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| [* 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] The driver might be called the driver, but the real driver doing the real driving is the voice coil. | |
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| + | [* icon_note] Current runs through the voice coil, creating an electromagnetic field that moves the speaker cone back and forth to pump those sick beats into your ears. It also creates the anti-noise to cancel out the not-as-sick ambient noise. |