Convincing Remote Guests NOT To Use AirPods as Their Microphone

Some remote guests love their AirPods so much, and simultaneously they know so little about audio quality, that they believe (wrongly) that the microphone in their AirPods is a great sounding option to use when they appear as a guest on podcasts.

It’s not.

That is all.

OK, but seriously, all podcast producers worth their salt always discourage the use of AirPods, except as a last resort when the guest literally has no other microphone options. Some producers even prefer built-in laptop microphones over AirPods!

NOTE: It’s totally fine to use AirPods to monitor audio when recording, but recording the AirPods microphone is never pretty.

What are your thoughts on the audio quality of AirPods?

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