Listeners
Wornbefore you.
Two hundred people wore Q1 prototypes for a month. Six of them, below.
(01) — The listeners
Who worethe prototypes.
Cellist · CopenhagenIda Holm
Practises scales on the S-train. Nobody hears, including her.
Producer · BerlinMalik Osei
Checks every mix on Q1 before it goes to mastering.
Architect · StockholmYui Tanaka
Wears them to think, not to listen.
Writer · AarhusFreja Lund
Wrote half a novel in a café with an espresso machine behind her.
Sound engineer · OsloJonas Berg
Tuned the 2 kHz shelf. Will tell you about it.
Student · LisbonSofia Reyes
Flew Copenhagen–Lisbon twice on one charge.
(02) — Ida, cellist
“I heard my own breathing on the train. Then just Bach.”
S-train, Nørreport → Hellerup · Cloud
(03) — Where they wore them
Thirty days,six cities.
4,800 hours of wear. Most common comment: “I forgot they were on.”
(04) — Join