Apple users are utterly spoiled when it comes to headphones.

But not everybody wants to spend $250 on disposable wireless earbuds.

Or maybe you just don’t want to look like everybody else on the subway.

A person wearing some Nothing Ear earbuds.

Nothing Ears are way more tweakable than AirPods.Nothing

That’s whereNothing’s new Ear rangecomes in.

The AirPod Situation

On sound alone, the AirPods Pro are just fantastic.

The Nothing Ear (the top of Nothing’s new earbud line) performs similarly.

Yellow Nothing Ear (a) with a frog holding the case. Yes, a frog

Yellow frogs, that well-known symbol of audiophole quality.Nothing

They even switch to receive audio from whichever equipment you are currently using.

Nothing’s Ear earbuds have a similar feature, but it’s only for Android.

“It isn’t just a matter of the sound quality, build quality, and battery life.

A human hand holding some inhuman white Nothing buds in a case

There';s nothing like pierced nails to show you’re serious about looking good.Nothing

AirPods are part of the overall Apple ecosystem.

Thenthere’s the Spatial Audio.

Other headphones do 3D surround sound, including the Nothing Ears, but none manage head-tracked spatial audio.

If you haven’t done this, you should, because it makes a big difference.

AndApple’s transparency modeis, to my ears, the best in the game.

But that’s not the whole story.

The more expensive model adds advanced audio profiles, personal sound profiles, and ceramic drivers.

But really, this is probably going to come down to price and fashion.

I mean, it couldn’t be any worse, right?