AirPods 4 ANC distortions onyl with 3D audio + headtracking watching youtube

I randomly get a rasping noise on both headphones for about 1 second. Sometimes its every few seconds, sometimes twice a minute or so.


I could narrow it down to the very specific combination: 3D audio + headtracking watching youtube in Safari on macOS 15. Change any of these parameters and it goes away, and returns reproducably if I go back to this configuration.


I reset them, deleted personalized spatial audio, unpaired and repaired them, tried two different Macs, to no avail.


So I thought they were damaged and I bought a second set. These paired immediately to the Mac and - same distortions right away :-(


Posted on Aug 7, 2025 12:40 PM

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