I've had APP since May 2021 and have suddenly been experiencing weird, temporary, tinnitus-like symptoms after using them:
Yes, I know what you're thinking, that I'm using them for too many hours per day, with the volume set too high. Or that I'm also playing in a band or attending live-concerts when I'm not using them. But that is not the case. There's been as much lockdown here as anywhere else and I can't remember when I've last listening to any kind of live music, or even just the stereo in a night club. Must have been years.
No, I have not been listening too loud or too often. In fact, I have been very conscious about my usage and repeatedly check that I'm never going above 50% volume. One of the things that initially impressed me with APP was how low I could set the volume and still have a good listening experience. So I'm mostly using them in the 30%-40% volume range.
The Apple Health report also tells me that I've never exceeded the "7-day limit" that you can enable (it has been enabled since day one).
On a more subjective note, I would mention that I also don't listen to "loud" genres of music. No heavy metal, no hardcore electronic music, no rock with tons of distortion, or heavy hip hop with rumbling 808 kicks and sub bass.
The loudest and most straining listening I do on them is watching blockbuster movies, action, horror, sci-fi stuff. But still rarely at more than 40%, very rarely up to 50%.
Now I'm getting weird temporary tinnitus symptoms every single time I use APP: A high pitched ringing that lasts a couple of hours or the rest of the day. Then I wake up the next day and most or all of it's gone.
I'm in no way knowledgable enough to say if ANC could be the culprit. But I can't help but think that it's not the audio I'm listening to but the "audio feed" of the microphones that create the ANC that's somehow triggering something within my ears or brain.
I mean, isn't ANC constant noise of my environment being fed into my ears?
I noticed that this temporary tinnitus seems to be worse when I use the APP and no audio is playing, aka ANC is switched on but nothing is playing back on the output device.
Yes, I realise that I could try to use them again with ANC turned off. But now I'm very reluctant to use them at all and really would not like to put them in again if I can avoid it.
On a side-note, I'd say I've been very happy with them otherwise and though most features and the ANC worked very well. So it's not a case of me hoping to find a reason to return them or anything like that.
Anyone else had these issues with APP or any other ANC headphones?
Yes, I know what you're thinking, that I'm using them for too many hours per day, with the volume set too high. Or that I'm also playing in a band or attending live-concerts when I'm not using them. But that is not the case. There's been as much lockdown here as anywhere else and I can't remember when I've last listening to any kind of live music, or even just the stereo in a night club. Must have been years.
No, I have not been listening too loud or too often. In fact, I have been very conscious about my usage and repeatedly check that I'm never going above 50% volume. One of the things that initially impressed me with APP was how low I could set the volume and still have a good listening experience. So I'm mostly using them in the 30%-40% volume range.
The Apple Health report also tells me that I've never exceeded the "7-day limit" that you can enable (it has been enabled since day one).
On a more subjective note, I would mention that I also don't listen to "loud" genres of music. No heavy metal, no hardcore electronic music, no rock with tons of distortion, or heavy hip hop with rumbling 808 kicks and sub bass.
The loudest and most straining listening I do on them is watching blockbuster movies, action, horror, sci-fi stuff. But still rarely at more than 40%, very rarely up to 50%.
Now I'm getting weird temporary tinnitus symptoms every single time I use APP: A high pitched ringing that lasts a couple of hours or the rest of the day. Then I wake up the next day and most or all of it's gone.
I'm in no way knowledgable enough to say if ANC could be the culprit. But I can't help but think that it's not the audio I'm listening to but the "audio feed" of the microphones that create the ANC that's somehow triggering something within my ears or brain.
I mean, isn't ANC constant noise of my environment being fed into my ears?
I noticed that this temporary tinnitus seems to be worse when I use the APP and no audio is playing, aka ANC is switched on but nothing is playing back on the output device.
Yes, I realise that I could try to use them again with ANC turned off. But now I'm very reluctant to use them at all and really would not like to put them in again if I can avoid it.
On a side-note, I'd say I've been very happy with them otherwise and though most features and the ANC worked very well. So it's not a case of me hoping to find a reason to return them or anything like that.
Anyone else had these issues with APP or any other ANC headphones?
