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Sorry, but I'll pass.
I'd spend a few dollars on a convenience app like this as a one-off purchase (it would save me from option-clicking the volume icon every once in a while), but what ongoing development or infrastructure am I paying for with a subscription here?
23€ per year for an automatic source switcher ? I understand it might be more tricky that it looks, but it's more than I am willing to pay, event for a lifetime license.
I guess the target audience is audiophiles that are willing to pay $100 for gold plated connectors.
Looks good but no way I'd pay a subscription for a utility.
Can anyone explain why something like this is necessary on a Macbook, but when I use my airpods with my iPhone I seem to get high quality audio and microphone usage at the same time?
I believe it’s because macOS uses a worse audio codec: https://gist.github.com/dvf/3771e58085568559c429d05ccc339219
But maybe iOS just uses the built-in microphone more often to avoid having to switch away from (high quality) unidirectional audio on Bluetooth?
> CrystalClear Sound requires a paid subscription(a rather cheap one), which supports the development of the app. Sorry, but I'll pass. I'd spend a few dollars on a convenience app like this as a one-off purchase (it would save me from option-clicking the volume icon every once in a while), but what ongoing development or infrastructure am I paying for with a subscription here?
Same can be achieved in a few lines of Lua using Hammerspoon and hs.audiodevice API. local builtinMicName = "MacBook Pro Microphone" hs.audiodevice.watcher.setCallback(function(e) defaultMic = hs.audiodevice.defaultInputDevice():name() if (e == "dIn " and defaultMic ~= builtinMic) then local builtinMic = hs.audiodevice.findInputByName(builtinMicName) builtinMic:setDefaultInputDevice() end end) hs.audiodevice.watcher.…
Once you try it you may find out that for some reason sometimes it will revert back to AirPods mic. I filed a bug report for that, check it out: https://developer.apple.com/forums/thread/763583
Therefore you will have to iron out the edge cases. Are the AirPods considered connected when you switch to your iPhone when using your Mac? Yes the continuity stuff.
Also, you will have to actually maintain that script. That is, you will need to find a place for it where it lives and it’s not lost when upgrading the system etc.
My app is for all the people who don’t want to deal with this and rather pay $2 a month to have it maintained and have someone they can report the issues they have and get them fixed.
Anyway, I made the app for myself and decided to put it on the market to see what happens, so it’s alright to have a competition:) if it happens that this is the better solution I may just drop mine and use it.
Can anyone explain why something like this is necessary on a Macbook, but when I use my airpods with my iPhone I seem to get high quality audio and microphone usage at the same time?
I believe it’s because macOS uses a worse audio codec: https://gist.github.com/dvf/3771e58085568559c429d05ccc339219
However I can't really answer OP question. I am not sure how iPhone get a better sound quality if what OP is saying is true (I don't have an iPhone). What I know is that in Linux you can activate mSBC and this improves the quality a lot when using HFP profile, but it is still significantly worse than anything A2DP has to offer. I also think Android uses mSBC if available, but I am not completely sure.
[1]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Bluetooth_profiles
Congrats on building and launching the app. Building a little tool to solve a problem you have is great. My only issue is that I'm mostly using the AirPods mic for meetings. I don't want to use my laptop mic because my impression is that it picks up too much background noise. AirPods do too, but I think less so?
The mic quality from my macbook is usually better for me than from headphones, but maybe it depends on the macbook.
23€ per year for an automatic source switcher ? I understand it might be more tricky that it looks, but it's more than I am willing to pay, event for a lifetime license.
I guess the target audience is audiophiles that are willing to pay $100 for gold plated connectors.