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Re: AirPods Pro (2nd Generation)

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Post by e40 »

erikpukinskis wrote: post #3

I would love to buy AirPods one day, but I have just had too many experiences telling someone on Zoom they sound like they’re under water, and they say, “hold on a sec that’s my AirPods.” If Apple could fix that issue, this would be a nice product! Unfortunately I don’t know how Apple could ever signal to me that they had fixed that issue.

I've done A/B tests with Airpods (gen2) and the built-in mic on my M1 iMac and people always say Airpods are better, but both are good.

I've noticed what you're saying with people on older (Apple) laptops. I wonder if there's a connection. Honestly, sometimes I could swear that people are using the built-in mic and not the Airpods, but they swear they are not.

Re: AirPods Pro (2nd Generation)

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Post by xylophoner »

i hope the volume control can be disabled (though i doubt this will be the case). i’ve never met a touch sensitive headphone volume control that wasn’t susceptible to accidental triggering. i have too many issues with my hearing to risk that.

Re: AirPods Pro (2nd Generation)

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Post by philsnow »

smoldesu wrote: post #43
hardwaregeek wrote: post #26

It's wild how much money Apple has made from Bluetooth headphones that don't suck. That's literally it. They're portable, pair easily and (somewhat) work with multiple devices. I have top of the line Bose Bluetooth headphones that still, in 2022, have issues with multiple devices. I can't count how many times I've started playing music on my iPhone only to realize that the headphones think my laptop is playing, so th…

> Why the hell can't you just tell the headphones to play from the phone and keep the laptop connected? This is something that baffled me on Windows and MacOS, but I don't seem to experience on Linux/Android/iOS. Windows was particularly "greedy"; whenever you'd turn on your headphones it would attempt to steal the connection away (even booting other multipoint connections off). MacOS is slightly more graceful, but s…

I haven't experienced the issue with iTunes starting on bluetooth connections, but some people pointed me to this project to deal with it: https://github.com/tombonez/noTunes

You can also set it to start something else (Spotify, whatever) instead

Re: AirPods Pro (2nd Generation)

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Post by smoldesu »

ezfe wrote: post #79
smoldesu wrote: post #43

Earlier quoted context omitted.

> Why the hell can't you just tell the headphones to play from the phone and keep the laptop connected? This is something that baffled me on Windows and MacOS, but I don't seem to experience on Linux/Android/iOS. Windows was particularly "greedy"; whenever you'd turn on your headphones it would attempt to steal the connection away (even booting other multipoint connections off). MacOS is slightly more graceful, but s…

Part of it is probably that iOS/Android have a far more fundamental "is media playing" understanding

That's probably a large piece of it, considering Linux has a similar interface that would work just as well (MPRIS controls). I wouldn't be surprised if all of those implimentations used media data to determine connection priorities.

Re: AirPods Pro (2nd Generation)

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Post by mandeepj »

desro wrote: post #23

A lot of sane improvements to the case (added speaker, lanyard loop, full U1 Find My support), good to see. They tout "H2 Apple Silicon, amazing sound quality with Adaptive EQ," but I can't find any reference to lossless audio in the tech specs, which is a bit of a disappointment. It's surely ironic that Apple Music supports 24/192 lossless audio and none of its headphones can utilize it.

> It's surely ironic that Apple Music supports 24/192 lossless audio and none of its headphones can utilize it.

True! But, someone is saying you can come close to it by using a wired connection. I've not tested it though.

https://www.reddit.com/r/Airpodsmax/comments/nfc1h3/clearing...

Re: AirPods Pro (2nd Generation)

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Post by sfvegandude »

ryeights wrote: post #22

Good to know they use computational algorithms to perform ANC! What would we do without the innovators at Apple… In other news, still no support for lossless audio, and the charging port is still Lightning rather than USB-C. Seems like a good time to pick up the 1st gen Pros on discount

You don’t need lossless audio. Seriously. AAC is transparent in all the conditions you’d use these AirPods in. Lossless is a total gimmick and shame on Apple for ever enabling that 24bit nonsense.

You don’t have golden ears. You aren’t listening closely while walking around town. Noise cancellation removes some of the frequencies. Lossless would drain battery for literally no gain in quality.

Edit: as others have noted, these do feature the ability to receive lossless audio. You should disable it.

Re: AirPods Pro (2nd Generation)

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Post by didip »

hardwaregeek wrote: post #26

It's wild how much money Apple has made from Bluetooth headphones that don't suck. That's literally it. They're portable, pair easily and (somewhat) work with multiple devices. I have top of the line Bose Bluetooth headphones that still, in 2022, have issues with multiple devices. I can't count how many times I've started playing music on my iPhone only to realize that the headphones think my laptop is playing, so th…

This is how Apple operates, no?

It makes products that people widely need at a quality that's a class on its own.

Re: AirPods Pro (2nd Generation)

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Post by sz4kerto »

alistairSH wrote: post #73

Two major gripes with my current AirPods (not-Pro)… 1 - Battery life is less than half what it was when new. For $160, they should last more than 2 years, IMO. This applies to both the pods themselves and the case. 2 - I hate wireless ear buds for anything beyond sitting still. The risk of losing one half of a $160 pair is just too high. They might be ok walking, but not hiking, running, or cycling. The Pros might st…

Almost all earbuds just fall out of my ears for some reason, but Airpods Pro + memory foam tips allow me to run with them.

Re: AirPods Pro (2nd Generation)

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Post by [deleted] »

kapsel wrote: post #12

I love my AirPod Pros, but I hate how unreliable charging in the case is. The AirPods will often think they are out of the case, when they are, and discharge themselves, while connected to my phone/laptop. Then they will re-charge, emptying the battery in the case, so I will end up with a dead pair of AirPods after a couple of days in the pocket, not using them. I guess their tolerances are too tight, hopefully somet…

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