Came across this code which can be used on the Nura website or at the Sound Studios. I am not affiliated with Nura and will not benefit off this code. I THINK it’s an employee code. I used this code at the Sound Studio and it worked. This is not a referral code.
As far as I’m aware, this is as cheap as the Nuras get. They’re the best headphones I have ever used and actually adapt to my hearing.
Enjoy!
Referee gets 20% off first purchase. Referrer gets one free Nuraphone after 6 referees purchase a Nuraphone and keep it for 30+ days.
Oh yeah! Went from $329.00 down to $209.30. Cheaper than AirPods!
It was $299 earlier, also the shipping date has slipped from end of September to October to now end of December.
If they charge after shipping , then it is fair to keep moving the dates; but if they charge you now and just keep moving the dates, that is not a good business move.
Can confirm payment is charged on pre-order. Looking forward to giving these a go during the 30-day trial, and returning them if they are as uncomfortable as the OG Nuraphones on my ears. Audio quality was better than my Bose QC35 mk1 and Apple Airpods - hoping for the best of both worlds.
@yojabbajabba: Cheers for the info.
I'm really interested in this as well as this is the only neckband style ( or something else with a wire in between ) that has ANC. But their track record of shifting dates is not very comforting to put down a payment months before.
Don't want the Sony WF model is because of obvious downsides to totally wireless ones , namely losing one bud, low battery charge etc
@otter-raptor: 30% off a pre-order sounds pretty good to me - worst case scenario is I cancel the pre-order and get my money back. Best case scenario is I've gotten the Nuraphones at 30% off on release day!
“This is not a referral code”
And you know this how?
I see you’ve been pulled up previously for posting referral spam…
It’s an employee code. My last post got deleted for referral - not this one!
I used this code at the Sound Studio and it worked.
Does this mean you were able to save on shipping and pick them up immediately from the booth?
I tried these at the QVB and they weren't that great. I walked away completely dissapointed…I'm more inclined to recommend the M1000XM3 or even QC35 to poeple before I recommend these.
If you're keen and not tried them, try them before you drop $300+ on them. I don't think they're worth it, even at 30% off.
This is just my opinion, ymmv.
If the xm3's of QC35's sound better than these, than they must be really crap. Haven't tried them in about a year but definitely wasn't impressed
Well ive had a nuraphone and its quite good sound once the adaptive is turned on, with adaptive off its a bit plain and boring and thats probably why you were disappointed. You have to run the adaptive calibration and that takes about 2 mins.
This is my opinion from owning HD800s (>$2000), Elear ($1599), LCD2 ($1800) headphones. For $350 they are really good deal.
Also great at noise cancelling. The one thing I would point out as the negative is that the in ear bits might not be comfortable to everyone.
If i were to commute on public transport, they would be a great option.
I disagree.
With adaptive turned off, the EQ is abosulte trash, it's made like that on purpose, so when the EQ is 'calibrated' they sound substantially better. But still not worth >$300 only around the ~$100 mark.
The Sony MDR Z7m2 ($438 - or $350 with amex and sony price match) being in a similar price bracket sound substantially better. Sure they are targetted at a different market (no noise cancelling, less portable). But if you are looking purely for sound, the nuraphones are a hard pass. The Sony WF/WH 100mx3 sound a lot better, in fact even my powerbeats pro sound better (with the right ear tip seal)
I did my profile….
With the profile enabled they were really lacking in any sort of separation and there were no mids (worse than Bose).
Also, with the bass thing turned right down there was still way too much. It cut into the highs reducing their definition and there was significant clipping.
The source for the test was Tidal, my personal Spotify premium, and my personal FLAC library.
My daily headphones are B&O H9 for the office environment.
Weirdly the nura actually barely have any bass, it's all in the immersion feature which is literlaly just a haptic motor tapping your outerears lol
I'm a bit disappointed as well. I tried one of those at Melbourne Central. It just won't calibrate with people like me who are wearing glasses.
I've currently got some as I wanted to try them. The difference between them being better/worse than the Sony's/Bose is trying them with adaptive vs trying them after you've done your profile.
Once you've made your profile and done the test they're great. Although I'll add that I'm sending them back because I find the in ear thing too uncomfortable.
EDIT: I'll add that doing the calibration in a shop or a louder area vs doing it by yourself in a quiet spot at home makes a huge difference to the sound.
These arent worth it.
The purported tech is very much a gimmick.
I bought a pair due to the hype and they really aren't good. I think based on your age it adapts the sound signature (young prefer increased bass, old prefer increased treble)
In the end make your own desicion, but be wary of the hundreds of paid reviews out there.
How good are this head/earphone?
Not great. See other comments in this thread.
So basically these are just a product for people who don’t know how to use an EQ?
Sounds super gimmicky.
correct, i wanted to believe the hype and help out an Aussie company, but they are selling sh*t on a stick
Agree with the negative reviews.
I visited one of their try out booths down at a Westfield. Truly awful sound and incredibly uncomfortable. The "adaptive calibration" is just a bass and treble boost and a bit of a reverb-y spatial effect.
They sound significantly better with the calibration off, and that's not saying much because they still sound bad.
