The hot new thing in headphones "The past month and a half in particular, we've had some really interesting headphones come out," says The Verge's John Higgins. He and David Pierce sit down to…
John Higgins — Podcast Appearances & AI Summaries
John Higgins has appeared on 2 podcast episodes in our AI-summarized catalog, including The Vergecast. Every appearance below has a free 5-minute AI summary.
What John said
“That's not the defining factor. That's not the leapfrogging anymore. Everybody makes headphones that do noise canceling real well and down into $40 and $60 earbuds.”
— John Higgins on how ANC has become table stakes
“They're not the ones that are experiencing it every day... They might make loads of calls a day, but they're not hearing what everyone else is hearing.”
— John Higgins, on why companies deprioritize mic quality
Episode appearances
2 The best headphone mic we've ever tested David Pierce starts the episode with a confession: he has long believed headphone microphones are "a severely underrated bit of technology." Most headphone…
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