With all of the attention being paid to Apple’s new AirPods Max right now, it’s easy to forget that they aren’t the only wireless cans with Active Noise Cancellation in the company’s lineup. If you can do without Spatial Audio, the Beats Solo Pros are a great value for what you get.
When I purchased the AirPods Max at launch, I was unsure if I would hang onto them past Apple’s Holiday season return window. While the feature set was impressive and I had a feeling the sound quality would impress, the price tag was still quite hard to swallow.
Whether you are looking for a last minute Christmas gift for someone else, or a new set of headphones for yourself, Best Buy has a great deal on Apple’s other set of H1-powered cans.
I’ll be honest. I was not expecting Apple’s long-rumored over the ear headphones to be packed with as many features as are now being predicted. I assumed we would basically be getting an over the ear version of the Beats Solo Pro on ear headphones that came out last year. They featured the same Apple H1 chip with Noise Cancellation and Transparency Mode features that came with the AirPods Pro. They sound even better, at least in my opinion.
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I think we all know an Apple event is coming within the next six weeks at this point. We also have a pretty good idea that one or more iPad Pros is coming at that event, along with a new iPhone. However, there are rumors of other new Apple goodies that may or may not arrive at the same time. Today brings more of these reports from an unlikely source.
There have been rumors of a few different Apple devices coming in the first half of the year, many of which have come from noted Apple analyst Ming-Chi Kuo. Now he’s back with another projection that we should be seeing new gear sooner rather than later.
As I said in one of my previous articles on the new AirPods Pro, I don’t have a lot of past experience with active noise cancelling or reducing headphones. Because of this, I wasn’t sure what to expect when I first got them. Just like many others, I have been very impressed with how much sound they block for their small size and how much more immersive the listening experience is because of that.