With the iPhone, sound was not quite as three-dimensional, but the biggest areas of difference were in the treble, where sound was much more natural and less sharp with the premium DAC than it was straight off the iPhone. It is important to note that the NS900’s performance changed greatly depending on the source – much more so than with many other headphones we’ve recently tested. We tested the NOCS NS900 Live with an iPhone 4s and Asus laptop with Cambridge Audio’s DacMagic XS USB DAC/Headphone amplifier. Some owners will find the clamping force excessive earlier than others. That being the case, we felt like we needed to take a short break ever y hour or so to get some relief. The headband wasn’t as big of a problem as we thought it would be, but that’s because the NS900 exert a lot of clamping force. Comfortįor the most part, we enjoyed wearing the NS900. The padding on the ear cups seems more than sufficient, and they do an impressive job of adding passive noise isolation – perhaps the best argument against active noise-cancelling we’ve seen yet. Stainless steel knobs at the outside of the earcups aren’t just there for decoration, they tighten and loosen the ear cups within the track, allowing for precision sizing, or flexible movement. The lightweight, PVD-coated “feather steel” that makes up the headband’s construction seems too thin to be resilient, but one touch and you know these headphones are road-worthy.
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Our only concern came from the headband, which is made of a hard rubbery material that seemed like a guarantee of discomfort after more than an hour. Right out of the box, the NS900 feel top quality at every touch point.
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But what really makes this thing work is its heavy-duty zipper, which gives the headphones a professional feel. The outside of the sack is made with a heavy, almost burlap-like black cloth, the inside lined with a silky perforated material. To carry it all, NOCS includes what is arguably the best carrying pouch we’ve seen included with a headphone yet. An included frequency response chart makes it clear that NOCS wasn’t interest in the “flat” frequency response often boasted by other manufacturers.Īccompanying the headphones are a 1.6-meter coiled DJ-style cable, 1.2m iOS cable, 1.2m standard control cable with microphone, and a ¼-inch threaded adapter. Pulling back a magnetically-affixed side flap opens the box like a book to reveal the NS900 sitting in foam cutouts below a clear plastic shield. With the possible exception of the NS2 Air Monitors, the packaging NOCS put together for the NS900 may be its most “Apple-esque” yet. We gave the NS900 an extensive evaluation to find out how they stack up against the competition, and against NOCS’ previous products. Priced at about $270 at Amazon, the NS900 Live find themselves priced in the upper tier, right alongside Digital Trends’ favorites, the V-Moda Crossfade M-100.
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Designed by and for DJs, the NS900 promise all the passive noise isolation and high fidelity necessary for cutting mixes at the dance club, while offering more pedestrian conveniences like iPhone and Android smartphone compatibility.
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The NS900 Live headphones are the latest product of that expansion. Over the years, the company has earned itself a solid following, allowing it to expand its product catalog, little by little. Though it’s harder to find NOCS headphones in a stateside Apple store (the NS800 in-ear headphones are found easily enough), they are a regular staple in European Apple stores, and easily purchased at Amazon. The Swedish audio experts over at NOCS have won us over more than a couple times with their well-designed, distinct-sounding products. You can also use AirPlay Direct Mode, which allows you to play to the temp wifi network it will create, perfect for wifi-less scenarios (simply double click the setup button till it turns amber. The set up is relatively easy (but also easy to forget, lest you need to reset and do it again - but you can ping the website for that too) - you basically plug it in, press setup on the back, and connect to its personal wifi network, hitting the usual 192.168.1.1 to set it up to attach to your network. I’m smitten by the way the red pops - they also come in black, white, grey, orange, and yellow. Beautiful, elegant computer/small room active speakers with built in AirPlay tech, making it ridiculously easy to throw your music around the house… and with AirPlay’s multi-speaker set up being so easy, it’s been fun hooking up the speakers in every room - from laptop to kitchen to living room to bedroom to be in sync, so music follows us around the house and NOTlabs! But back to aesthetics, these are designed in Stockholm (assembled in China) and have hand-built soft touch rubber coated cabinets (feels SO good!), Kevlar reinforced woofers and silk dome tweeters.
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There is no denying that the Nocs NS2 Air Monitors are stunning.