WEBVTT 00:00:00.120 --> 00:00:06.000 every other headphone with active noise cancellation at least that I can 00:00:03.280 --> 00:00:09.800 remember using has made some effort to passively isolate the user from outside 00:00:07.839 --> 00:00:14.799 noise whether that's through Big over-the-ear Ear cups or through the ear 00:00:12.360 --> 00:00:20.039 canals themselves and that is where the airpods 4S break the mold in a big way 00:00:17.760 --> 00:00:25.599 they're available in two flavors one without ANC that looks a lot more like 00:00:22.680 --> 00:00:29.800 traditional airpods and one with active noise cancellation in spite of the fact 00:00:27.560 --> 00:00:34.840 that it doesn't use silicone ear tips like the airpods pros and my daily 00:00:32.000 --> 00:00:38.760 driver airpods Pro 2s there's no reason that active noise cancellation can't 00:00:36.680 --> 00:00:42.559 work in an open environment in fact years ago noctua demonstrated a concept 00:00:40.920 --> 00:00:46.440 for a cooler that would actively generate sound waves that canel out the 00:00:44.520 --> 00:00:49.800 waves from the spinning of the fan it's just that doing it is really hard hence 00:00:48.280 --> 00:00:56.480 the reason that cooler never came to light let's have a look at what's included ah yes the bare minimum 00:00:53.719 --> 00:01:02.960 documentation no stickers no charging cables nothing wow Apple minimalism it 00:01:00.079 --> 00:01:09.280 really is your bag baby oh this is a pretty minimalistic feeling case though 00:01:05.799 --> 00:01:12.520 I am liking that good gravy is this ever 00:01:09.280 --> 00:01:14.520 small that is already a huge factor for 00:01:12.520 --> 00:01:19.640 me in my decision to go with airpods Pro Twos for my daily driver but look at 00:01:16.720 --> 00:01:24.280 this it's so much smaller it's even 10% smaller than the older airpods 3 case 00:01:22.520 --> 00:01:27.439 and they've got some new features the stem has been updated with the same 00:01:25.880 --> 00:01:32.560 pressure sensor that we used to find only on the Pro Models although not 00:01:30.200 --> 00:01:36.680 missing is the touch sensor so while you can squeeze to play and pause or summon 00:01:35.360 --> 00:01:40.520 Siri or whatever else it is that you want to do you can't swipe up and down 00:01:38.920 --> 00:01:46.200 for volume control a feature that I personally use a lot they've added ip54 00:01:44.079 --> 00:01:49.560 water resistance though that's a maor factor if you're a sweaty boy like me or 00:01:47.960 --> 00:01:53.960 you live in a rainy environment like the Pacific Northwest and that's not just 00:01:52.079 --> 00:01:57.880 the airpods themselves but also the charging case which is super cool it's 00:01:55.920 --> 00:02:01.560 really light too and they've apparently adjusted the fit so they should be more 00:01:59.520 --> 00:02:04.960 comfortable for more people now personally I'm always going to feel like 00:02:03.520 --> 00:02:10.560 something that doesn't have a silicone tip is just going to go flying out of my 00:02:07.720 --> 00:02:14.800 ears but with these that doesn't seem like a rational fear things are about to 00:02:13.000 --> 00:02:17.800 get a little wild Andy you ready let's see if I can still do a handstand come 00:02:16.720 --> 00:02:22.519 on make some noise all right let's 00:02:22.519 --> 00:02:25.519 go 00:02:26.200 --> 00:02:31.879 okay airpods Force still in now you be 00:02:30.120 --> 00:02:35.200 looking at the new case and thinking wow that's cool and all but I bet they had 00:02:33.560 --> 00:02:40.040 to remove a lot of features to make it that small and you'd be right but only 00:02:38.200 --> 00:02:44.200 sort of if I compare to the top-of-the-line airpods Pro 2s you don't 00:02:42.360 --> 00:02:48.319 have the wrist strap you don't have the speaker for find my you don't have 00:02:46.480 --> 00:02:51.599 wireless charging which is sort of a downer in fact it doesn't even have a 00:02:50.080 --> 00:02:56.800 convenient pairing button for those of us who uh don't use an iPhone and 00:02:55.040 --> 00:03:02.319 therefore can't rely on just flipping open the lid nearby and hoping that it 00:02:58.480 --> 00:03:06.159 will pair but that is only true of the 00:03:02.319 --> 00:03:08.159 nonc model thec model not only has 00:03:06.159 --> 00:03:13.519 active noise