Tech Desk
Jul 18, 2024
Dyson has launched the successor to its first edition: Dyson Zone. The Zone combined air purification technology with noise cancellation and was the recipient of a rather dull response.
The OnTrae headphones, coming in at about $499.99 feature replaceable ear cushions and cups, so users can give their wearable a look draped in their taste, beyond what any other wearable can offer.
Dyson OnTrae colourways
The headband, pivoting gimbal arms and joystick controls are all reminiscent of the Zone. The headset retains the three bumps, the left and right housing the battery, while the one on the top is cushioning.
Buyers can select from a catalogue of four colourways, essentially, users will be selling the colour of their headband, because all other aspects are customizable.
‘CNC Aluminum’ features a grey finish with bright yellow ear cusins. ‘CNC copper’ houses a purple headband, matching cushions and shiny copper earcups,
‘Ceramic Cinnabar’ has a light red headband, matte ear cups in the same colour and dark cushions, there’s also the all-black 'CNC Black Nickle’.
The OnTrae ear cushions come in seven colours with several differing styles of cups. The comes can be taken off using a twisting rotation, coming in at $49.999 per pair and users can combine styles and colours as they see fit. Dyson states that there are “over 2,000 customisable colour combinations for outer caps and ear cushions.”
read more: Noise-cancelling headphones: How they work and why you need them
Dyson OnTrae features
Regardless, the $500 price tag needs justifying, Dyson purports that the Ontrae delivers ’ best in class performance thanks to its network of eight microphones that help with noise cancellation, there’s also a companion app to go along with it.
On the battery front, these can last 55 hours of continuous use on a single charge which is far ahead of the game when compared to household names like Apple,
Then there’s on-head detection, the headphones will pause audio if they’re detected to have been taken off.
The OnTracs feature 40-millimeter drivers that “reproduce frequencies from as low as 6Hz to as high as 21,000Hz, providing deep sub-bass that you can feel, and clear highs at the upper end of the frequency range.”
The speakers are a bit tilted towards the ears to deliver a more upfront listening experience, they can even be plugged in for a wired experience with a 3.5mm to USB-C adaptor, though a headphone jack is absent
OnTrac supports SBC, AAC, and the lesser-known LDHC for higher-quality wireless audio. Unfortunately, the latter only works with select phones from Motorola, OnePlus, Nothing, and a few other brands. The Samsung and Google crowds are out of luck.
The headset also comes with a neat collapsable case, though it isn’t the most reliable, having plenty of room for water and dirt. Despite the subdued response to its first edition, it seems Dyson is adamant about working on its headset division.
