Do you never want to be bothered by the gossiping neighbor across the train or the coffee machine in the café again? Then Noise Cancelling is your best friend. Put on your Noise Cancelling earbuds, block out the ambient noise, and pause the world for a moment. The question is, do you choose Passive Noise Cancelling or Adaptive Hybrid Noise Cancelling? As technology advances, more variants are becoming available. That's why we’ve listed them for you. This way, you'll know exactly which type of Noise Cancelling suits you.
**What is Noise Cancelling?**
Noise Cancelling ensures that you can always enjoy your favorite music, series, or podcast, even if you're in a busy place. Noise Cancelling – also known as noise reduction – is a technique that reduces or blocks out ambient noise on your earbuds, no matter where you are. It's ideal for when you're in a noisy environment, such as on a train, in the office, on an airplane, or in a café.
**Stop the Noise**
Feedforward ANC is a form of Active Noise Cancelling that uses external microphones to capture ambient sounds before they reach your ears. The microphone is located on the outside of the earbud. These microphones detect incoming noise and create an 'anti-noise' signal to suppress the unwanted sound. Feedforward ANC is particularly effective against higher frequency sounds and is often used in on-ear and over-ear headphones.
**Opposites**
Feedback ANC, as you might guess, is the opposite of Feedforward ANC. In Feedback ANC, the microphones are placed on the inside of the earbuds. This way, they capture the sound that has already reached your ears. An 'anti-noise' signal is then created to suppress the incoming sound. Although Feedback ANC is very effective, it can struggle with countering sounds with longer wavelengths, such as the drone of airplane engines.
**Best of Both Worlds**
Get the best of both worlds with Hybrid Active Noise Cancelling. Hybrid ANC is a combination of Feedforward and Feedback ANC. Therefore, there are microphones on both the inside and the outside of the earbuds. This allows a wider range of frequencies to be filtered out. The quality of Hybrid ANC can vary depending on factors like fit, chipset quality, and operating system.
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