cancellation for another 50 bucks you also get the find my speaker 00:03:10.920 --> 00:03:17.000 and you get wireless charging which seems like a pretty compelling value to 00:03:15.360 --> 00:03:21.799 me though it's worth noting that the wireless charging isn't quite the same 00:03:19.319 --> 00:03:26.000 as what we've come to expect allow me to demonstrate just like the airpods pro 00:03:24.200 --> 00:03:30.599 twos it'll work on an Apple Watch charger 00:03:27.480 --> 00:03:32.640 or on a CH compatible spot especially 00:03:30.599 --> 00:03:38.319 one with mag safe but unlike the airpods pro tws it doesn't actually stay in 00:03:34.879 --> 00:03:41.159 place on that mag safe charger so it'll 00:03:38.319 --> 00:03:45.040 charge but it won't hold say if you wanted to charge it 00:03:42.920 --> 00:03:48.799 vertically right I don't think that this was a malicious thing on Apple's part it 00:03:47.239 --> 00:03:53.879 just seems to be down to the fact that the magnet array is so big that it just 00:03:51.680 --> 00:03:57.360 wouldn't fit in this teeny tiny case so realistically that's the only major 00:03:55.760 --> 00:04:02.000 thing that we gave up here that is unless you like having a pairing button or you like hanging little Jewels or 00:04:00.239 --> 00:04:07.560 figurines off of your airpods case let's listen to them shall we oh but not until 00:04:04.200 --> 00:04:10.599 after we thank our sponsor dbrand who oh 00:04:07.560 --> 00:04:14.840 here it is sent over their new airpods 00:04:10.599 --> 00:04:16.040 for grip case let's put one on just like 00:04:14.840 --> 00:04:20.799 with their existing cases the application process is super easy you 00:04:18.440 --> 00:04:26.680 just take off the adhesive cover throw this boy on a little something like 00:04:23.960 --> 00:04:30.560 that last part's not necessary it's just fun and it's protected you can check out 00:04:28.840 --> 00:04:34.120 their airpods for grip cases as well as they wide range of other products 00:04:31.840 --> 00:04:38.039 including phone skins and cases console skins and cases and occasionally really 00:04:36.360 --> 00:04:41.400 like random stuff they did a Rubik Cube ones who can even keep up with these 00:04:39.720 --> 00:04:45.080 guys time to listen to these things conveniently I'm in the middle of my 00:04:43.280 --> 00:04:50.720 daily drive and iPhone challenge it's going great by the way so pairing this 00:04:47.720 --> 00:04:53.120 should be as simple as hey look at that 00:04:50.720 --> 00:04:57.720 airpods not connected to this phone not yet they're not double tap it from the 00:04:54.960 --> 00:05:02.919 charging case oh that's kind of cool who needs a pairing button now I canest the 00:05:00.160 --> 00:05:08.560 noise cancellation the HVAC just kicked on as expected the nonc model has no 00:05:06.759 --> 00:05:13.280 active noise cancellation and as I've come to expect from airpods very poor 00:05:11.160 --> 00:05:18.400 passive noise isolation I can hear the HVAC in here as plain as I can hear the 00:05:15.039 --> 00:05:21.039 sound of my own voice let's go ahead and 00:05:18.400 --> 00:05:25.400 change gears a little bit yeah let's just temporarily share audio that is 00:05:23.080 --> 00:05:30.479 super convenient 00:05:27.479 --> 00:05:32.919 ha I was about to say 00:05:30.479 --> 00:05:37.199 and it's trash and then it got a little bit better and then it got a lot better 00:05:35.880 --> 00:05:42.280 and then I moved my head a little bit and it got way worse it takes a long 00:05:40.319 --> 00:05:47.280 time to kick in compared to the airpods pro 2s yeah it's got the same H2 chip 00:05:44.720 --> 00:05:51.360 but boy is it ever doing work when you don't have a good seal are my airpods 00:05:49.360 --> 00:05:58.160 dead yeah I'm going to charge these I'll I'll BRB oh we're back recording again 00:05:54.720 --> 00:06:01.639 and even something percussive like 00:05:58.160 --> 00:06:03.520 that it gives it a weird Echo didn't do 00:06:01.639 --> 00:06:06.759 nearly as much as the airpods pro 2s which Apple now says can be used as 00:06:05.120 --> 00:06:13.160 hearing protection let's try switching them out now that these are 00:06:08.880 --> 00:06:15.720 charged it's not as good but it's very 00:06:13.160 --> 00:06:20.280 impressive something percussive right is going to penetrate these much