Nothing Headphone (1) Professional: value, specs and studio options

British tech model Nothing has launched the Headphone (1) Professional, inserting a give attention to music producers and significant listeners. A collaboration with Metropolis Studios brings a Flat EQ and a handful of different sound profiles. In the meantime, a triple-driver structure, Hello-Res playback, and real-time Adaptive Energetic Noise Cancellation are designed for a “detailed and customisable listening expertise”, says Nothing in a press launch

The brand new headphones construct on the Nothing Headphone (1), which MusicTech scored a 7/10 in 2025. They sport an identical design, with rectangular earcups impressed by tape cassettes, however have a barely completely different design and some new controls. Nothing is understood for its quirky strategy to design; that’s partly due to Teenage Engineering, which has labored on Nothing designs since 2021. The Headphone (1) Professional is out there in black and white, and comes with a really 90s-style carry case.

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Nothing Headphone (1) Professional Black and White fashions

Right here’s all the things you must know in regards to the Nothing Headphone (1) Professional.

How a lot is the Nothing Headphone (1) Professional?

Nothing’s Headphone (1) Professional is priced at $399, which is $100 greater than the unique Headphone (1). You should buy the Headphone (1) Professional from 29 September 2026.

What are the highlights of the Nothing Headphone (1) Professional?

As eye-catching because the cassette-tape-inspired design is, the Nothing Headphone (1) Professional’s construct isn’t nearly appears to be like. The light-weight titanium and aluminium design, with a padded headband and gentle cushions, is meant for comfy listening over an extended interval. Couple that with as much as 46dB of Adaptive Energetic Noise Cancellation — made potential with a 10-mic system — and also you’ll doubtless be suitably immersed on long-haul flights and deep listening periods.

Hello-Res wi-fi and wired playback will make these listening periods much more detailed. In the event you’re hooked as much as your music participant through the provided USB-C cable, you will get audio constancy as much as 24-bit/192kHz. With the provided aux cable, or with suitable wi-fi methods, you possibly can rise up to 24-bit/96kHz constancy.

Regardless of the constancy, you’ll be listening to your music on Nothing’s triple-driver system. The three drivers comprise:

• A 40mm dynamic bass driver, specialising in frequencies between 20Hz and 10kHz. Nothing says that “a PEEK+PU encompass retains the low-end tight, and the PET Electroplated Steel-Ceramic Dome cuts distortion when issues get loud.”
• A precision dynamic driver for sounds between 5kHz and 15kHz. A PEN diaphragm is on board to make sure readability within the mid-range, notably on vocals, which apparently really feel “extra current”, in accordance with Nothing
• A Treble xMEMS driver, dealing with audio content material from 10kHz as much as 40kHz. Nothing says the sillicon diaphragm helps “ship transient responses with out distortion, enhance harmonics and textures so devices really feel richer, extra detailed.”

Spatial audio is current on the Headphone (1) Professional, with head monitoring and 5 completely different modes to select from. A customized EQ, through the Nothing X app, enables you to dial within the sound you need, with a collection of EQ presets together with 5 by Metropolis Studios.

The rechargeable battery on the Headphone (1) Professional lasts for 30 hours with ANC on; as much as 68 hours with ANC off. They’re fast-charge-enabled, so that you’ll get two hours of listening time with a fast five-minute cost.

Which options make the Nothing Headphone (1) Professional appropriate for music producers and creators?

Nothing’s collaboration with Metropolis Studios brings a couple of options particular to music producers and creators, however there’s extra occurring in addition to.

The Flat EQ, which you’ll be able to toggle through a change contained in the left earcup, is a impartial EQ profile. That is designed for crucial listening periods, evaluating mixdowns, and reviewing tracks. When switched on, Flat EQ additionally disables transparency mode, spatial audio and all different EQ settings.

Elsewhere, a Studio B preset for the headphones’ spatial audio mode emulates the sound of the room in Metropolis Studios’ Studio B. Nothing says that it’s “designed for focussed listening; it’s open, ethereal and clear.” Metropolis additionally produced 5 genre-based EQ profiles for the headphones: Neo-Jazz, British Rock, UK Rap + Grime, Electronica and UK bass.

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Nothing Headphone (1) Professional on a mixing desk

Why do I want the Nothing X app?

You don’t want the app to start out listening to your music with the Nothing Headphone (1) Professional. However in case you’re within the full set of options — like personalised sound profiles, Metropolis Studios’ EQ, and Twin Connection — the app is crucial.

I don’t have a Nothing Cellphone — is the Nothing Headphone (1) Professional nonetheless price getting?

You don’t want a Nothing Cellphone to make use of the Headphone (1) Professional. iOS and different Android customers can nonetheless get the Nothing X app, and the headphones are suitable with macOS, Linux and Home windows. In the event you’re not utilizing a Nothing Cellphone, the principle characteristic you gained’t get is ChatGPT integration.

Our evaluate, publishing shortly, can have extra information on the Headphone (1) Professional’s compatibility exterior of NothingOS.

Ought to I purchase the Nothing Headphone (1) Professional?

Keep tuned for MusicTech’s full evaluate.

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Sam is the Commissioning Editor at MusicTech, the place he’s helped form the publication’s editorial voice since 2019. With almost twenty years of music-making and a level in music know-how behind him, his focus is on the tales behind studio gear and the artists who use it. He’s spent approach an excessive amount of time sampling disco information.