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I have often desired a feature similar to “transparency” except it would amplify sounds, basically hearing aids when you boil it down.
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I've daily driven the xm3's and the xm4's for years and their multi-device support is so bad that it literally makes it worse than not having it at all. I explicitly disable multi-device support for them because the headphones will randomly jump around for seemingly no reason at all making them entirely unusable. Apple's bluetooth headphones, assuming you are living exclusively inside of the apple ecosystem, are the…
I disable the multiconnect on my XM4s as well. They switch based on what's currently sending signal, but one has to stop broadcasting first. It disables LDAC support anyway if you use that. I was torn between the XM4s and Airpods Max but ultimately am tired of picking up more Lightning connector devices. I will no longer purchase things that don't charge via USB-C. I use my XM4s daily as well for over 1.5 years now (…
Err, the XM5s have been out for a few months now.
https://electronics.sony.com/audio/headphones/all-headphones...
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…
Weird. I've got the QC35 (v1) and have no issues switching devices. I don't even have the Bose app on my phone.
In saying that, it seems to fail with more then 2 devices despite being able to remember 3 devices at a time.
If I have the headphones connected to iPhone and iPad, then want to use my laptop I will normally need to switch bluetooth off on the mobile devices before turning on the headphones - allowing it to connect to the computer. A little annoying but still faster then messing around with cables.
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I've daily driven the xm3's and the xm4's for years and their multi-device support is so bad that it literally makes it worse than not having it at all. I explicitly disable multi-device support for them because the headphones will randomly jump around for seemingly no reason at all making them entirely unusable. Apple's bluetooth headphones, assuming you are living exclusively inside of the apple ecosystem, are the…
I disable the multiconnect on my XM4s as well. They switch based on what's currently sending signal, but one has to stop broadcasting first. It disables LDAC support anyway if you use that. I was torn between the XM4s and Airpods Max but ultimately am tired of picking up more Lightning connector devices. I will no longer purchase things that don't charge via USB-C. I use my XM4s daily as well for over 1.5 years now (…
I have the XM4s also. I've also had problems with switching devices at times, notably with certain Mac apps that would stay connected (sending silent audio?) and prevent them from switching to the other device. But this seems to have been resolved with recent macOS updates (or maybe app updates?), and I haven't had the issue for a while.
In any case, any occasional pain caused by multiple device connections is vastly less than the pain of having to manually switch devices... every. single. time. I had the XM3s before, which had no multiple device support, and it was horrible!
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My Airpods Max connect to 5 different devices daily. What kind of switch would you suggest they use?
A 3-bit DIP switch would do the job.
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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 not…
Ctrl-F “lossless”, “24”, “ALAC” on the tech specs page. No results. I am no audiophile, and I don’t really care about lossless audio one way or the other, but it seems deceptive to plaster “Apple Lossless” all over the Apple Music app when no Apple headphones can play lossless audio. All the marketing talk about the audio improvements in the H2 chip seems designed to obscure this fact, and to compensate for the fact…
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…
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…
There was a company that did this. Whatever happened to them? Nura I think. Maybe they got bought out by Apple. Surprised they are not suing.
Apple may still do something similar for base calibration but that's not the exciting bit. From the marketing material the depth camera is used to scan your face. This gives both the exact placement of your ears, full facial geometry and likely a model of your pinnae. With that info spatial audio could get terrifyingly good. It becomes possible to fully emulate how you perceive sound naturally, applying the same time differences, filtering and early reflections as you've been used to your entire life.