Re:Airpods Max Sucked for Me
by Terretta on Monday January 25, 2021 @03:13PM
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From the article linked to in the posted article, a paragrah explaining why when Apple “fixed” AirPods Pros giving some people this ear discomfort, others of us were pissed off the noise cancelling had been dialed way back:
> ”The bottom line is, the eardrum suck phenomenon isn’t directly caused by highly effective noise canceling. It’s a side effect caused by the filter required to achieve highly effective noise canceling without encountering feedback problems. So it appears we may always have this tradeoff -- the headphones with the best noise canceling will produce the strongest eardrum suck effect.”
> ”The bottom line is, the eardrum suck phenomenon isn’t directly caused by highly effective noise canceling. It’s a side effect caused by the filter required to achieve highly effective noise canceling without encountering feedback problems. So it appears we may always have this tradeoff -- the headphones with the best noise canceling will produce the strongest eardrum suck effect.”
— “Eardrum Suck, Mystery Solved” - https://www.soundstagesolo.com/index.php/features/178-eardru...