And while pretty much any set of wired or wireless headphones can enjoy Atmos when listening to select Apple Music songs, the AirPods 3 up the ante with head-tracking spatial audio. Get spatial Simon Cohen / Digital TrendsĪpple has been making a big deal about spatial audio and Dolby Atmos ever since it added tracks to Apple Music that use this immersive format. Fans of semi-open earbuds no longer have to accept mediocre sound quality. They can’t compete with closed designs like the Jabra Elite 7 Pro or Sony’s WF-1000XM4, but I put them head-to-head with other semi-open buds like the AirPods, Marshall Minor III, Soundpeats Air 3, Urbanista Lisbon, and the Earin A3, and the AirPods 3 trounced them all. There’s plenty of clarity through the various frequencies and, much to my surprise, they have a bass response that is both warm and powerful. In fact, as long as you’re in a quiet location, the AirPods 3 sound every bit as good as the AirPods Pro. Head-tracking spatial audio is like sitting in on a studio session with your favorite band. And despite using a semi-open design, just like the original AirPods, the AirPods 3 sound far better. But most would admit that when it comes to sound quality, they’re OK at best - barely an improvement over the performance of the wired EarPods that Apple ships with its iPhones.
The original AirPods earned a lot of fans for their wire-free convenience, simplicity, and easy integration with the iPhone. Bigger, better sound Simon Cohen / Digital Trends The AirPods 3 sit firmly in the Goldilocks zone - they improve on the second-gen AirPods in every meaningful way, while coming in at a lower price than you used to have to pay for the second-gen AirPods with wireless charging, and considerably less than the AirPods Pro at their regular price.Įven their charging case is a best-of-both-worlds situation, with Qi and MagSafe-compatible wireless charging and yet with dimensions that make it almost exactly the same size and shape as the original AirPods case.
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