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Re: AirPods Pro (2nd Generation)

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Post by daxelrod »

codercotton wrote: post #72
dereg wrote: post #15

Adaptive Transparency is such a promising feature. I would love if transparency mode could eliminate the sound of noises like air conditioners, road noise, and construction while still being "transparent". It seems that, as of now, it's limited to loud noises only. I hope it at least eliminates the hear-loss-causing pops that occur when you have loud, brief clicking noises like that of a bug zapper. For older models,…

The AirPods Pro popped loud enough to cause tinnitus? Tinnitus is terrible, and life-long :(

Not all tinnitus is lifelong. See the Natural Course section of https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2686891/#__sec2...

Re: AirPods Pro (2nd Generation)

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Post by cafed00d »

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…

All of this has a super simple explanation: the shitty products always have org structures that treat software dev as shitty cost centers.

It took a long time to realize that the most compelling devices have good, well maintained software.

I don’t mean to say that software devs are geniuses or that these orgs have to hire the best of the best. No, they just need to create an org that prioritizes software dev. Low attrition, increased visibility, the usual. You don’t need fancy new features. Just make sure the intern who wrote your v1 Bluetooth driver feels compelled enough to stay on to become a staff engineer running a team that still assures bugs get fixed. Simple.

Re: AirPods Pro (2nd Generation)

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Post by dzhiurgis »

xsmasher wrote: post #126
johnwalkr wrote: post #75

Earlier quoted context omitted.

They also don’t do this: “BEEP. CONNECTED. BATTERY LEVEL IS 50%.”

My "sleep headphones" start chanting "battery low" every 20 seconds when the battery drops too low, which inevitably happens after I'm asleep. Who thought that was a good idea?

So does airpods. Either way it should just be a setting.

Re: AirPods Pro (2nd Generation)

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Post by hwbehrens »

dereg wrote: post #15

Adaptive Transparency is such a promising feature. I would love if transparency mode could eliminate the sound of noises like air conditioners, road noise, and construction while still being "transparent". It seems that, as of now, it's limited to loud noises only. I hope it at least eliminates the hear-loss-causing pops that occur when you have loud, brief clicking noises like that of a bug zapper. For older models,…

I have an ultrasonic cleaner that I use for 3D printing, and they have a similar effect on my AirPods. I wonder what could cause this interaction?

Re: AirPods Pro (2nd Generation)

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Post by pfranz »

aaaaaaaaaaab wrote: post #78

I get the audio quality will still be tincan-tier when the mic is on, right?

Are there Bluetooth headphones that are better? My understanding is that it's a limitation in the Bluetooth spec. I've heard talk of Apple wanting to do their own thing specifically because of things like this.

Re: AirPods Pro (2nd Generation)

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Post by xtracto »

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…

FWIW I've got Samsung Galaxy Buds that also suffer from a similar case charging issue [1]. Seems to me that it is a problem with the technology itself which hopefully companies will improve in next product iterations.

[1] https://www.reddit.com/r/galaxybuds/comments/if7ajj/ultimate...

Re: AirPods Pro (2nd Generation)

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Post by jws »

ramesh31 wrote: post #42

Why don't we have Wi-Fi headphones? The only thing anyone can agree on about Bluetooth is that it absolutely sucks. You'd think Apple would be pushing this. I should be able to buy a pair of headphones with built in streaming capability and be able to cast from HomePod or my phone with near gigabit bandwidth over Wi-Fi 6, and have zero concerns about range anywhere in my home.

Your ears have on the order of 1 megabit/sec bandwidth, so anything more is irrelevant, specifically Wi-Fi 6 is 1000 times overkill.

Bluetooth uses about half the energy per bit transmitted compared to wifi. So, using wifi would cut all your run times in half or increase your battery size. The data transmission is the dominant power consumption of wireless ear phones.

Re: AirPods Pro (2nd Generation)

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Post by willis936 »

iambateman wrote: post #9
mcculley wrote: post #4

How do “computational algorithms” differ from other kinds of algorithms employed in headphones?

One term was written by someone paid $120,000 to write software, the other by someone paid $120,000 to write marketing copy. ;)

What's worse is that their boss is bad at their job. I sold phones in retail for one year and in that time I learned feature, function, benefit. I think some of these VPs should go back to school.
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