{"id":52665,"date":"2025-09-30T12:11:07","date_gmt":"2025-09-30T12:11:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/52665\/"},"modified":"2025-09-30T12:11:07","modified_gmt":"2025-09-30T12:11:07","slug":"nothing-spin-off-cmf-announces-100-headphone-pro","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/52665\/","title":{"rendered":"Nothing spin-off CMF announces $100 Headphone Pro"},"content":{"rendered":"

Smartphone company Nothing now has quite the line<\/a> of audio accessories and now counts a new adaptive ANC (active noise cancellation) over-the-ear headphone from its sub-brand CMF<\/a>. The Headphone Pro<\/a> offers remarkable specs for less than $100, with features like 40dB of noise cancellation, LDAC (Lossless Digital Audio Codec) and Hi-Res certification for both wired and wireless audio, along with an “Energy Slider” to adjust EQ.<\/p>\n

The CMF Headphone Pro doesn’t at all resemble Nothing’s boxy over-the-ear Headphone 1 cans<\/a>. While that design was rather eccentric and austere, CMF’s model has a softer, more conventional look with a rounded headband reminiscent of Sony’s WH-1000XM5s<\/a>. Another prominent feature is the large, interchangeable ear cups that appear to have generous padding.<\/p>\n

CMF’s new cans come with adaptive ANC that reduces outside sounds by 40dB or up to 99 percent and automatically adjust the level according to outside noise. Though battery life is a generous 100 hours with ANC disabled, it gets cut in half to 50 hours with ANC turned on. That’s still more than Sony’s new WH-1000XM6<\/a>, even without ANC enabled. You can get an additional four hours of service with just a five minute charge, and the Headphone Pro can be directly charged by some smartphones via a USB-C cable.<\/p>\n

Control-wise, the Headphone Pro is nicely analog, with buttons instead of the touch controls found on other headphones. Those include Bluetooth\/power button on one side and an action button on the other that’s customizable via Nothing’s X app. There’s a multifunction rocker for volume, playback and control of ANC\/ambient sound. Then there’s the Energy Slider that lets you make treble and bass adjustments without the need to dive into the X app’s EQ settings.<\/p>\n

Nothing’s CMF sub-brand will soon spin off into its own budget brand, the company announced recently<\/a>. That doesn’t seem to have happened yet, but you can now order the CMF Headphone Pro<\/a> for just $84 in light grey, dark grey and light green, with shipping set for October 6. The company will soon offer interchangeable ear cushions<\/a> as well in orange or light green for $25 a pair.<\/p>\n

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