RØDE expands headphone line with NTH-50, lighter, more affordable & slightly less isolating. by Allan Tépper - ProVideo Coalition

RØDE expands headphone line with NTH-50, lighter, more affordable & slightly less isolating. by Allan Tépper - ProVideo Coalition

Compared with the US$149 NTH-100 I reviewed in 2022, new NTH-50 headphones from RØDE is lower priced at US$99, substitutes memory foam instead of Italian Alcantara and is slightly less isolating at -21 dBA. RØDE says that by having -21 dBA (instead of -20 dBA with the NTH-100), the NTH-50 help cut out unwanted background noise without sealing you off entirely. While the NTH-100 is over-ear (circum-aural), the NTH-50 is on-ear (sura-aural). They …