ATM: Noise cancelling ear buds
Hi all, Last week I purchased a pair of Sony WF-1000XM4 ear buds, Sony’s premium noise cancelling ear buds (I actually purchased two pairs as they were heavily discounted and my son needed a birthday present). I have a ridiculous number of headphones, probably 8-9 pairs, but was looking for a more svelte replacement for my trusty Sony WH-1000XM3 over-ear noise cancelling phones. I have owned a few pairs of NC over-ears, but this is my first pair of NC buds.
I set up the app, connected them and then turned on the noise cancelling. There was literally no difference whatsoever. I read up, made sure adaptive sound control was off etc (I am quite familiar with the app having used it for several years) but I genuinely could hear no difference sitting in a room with numerous sound sources of numerous volumes and frequencies. I tried the different bud sizes but again, no discernible difference. I ran the app that checked for adequate sealing, and unless I had the largest bud size and was physically pushing the phones into my ears to the point of pain, it said this was inadequate. When I did this, for the first time » Continue Reading.
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Kesha and Sony
Hey folks. Long time lurker, very infrequent poster.
Apologies if this has been discussed in another thread, but I did a search and couldn’t see anything.
I’ve only just become aware of this whole legal dispute between Kesha, Sony and her producer Dr Luke. Are we okay to talk about this or is it legally sensitive?
There’s copious information online about it all. I won’t repeat it all here.
I don’t really know much about Kesha and her music. I think that makes me more objective, but you can decide. Maybe if it was an artist whose work I had an emotional stake in I might feel different.
Anyway, the dispute.
As an overall general observation, I would just say that I can see all three sides in this. I mean I can see the motivation for each point of view, and I can’t see any easy way to resolve it all. I’m always reluctant to get on a moral high horse until I know the facts, and I feel that a court case is probably the best place for all the allegations being made. Kesha wants out of her contract, Sony want to preserve the contract, Dr Luke wants » Continue Reading.
