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I'm angry at neither Sennheiser nor Apple. First Sennheiser does its research and uses engineering to differentiate a product, and that's fine for me. In Apple
by bayindirh 3y ago
I'm angry at neither Sennheiser nor Apple. First Sennheiser does its research and uses engineering to differentiate a product, and that's fine for me.
In Apple's case, more money generally gives more hardware. LIDARs, GPS modules in GSM iPads, more cores or more co-processors, etc.
I'm very aware that I generally don't pay for the bill of materials, and it doesn't bother me, because I get a far superior experience for a longer time.
My newest toy is 3rd generation AirPods my wife got me for my birthday. Do they sound better than my highest end headphones, no. Are they "monitor-flat", again no. But, they are practical, sound enjoyable and useful. Also they do a great job at projecting voice (podcasts, calls, audiobooks) at my ears with utmost clarity even in noisy environments without being loud, fatiguing and uncomfortable, and you know what? This is great.
Also, it renders Atmos audio beautifully. I enjoy listening to them, and this is what matters for me on the go.
And, they're paired to an iPhone X, and it's going out of support this year. I'll again get the latest and the greatest in shortest time possible and forget about phones for ~8 years.
- saiya-jin 3y agoYeah, my boss has latest and greatest iphones and airpods pro, and everytime he uses them compared to dirt cheap Jabra headset company gave us, I know. How? He sounds like crap, voice dropping, volume jumping up and down, sometimes audio disconnections, while literally everybody else on the call is fine. Pairing issues half of the time. But he refuses to use what company gives to him. He ain't complaining, because he hears rest of us perfectly fine. Btw all that hardware you listed, its in other phones too, for much less. My phone from last year has ie Lidar, that's not something fancy these days, and its pretty accurate for common stuff. I won't build shelves just by using it but otherwise measures OK.
- somehnguy 3y agoI use AirPods Pro for hours every single weekday in meetings and have never had a single complaint about quality. Never any pairing issues, and I frequently move between my work MBP, personal iPhone, and personal MBP. They switch flawlessly. I do notice that the cheapo company supplied headsets sound scratchy when others use them over personal AirPods. Funny how we have exact opposite experiences.
- grumpyprole 3y ago> Funny how we have exact opposite experiences. Just a crazy thought, but perhaps the parent was trying to connect to a device not created by Apple?
- activitypea 3y agoAny tips for Atmos? I've tried turning on "spatial audio" for albums that support it on apple music, but it just sounds more distant and echo-ey. It sounds so bad that I can't imagine anyone liking it, so I must be doing something wrong
- porkbeer 3y agoAtmos is a scam to sell more speakers. The spacial audio is the same lame fake surround sound trick that never sounded good. Either listen to Atmos mixed music, famously hated by artists and producers alike, or just listen in stereo and enjoy the music.
- activitypea 3y agoOh yeah I'm fully aware, I just want to give it an honest shot, but everytime I did it sounds the same as or worse than stereo, even watching/listening DolbyTM AtmosTM Certified ContentTM on DolbyTM AtmosTM Certified DevicesTM
- bayindirh 3y agoHonestly, no. I gave a couple of shots with some albums, with the AirPods, only. The way Apple puts it (scan your ears with FaceID camera to optimize things) makes a convincing performance of positioning music, but it's not better than a honest stereo album with a good pair of speakers. Upmixing stereo to spatial is not very good, too. Just look for Dolby Atmos albums on Apple Music.
- activitypea 3y agoHuh, I didn't know about the ear scanning thing. I'll give it a try, thank you!