December 2019 • Macworld 19premium earbuds with a rubberized tip that create
a seal in your ear to sound better than the relatively
open design of the AirPods.
Even so, I’m impressed with the overall sound
balance of the AirPods Pro. Tracks with lots of
kick have lots of kick, and tracks that shouldn’t
sound suitably nuanced. A recording such as OK
Go’s This Too Shall Pass is often a good litmus
test: does the booming bass sound overwhelming
and muddied along with all the other noise, or is
everything clear and distinct? The AirPods Pro
passed with flying colours.
Put another way, the sound of the AirPods
Pro is...effortless. I wasn’t ‘wowed’ by them on aApple provides
three sizes of ear
tips and a USB-C
to Lightning cable