Look mom, no app: these premium headphones throw the logic of your Sonys or Boses out the window in favor of a 'Still Mode' to stay calm, and I’m all for it
THE SO WHAT
A hardware-first ‘Still Mode’ that sells calm instead of decibels is another data point that experience framing beats spec wars. If you’re building consumer hardware, your differentiator may be a named state of mind — not another slider in an app.
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