same thing.
The price tag is steep, but honestly, if I had a regular pay check, I’d seriously consider getting a pair of these. The value seems reasonably related to the quality of the product. I spend a lot of my time listening to podcasts and music. Hours per day. It’s a major tool for focus and making work more enjoyable. It doesn’t seem unreasonable to spend that kind of money on something that improves so much of my day.
Wow these headphones seem really awesome. I never really thought about the fact that everyone has different hearing and different ears hear things in different ways. Most headphones are made the same for everyone and it could work for some people, but those might not be the best frequencies for others. It is really cool that they are using a hearing test to determine exactly how your ears work and process different sounds. I think these headphones will help reduce hearing damage in the future because they are designed to work with your ears and not against them. I would be really interested in trying these out and then comparing them to my normal headphones to see if I can notice the difference. We have never really heard the perfect sounds for our ears before since most people have not done a test like this and customized headphones in response. I guess we really do not know what we are missing.
The way in which these headphones program themselves to best fit the hearing of the listener is next level genius. This is something that I'd never really thought of before but that makes perfect sense. Each set of ear drums is very different and the way in which they hear in ever changing. Having headphones that adjust make the experience for the listener unique and literally the best it can be. This also makes me wonder about the potential implications these headphones could have for the hearing impaired and their potential use outside of the world of listening to music. Personally, I have a very nice pair of over the ear headphones which I enjoy very much. I would be interested in testing various headphones alongside these to hear the difference in each and how those differences in the way each device outputs the sounds will affect my perception of what I am listening too.
Wow this is one unstintingly praising review and interestingly enough I don’t read articles like this often. I always think other than those who have very picky ear and must have the best headphones ever, most people don’t often meticulously compare among products and just buy something that works. “Works” meaning the music quality is fine, no buzzing, no distortion of the sound, not too ugly. If you think it over for a while, those of us who don’t care what kind of headphones we are using are treating our ears and our hearing ability like trash. Ultimately we may pay because of using low-quality cheap earbuds. The Nuraphones sound pretty amazing and it’s really intriguing that it not only creates hearing profiles, but it reconfigures them into a color blob indicating your hearing sensitivity. This feature seems to be really appealing and informing in that it brings people’s attention to something that they don’t usually do. I don’t know how much a pair costs but I hope the price will not be to prohibitive to the general public.
Finding the right headphones is always a struggle. They are either way too expensive or are too cheap to last you more than a week. For me, the biggest thing is the comfort. I am constantly adjusting my headphones because of how they begin to feel over time. I have never heard of the headphones that are being discussed in this article, but from what I can tell they have managed to capture every positive aspect of good headphones and combine them into one. I would be curious to see what kind of tech allows them to optimize the headphones from the individual user. Another very positive feature that I like is the battery life. I have never seen a 20-hour battery life on a pair of headphones like this. I guess my only complaint from this article is how they look on the user. They appear to be clunky on some of the images shown in the article.
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