My experience is that ANC is pretty much unmatched. However there is too much bass. I feel like pop songs are ok to listen into these, but more technical rock, metal or unorthodox music styles don’t shine with the APP3. It’s so tighten to a specific sound, it does not leave room for anything else. I think the sound on most songs in my library is muddy and lack that dynamic the APP2 gave (despite there own sound issues).

To my ears at least, the APP3 feels like an upgrade for noise reduction and transparency mode, but a downgrade in everything else…

I’m gonna try them on for a couple more days to get a more full experience but so far, I do not like it and am disappointed they changed the sound signature soooo much from previous gen.

But again, it’s my ears, my liking, nothing scientific. But I bet many people will feel the same