[the_real_sparky]

I see nobody around me at concerts wearing AirPod Pro 2s, even though they are undoubtedly the best musical experience you can have without destroying your ear drums (in the adaptive transparency mode).

I expect that one day I’ll go to a concert and everybody will be wearing them. Hopefully with a synchronized ultra-low latency broadcast option direct from the house mix (hint hint to any Apple employees) to deal with the garbage sound at some areas in arenas.

Adoption of new hardware seems to always be very slow, then all at once.

[doix]

> I see nobody around me at concerts wearing AirPod Pro 2s, even though they are undoubtedly the best musical experience you can have without destroying your ear drums (in the adaptive transparency mode).

Have you tried this? Can the AirPod Pro 2s block high frequency sound well? I actually vaguely worked in the vicinity of where the active noise cancelling tech was developed. Blocking higher frequencies was always a big problem. Unfortunately I left that area a while ago now and haven't really kept up with the developments.

I got a pair of the first gen pros for free, and I couldn't imagine wearing them at a concert. They'd sometimes end up amplifying random noises when I was walking on the street, I'd be scared of them going haywire in a concert.

I always wear musician earplugs at concerts, but now I'm kind of interested in trying the new pros. I would be worried of them getting knocked out though.

[the_real_sparky]

The 2’s adaptive transparency is a huge step up from the 1.

[jerojero]

I do see people in concerts wearing airpods pro.

I would assume they use them with transparency mode to lower the environment sound so they don't go deaf.

I mean, I have a pair of musician earplugs for that reason.