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WHY I LOVE MY

AIRPODS PRO

APPLE’S WIRELESS EARBUDS DELIVER

IMPROVED AUDIO EXPERIENCE & FIT

BY RICHARD HOPE

I may not be an audiophile, but I do appreciate good The wireless buds come with medium tips installed, but there

The fi rst task is to select the ear tips that will work for you.
sound and have been looking forward to Apple
releasing headphones with active noise cancellation
are small and large ones included in the box. Performing this
task is made simple by a nifty feature. I put the earbuds in my
for some time. I breakfast at my local coffee shop
frequently, and I like to listen to music while I do my
morning crossword and Sudoku puzzles over a cup
and was taken to a screen with all the settings including an
of coffee. My problem has been the ambient noise. ears, went to my Bluetooth settings, chose the AirPods Pro,
Ear Tip Fit Test to help select the correct size. The mediums
The blaring elevator music, the chatter, and the gurgle of the resulted in a good fi t in my right ear but not the left ear. I test-
espresso machine all seep into my peripheral sound space, ed the smalls next, and neither were a good fi t. The large fi t
spoiling my music choice of the day. perfectly in both ears.
When Apple released the AirPods Pro late fall 2019, I I found the AirPods Pro to be more comfortable than my
decided to solve these problems by upgrading from the orig- old AirPods. The earlier generation were hard, and I could feel
inal AirPods. Here, I’ll share how Apple’s new true wireless them in the ear. Although I didn’t have a problem with the old
headphones stack up to its predecessor as well as others in AirPods falling out, I did have to adjust them regularly. The sili-
its class. con tips of the AirPods Pro are soft and comfortable, and I did
not have to adjust them once during an hour-long walk.

DESIGN & FIT ACTIVE NOISE

The box the AirPods Pro arrived in contained the earbuds,
setting them up. Pairing them with my phone was the usual CANCELLATION
literature, spare ear tips, and a Lightning to USB-C cable. They
come with about a 70 percent charge so there is no delay in

painless Apple ecosystem experience. I opened the case
and was greeted by a pop-up on my phone screen. I pressed I’d been perfectly happy with the sound quality of the orig-
connect, and presto! The earbuds connected not only to my inal AirPods, but the ability to tune out ambient noise was
phone, but to my iPad, MacBook, and Apple TV within enough to make me spend the extra money to upgrade. The
moments. active noise cancellation of the AirPods Pro was as good as

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