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Im on my third pair of Airpods pro (replacement courtesy of Apple) and all of them had the ANC partially fail the longer i use them. I wonder why Apple still release new versions of these whem they cant even get the basics right.

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Have you tried replacing your eartips? I find that radically improves performance - I think they must either get clogged or brittle in a way that causes problems.

Cheap foam eartips from Amazon are even better than stock for my AirPods Pro but they need to be replaced more often.

I tried everything. Cleaning out the vents, cleaning out the grilles. The failure is not in the reduction of the ANC, but outright amplifying ambient bass into my ear. This is why I got them replaced by Apple, which in their diagnostics confirm there were issues with the ANC.

In any case these workarounds are moot, because my $20 Chinese ANC earphones work (until today) without all these fussing around at all.

I had the exact same issue with it suddenly amplifying bass (my air conditioner and motor vehicles being big triggers) on my AirPods Pro 3, and the memory foam eartips did actually fix it. Kind of a surprising result.

I hesitate to share an Amazon link but it might help rescue your investment if you still have them: https://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/B0G16F5VVP

Yep, I wonder why the ANC socialt is so fragile. Turns me off from buying new ones.

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