23/06/2022
Design and build
At just £149, the RØDE NTH-100 offer a lot for the money. For example, the earpads are made from high-grade memory foam and upholstered with luxurious Alcantara material. This plush fabric is often used on luxury sports cars and is superbly soft to the touch as well as being highly breathable. Beneath the Alcantara skin, there’s a layer of CoolTech gel that absorbs and dissipates heat from the wearer’s ears efficiently. The effect is like putting on a pair of air-conditioned headphones.The dynamic drivers used in the RØDE NTH-100 have a custom voice coil made using four layers of ultra-high-tension aluminium alloy attached to an ultra-stiff and triple-layer Mylar diaphragm. Along with a rare-earth neodymium magnet, these three components ensure the optimum acoustic and electrical performance with low levels of distortion and an accurate response across the entire frequency range.
Competitor products include the evergreen Audio Technica ATH-M50 and Sennheiser’s HD25 headphones. The RØDE NTH-100 score well against both its competitors in terms of comfort and audio performance. The design makes these headphones ideally suited for podcasting or recording with an audio recorder or a video camera. They are certainly comfortable enough to wear all day long.
