OluvSone NH1 headphone (Patreon)

Originally I wanted to wait until I can be really sure that this project can be realised but I wanted to share this news with you anyhow also to know how big the interest will be.

I was in contact with a Chinese OEM manufacturer for some time now and was trying to find a suitable product that I could work on. I should finally receive a first headphone sample soon which I can start tuning and the model shown was the best I could find. NH stands for neutral headphone and it should represent a truly neutral tuning in a headphone based on my own target.

The headphone has a premium built quality but is reduced to the most necessary functions only, thus it’s not equipped with ANC and there won’t be any app, because this would increase development costs a lot. I want to concentrate on pure sound quality and offer the best I can achieve from this particular unit. If I find the result to be worth the effort I will request further samples and check for sample variation and create a better average over all units.

My idea is to offer a fully neutral tuning with a completely flat bass and one with a more inroom like response that you usually get from speakers inside a room which you can select with a button.

I wonder if there are still people interested in a high quality sound headphone without ANC and without all the other gimmickry so popular right now.

I will keep you updated once I received the sample and managed some first results. I want to keep this project small and want to sell the product directly to the end user with no distributor inbetween and I may only really pull the trigger if I am sure that I can sell all produced units without problems.

An easier alternative with less risk would be to offer a custom firmware for the Earfun Wave Pro but so far Earfun didn’t quite show any interest as they obviously prefer selling their units with their own weird sound signature and sales seem decent anyhow…