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The AirPods Pro 3 flight problem

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Re: The AirPods Pro 3 flight problem

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Post by jim180 »

jim180 wrote: post #207
pugworthy wrote: post #168

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Does it matter which side of the plane you are on or how close to the wing (engines) you are? I could imagine an audio difference between left and right if you were sitting at a window near an engine.

I did sit on both sides (one flight was next to wing) - did had same issue both times. One thing that was common- I was sitting in a window seat.

Just got back from another flight, where my seat was in the middle of airplane (3 set of rows). No issues whatsoever. One thing I’ve noticed, if I press AirPods harder, I do start hearing hissing in my ears.

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Post by lynx97 »

larusso wrote: post #263
lynx97 wrote: post #242

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Weird POV considering your ears do 360 degrees which your eyes will never be able to do.

Well in a big city sounds can be deceiving. Also depends how trained your hearing is. I guess I would have a hard time in case I end up going blind. In any case, what I meant is, that I use my eyes, and by that also turn my head, to look over my shoulder to check for cars etc. In most cases it’s best to have eye contact with a car driver who currently takes a turn to make sure their actually seeing you.

I am blind. So no eye contact with drivers. And I am still alive, despite usually going alone as pedestrian. However, I guess I benefit a lot from the austrian "Vertrauensgrundsatz", which basically translates as "principle of trust". When acquiring a drivers license, you are drilled to take extra care of disabled or obviously incapacitated pedestrians. That basically means, if you hit a blind person, or even an obviously drunk person, you are at fault, no matter what.

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Post by mvkel »

garyfirestorm wrote: post #276
mvkel wrote: post #199

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If it's an algorithmic issue, can that not be changed?

my response was to the 'it should be an easy fix' sentiment. trying to address feedback loop without negatively affecting cancellation performance is extremely challenging, because for a mic/algorithm there's generally no way to determine if the error microphone is picking up a loud event in the environment or if the cancellation soundwave is incorrectly phased and instead of canceling its just adding more noise.

By "easier" I meant: "easier than having to recall everyone's AirPods and give them redesigned ones." I guess it's all relative :)
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