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Gear$$$Mid: Roughly $50 to $500, or up to $50/month.Apple

AirPods Pro

Apple's noise-cancelling earbuds, worn for calls, editing and quiet

Wireless in-ear headphones with active noise cancellation and a transparency mode that pipes the room back in. People wear them for calls, for shutting out an office, and for the walk in between. Fit depends entirely on the silicone tip, so the box carries a set of sizes.

People on record

Sorted by strength of stance

Does it: documented as part of their own routine. Recommends: explicitly advises other people to do it. Discusses: covered it substantively without clear personal adoption; this can include criticism or disagreement.

  • Apple writer · founder of MacStories

    Carries AirPods Pro 3 as his everyday earbuds, swapped in for the AirPods 4 he had been using. They sit on his daily drivers list beside the iPad, phone and watch, not in a separate audio section.

    Source: MacStories: Our Setups

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