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Noise control

Microphones: typical values for audio

Half of audio in the catalog have microphones below 4, and 80% fall between 2 and 6 (236 models with data).

Median4
Median 20264
Typical range2 – 6
Models236
Distribution

How microphones is distributed

0173451681358101: 12: 683: 184: 555: 136: 658: 109: 410: 2Median 4
Percentile10 %25 %50 %75 %90 %
Microphones22466

A model at the 75th percentile beats three quarters of the catalog on this spec.

Trends

Median microphones by year

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Recent leaders

Highest microphones

1 Bang & Olufsen Beoplay H100
Bang & Olufsen · 2024
Beoplay H100
32 hActive noise cancellingIPx3
10
6.0
2 Nothing Headphone Pro
Nothing · 2026
Headphone Pro
68 hActive noise cancellingIPx2
10
7.5
3 Beats 360
Beats · 2026
360
32 hActive noise cancellingIPx4
9
6.7
4 Apple AirPods Max 2024
Apple · 2024
AirPods Max 2024
20 hActive noise cancelling
9
5.4
5 Apple AirPods Max 2
Apple · 2026
AirPods Max 2
20 hActive noise cancelling
9
4.6
6 JBL TOUR ONE M3 SMART TX
JBL · 2025
TOUR ONE M3 SMART TX
70 hActive noise cancelling
8
7.9
7 Technics EAH-AZ60M2
Technics · 2023
EAH-AZ60M2
7 hActive noise cancellingIPx4
8
6.2
8 EarFun Wave Pro X
EarFun · 2026
Wave Pro X
90 hActive noise cancelling
8
9.4
9 Soundcore Liberty 5 Pro
Soundcore · 2026
Liberty 5 Pro
12 hActive noise cancellingIPx5
8
9.0
10 Sennheiser MOMENTUM True Wireless 5
Sennheiser · 2026
MOMENTUM True Wireless 5
12 hActive noise cancellingIPx4
8
7.7
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