Casey Liss

If I put on my gigantic Sony airplane headphones, I could just cancel out that running water sound where it's just basically gone, right? With the AirPods 4, the running water sound is still there... And it is lower volume and it is also of a different nature.

If I put on my gigantic Sony airplane headphones, I could just cancel out that running water sound where it's just basically gone, right? With the AirPods 4, the running water sound is still there... And it is lower volume and it is also of a different nature.

It is less loud and sort of less shrill, if that makes sense, but you can still absolutely hear it to the point where I was trying to figure out, am I in noise canceling? And it's got, I don't know if the pros have this too, but like it cycles through the different modes and you can, there's like tones that they play. Have you memorized all the tones?

It is less loud and sort of less shrill, if that makes sense, but you can still absolutely hear it to the point where I was trying to figure out, am I in noise canceling? And it's got, I don't know if the pros have this too, but like it cycles through the different modes and you can, there's like tones that they play. Have you memorized all the tones?

Yeah, because there's four settings and there's four tones. There's off, which is just like don't do anything, just be whatever. There is transparency, which is take sounds from the outside and play them into my ears through the speakers. That's the bling. Yeah, there is adaptive. which I have no idea and I'll ask you about in a second.

Yeah, because there's four settings and there's four tones. There's off, which is just like don't do anything, just be whatever. There is transparency, which is take sounds from the outside and play them into my ears through the speakers. That's the bling. Yeah, there is adaptive. which I have no idea and I'll ask you about in a second.

And then there is noise canceling, which is cancel as much noise as possible. And very often I was like, am I in noise canceling? And then I would change the mode and it would like go to off. And I'm like, oh yeah, I was in noise canceling because now everything is much louder and of a different nature.

And then there is noise canceling, which is cancel as much noise as possible. And very often I was like, am I in noise canceling? And then I would change the mode and it would like go to off. And I'm like, oh yeah, I was in noise canceling because now everything is much louder and of a different nature.

But it is nothing like putting on like a big pair of over-ear headphones that I'm sure nothing like having AirPods Pro shoved into your ear hole. So I appreciate the noise cancellation. It is doing something. Don't expect it to do like a real...

But it is nothing like putting on like a big pair of over-ear headphones that I'm sure nothing like having AirPods Pro shoved into your ear hole. So I appreciate the noise cancellation. It is doing something. Don't expect it to do like a real...

noise canceling headphones like in other words i would say these are not a replacement for airpods pro or over ear noise canceling on a plane they will probably help a little bit but it's it's like a night and day difference so i would still recommend these i still think they're worth the extra 50 bucks maybe for the case with the speaker alone and i like that it's there

noise canceling headphones like in other words i would say these are not a replacement for airpods pro or over ear noise canceling on a plane they will probably help a little bit but it's it's like a night and day difference so i would still recommend these i still think they're worth the extra 50 bucks maybe for the case with the speaker alone and i like that it's there

But as you would expect from something that doesn't seal your ears in any possible way, there's only so much they can do. Like the bottom line is sound is getting in. The sound can get around the AirPods. There's no seal around the thing. And what I want to ask you guys is I have no idea which one of these four modes I should ever be in.

But as you would expect from something that doesn't seal your ears in any possible way, there's only so much they can do. Like the bottom line is sound is getting in. The sound can get around the AirPods. There's no seal around the thing. And what I want to ask you guys is I have no idea which one of these four modes I should ever be in.

With the exception of being in noise canceling mode when I'm home alone in the kitchen doing dishes, which I feel like is safe. Every other context, I'm like, should I be in transparency? Should I be in off? Should I be in adaptive? What the hell is adaptive? So please give me some guidance. Of the four modes that these things can go into, when do you use each mode and why?

With the exception of being in noise canceling mode when I'm home alone in the kitchen doing dishes, which I feel like is safe. Every other context, I'm like, should I be in transparency? Should I be in off? Should I be in adaptive? What the hell is adaptive? So please give me some guidance. Of the four modes that these things can go into, when do you use each mode and why?

I can't tell what Adaptive is trying to do because there's no indicator that I found in the UI and saying, is it noise canceling now? Is it not doing it? Is it adding transparency? I turned off the conversation awareness features that are like, oh, do you want me to lower the volume when you start talking or someone talks to you? That was just – It's not what I want anyway.

I can't tell what Adaptive is trying to do because there's no indicator that I found in the UI and saying, is it noise canceling now? Is it not doing it? Is it adding transparency? I turned off the conversation awareness features that are like, oh, do you want me to lower the volume when you start talking or someone talks to you? That was just – It's not what I want anyway.

If you're listening to a podcast, I don't want it to duck the volume. I want to pause it myself, which is what I'll do. I guess that Adaptive is trying to be smart, but I cannot tell what it's doing. Especially because the noise canceling is not so dramatic. I'm like... is it doing noise canceling or has it decided not to?

If you're listening to a podcast, I don't want it to duck the volume. I want to pause it myself, which is what I'll do. I guess that Adaptive is trying to be smart, but I cannot tell what it's doing. Especially because the noise canceling is not so dramatic. I'm like... is it doing noise canceling or has it decided not to?