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Re: AirPods Pro

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Post by BinaryIdiot »

rollinDyno wrote: post #107

Can we talk about how smooth and beautiful the website is? I know, it's Apple and their websites are always the same, but there's always a tiny increment. This time it's the woman adjusting the ANC by holding her Airpods. The way she fades in and the scroll controls her every movement and then fades out is just so smooth.

I found it awful. I'm running on a very beefy development machine in the latest version of Firefox and it was kinda sluggish and very hard to read all of the information (felt like I had to scroll forever just to see a few sentences and pictures). It's also very inaccessible.

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Post by colonwqbang »

rollinDyno wrote: post #107

Can we talk about how smooth and beautiful the website is? I know, it's Apple and their websites are always the same, but there's always a tiny increment. This time it's the woman adjusting the ANC by holding her Airpods. The way she fades in and the scroll controls her every movement and then fades out is just so smooth.

I had the exact opposite reaction. I wanted to see how much the headphones cost. It took me what felt like 100 space bar presses to get to the purchase link, almost like the page didn't really want me to order and was stalling for time.

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Post by falcolas »

graeme wrote: post #100

What’s the word on active noise cancellation and hearing protection? I currently avoid using headphones in loud environments, and my quick test is if I can hear myself talk over the music. This page says the active cancellation uses “anti-noise”, which iirc is noise, at frequencies that drown out the outside noise. But I’m not really sure about this. So, if we were in say a 85 db environment, would music with these b…

If you're really concerned about noise reduction, I personally recommend headphones that block noise, not counter it. An example would be the Shure IEM line, which acts like an earplug, and which provide a flat 25db attenuation of sound. So, your 85db environment becomes a 60 db environment, and your music can be 65 db.

Boise 2 headphones with ANR, in comparison, reduce about 13db of noise at 85db.

http://www.hearingreview.com/2008/06/attenuation-values-of-a...

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Post by mikestew »

bluetidepro wrote: post #111
mullingitover wrote: post #67

This is a huge improvement. The regular airpods are the same shape as the original iphone earbuds, and my normal ritual with those was to immediately throw them in the trash as soon as I opened any Apple product because they're horribly uncomfortable. Am I the only one who notices this?

> ... horribly uncomfortable. One persons uncomfortable is another persons perfection. I can't stand headphones like these new Pro ones that have the little rubber tips. They hurt my ears so much. The current Airpods or the wired ones you "throw in the trash" are the most comfortable in ear headphones I've ever used, personally.

And here I am smack in the middle. I can run in them, I might even try jumping jacks. But bicycle helmet straps knock them out, and when I tap them I often have to readjust them. So I have "AirPods with earhooks" called PowerBeats Pros. The innards of AirPods in a different, better-fitting (for me) package. (And the PowerBeats are water-resistant, but I guess the AirPod Pros are, too.)

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Post by deaddodo »

jsinai wrote: post #116
fancyfish wrote: post #106

Earlier quoted context omitted.

If the noise cancelling and sound quality on these is great, I may actually go from the Sony cans to these, mainly due to Bluetooth pairing woes. With the Sony headphones, if I want to switch from iPhone to Macbook I have to do the dance of Bluetooth repairing. Switch off BT on iPhone -> connect headphones to Mac, switch iPhone BT back on. The sound would have to be in the same ballpark though, which is hardly a guar…

FWIW I have the Bose NC 700 and the Bluetooth pairing is seamless. I can be paired to multiple devices at once; if I’m playing music from my laptop but receive a call from my phone then the Bose are smart enough to pause music on my laptop and switch the audio input to my phone.

Most Bluetooth headphones work this way. Jaybirds also have seamless syncing, and the X4 has full multi-device coverage like you describe of your Bose.

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Post by stanski »

x0x0 wrote: post #87
freeqaz wrote: post #75

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I find that I can't use them for phone calls because the other person always complains that my mic is terrible. Is this because of using an Android device? They also don't stay in my ears for the life of me, so exercising at the gym I have to use over-the-ear headphones. I think this impacts the sound for me, as well, since they sound better when I hold them in my ear versus when I let go. Any recommendations for wha…

I've had good success with Jabra 65t on Android. Probably 1k hours of calls and no complaints except in very high wind. Oh, btw, the connection is very dependent on your Android phone. Bluetooth is in year ~20 of widespread alpha testing and Android implementations vary. I initially had an HTC; it had bluetooth issues. I'm now on a Google-made phone and it's seamless. Anecdotally, Samsungs work well too.

You are lucky. My wife's 65t's left earbud is dead after very light usage for a little over a year (right after the warranty expired, basically). I don't think she's used them more than maybe twice a week on average.

Seems like a common problem too and various fixes that I've read up on don't work.

She is no considering the airpods but I don't know what to tell her. Like the poster above, the price seems ridiculous to me, especially after the bad experience with the Jabras which are also expensive and supposedly high quality.

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Post by the_watcher »

whalesalad wrote: post #8

I really struggled to take the plunge on the original AirPods and it has been one of my top 10 purchases ever in my life without a doubt. I stood there holding the little $200 box in my hand and really danced back and forth in my mind about whether or not they would really be necessary. If they broke, I would go buy a new pair immediately. For what they are, the sound is amazing. I can't really do a phone call anymor…

I feel pretty similarly: they're a phenomenal testament for the value of it just works. I'd been using wireless Anker ear buds for workouts for years, and while they were fine, they lost connection, were annoying to connect to my phone, required plugging in when they died, etc.

That said, I really* wish there were an option that didn't decay in battery quality so rapidly after a year.

* iPhone required

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Post by somehnguy »

rchaud wrote: post #195
TheGRS wrote: post #61

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I dunno, I felt the same way about the normal Airpods until I relented and bought them and its almost weird to say that its been a huge quality of life improvement for me. Running is far more enjoyable without the cables. Pretty easy to carry them around too. But then again I didn't shop around the other brands at all.

I use behind the neck BT headphones with over-ear cups as I'd be worried about sweat on an expensive piece of equipment I use every day.

I put my airpods through the washer and dryer about 2 weeks into ownership (oops). They still work perfect to this day, almost a year later. I also run a couple miles every other day with them in, during the summer that means 90 degree weather and me drenched in sweat. Sweat is a non-issue for them.

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Post by bluedino »

t-writescode wrote: post #22
bsamuels wrote: post #3

I will personally love to see someone justify spending $250 on wireless earphones whose batteries cannot be replaced. I'm a year and a half into my normal airpods and they already need new batteries.

Let me introduce you to the best pair of headphones for travel that I own: Bose QuietComfort 20 Acoustic Noise Cancelling Headphones, Apple Devices, Black https://www.amazon.com/dp/B00X9KV0HU They are $250, wired and have a small battery brick that is not replaceable that is charged by micro usb. The newer one by Bose is one of those neck things and is $300.

The Sony 1000's are so much better than any of the Bose noise canceling headphones

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Post by asteli »

pohl wrote: post #177
lm28469 wrote: post #133

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You can definitely tell something is going on when the active noise canceling is on but it's not a big deal most of the time. It's good at blocking repetitive noise (office, car, plane) but bad at blocking other things like a car horn, a gun, someone clapping, &c.

How about wind noise?

Depends on how they're set up. My Sony over-ear noise-cancelling set has ambient noise mics that assume a non-windy environment, and thus can pick up wind noise themselves. I turn the noise-cancelling off if I'm going to be somewhere windy, but I have a hunch that putting a little faux fur patch (deadcat) over the ambient noise mic port would fix this.
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