Nothing’s New Headphone (1) Pro Are Made for the Studio
Nothing’s New Headphone (1) Pro Are Made for the Studio
Nothing 新款 Headphone (1) Pro 专为录音室打造
The Headphone (1) Pro is Nothing’s newest pair of cans, the company announced on Monday at an evening event in New York City. The headphones resemble Nothing’s first-ever over-ear headphones that debuted last summer, though the design and fit have been refined. The key change, though, is audio quality.
Nothing 在周一于纽约市举办的晚间活动中宣布，Headphone (1) Pro 是该公司最新的耳机产品。这款耳机在外形上与 Nothing 去年夏天首次推出的头戴式耳机相似，但在设计和佩戴舒适度上进行了优化。不过，最核心的改进在于音质。
Instead of a single dynamic driver producing the sound in each earcup, Nothing has outfitted the Headphone (1) Pro with three drivers for each ear. Most headphones use a single 40-mm dynamic driver, so a single speaker ends up handling the bass, mids, and treble of your tracks. That can cause some muddiness and distortion. Adding more drivers—one for each specific frequency spectrum—gives the sound more room to stretch out and sparkle.
Nothing 没有在每个耳罩内使用单一的动圈单元来发声，而是为 Headphone (1) Pro 的每个耳罩配备了三个驱动单元。大多数耳机使用单个 40 毫米动圈单元，这意味着一个扬声器需要同时处理音频中的低音、中音和高音，这可能会导致声音浑浊和失真。增加更多的驱动单元（每个单元负责特定的频率范围）能让声音有更大的延展空间，表现也更清澈。
There’s a 40-mm bass dynamic driver to handle the low end. Then there’s a precision dynamic driver to tackle the midrange sounds like vocals, pianos, and guitars. The company says this driver will render those “S” and “T” sounds with more detail. Finally, there’s the treble driver for the highs. Nothing’s driver uses xMEMS technology, which relies on a silicon diaphragm that should make transients—sharp bursts like a cymbal hit or a spiky synth stab—sound clearer.
耳机内置了一个 40 毫米低音动圈单元来处理低频。接着是一个精密动圈单元，专门负责处理人声、钢琴和吉他等中频声音。Nothing 表示，该单元能更细腻地呈现“S”和“T”等齿音。最后是负责高频的驱动单元。Nothing 的高音单元采用了 xMEMS 技术，依靠硅振膜，这使得瞬态响应（如镲片撞击或尖锐的合成器音效）听起来更加清晰。
All of these drivers working together should produce richer sound that’s more detailed overall. Every headphone maker claims their gadget produces the best sound on the market, but at least Nothing has attempted some technical feats here to try to convince you.
所有这些驱动单元协同工作，旨在产生更丰富、细节更饱满的音质。虽然每家耳机制造商都声称自己的产品是市场上音质最好的，但 Nothing 至少在这里尝试了一些技术突破，试图以此说服用户。
What’s neat is you can see elements of the triple-driver architecture on the sides of the headphones—Nothing has added a couple of 9H Panda glass panels so you can peep the tech inside. The rest of the headphones are largely aluminum with titanium accents.
有趣的是，你可以在耳机侧面看到三驱动单元架构的元素——Nothing 加入了两块 9H 熊猫玻璃面板，让你能窥见内部的科技感。耳机其余部分主要由铝材制成，并配有钛金属装饰。
You’ll no doubt worry about cracking that glass; Nothing claims that it is “shatter- and scratch-resistant,” but Philipp Von Lintel, associate principal industrial designer at Nothing, says the glass had to survive durability tests 18 times from a drop of more than 1 meter. Also, the glass construction shouldn’t affect repairability much—repair technicians can heat the glass from the outside to remove it and access the internal chamber for fixes. “Even if you crack it, there’s a plastic film that keeps the chamber still working,” Von Lintel tells WIRED.
