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Fairbuds XL review: noise-cancelling headphones you can fix

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Re: Fairbuds XL review: noise-cancelling headphones you can fix

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Post by mh- »

Kuinox wrote: post #57
manmal wrote: post #25

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I can really recommend the WH-1000XM5 btw. They are quite light and work surprisingly well even with iDevices. I tried to call my dad while I mowed the lawn (electric mower, but pretty loud one) and he understood me well. Audio pass through sounds like the real thing, I’d just like to be able to turn it louder.

That's a change then because the WH-1000XM3 microphone is really crap.

rtings.com describe the recording quality as pretty bad still on the XM5[0], but with markedly better mic noise suppression than the XM3[1].

(These are the most objective measurements I'm aware of.)

[0]: https://www.rtings.com/headphones/reviews/sony/wh-1000xm5-wi...

[1]: https://www.rtings.com/headphones/reviews/sony/wh-1000xm3-wi...

Re: Fairbuds XL review: noise-cancelling headphones you can fix

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Post by kubectl_h »

Arch-TK wrote: post #50

I have to ask, as I have never bought active headphones, all my headphones are user servicable already. I've even had to repair the soldering joints on my M40x once. The cables are all removable. The pads are easily replacable. Are active headphones really that much harder to service? There's no space constraints to warrant glue, clips and ultrasonic welding instead of screws.

I have replaced the pads on my Bose QuietComfort 35s 3 times in the last 6 years of wearing them almost daily. It's pretty easy to do. Beyond that they've just worked, even though I've dropped them a bunch of times. Still have excellent battery life. One of the best products I've purchased in last decade.

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Post by handwarmers »

progbits wrote: post #13
m-axiom wrote: post #8

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Qc45 were released on April 4th 2022

Maybe OP meant 35. I have those since they came out (2016) and they are still going strong with daily use. I've replaced the earpads once for about $15 in parts. Battery life is reduced of course but not by much and I plan to replace those too. Whenever they break this looks like a good replacement.

Same here. Also got a wire that i use most of the time when i am in the office so i don’t even notice the battery life degradation

Re: Fairbuds XL review: noise-cancelling headphones you can fix

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Post by ziml77 »

kubectl_h wrote: post #64
Arch-TK wrote: post #50

I have to ask, as I have never bought active headphones, all my headphones are user servicable already. I've even had to repair the soldering joints on my M40x once. The cables are all removable. The pads are easily replacable. Are active headphones really that much harder to service? There's no space constraints to warrant glue, clips and ultrasonic welding instead of screws.

I have replaced the pads on my Bose QuietComfort 35s 3 times in the last 6 years of wearing them almost daily. It's pretty easy to do. Beyond that they've just worked, even though I've dropped them a bunch of times. Still have excellent battery life. One of the best products I've purchased in last decade.

Pads should be easily replaceable on all headphones. They are the part that wears out the fastest.

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Post by jack_pp »

GiorgioG wrote: post #62

I stopped reading at “Vegan Leather”. Can we call it what it is? Plastic.

Is it plastic though? I remember seeing youtube clips where some companies make "vegan leather" from mushrooms. Plastic isn't quite the correct word here, when I think of plastic I think of hard plastic like in tupperware.
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