Nothing's first affordable over-ear model swaps the flagship Headphone (1)'s KEF tuning for an in-house profile built around bass-forward listening, backed by a genuinely elaborate 8-band EQ in the Nothing X app for anyone who wants to reshape it. Steel arms and metal-injection-molded hinges give it sturdier build quality than the price suggests, without creaking under twisting or flexing.

Tactile physical controls — a roller, paddle, and dedicated Channel Hop button — replace the fussy touch panels common on competing headphones, and a large 1060mAh battery delivers up to 135 hours without ANC or 75 hours with it running. A 5-minute quick charge adds roughly 5 hours of playback.