I would love it if they would apply ANC to the microphones. That would fix the noice issue you mention. I have a pair of Jabra over-the-ear-phones with noice canceling microphones and it is amazing how much noise they can block. The Airpods are about average for non-ANC-microphone earphones. They should be better.
When they launched and the ANC was strong, there were a lot of people complaining of a feeling of “pressure” when it was on. After they did the first update those complaints dropped but the ANC was never as good. I think that they sacrificed some ANC to eliminate the pressure complaints. I hope that they have a better solution in this next gen.
The current noise cancellation is not a strong as it was when they were first released. The first software update adjusted the level and let in more noise. It would be nice to be able to go back to the stronger ANC.
What quality are you looking for in the sound profile of earphones? Are you looking for enhanced base or for clearer voice rendition? I’m sure if you are mostly a popular music listener then earphones with more bass would be beneficial. I rarely use mine for music and mostly use them for zoom and podcasts, so clear midrange and highs are more important and more bass would just muddy things. for my use the sound quality of the APP is near perfect.
I got these based on recommendations from Federico Viticci.
Yes, there was obviously some bad component in all of them. At least for a while. I would be curious to find out what actually went wrong. I haven’t had any problems since mine were replaced in 2020 for the krackle of death. I’m sure that they will be making sure that the new ones don’t have that same problem
Totally agree with many of these issues. It is very annoying to find that people cannot hear me so reliably when trying to use Airpods “PRO” for phone calls. And relates to the noise cancelling which appears to not exist in any meaningful way on phone calls.
Absolutely. It’s very frustrating! Glad to read that I am not the only one with this experience but I wish they can address this very soon. Truly
The APP have noise control on the speakers but not on the microphones. It would be helpful if they were to add it to the microphones so that they could reject noise on phone/zoom calls. When you use headphones with noise controlled microphones it is amazing how much they can block.
Yes, I don’t understand how more people haven’t complained about this issue.
I used blue tac with ok results and also some sucking like a polo 🤣
I agree with the last 4 points although I've had no issues with the first 4. Also another issue I've found with transparency mode is that it seems if there is a loud noise near me, it disables transparency mode and maybe even turns on noise cancelling for a few seconds. I guess this is to protect my hearing? But I wish I could turn it off it can get very annoying. Sometimes when I sneeze it happens but might only happen on one airpod, very irritating.
I can't tell if you're agreeing or disagreeing with me. It's fair to compare speed of cars, regardless of the engine they have. Why not?
My wife left 3 weeks ago. I would LONG to hear her talking.....
You maybe right, I bought the APP late in the game. However, I am satisfied with the performance. I use the APP on the rails and it did a really good job of filtering out the noise from the conversation, clickety-clack and loudspeaker announcements. People who I call with the APP tell me the quality is good, so whether noise is transmitted or not, I cannot complain.