more 00:06:17.639 --> 00:06:25.080 easily because noise cancellation can't respond that quickly at least nothing 00:06:22.199 --> 00:06:31.000 modern can but in terms of background drone these deal with it shockingly well 00:06:28.440 --> 00:06:35.759 of course h fact is not the most challenging scenario 00:06:32.720 --> 00:06:38.400 so to push them to the Limit a bit more 00:06:35.759 --> 00:06:43.319 I've brought over some other devices oh god let's try a vacuum airpods Pro 00:06:45.800 --> 00:06:50.440 twos mhm mhm mhm airpods 00:06:52.319 --> 00:06:59.000 4C yeah looks like louder noises they're 00:06:57.160 --> 00:07:03.199 going to struggle a fair bit more and another drug back is I get a bit more of 00:07:00.879 --> 00:07:08.240 that pressure inside the skull feeling compared to the airpods pro 2s of course 00:07:06.520 --> 00:07:13.759 having something is almost certainly better than nothing so let's throw 00:07:10.120 --> 00:07:15.520 regular airpods in and uh yeah that's 00:07:13.759 --> 00:07:20.120 horrible that's a vacuum sounds like a vacuum sounds of 00:07:18.560 --> 00:07:24.360 course all of this is without me even playing any media so let's change that 00:07:22.639 --> 00:07:28.520 up now I chose this because I wanted something with actual quiet Parts where 00:07:26.720 --> 00:07:32.199 a background drone might bother me one of the nicest things about active noise 00:07:30.280 --> 00:07:36.400 cancelling for me is that I don't have to turn up my media nearly as loud to 00:07:34.160 --> 00:07:40.879 enjoy it at a moderate listening volume comfortable listening volume I have no 00:07:38.400 --> 00:07:46.680 perception whatsoever of the background hum with the airpods pro 2s Oh weird the 00:07:44.520 --> 00:07:49.960 transparency mode kicked in for my own speech for a second there and it was 00:07:48.280 --> 00:07:55.120 amplifying my voice in my ears that was a little trippy with anything else going 00:07:52.360 --> 00:08:01.000 on I wouldn't notice the difference the pro twos sound better but that's not bad 00:07:58.560 --> 00:08:05.080 I'm a little surprised at how tight the base is for something that doesn't seal 00:08:03.560 --> 00:08:08.960 it shouldn't surprise me that much given how good the speakers are on the latest 00:08:07.120 --> 00:08:14.159 MacBooks and iPhones but could the airpods 4C be the Best of Both Worlds 00:08:11.879 --> 00:08:18.199 you get the advantages of being able to hear the world around you but but 00:08:16.000 --> 00:08:22.479 naturally not through the microphone and your headphones and then Amplified into 00:08:20.000 --> 00:08:27.280 your ears and you get ANC that I would describe as good enough these do not 00:08:25.919 --> 00:08:30.240 sound as good and I would say for the $50 difference unless you're the kind of 00:08:29.120 --> 00:08:34.440 person who knows you're going to lose them all the time find my speaker is 00:08:32.479 --> 00:08:36.760 probably going to pay for the Delta because if you're the kind of person who 00:08:35.560 --> 00:08:40.800 loses things you don't want to spend as much maybe you should just get the one 00:08:38.560 --> 00:08:45.880 that's less likely to be lost and these may be the very same drivers but without 00:08:43.360 --> 00:08:49.839 thec you're not getting the same perceived Clarity out of them I thought 00:08:47.880 --> 00:08:53.920 I was going to hate these they're not as comfortable for me they're fine and they 00:08:51.920 --> 00:08:58.399 don't fall out obviously but it's the sound quality that I was expecting to 00:08:55.720 --> 00:09:04.279 just not be up to par but Apple has done an outstanding job here not at making 00:09:01.040 --> 00:09:06.320 the best possible you know almost $200 00:09:04.279 --> 00:09:11.000 headphones certainly not but this is a great feature set and this is so small 00:09:08.880 --> 00:09:16.040 like it's so packable you know like boom even in my hands looks 00:09:14.480 --> 00:09:21.360 tiny there's a fair bit more to talk about here you get 5 hours on a single 00:09:18.160 --> 00:09:23.040 Charge 4 hours withc and up to 30 hours 00:09:21.360 --> 00:09:27.560 on a charge through the case according to Apple's claims and thanks to the H2 00:09:25.519 --> 00:09:31.399 chip the airpods 4S are full of Apple's computational audio features like their 00:09:29.399 --> 