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| - | [* black] With the battery dangling out of the way, we dig deeper into this Pod. First we extract a clear plastic housing that appears to hold the driver in place. |
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| - | [* black] Next comes the driver. Behind it, up against the speaker mesh is the microphone that listens to the ''inside'' of your ear. Apple uses this mic to dial in the EQ of whatever you're listening to (kind of like they do with the HomePod), as well as to determine whether or not your tips are fitting correctly. |
| + | [* black] With the battery dangling out of the way, we keep digging deeper. First, we extract a clear plastic housing that appears to hold the driver in place. |
| + | [* black] The star of this Pod, the driver, lifts out next. Behind it, up against the speaker mesh, we find the microphone that listens to the ''inside'' of your ear. |
| + | [* icon_note] Apple uses this mic to actively adjust the levels of whatever you're listening to, as well as to determine whether or not your tips are fitting correctly. |
| + | [* icon_note] We saw [guide|103133|similar tech|stepid=192624|new_window=true] in Apple's pod for the home. |
| [* black] The driver itself is (relatively) big, which you should expect from a pair of $250 professional headphones. | |
| - | [* black] Inside the driver, a large stack of voice coil does the driving—pushing the diaphragm back and forth to create the noise you want to hear, as well as the anti-noise to cancel out the outside noise that you don't want to hear. |
| + | [* black] The driver might be called the driver, but the real driver doing the real driving is the voice coil. |
| + | [* icon_note] The voice coil creates an electromagnetic field that moves the speaker cone back and forth to create the sounds you want to hear, as well as the anti-noise to cancel out the noise you don't want to hear. |