What is Active Noise Cancelling?

Active Noise Cancelling (ANC) earbuds use built-in microphones to reduce the impact of background noise. These microphones pick up sounds from your surroundings and generate opposing sound waves that cancel out the noise. This results in clearer, more immersive audio, especially in noisy environments.

How Active Noise Cancellation Work?

ANC technology works by detecting ambient sounds and creating an “anti-noise” signal to neutralise them. When this signal is played alongside your music, the unwanted noise fades into the background.

This makes ANC ideal for commuting, air travel, working in cafés, or simply enjoying quiet focus.

Passive vs Active Noise Cancelling

There are two types of noise cancelling:

• Passive Noise Cancelling: Relies on a physical seal, like earbud tips or headphone cushions, to block outside noise.
• Active Noise Cancelling: Uses electronics (microphones and processors) to cancel out noise in real time.

High-quality earbuds often combine both for maximum effect.

From Headphones to Earbuds

Originally, ANC was only available in bulky over-ear headphones because the components required more space. But with advances in miniaturized batteries and chipsets, ANC is now a standard feature in many compact wireless earbuds.

Smaller devices no longer mean weaker performance.

Smarter Features: Adaptive and Adjustable ANC

Modern ANC earbuds include intelligent features that give users more flexibility:

• Adaptive ANC: Automatically adjusts noise cancelling based on your environment. It increases cancellation in loud areas and reduces it in quiet ones.
• Adjustable ANC: Lets you manually control the strength of noise cancellation, depending on your preferences or surroundings.

Transparency Mode

Transparency Mode lets you stay aware of your environment without removing your earbuds. Microphones capture outside sound and feed it through, so you can hear things like traffic, announcements, or conversations.

With adjustable transparency, you can fine-tune how much of the outside world you let in. This is especially useful for outdoor workouts or walking through busy areas.

Both the Tri-Tek Pro Groove and Tri-Tek Pro Pure earbuds feature adjustable noise-cancelling and transparency modes, giving you full control over your listening experience.

Why It Matters

• Active Noise Cancelling helps you:
• Enjoy clearer music and podcasts
• Reduce distractions and background noise
• Stay aware when needed
• Experience better audio quality, even in noisy spaces

Whether you're working, commuting, or training, ANC tech makes your listening experience more focused and enjoyable.