你无疑会担心玻璃碎裂的问题；Nothing 声称这种玻璃“防碎且防刮”，但 Nothing 的副首席工业设计师 Philipp Von Lintel 表示，该玻璃必须通过 18 次从 1 米以上高度跌落的耐用性测试。此外，玻璃结构不会对维修造成太大影响——维修人员可以从外部加热玻璃将其取下，从而进入内部进行维修。“即使玻璃碎了，还有一层塑料薄膜能保证内部腔体正常工作，”Von Lintel 告诉《连线》（WIRED）杂志。
The Headphone (1) Pro is slightly lighter (by 2 grams) than the Headphone (1), with a wider headband and thicker padding, though battery life isn’t as long, down to 68 hours with active noise canceling turned off versus 80. It has an IP52 dust- and water-resistance rating, so keep the hood of your rain jacket raised on rainy days.
Headphone (1) Pro 比 Headphone (1) 轻了 2 克，头梁更宽，衬垫更厚，但电池续航时间有所缩短，在关闭主动降噪的情况下从 80 小时降至 68 小时。它具备 IP52 防尘防水等级，所以下雨天记得戴好雨衣的帽子。
Almost every gadget maker tosses the “Pro” moniker in the product name to justify a few extra features and a price bump. Yes, the Headphone (1) Pro cost $399, a $100 bump over the standard Headphone (1), but Nothing claims it is specifically catering to not just the average consumer who wants better sound, but also recording artists and audio professionals who work in the studio.
几乎每家电子产品制造商都会在产品名称中加上“Pro”后缀，以证明其增加的功能和更高的价格是合理的。没错，Headphone (1) Pro 的售价为 399 美元，比标准版 Headphone (1) 贵了 100 美元，但 Nothing 声称，这款产品不仅是为了满足追求更好音质的普通消费者，更是为了服务于录音艺术家和在录音室工作的音频专业人士。
The company is including a feature that activates a flat equalization (EQ) mode—something mix engineers and audio producers prefer when they’re working—that’s triggered by a physical button on the headphones. Nothing collaborated with Metropolis Studio, a pro recording studio, to make the EQ features. There’s even a “Studio B” Dynamic Spatial Audio mode that simulates Metropolis’ mixing room, and four other Custom EQ profiles, like Concert Hall or Club. And yes, there’s a 3.5-mm jack so you can plug in (or stick with hi-res wireless or USB-C).
该公司加入了一项功能，可以通过耳机上的物理按钮激活平直均衡器（EQ）模式——这是混音工程师和音频制作人在工作时所偏好的设置。Nothing 与专业录音室 Metropolis Studio 合作开发了这些 EQ 功能。此外，还有一个“Studio B”动态空间音频模式，可以模拟 Metropolis 的混音室，以及其他四种自定义 EQ 配置文件，如“音乐厅”或“俱乐部”。当然，它还配有 3.5 毫米耳机插孔，方便你进行有线连接（或者继续使用高解析度无线或 USB-C 连接）。
Charlie Smith, Nothing’s chief brand officer, says people will want these headphones for their commute to work. “That’s fine, but people are making music on the go and need studio-level sound wherever they are,” he says.
Nothing 的首席品牌官 Charlie Smith 表示，人们会想要这款耳机用于通勤。“这没问题，但人们现在随时随地都在创作音乐，他们需要无论身处何地都能获得录音室级别的音质，”他说。
Nothing also claims the headphones have the best active noise cancellation it’s ever shipped, thanks to the use of 10 microphones to filter out ambient sounds. (Apple’s AirPods Max, for comparison, use eight.)
Nothing 还声称，得益于 10 个麦克风对环境噪音的过滤，这款耳机拥有其有史以来最好的主动降噪效果。（作为对比，苹果的 AirPods Max 使用了 8 个麦克风。）
“To us, this is a flagship product where we’re able to showcase what we can do,” Smith says. “It also helps elevate us as a brand.”
“对我们来说，这是一款旗舰产品，让我们能够展示我们的实力，”Smith 说。“它也有助于提升我们的品牌形象。”
Sadly, they don’t fold up. Instead, Nothing is following Apple’s lead by including a bra-like carry case to keep the cans protected.
遗憾的是，它们无法折叠。相反，Nothing 效仿苹果，附赠了一个类似胸罩形状的便携包来保护耳机。
They’ll officially hit store shelves on September 29—not only on Nothing’s online store and Amazon, but also nationwide in Best Buy stores across North America.
它们将于 9 月 29 日正式上架——不仅在 Nothing 官网和亚马逊有售，还将登陆北美各地的百思买（Best Buy）门店。