These fashion-forward headphones have no business sounding this good for the price

• The Nothing Headphone 1 are available for $299.
• These over-ear headphones feature a 40mm dynamic driver made in partnership with KEF, Spatial Audio playback, ANC, and more.
• You'll have to really admire the design and customizability of the headphones to make the most of them.

Deal: The Nothing Headphone 1's are on sale for $239 -- $60 in savings for a limited time.

Nothing's first over-ear headphones are as ambitious, polarizing, and divisive a product as you'd expect from the brand. The writing was always on the wall -- from the moment the London-based tech company debuted with a pair of earbuds with a transparent design. 

Yet, somehow, I found myself taking a step back when I unboxed the Headphone 1.

To an extent, Headphone 1 represent the pinnacle of Nothing: a playful, finely tuned pair of headphones with Teenage Engineering influence, a seamless software ...