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Re: CT scans of AirPods evolution

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Post by technobabbler »

dzhiurgis wrote: post #106
technobabbler wrote: post #89

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I think the Pros sound amazing. I used to have the Sony WH-XM1000 v3 and v4 noise-canceling headphones, but sold both after using the Airpod Pros for a few days and never went back. The Airpod Pro sound quality is maybe 90% as good as the Sonys, but the form factor is INCREDIBLY convenient. No more sweating and constantly adjusting the earcups and headbands... just plop them in and they fit my ears perfectly and neve…

> Sony WH-XM1000 v3 They aren’t even comparable. Sony’s being over ear design cancels noise way better, but Pro’s are much more practical for sleep and calls.

I did in fact compare them and the difference was negligible to me. I am extremely happy with the Airpod Pros despite having had the Sonys for years before that. The Sonys had OK noise canceling but it was hard to get a consistent seal, especially as my ears got sweaty after short sessions. Never had an issue with the Airpods.

I'm no audiophile, granted. Just a satisfied average Joe. The Airpods are way more convenient.

Re: CT scans of AirPods evolution

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Post by jccalhoun »

post-it wrote: post #83
AshamedCaptain wrote: post #79

> Apple was not the first company to develop wireless earbuds, but they’ve defined the category since introducing AirPods in 2016. Sigh.

It's true. If unconnected wireless earbuds existed before AirPods, I certainly never saw any.

According to this the first kickstarter for a pair of wireless earbuds with a charging case was in 2014 https://www.androidcentral.com/history-true-wireless-earbuds

Re: CT scans of AirPods evolution

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Post by marcan_42 »

jimmaswell wrote: post #143
elzbardico wrote: post #100

This is still the strongest apple advantage: design, engineering and build quality. Recently I wanted to buy a second notebook so I could leave my MBPro at home in trips where I didn't want to work, but still had a machine that run linux and windows for some quick idea or even some light gaming. Decided for a Samsung Galaxy Book Pro. Expensive machine, but slightly cheaper than a MacBook Air. good i7 11gen processor,…

Aren't their recent laptops an overheating mess, not to mention needing dongles to plug anything in? https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=29197975

Their latest laptops barely if ever turn on their fans. Your link references the prior Intel generation.

Re: CT scans of AirPods evolution

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Post by stouset »

marcan_42 wrote: post #153
jimmaswell wrote: post #143

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Aren't their recent laptops an overheating mess, not to mention needing dongles to plug anything in? https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=29197975

Their latest laptops barely if ever turn on their fans. Your link references the prior Intel generation.

I’ve run my M1 Max all night blasting every core doing heavily vectorized math computations and when I come back in the morning the small room it was in isn’t even noticeably warmer than ambient temperature and the fans aren’t even on.

Re: CT scans of AirPods evolution

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Post by gnicholas »

gruez wrote: post #136
genewitch wrote: post #129

Earlier quoted context omitted.

My android garbage phone pauses media if Bluetooth goes away. The only thing that won't is a literal LTE/4g call, that goes to handset.

I was baffled at that comment too. iOS should pause playback on headphone disconnection (wired or otherwise) as well. My only guess would be some sort of rogue app that doesn't respond to OS notifications, so it continues to play sound even after disconnection. In that case the OS would obligingly send the audio stream to the default device (ie. on device speakers). That said the default apps (eg. music or podcasts)…

This happens most often on calls, since battery life is much worse (60%?) when speaker and mic are being used. That’s why I’m left scrambling to get the other earbud in — someone is talking whether I can hear them or not.

Re: CT scans of AirPods evolution

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Post by iszomer »

vlunkr wrote: post #73

So do airpods actually sound better than the standard wired headphones? If they don't, this is a lot of fancy engineering for some pretty bad headphones. Maybe they just didn't fit my ears or something, but I've always hated them.

So much packaged sophistication yet can't match high fidelity audio.

I picked up a KZ-ZSN with a pair of dynamic and balanced armature drivers and haven't looked back in terms of sound quality. Imagine my surprise when I purchased another pair with 4BA + 1DD..

Both were under $30.

To each their own I guess.

Re: CT scans of AirPods evolution

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Post by throwanem »

nunez wrote: post #134

I think the AirPods Pro were a regression from the OG AirPods for four reasons: - Idle life took a huge dive from the originals. My OGs haven't been charged in something like six months, and the case is still at something like 20%. Meanwhile, the case holding the APPs would die in less than a week and the buds inside of them a week after that. My wife's APPs have been lost for a while because of this. - Noise cancell…

> The buds themselves have a design flaw wherein earwax will accumulate in its inner grille severely enough to significantly compromise bass response

Not to be glib, but maybe clean your ears more often? You can also take the tips off (invert, then pull) and blow them out from the back with canned air to clear the outer grilles which are integral with the eartip. As fine as those outer grilles are, you'd really have to have wax packed in there for it to extrude through to the inner grille.

I do this with mine, but only very occasionally, because my ear hygiene is such that wax very rarely even appears on the outer part of the tip, and almost never in the sound channel. I listen to a lot of podcasts and often run down one or the other bud by 60-80% in a single go, so it seems very reasonable to suggest that if serious wax problems were really that hard to avoid, I would run into them too.

(Of course, if you're using third-party tips without integral grilles - well, I suppose now we know why the original engineers saw fit to include them, you know?)

Re: CT scans of AirPods evolution

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Post by CamperBob2 »

elzbardico wrote: post #100

This is still the strongest apple advantage: design, engineering and build quality. Recently I wanted to buy a second notebook so I could leave my MBPro at home in trips where I didn't want to work, but still had a machine that run linux and windows for some quick idea or even some light gaming. Decided for a Samsung Galaxy Book Pro. Expensive machine, but slightly cheaper than a MacBook Air. good i7 11gen processor,…

Those are 3 advantages

Re: CT scans of AirPods evolution

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Post by isatty »

throwanem wrote: post #158
nunez wrote: post #134

I think the AirPods Pro were a regression from the OG AirPods for four reasons: - Idle life took a huge dive from the originals. My OGs haven't been charged in something like six months, and the case is still at something like 20%. Meanwhile, the case holding the APPs would die in less than a week and the buds inside of them a week after that. My wife's APPs have been lost for a while because of this. - Noise cancell…

> The buds themselves have a design flaw wherein earwax will accumulate in its inner grille severely enough to significantly compromise bass response Not to be glib, but maybe clean your ears more often? You can also take the tips off (invert, then pull) and blow them out from the back with canned air to clear the outer grilles which are integral with the eartip. As fine as those outer grilles are, you'd really have…

I did some searching and also asked a doctor (though not an ENT) about it and the overall response was that you should not be be overzealous about cleaning out ear wax unless it’s a medical condition.
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