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Re: AirPods Max 2

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Post by mvdtnz »

porphyra wrote: post #136
ex-aws-dude wrote: post #114

I don't understand how a pair of headphones can be $549 meanwhile the Macbook Neo is $599 The pricing on these always seemed a bit crazy to me, like the value is way off compared to other Apple products

Isn't this pricing pretty in line with other high end ANC headphones? e.g. Bowers & Wilkins PX8 ($699), Focal Bathys ($849), Sony WH-1000XM6 ($399), Kef Mu7 ($399), Bose QC Ultra ($449)

Weird response. He said "I don't understand how a pair of headphones can be $549" and you responded "here are some headphones that are priced at $549".

Yeah. We know. It's just hard to understand how anyone can value headphones at this price. It's lunacy.

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Post by pwatsonwailes »

mikestew wrote: post #248
pwatsonwailes wrote: post #242

Earlier quoted context omitted.

1. They have steel weights in them to make them that heavy so they feel more premium.

You’re thinking of Beats. And you’re still wrong because the Beats were knock-offs. https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47403183

My mistake. Nice catch.

That being said, AirPods use a steel frame construction to get the weight up for the same reason. There's a whole thing with weight in neuromarketing for luxury and luxury-adjacent products. There's fringe benefits acoustically to using it, around resonance mainly, but mostly it's to get weight and influence perception. Same reason as the knock-offs, different mechanism.

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Post by JumpCrisscross »

hug wrote: post #288
JumpCrisscross wrote: post #271

Earlier quoted context omitted.

> it’s in the soft tissue on top of it Can anyone with a medical background confirm if this is a thing, or folks are just noticing old undulations in their skulls?

You shouldn't need a medical background to know that having something press on a spot for a couple of hours will leave a depression in your skin. You have probably fallen asleep on something patterned or folded and have it leave an impression on your skin before: This is no different. Other places it happens: Watches that are slightly too tight or have ridden up an arm. Glasses arms pressing against your temple or be…

> shouldn't need a medical background to know that having something press on a spot for a couple of hours will leave a depression in your skin

I read “soft tissue on top of” the skull to mean more than a superficial skin depression.

We have layers of connective tissue between the skin and skull [1]. Their damage usually calls for medical attention.

[1] https://www.earthslab.com/anatomy/scalp/

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Post by dandelany »

wil421 wrote: post #308
larrik wrote: post #206

Earlier quoted context omitted.

As someone who has never seen these or paid attention to them I was thinking "how heavy could they possibly be?" Then I saw 13.6 oz and I was blown away. That's actually really heavy for headphones!

People wear them at work daily and it doesn’t seem to be a problem. One guy looks likes he’s Tier 3 support and uses them 8 hours a day 5 days a week for years. People compliment my Jabra’s voice quality otherwise I would’ve switched already.

Sure, plenty of people also wear a 14 oz hard hat strapped to their head all day with no negative health impacts. Doesn't mean it's enjoyable or comfortable for everyone.

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Post by mlmonkey »

Not to threadjack, but this is a question that I've had for a while and I've been looking for the right forum to ask: are there any "open source" earbuds? I would like to take a pair of earbuds and invert the noise-cancellation curve: basically, amplify any ambient noise (with filtering of course). My grandma (not in the US or EU) is hard of hearing, and the only options available to her are random Chinese junk. I would like to try this experiment, where I just invert the noise cancellation curve and make the ambient noise louder.

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Post by LoganDark »

frizlab wrote: post #228
StefanKarpinski wrote: post #177

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I got excited there for a second — free fix for the most annoying problem with my headphones! But no, my AirPods Max have the latest firmware and still have this issue. Any time I leave them for more than a day, the battery is drained.

Try hard reset (long press (~15s) both buttons). I know I have had this issue and did not have it after reset. Though I do have another annoying, and seemingly unique issue: sometimes, when adjusting the position of the headphone, they do a “click” (and a loud one), and just shut down. After a few seconds, they boot up again. The farthest from the last reset, the more often it happens. I have no idea why.

I noticed that behavior as well, but whenever I speak loudly with the headphones on. One remark to myself that's too loud, and suddenly pop and the noise cancellation is gone for like 10 seconds. Super annoying.

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Post by KeplerBoy »

mlmonkey wrote: post #315

Not to threadjack, but this is a question that I've had for a while and I've been looking for the right forum to ask: are there any "open source" earbuds? I would like to take a pair of earbuds and invert the noise-cancellation curve: basically, amplify any ambient noise (with filtering of course). My grandma (not in the US or EU) is hard of hearing, and the only options available to her are random Chinese junk. I wo…

Pixel buds have this feature, it's called transparency mode. I use it for cycling so I'm still aware of my surroundings in traffic.

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Post by oliyoung »

seizethecheese wrote: post #164

I'll briefly join the chorus: AirPods Max were the worst value for money I've ever spent on a tech product. But more interestingly: what happens at a company like Apple that leads them to not cancel this product and come up with something totally new? Is it that the success of their other products pulls this along so well that they are numb to this product being a dog? AirPods Pro (the earbuds) are a great product, s…

> what happens at a company like Apple that leads them to not cancel this product and come up with something totally new

I'm in the suburbs of a middling Australian city, nothing special and not in particularly high socioeconomic areas

There is at least two people per bus wearing them (or at least very good comps), they're as common as Sony XM5 or XM6's and while they're not Airpods penetration, they're wildly popular for their pricepoint

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Post by astrange »

bayindirh wrote: post #250
Paria_Stark wrote: post #227

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Doubt audiophiles are really the target for the AirPods Max.

As a (sane) audiophile, I happily use Apple devices for enjoyable listening. Their headphones have amazing clarity and soundstage for their size. If you keep in mind that AirPods are calibrated to your ears with your iPhone's FaceID camera, they provide nice, tailored sound. I also have nice, but not over the top equipment. Yes, some of them sound nicer and more detailed (you can't compare large, 100W/channel bookshe…

> If you keep in mind that AirPods are calibrated to your ears with your iPhone's FaceID camera, they provide nice, tailored sound.

That's only for spatial audio.

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Post by smusamashah »

KeplerBoy wrote: post #317
mlmonkey wrote: post #315

Not to threadjack, but this is a question that I've had for a while and I've been looking for the right forum to ask: are there any "open source" earbuds? I would like to take a pair of earbuds and invert the noise-cancellation curve: basically, amplify any ambient noise (with filtering of course). My grandma (not in the US or EU) is hard of hearing, and the only options available to her are random Chinese junk. I wo…

Pixel buds have this feature, it's called transparency mode. I use it for cycling so I'm still aware of my surroundings in traffic.

Lots of earbuds have transparency mode. I have Earfun Air Pro 4+ (which were big too big for my ears). They sound very good and have really good transparency mode. The company keeps releasing firmware updates every now and then.

Also got a nothing Ear. They are very comfy, and have very good sound. But transparency mode in those is awful. Other things are bad too.

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