Contrary to the above negative comments, these headphones seem to score well with most reputable review sites, including Rtings.com
80% of the 'reputable' review sites had affiliate links. Implicit bias.
Rtings still rate the Sonys and bose higher (and those 2 are usually cheaper)
Eh nearly all review sites have affiliate links for reviewed or linked products, but they still rate some products higher than others. Seems a stretch to dismiss them all based on that.
Rtings rated them higher for general use and ANC, but I'd wager most people buying these don't intend to use them as their sole headphones – kinda like having a fun car vs practical car. Of course, not everyone can afford to do this either, so if you can't, then stick with the Bose or Sony.
That's a fair point, but i guess you can never know unless you try :)
I've made a lot of costly (>$2k) headphone purchases based on reviews and ended up selling them at a loss based on reviews, so it really is individual dependent.
@paraneoplastic: Fair enough - I was sceptical about these as well, but I tried them at one of their booths and was so impressed, I didn't want to leave the booth. Since the product is inherently subjective (indeed, that's the selling point), it makes me wonder whether some of the ambivalent reviews are simply due to the variation in people's ear structure and such – it probably works better for some people than others. Reminds me of how I read somewhere that Apple tested thousands of ears for the AirPods and averaged the results, in order to fit the average person's ears well. However, of course there are still many who have them ill-fitting or fall out.
good but bose are more comfy
You can debate whether these are as good as Bose (I say they are, but not better) but I cannot fault their customer service. My analogue cable became faulty at the 11-month mark and when I contacted them over email about it they just exchanged the cable without any fuss. They just needed my proof of purchase and they sent it out straight away. No questions asked and I didn't need to send the other one back or take it anywhere to be checked.
In terms of the quality of these headphones, they are built tough and the sound is good. They adapt to your hearing so if you tried them out and weren't impressed, I'd ask whether they were mapped to your hearing properly using their app. I do think though that when you turn off the hearing enhancements the sound sounds terrible - worse than cheap headphones. So when they advertise ppl with the hearing mapping off and then show how their faces light up when it's turned back on, that's because when it's off they sound crap but as soon as you turn it on they sound great. A little misleading I think as it's not really demonstrating the sound quality difference between an average set of phones vs these ones…
Also, the hybrid earplugs may take a bit of getting use to if you're not used to in-earphones
All in all, I'd recommend them but with caveats.
I had a pair of these through the NuraNow program. I found them really comfy and the sound was good but too bulky for air travel.
If anyone has a layer model Samsung phone I believe it has a similar thing inbuilt.
My note 10+ has adaptive EQ where it performs a hearing test and stores EQ profiles based on what you can hear
I think the main complaint is that the calibration is fully automatic and you can't be manually adjusted (unless it's recently changed).
The selling point isn't just about the "equaliser" functions - but it is pretty much the best Noise cancellation that I have tried and is much better than the QC35s or the MX3's. Even without music on, I could barely hear a person next to me when I was testing it at the QVB.
Interesting comments. I've got the Nura headphones as well as the QCII and WH1000XM3 and I do think the sound quality is much better on the Nura headphones… with that being said I think it's ugly as shit and uncomfortable as hell.
P.s. Code seems invalid now.
I think they look good but yes, not comfortable.
nura.giado worked for me after the above code expired
Damn does not work anymore :(
Yep looks like they've killed all the employee discount codes…
I've owned these for one year, fantastic sound, never fatiguing (due to adaptive eq), some of the best bass. Downside is they're quite uncomfortable and make your ears sweat.
This is the cheapest price ever, definitely give it a try and can return for free within 30 days
Sound quality aside these are not comfortable and very heavy. It's a first gen product so I'd honestly wait for the 2nd gen cause theres plenty room for improvement.
I've tried these in the booth. Xm3s are better, and I'd imagine bose is better. Nc wise again, xm3s are better.
I love the vibration feature though. I didn't feel that was gimmicky.
For the price, if still go for xm3s. Comfort and sound quality.
I bumped into the head of marketing for Nura earlier this year…. and was sooooo tempted to congratulating her for her awesome job at marketing such a crap and uncomfortable headphones.
Totally not worth the money and their only way to sell it is the adaptive feature which is quite misleading because they make the mode off so crap so when they add some auto EQ it sounds so much better. It's like giving somebody dial up internet then showing them broadband.
The way I see it its more like a film camera where it takes pics but you need to adjust the components and mange the settings to get great images. Some people just can't or don't want to get into it and therefore buy point'n'shoot or use their iphones. The tech in those to automate a good image then follows the money/audience and it gets better and better… but if you have a manual camera you can still of course get great images.
The Nura is like an auto equaliser. For some people it's going to be awesome - but worth the price? For those with a vested interest in audio they will likely want a better 'manual' choice in head phones and control… but perhaps this type of tech will become more common and wide spread and flexible in the future who knows.
I've tried the xm2s (not the latest) and own the nuraphones. I really disagree with the negative comments about the nuras. I love the bass and think they sound amazing. Sony's are great too, but I love the extra sensation from the haptic feedback. The xm3s are definitely a lot better with the noise cancellation though.
Each to their own I guess.
works on the nuraloop pre-order also.