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Post by smoldesu »

philsnow wrote: post #93
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…

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

I'm personally just miffed that it's enabled by default. Reminds me of something Microsoft would do (Hey, I see you connected your headphones! Want to launch Groove Music?)

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Post by inasmuch »

colechristensen wrote: post #84
inasmuch wrote: post #55

A little off-topic, but … Does anyone else have problems with the current AirPods Pro dramatically prioritizing ambient noise (cars passing on the street, washing of dishes, etc.) over your own voice when on phone calls? This is a major problem with two pairs I've owned and with those owned by my girlfriend, brother, and pretty much everyone else who would humor me and test it out. My girlfriend and I have taken our…

This happens without headphones as well. Any ambient noise on a call triggers silencing that makes conversations almost impossible sometimes. Like my parents are outside and there's a light breeze and 80% of them speaking is muted. Happens with normal phone microphone, worse with speakerphone, happens with my calls with my Bose headphones and my AirPod Pros. It's a phone setting, I'd buy a case of beer for anybody wh…

I've definitely experienced the ear-piercing scream of a siren on the other end only to be told by the person I'm talking to that the ambulance is like eight blocks away. I remember that as far back as my LG Chocolate.

But what AirPods are doing is either a dramatic escalation of that or something different altogether. Typically when I encounter this problem, I or the person I'm talking to will hang up and call back without AirPods, using the regular phone mic or speakerphone or whatever, and it will be significantly better if not completely resolved.

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Post by TimTheTinker »

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…

I've had this issue too, and I think the root cause is that the physical connection between the AirPods and the case can be unreliable/spotty -- likely a light film buildup on the contacts.

I've had success from "massaging" the offending AirPods in a circle pattern while they're in the case -- which I think rubs the contacts together. Anyway, I haven't had the problem for some time now.

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Post by mynegation »

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 have AirPods Pro but I still use Jabra wired headset with mic for work and important video calls. No issues like devices stealing the Bluetooth away from each other, and voice sounds much better which can be important for people’s perception.

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Post by ok_dad »

Tagbert wrote: post #80
knownastron wrote: post #50

Earlier quoted context omitted.

On the iPhone I turn on voice isolation and 99% of the problem goes away. Have you tried that?

Where is that? I don’t see anything about voice isolation.

It's one of those things hidden in the menu you get when you drag down from the upper right (during a call). I think. I found it once on a video call to my mom, but like the lost city of Atlantis, it seems to have disappeared for me again now that I'm trying to find it again. I hate the iPhone UI, but they work so well most of the time...

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Post by crazygringo »

CharlesW wrote: post #76
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

> In other news, still no support for lossless audio… A̶i̶r̶P̶o̶d̶s̶ ̶P̶r̶o̶ ̶2̶ ̶s̶u̶p̶p̶o̶r̶t̶ ̶l̶o̶s̶s̶l̶e̶s̶s̶ ̶a̶u̶d̶i̶o̶.̶ [see update below] https://appleinsider.com/articles/22/09/07/new-airpods-pro-w...

There are a couple of articles from the past hour that mention the term, but zero details and zero about it on Apple's website.

I'm suspecting the journalists might be wrong? But I'd love to be proven wrong.

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Post by alphabetting »

tommit wrote: post #16
birdmanjeremy wrote: post #2

does the mic still pick up literally everything though?

That's what I'm wondering. It's impossible to do anything while on a call without the other side complaining that it sounds like I'm banging cutlery on my pots.

If that's your main issue with headphones the pixel buds pro noise cancellation for mic and headphones are both insane. Examples from stress test here

https://www.theverge.com/2022/8/17/23309582/wireless-buds-st...

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Post by colinmhayes »

Jcowell wrote: post #18
canuckintime wrote: post #11

Touch volume control removes my biggest pain point with the original. I might actually get two: one for my Apple devices and another for Windows/Android

I’ve never seen anyone use them for non Apple devices , how well do they work?

Personally the best features of my airpod pros are that they have never fallen out of my ears and I can wear them for 10+ hours straight without noticing them where other earbuds would get my ears sore after a couple hours.

Do they work as well with non apple products? No, but the apple integration isn't what makes them great imo.

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Post by [deleted] »

w-m wrote: post #63

Personalized Spatial Audio has me really excited ( https://youtu.be/ux6zXguiqxM?t=2739 ). The idea is to map your ears / head with the depth camera of the iPhone, to create a personal profile. 10 years ago I played around with binaural microphones, the kind that you stick in your own ears to record the true sound profile. Closing your eyes and playing back these recordings is just incredible. You will be completely f…

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Post by scarface74 »

spaceman_2020 wrote: post #107
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…

Personally, I absolutely hate Bluetooth headphones At this point in my life, I want fewer things to remember to charge, not more. My wired earphones will never run out of “battery” in the middle of a flight. I’m a complete grump about this stage of the headphones cycle.

I fly often. Just the idea of always getting wired headphones tangled in something is a pain.

I use Beats Flex headphones though. It’s a lot easier to just hang them around my neck and they don’t fall to the floor if they fall out my ear. They also last 12 hours.

Wired headphones are especially a pain when running,

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