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AirPods Pro 3 Rumored to Feature 'Much Better' Active Noise Cancellation
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Time for everyone who gaslit me when I said I wanted way better ANC out of my AirPods Pro 2 to disappear into the ether once they announce something better, as always
After all the reviews and gushing about it I was disappointed to find they let in most high notes, so things like my gym, lawnmower, vacuum, or snow thrower remain not just very loud but by removing mostly low pitches they often get even more shrill and annoying. And yes, I have passed the fit test, tried every tip (both silicon and idea wise), and tried the foam tips which only help very slightly at the expense of instrument separation. You lose the highest tones in your hearing first most often, so I wonder if the people gushing about its ANC performance just have degraded hearing, not in an insulting way but I think that's genuinely an explanation, I wonder if they lost the high tones it lets in the most so they think it has amazing ANC where someone who can hear more can hear most of the world around them in a tone shifted way.
After all the reviews and gushing about it I was disappointed to find they let in most high notes, so things like my gym, lawnmower, vacuum, or snow thrower remain not just very loud but by removing mostly low pitches they often get even more shrill and annoying. And yes, I have passed the fit test, tried every tip (both silicon and idea wise), and tried the foam tips which only help very slightly at the expense of instrument separation. You lose the highest tones in your hearing first most often, so I wonder if the people gushing about its ANC performance just have degraded hearing, not in an insulting way but I think that's genuinely an explanation, I wonder if they lost the high tones it lets in the most so they think it has amazing ANC where someone who can hear more can hear most of the world around them in a tone shifted way.
Good because my 1's were SOLID but my 2's have been a mess. Better with the most recent update, but still some glitches every now and then.
Yeah I keep feeling like the ANC on one side is not quite working the same, sometimes moving around my head seems to make the mic be like oh yeah there's a sound here, it doesn't feel quite settled yet. I hope all the software improvements don't just go to the Pro 3 going forward as the Pro 2 doesn't feel at its best.
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Apple Inc list of what they need:
- A new higher price
- Higher profit margin
- Maybe a new color
- Customers are already going to be getting USB-C so we'll really talk that up
- Can it get a little "thinner" anywhere so we can spin a mm shaving too? Our customers just love "thinner."
Someone will ask if there is any way to get a profit-boosting add-on for this product... and/or eject something it historically comes with and then add that something on as a dongle or similar for an extra charge. Eyes will glint with excitement and a brainstorming session will begin to figure out what that could be.
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IMO... not that it matter.. but airpods are meh... I'm not buying another set until the new ones that I bought a few months ago break. they just come handy because of the apple ecosystem that I've build around me such, apple tv, iMac, macs and MacBooks.
100% the only way we are getting this is if the EU mandates it.... which they should! **** non replaceable battery products!
It would be a shame if it didn’t get the H2 chip. Unless Apple is planning a much bigger update for next year and for some reason they didn’t want to wait another year to update the APM with USB-C? Maybe they’ll skip the H2 with the APM and go straight to the H3 giving it the same significant improvement in ANC like the AirPods Pro 3? Owning the APP 3 and APM 2 could be a killer combo with the H3 chip.
Incoming firmware update for current AirPods to degrade ANC and make the new ANC seem better.
never felt so strongly that Apple products are designed to fail after warranty (including those reluctantly replaced during warranty, which seem to die faster) aka humming started in the right unit