Using the adaptive noise cancelling setting, the noise isolation performance of the Anker Space One Wireless is good. These over-ears have an adaptive ANC system, automatically adjusting its performance to your environment. Unfortunately, it doesn’t do quite as good of a job as the more premium Anker Soundcore Space Q45 Wireless, as the ANC has trouble reducing the low rumble of bus and plane engines. On the upside, it does a significantly better job of cutting down ambient chatter and the hum of AC units than in the bass range, which can be handy for noisy offices.
Extending the length of times our sweeps take shows a slight difference in performance. You can see a graph comparing these measurements here. The system adapts slightly better when exposed to noise for longer periods. However, this improvement is minor.
If you don’t like adaptive noise cancelling, you can also select one of five different ANC modes in their companion app. You can see a comparison between all these settings and the adaptive setting here. Level five will give you the overall best performance, but levels one and two can isolate you from a little more low-bass noise, like the rumbles of plane engines, and high-pitched noise, like computer fans.