00:09:35.920 personalized spatial audio which personally I don't like but you might be 00:09:33.480 --> 00:09:40.440 into it it really does give like a very wide Sound Stage I just find it feels 00:09:38.120 --> 00:09:43.959 very processed so your mileage may vary as well as their adaptive EQ and voice 00:09:42.480 --> 00:09:48.360 isolation so that your calls will be extremely clear hey speaking of which 00:09:45.720 --> 00:09:53.440 Andy um I guess I should jump on a call with you call David yeah I can call 00:09:50.440 --> 00:09:55.560 David sure on a call the inferiority of 00:09:53.440 --> 00:09:59.600 the ANC is definitely more noticeable because there's no background music 00:09:57.519 --> 00:10:03.360 there's there's no nothing it's just blank and also a little bit of static 00:10:01.839 --> 00:10:08.839 because call Quality is not perfect so it kind of accentuates anything around 00:10:06.040 --> 00:10:13.519 you uh oh uh how would you say the quality of my voice is right now I would 00:10:11.279 --> 00:10:18.279 say the quality of your voice sounds pretty okay pretty okay how about now if 00:10:17.000 --> 00:10:22.839 I was drilling something in the background uh how give me a rating out 00:10:20.680 --> 00:10:28.200 of 10 6.5 out of 10 that's pretty darn 00:10:25.880 --> 00:10:31.160 impressive but for our next trick I'm going to be switching over to my my 00:10:29.399 --> 00:10:34.920 airpods Pro 2os to be clear I would expect both of these to be the same they 00:10:33.240 --> 00:10:40.279 shouldn't have any difference in terms of their ability to pick up your own 00:10:37.360 --> 00:10:44.560 voice oo unless they do I wonder if they have the same Hardware the same exterior 00:10:42.800 --> 00:10:48.399 mic but they just have it turned off that would be such an apple thing to do 00:10:46.200 --> 00:10:53.680 anyway here's the pros how's my audio quality right now it sounds a little 00:10:50.399 --> 00:10:56.399 worse worse yeah so I've actually 00:10:53.680 --> 00:11:01.320 noticed a thing my original airpods Pro 2os this is my second pair the quality 00:10:58.680 --> 00:11:03.880 started out great for my mic and then over time people complained to me about 00:11:02.800 --> 00:11:09.839 it more and more and more and I eventually replaced them for an unrelated reason I lost them and then 00:11:07.880 --> 00:11:13.680 these ones started out great and I've started to get some complaints about 00:11:11.079 --> 00:11:18.639 them so I don't know what if anything could degrade about them like am I 00:11:16.240 --> 00:11:22.720 getting Shmo in the mics or something I I have no idea but it does seem like 00:11:20.639 --> 00:11:28.600 they have gotten a little worse over time so the answer is Apple's pretty 00:11:26.480 --> 00:11:32.880 good at handling background noise regardless of 00:11:31.040 --> 00:11:36.920 which microphone you happen to be using at least in this Limited Test obviously 00:11:35.160 --> 00:11:39.760 your mileage may vary the airpods fors have conversational awareness 00:11:38.279 --> 00:11:43.279 theoretically allowing you to switch between active noise cancellation and 00:11:41.519 --> 00:11:48.839 transparency mode so you can conduct a conversation the only issue I see is 00:11:46.720 --> 00:11:52.880 that the airpods pro 2s having been around for a while a just got a really 00:11:51.240 --> 00:11:57.760 cool firmware update that makes that additional $70 sound pretty compelling 00:11:55.639 --> 00:12:03.519 since they can also be used as hearing protection and even a hearing aid and 00:12:00.279 --> 00:12:05.639 number two they're often on sale when 00:12:03.519 --> 00:12:09.440 you factor in the promotional pricing that you can find for airpods Pro 2 00:12:07.480 --> 00:12:14.279 sometimes the difference between these two is not that much so instead of 00:12:11.720 --> 00:12:20.440 looking like this if you compare them on in MSRP it ends up looking more like 00:12:18.120 --> 00:12:24.279 this and that makes these a lot less compelling I would still take the 00:12:21.959 --> 00:12:31.760 airpods pro 2s personally especially if it's only another 15 to 00:12:27.959 --> 00:12:33.360 $35 but but at MSRP I think these are 00:12:31.760 --> 00:12:38.160 the most compelling out of the three hope you guys enjoyed this video make sure you subscribe to ShortCircuit