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My headphones apparently use them as part of the cooling system: https://www.nuraphone.com/backstage/how-the-nuraphone-uses-music-to-cool-your-ears https://www.

My headphones apparently use them as part of the cooling system: https://www.nuraphone.com/backstage/how-the-nuraphone-uses-music-to-cool-your-ears https://www.nuraphone.com/backstage/how-the-nuraphone-uses-m...

qnm 5y ago
Was about to write the same thing! I had never heard of a Tesla valve prior to Nuraphone, but it’s a brilliantly simple design that works really well for this case.
irjustin 5y ago
Huh that's pretty cool. It's the exact sort of application the tesla valve was designed for. An unpredictable air flow driven by the speaker's diaphragm around the earcup used to cool the silicone.
mckirk 5y ago
That's fascinating, I'd never heard of those! I'm still looking for the 'perfect' wireless headphones, so I'll definitely research them some more. How is their sound, in your experience? And is the cooling effect actually noticeable?
- glenngillen 5y ago
  Despite my extensive headphone collection I wouldn’t consider myself an audiophile. They’re good, I think the demo/test they do if you try them in person or after first setting them up is really disingenuous. They’ll tell you is the mid point of all profiles, but it sounds muddy and like no headphones I’ve ever heard. Customise them though and everything sounds amazing. Where it got interesting for me though I’d have a few friends customise and setup their own profiles and they’ll report the same thing. Yet switch between each other’s profiles and you think everyone else’s sounds like trash too. So to me it seems clear the customisation is definitely working and highly personalised. All that said I couldn’t say with confidence I’d immediately notice the difference between them and my Bose QC unless I was switching back and forth and testing them side by side. For daily use I’ve found most headphones in that price range to be great. For long haul flights the Bose still win for me. I find the in ear and over ear combined designed of the Nura to be very uncomfortable after 10hrs. Any shorter time and the Nura are my goto now. I was impressed enough that I recently bought a pair of Nuraloops for running too. I don’t think they’re as well designed. They’re difficult to fit, difficult to keep in, and ultimately I had to get aftermarket Comply ear tips to have them be in any way usable. They’re fine now, but I expect I’ll have to be replacing ear tips monthly at this rate which isn’t what I expect for a product at this price point.
samplatt 5y ago
How are the Nuraphone cans with sound leakage? I've had hearing issues since childhood and tend to turn the volume WAY up. Nuraphone has been on my radar for a while, but I exclusively buy headphones with as near-to-zero external leakage as possible, since I don't want to piss off my co-workers with audible music.
- glenngillen 5y ago
  Back when I worked in an office the 3 people around me had them and I never heard anything. So sealed enough that whether they were listening to music or on a call I couldn’t hear anything above ambient office noise from approx 5ft away.
  - samplatt 5y ago
    Awesome, thanks.

qnm 5y ago

Was about to write the same thing! I had never heard of a Tesla valve prior to Nuraphone, but it’s a brilliantly simple design that works really well for this case.

irjustin 5y ago

Huh that's pretty cool. It's the exact sort of application the tesla valve was designed for. An unpredictable air flow driven by the speaker's diaphragm around the earcup used to cool the silicone.

mckirk 5y ago

That's fascinating, I'd never heard of those! I'm still looking for the 'perfect' wireless headphones, so I'll definitely research them some more. How is their sound, in your experience? And is the cooling effect actually noticeable?

glenngillen 5y ago
Despite my extensive headphone collection I wouldn’t consider myself an audiophile. They’re good, I think the demo/test they do if you try them in person or after first setting them up is really disingenuous. They’ll tell you is the mid point of all profiles, but it sounds muddy and like no headphones I’ve ever heard. Customise them though and everything sounds amazing. Where it got interesting for me though I’d have a few friends customise and setup their own profiles and they’ll report the same thing. Yet switch between each other’s profiles and you think everyone else’s sounds like trash too. So to me it seems clear the customisation is definitely working and highly personalised. All that said I couldn’t say with confidence I’d immediately notice the difference between them and my Bose QC unless I was switching back and forth and testing them side by side. For daily use I’ve found most headphones in that price range to be great. For long haul flights the Bose still win for me. I find the in ear and over ear combined designed of the Nura to be very uncomfortable after 10hrs. Any shorter time and the Nura are my goto now. I was impressed enough that I recently bought a pair of Nuraloops for running too. I don’t think they’re as well designed. They’re difficult to fit, difficult to keep in, and ultimately I had to get aftermarket Comply ear tips to have them be in any way usable. They’re fine now, but I expect I’ll have to be replacing ear tips monthly at this rate which isn’t what I expect for a product at this price point.

samplatt 5y ago

How are the Nuraphone cans with sound leakage? I've had hearing issues since childhood and tend to turn the volume WAY up. Nuraphone has been on my radar for a while, but I exclusively buy headphones with as near-to-zero external leakage as possible, since I don't want to piss off my co-workers with audible music.

glenngillen 5y ago
Back when I worked in an office the 3 people around me had them and I never heard anything. So sealed enough that whether they were listening to music or on a call I couldn’t hear anything above ambient office noise from approx 5ft away.
- samplatt 5y ago
  Awesome, thanks.