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A user with a filter view of the Dyson Zone headphones attached to a gray background.

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Dyson revealed earlier this year. The first audio production, a pair of headphones that promise not only to block noise, but also to prevent unwanted airborne particles, with a built-in filter system and a mask. Today the company revealed more details Dyson zoneIncluding when couples can afford it and how much it costs to have fresh air wherever they move.

Dyson is a company known for its innovation. Vacuum cleanersEliminating disposable bags and ensuring maximum suction even when the cleaners are full of dirt. Over the years, the company has been gradually expanding its product offerings, but has mostly stuck to air-powered devices, which is Dyson’s specialty—think. Supporters, Air filtersAnd in fact Hair dryers.

A user with a filter view of the Dyson Zone headphones attached to a gray background.

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Dyson’s Zone headphones also fall into that category, integrating the smallest 10,000 RPM electric motors the company has ever made into each ear cup, allowing the front cleaner to draw air through two-layer filters to remove particles like pollen. , bacteria and dust, as well as gases such as nitrogen dioxide, sulfur dioxide and ozone. However, as Dyson has already pointed outZone earmuffs do not create a perfect seal and are not a solution to reducing exposure to Covid-19.

Fresh air is directed to the wearer’s mouth and nose through a magnetically attached mask designed to prevent wind. It is a personal air purification system designed for situations where a stationary air filter fan is useless, as is done every day in a busy city. According to Dyson, those filters should be replaced approximately every 12 months, with the accompanying app providing reminders when a swap is needed.

Active noise cancellation seems to replace sound quality when it comes to what premium headphone makers focus on, but Dyson’s Zone has a unique challenge: electric motors and fans sit close to the user’s ears. Both Apple AirPods Max And The Sony WH-1000XM5 Use eight microphones to pick up and cancel out environmental sounds, and the Dyson Zone does the same, relying on eight mics to reduce environmental sounds by up to 38 decibels. However, it includes two additional microphones to deal with sounds from the air filtration system and one phone call to pick up the user’s voice.

A user wearing Dyson Zone headphones on the outside without a filter visor.

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The Dyson Zone’s 40mm neodymium drivers are promised to reproduce frequencies from 6Hz to 21kHz, and the 2,600mAh battery can be fully charged in three hours, providing up to 50 hours of audio enjoyment even with ANC on. However, the battery life of the Dyson Zone is greatly improved by enabling the air filtration system. With the purifier on its lowest setting, the Dyson Zone’s battery life only reaches four hours, but it drops to 2.5 hours on the medium setting, and only 1.5 hours with the air filter system working as hard as it can. That’s more than enough for the average daily commute, but not enough to provide fresh air on most domestic or international flights, at least not without an external power source.

These are no ordinary headphones. of Sony WH-1000XM5 They’re the most comfortable ANC wireless headphones we’ve ever tested, weighing in at 249 grams. We are also big fans Apple AirPods Max, but with premium materials like aluminum (used for the ear cups) they weigh 384.8 grams, which you can definitely feel after a long listening session. Attaching the visor, the Dyson Zone is heavier than both the WH-1000XM5 and AirPods Max. Combined, at 670 grams. But even if the visa is removed, they are still very heavy 595 grams.

But an hour and a half of high airflow per charge and a true neck workout aren’t what many consumers will think about when choosing the Dyson Zone over other mainstream headphone options. 550 dollars Apple AirPods Max and 400 dollars Sony WH-1000XM5 It looks like a bargain compared to the $949 Dyson Zone, which can be ordered by appointment only at Dyson stores starting in March, with wider availability on Dyson’s website “shortly later.”

Dyson is known for its pricing, so a nearly $1,000 price tag for its first pair of headphones isn’t entirely surprising. But you can buy both Apple’s and Sony’s excellent ANC headphones for the Dyson Zone, and it remains to be seen whether the Zone’s performance will outperform the competition enough to justify the price as conventional noise-canceling headphones.

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