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Adaptive Transparency is such a promising feature. I would love if transparency mode could eliminate the sound of noises like air conditioners, road noise, and
by dereg 4y ago
Adaptive Transparency is such a promising feature. I would love if transparency mode could eliminate the sound of noises like air conditioners, road noise, and construction while still being "transparent". It seems that, as of now, it's limited to loud noises only.
I hope it at least eliminates the hear-loss-causing pops that occur when you have loud, brief clicking noises like that of a bug zapper. For older models, you should never use the Airpods next to a bug zapper. I learned the hard way, in the form of tinnitus.
- codercotton 4y agoThe AirPods Pro popped loud enough to cause tinnitus? Tinnitus is terrible, and life-long :(
- daxelrod 4y agoNot all tinnitus is lifelong. See the Natural Course section of https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2686891/#__sec2title https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2686891/#__sec2...
- hwbehrens 4y agoI have an ultrasonic cleaner that I use for 3D printing, and they have a similar effect on my AirPods. I wonder what could cause this interaction?
- mh- 4y agoI would guess that your ears, and the microphone that the AirPods use for noise cancellation, have different ideas of "ultra".
- selfmodruntime 4y agoThe fact that setting a maximum loudness level is not the first step of configuration when you pair new AirPods is still beyond me.
- dereg 4y agoThat doesn't work. I set my iPhone to cap sounds at 85db but I guess it doesn't cap the passthrough noise from transparency. In the case of the bug zapper, it actually amplifies it.
- sniglom 4y agoFrom the accessibility you can select to have booth transparency and noise reduction. You can also tune what the transparency passes through. It's not super sophisticated, but maybe it's a bit closer to what you want.