tactile controls

The tune X3 headphones borrow screws and soul from vintage studio gear

The tune X3 headphones by préssec have exposed screws, brushed aluminum, and the kind of tactile audio adjustments that make you want to touch them before you hear them. They borrow from vintage studio gear, the kind of hardware that feels heavy and purposeful, not polished into anonymity. It's a concept that understands character lives in the details, not the gloss. Does it ship? Who knows. But the design knows exactly what it wants to be. If you're circling back for more barely-there audio experiments, the related piece on Final's Porta headphones, where a single wire and 40 grams make headphones nearly vanish, pairs nicely with this one. Spoot approves of any headphone that dares to feel like an instrument.