Since the Nura Headphone Kickstarter campaign in ending in July 2016 I was very interested in the technology. But I had just invested 1000 Dollar in the then ultimately disastrous Ossic X campaign and could not invested in another headphone project. So I just invested 1 US Dollar for the Nura to get all the updates.
So when a as a former Nura “backer” I got the offer to pre-purchase offer for their next project the Nuraloops inEars I had to pull the trigger. Also the price of the Nuraloops was a bit less - while having the same technology as the Nura phones - and the Ossic X drama was something of the past.
With all this projects you have to be patient and hope the companies do not go bust. I had my fair share of suspense with other projects like the Smyth Realizer A16 but also quick wins like the Audeze Mobius. From these projects you can already deduct that I like headphones (just have a look at my profile) but also like technological advancements in the headphone arena.
So talking about the Nuraloops. When they finally arrived I was extremely happy that this project went through.
This is how they look right out of the box. While a cable does not seem to be very nice to the eye, I have to say it is much more practical if I compare it to my other bluetooth inEars like the Apple Airpods or the Creative Outlier Gold. Both of them always need to go back in their case if you do not wanna loose them. Not so with the Nuraloops. They just hang around you neck and often you will forget you have them their until you want to listen to some music or do a phone call.
Setup is relatively easy and the bluetooth connection and the Nura app guides you through this process in a good way.
Doing the profiles is a bit surprising as the results are always different.
My frame of reference for these Nuraloops is build on what I owned but mainly what I own and use most of the time.
I have also ordered the Nuraphones and listening to them too.
So here are the full headphones driven either by Meier Audio Soul headphone and amp, Smyth Realizer A16 or sometimes mobile stuff like the FiiO M11, Sony NW-ZX2 and the iPhone 11 Pro Max. The mobile devices I also use for my inEars. I also own a Meier Audio Classic ff and an ifi DAC but I do not use them so often.
So here are some of my favorite full headphones
Hifiman Ananda
Sennheiser HD 800 (with french Helmholtz mod)
Hifiman HE-500 (without metall grill, ony a thin cloth as dust protection —> before place seven)
Fostex Massdrop TH-X00 Ebony
Beyerdynamic DT 1770 Pro 250 Ohm
Meze 99
Audeze Mobius
Sennheiser HD-25
Beyerdynamic DT 770 80 Ohm
mitchell & johnson MJ2
Ultrasone Edition 9
Here are my inEars
FiiO FH7
Audeze isine20
Massdrop x Noble X
Audiofly AF78M
Pioneer RayZ SE-LTC5R-T (these I use most often on my dog walks)
KZ ZSA inEar
Hifiman RE-400
Apple Airpods
Etymotic ER4S
Westone 3
Stax SR-001 MK2