Headphone Archive

This interview and this video below lay out why the carbon supermaterial has so much promise — and the production hurdles holding it back. But maybe that’s finally changing.

I’d give them a 10/10 rating based on translucency alone, which is allegedly “not a valid way to score a review according to our scale.” All I know is that I’ve never bought an iPhone, but if Apple made a clear one I’d have blue bubbles the next day.

There’s a Hermés AirPods Pro lanyard, too. Just $335!

This is an Apple-owned business highlighting that it’s not using the same silicon as AirPods. (I love how Beats illustrates the point with a vinyl record.)

The most interesting part starts at the 1:35 mark, when Pei mentions that the Nothing Ear 2 assembly line is “like a rainforest” and filled with humidifiers to prevent dust from finding its way into the transparent earbuds or the carrying case. (Humidity makes the dust settle, which is why some people apply screen protectors in a bathroom with the shower running.)

Even after going to such lengths, 20 to 30 percent of units are rejected and have to be remade.