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Apple AirPods satisfaction at a remarkable 98% for customers

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Re: Apple AirPods satisfaction at a remarkable 98% for customers

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Post by tedmiston »

MBCook wrote: post #31
reaperhulk wrote: post #22

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Agreed. I love my AirPods (they're amazing for when I want quick headphones and care less about sound quality) but they'd be a significantly better product if I could control the volume and go back/forward in songs without Siri.

I remapped mine from triggering Siri to simply be play/pause. I'm happy with it but I agree I'd like options. It would be nice to be able to trigger Siri once in a while or skip songs or modify volume.

Agree. I really just want the same functionality that was there with the click button from the old headphones: volume up/down, play/pause/prev/next.

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Post by k-mcgrady »

notatoad wrote: post #28
thoughtsimple wrote: post #14

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100's of millions of people use Apple's wired earbuds. These sound somewhat better. Not surprising that for most uses of mobile audio, they are better than good enough.

Hundreds of millions of people use the free headphones that come with their devices. The people who spend $200 on headphones usually have some higher requirements for audio quality.

I don't think so. Beats has about 70%+ share of the headphone market, cost over $200, and are hated by people that care about 'sound quality'.

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Post by MBCook »

pwthornton wrote: post #12
smnscu wrote: post #3

I don't doubt the ergonomics are amazing, but it's somewhat surprising to me that people are happy with such mediocre audio performance.

Audio quality on them is average, not bad, but their strengths balance out those weaknesses. In particular, I find myself using headphones more often now because I always keep these in my pocket. I listen to a lot of audiobooks and podcasts with them. Apple AirPods are the real deal. Best new Apple product in years.

Agreed. They're basically always with me, no wires to annoy me, and sound a bit better than the standard EarPods. Sure you can get better sound out of other things, but the fact I always have them is a huge deal.

The best camera is the one you have on you right? Same thing.

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Post by loxias »

Looks like some advanced level trolling to me. The only way I can imagine 98% of a group being satisfied with such a product is some variant of Stockholm syndrome.

Some days it feels like the "Next "Great" Apple product will be ... a place where you can work for free, to benefit Apple. And then we'll hear the usual suspects extolling the benefits of that.

(warning, audio geek, also wireless protocol geek, and also their damned overpriced P.O.S. don't even fit in my ears >.>)

Re: Apple AirPods satisfaction at a remarkable 98% for customers

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Post by post_break »

meursault334 wrote: post #32
pklausler wrote: post #26

My office has some really noisy people, so I wear my AirPods under a set of big ugly 3M ear protector 30dB earmuffs. Works great!

This is a case where these might actually make sense for me. I hadn't thought about the lack of cord making them more usable underneath hearing protection. Any experience with my number one reason not for buying them which is the fear of losing them?

Why not get the Bose QC35s then? Much longer battery life, tune the world out.

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Post by ianferrel »

smnscu wrote: post #3

I don't doubt the ergonomics are amazing, but it's somewhat surprising to me that people are happy with such mediocre audio performance.

I'm one of the very happy ones, and I listen mostly to podcasts in fairly noisy environments.

Audio quality simply doesn't matter that much to me. Really small/no cords/relatively minimal bluetooth nonsense is amazing.

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Post by glhaynes »

ksubedi wrote: post #16

People are satisfied because they need to justify their purchase. If the airpods costed much less, im sure we would have people complaining about audio quality and other minor issues, but when you pay that much you overlook the little things to justify your purchase.

Nope, I'm actually satisfied. Bought a couple for friends because I liked them so much. They're both satisfied despite having paid $0.

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Post by nikkwong »

pavel_lishin wrote: post #10
AsyncAwait wrote: post #8

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I am too, but most people probably listen to these class of headphones for ages, so they're not even aware/in need of something better. The fact is, the AirPods are like a $25 headphone packed into a $150 wireless case.

I lose my headphones often enough that I balk at anything about $15. I'd probably be quite happy with the Airpods' quality... ... right until I dropped one onto the subway tracks.

No joke. The fact neither the the old Apple headphones nor the airpods will stay in my ears while running makes both sets no more than a hardly usable alternative to actual earbuds, at least to me.

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Post by primitivesuave »

I can't get the damn things to stay in my ears if I'm doing any physical activity beyond brisk walking. Working out in them is out of the question, so I'm still using my regular bluetooth headphones, and I looked quite comical running to catch the train with both hands over my ears so they wouldn't fall out. I'm surprised only 1 out of every 50 people who bought Airpods are experiencing similar dissatisfaction.

Re: Apple AirPods satisfaction at a remarkable 98% for customers

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Post by jowiar »

burke wrote: post #25
pwthornton wrote: post #12

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Audio quality on them is average, not bad, but their strengths balance out those weaknesses. In particular, I find myself using headphones more often now because I always keep these in my pocket. I listen to a lot of audiobooks and podcasts with them. Apple AirPods are the real deal. Best new Apple product in years.

I'm sad that Beats was the one headphone brand that Apple ended up purchasing when they wanted to expand that space. B&O felt like a natural synergy for them too. I would love to be able to buy better-sounding AirPods under an Apple/B&O label.

Thisx1000. B&O, B&W, Sonus Faber, PSB... I'd run out and buy any of them with a W1 Bluetooth chip in a heartbeat.
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