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Ryan Epps

I ditched my Sony WH-1000XM5 for the Nothing Ear — here’s what happened

The Sony WH-1000XM5 laying on the ground next the Nothing Ear wireless earbuds.

Switching from a pair of the best over-ear headphones to a set of budget wireless earbuds wasn't something I was looking forward to. However, as an experiment, I wanted to see what would happen if I traded out my beloved Sony WH-1000XM5 headphones for the significantly cheaper Nothing Ear earbuds. 

Could Nothing’s new stylishly chic, $149 set of noise-cancelling buds seriously stand up to some of the best noise-cancelling headphones? Would they even sound comparable to one another? 

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