Singapore’s wait for the Nothing Headphone (1) Pro turned out to be a short one. Pre-orders opened on Tuesday, 6 October 2026 at S$549 on the Nothing Singapore store, Shopee, Lazada, TikTok Shop and Challenger, a week after the global reveal. The question for anyone editing audio on a laptop in an HDB bedroom is whether studio-tuned cans are worth S$150 more than the original.
How to Get One in Singapore
- Price: S$549 (pre-order price)
- Pre-orders: open since Tuesday, 6 October 2026
- Where: nothing.tech, Nothing’s official stores on Shopee, Lazada and TikTok Shop, Challenger, and other authorised retailers
- Colours: White and Black
- Open sale: later in October, according to Nothing, with details to be announced
Nothing calls this its most advanced pair of headphones to date, built around three drivers and tuning developed with London’s Metropolis Studios. When the brand announced the global launch on 29 September, local buyers were told to hang on for a price. Now it’s listed at all of the places above.
Three Drivers, Three Jobs
Most of the S$549 goes into what sits behind the glass:
- Bass: a 40mm dynamic driver
- Vocals: a 13 × 8mm precision dynamic driver
- Highs: a solid-state xMEMS driver
The logic is the one behind any decent speaker with a separate woofer and tweeter, where each part does the range it’s good at. Nothing says the vocal driver sits where most headphones dip, so breaths and sharp “S” and “T” sounds come through with more texture. The treble driver uses a diaphragm the company rates at 95 times stiffer than plastic.
Nothing lists a frequency response of 20Hz to 40kHz for the full set. The wired options matter more to anyone working with audio. The bundled 3.5mm cable carries Hi-Res audio at up to 24-bit/96kHz, and USB-C goes lossless at up to 24-bit/192kHz. That’s a generous spec for headphones that are equally expected to survive a sweaty walk to the bus stop.
The Switch That Earns the “Pro”
The detail that separates these from a regular pair of noise-cancelling headphones is a physical Flat EQ Switch. EQ is short for equaliser, the setting that shapes how much bass, mids and treble reach the ear. Flick the switch down, and the headphones move to a neutral profile developed by Metropolis Studios. Nothing says it strips out colouration and processing for reviewing tracks or comparing mixes.
That matters to anyone who makes things, because headphones that flatter the bass will talk a creator into a mix that sounds thin on everybody else’s speakers. The switch is the reason to pay the extra S$150.
Recording is where the cable comes back in. The spec sheet lists two latency figures:
- Aux cable with Flat EQ on: under 15ms
- Bluetooth low-latency mode: under 120ms
Anyone tracking vocals or guitar should plug in.
Metropolis worked on two more features. Studio B is one of five Dynamic Spatial Audio modes, and it’s modelled on the control room of the same name, so music sounds like it’s playing from the centre of a professional mixing room. There are five genre EQ profiles too: Neo-Jazz, British Rock, UK Rap + Grime, Electronica and UK bass. They’re fun to flip through, though casual listeners will treat them as party tricks.
The Nothing X app covers the rest. Its Advanced EQ lets users drag tuning points anywhere across the 20Hz to 20kHz range, and Personal Sound runs a hearing analysis to build a profile around each listener’s ears.
327g on Your Head
The Headphone (1) Pro keeps Nothing’s see-through look, this time in aluminium, titanium and scratch-resistant 9H Panda glass, with a window that hints at the drivers underneath. It comes in White and Black, weighs 327g, and is rated IP52 for dust and water.
Comfort got the bigger rethink. Nothing says the titanium arms are 45% lighter than those on Headphone (1), the padding is 12% thicker, and the foam is 50% softer so that it flexes around glasses and piercings. One number nobody advertises is the hardshell case, which weighs 383.5g, heavier than the headphones. Together, the pair adds more than 700g to a tote bag.
Battery life is listed at up to 30 hours with active noise cancellation (ANC) on and up to 68 hours with it off. A five-minute top-up is good for two hours of ANC listening. The ANC itself runs on 10 microphones and reaches up to 46 dB, which Nothing puts at 5 dB stronger on average than Headphone (1). The Verge’s review was cooler on that point and found the noise cancelling comparable with major rivals, not ahead of them.
So, Is S$549 Fair?
The original Headphone (1) was tuned by British audio firm KEF. Reviews praised its design and battery life, but some found the default sound flat until they adjusted the EQ. The Pro answers that complaint with hardware, and early verdicts are warm. The Verge called it the best Nothing headphone it had used, while TechRadar praised the sound and kept some reservations. Studio-quality remains Nothing’s own description, and listeners should weigh it as that.
Who it suits comes down to what the headphones are for:
- People who create: this pair makes sense. A bedroom producer, podcaster or video editor gets one set of headphones that goes neutral for checking a mix and switches back to ANC on the train home.
- People who only want a quieter commute: they’re paying for a switch they’ll rarely touch.
🗓️ Date: Pre-orders opened Tuesday, 6 October 2026
📍 Location: nothing.tech, Nothing’s official stores on Shopee, Lazada and TikTok Shop, Challenger, and other authorised retailers
💰 Price: S$549 (pre-order price)
🎨 Colours: White and Black
🔋 Battery: Up to 30 hours with ANC on, up to 68 hours with ANC off (Nothing’s figures)
Nothing says the local open sale will follow later in October, with details to be announced. The Nothing Singapore store carries the full specifications and is the place to watch for that news. For creators who’ve been mixing on whatever earbuds were lying around, a neutral switch at S$549 is a rather tempting upgrade.
Visuals courtesy of Nothing.
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