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Fun fact about The Beans: iFixit took them apart and found that the ribbon cables connecting the microphones and speakers to the main board are marked "BEAN LEFT" and "BEAN RIGHT".
I would not be surprised if the original in-house project name was called the Bean. It's a bit easier to talk about in the office. So, what's the latest on the Bean? Well boss we got the bluetooth chipset working right. The software team is still taking a while on the app, its backlogged and on another redesign.
Got my 7 year old son the 1 grit sticker and put it in his stocking. He lost his mind! My wife didn't know what the hell the sticker was, but he was more excited about that 6 dollar sticker than anything else he got (he also got an iPad) he and I are big fans and I'm in the patrion club. Keep making em!
I'm really happy that at least one high profile tech youtuber is stressing the importance of wired headphones and the headphone jack. A lot of them who were skeptical at first got around to the idea of it being gone.
It's tragic that phones and even some tablets and computers are coming without headphone jacks. There are a few other militant 3.5 mm jack advocates. See: Juan bagnell.
I think most people just gave up because the major phone companies are never going to make a jack become standard again. They all stand to make too much extra money on Bluetooth accessories. That's what it's about.
@@supersonicguy556 DankPods' channel needs ThioJoe's spam comment tool, either used by him to remove them, or any of us to mass-report all of them as spam.
To my ears these 3rd Gen Air pods are more comfortable compared to the newer Pro version with the soft gel tips. ru-vid.comUgkxgl8SzyQoymMu-S3V55Dskg5QJ8xr1yCR That said, compared to the 3rd Gen, I notice these do not stay planted in the ear as well. One design issue I think, is you squeeze the stem and click it twice to advance your songs. On 3rd gen you tap the large speaker. The difference is by grabbing the stem each time, you tend to loosen the bud fit in your ear. Not always, but the bud falls out a few times while running. The old tap to change never had that problem for me. I would not have changed that tap function. That said, the newer Pro version sticks in the ear, almost airtight if you want that. I do not like that Airtight fit. So that's why I'd stay with this version as the best trade off of comfort, use, and overall feel.
They're actually called the Galaxy Bud Lives (I forget if there's an s on the end of Lives/Live, but who cares), they're just always gonna be the beans.
I asked one time on Amazon how the new “Galaxy Buds Live” compared to the “Galaxy Beans.” Someone replied back saying the GBL are better than the Beans.
I can see why you were a teacher - you are brilliant at explaining things haha. That metaphor with ANC and the car window? SO good, made me understand it immediately.
Same! I think music sounds a lot better with it off (it seems to remove/muddy the stereo) but I love it for youtube (in fixed mode): it makes the audio more immersive and the dialogue more clear. It seems to remember those preferences too since I have not had to mess with it.
I think nearly everybody refers to them as the Samsung Beans. Much easier to remember the nickname and to talk about to avoid confusion with the other Galaxy Bud models.
And props to Fiio for making the UTWS 3. A decent hearing-aid-style adapter that turns any MMCX IEM into Sony XM4 wireless earbuds. Now I can finally have Moondrop Blessing 2s that double as wireless earbuds!!! 🤙
@@handlemonium The Blessing 2 uses 0.78mm connecters so make sure to order the right, er, Variation:) Also, the UTWSes don't do LDAC if that's important to you.
I think you wrote amazing essays back in your school days. Paying attention, (rough translation from french) you are very good at bringing up the subject, posing a question and narrowing
@@thrownsofaraway9978 tbf you shouldn't be comparing graphic cards and headphones. As Dankpods himself says the age doesn't really matter in headphones but in gpus after 10 years the 3090 would be a standard. Still not agreeing with Linus btw.
Pro Live Sound Engineer here. We use “Doin’ it Right” to tune our large line array PA systems. Killer track! Love when you feel the subs punch on that 3rd chord.
I like how the AirPods were neatly organized at the beginning of the video and then half way through it looks like someone belly flopped onto the table 😂
This is a man who has made himself known by talking about audio quality and educating the masses on its importance and how to notice differences in sound. I can only imagine this is something he’s certain some of us would notice. But ur right. I’m also here for the content above all
I think part of the reason Bluetooth mics are so low quality are also due to the handsfree protocol communication they drop down to when using the mic (which puts them in "call mode" instead of "listening mode"). This massively compresses the data stream since there's two-way communication happening, which is also why listening to something while on a call is played in mono and sounds very artifacty. Cables don't have to worry about this since there's usually a dedicated wire and contact on the plug for the mic.
Yes. I don't understand why this is still a thing. High quality bluetooth audio has been a thing for such a long time. Maybe you can argue it's a battery life thing, but then all these headphones enable special audio cancelling or transparency modes anyway. There is no reason why modern Bluetooth headphones shouldn't be able to have the bidirectional communication at a higher bit rate. There must be another non-technical reason, since even Apple doesn't seem to bother to fix it...
@@Niosus Apple hasn't bothered because any attempt at fixing it would be going out of the Bluetooth spec. The main problem is the organization behind the standard, Bluetooth SIG. They made a lot of spec changes to accomodate different codecs for unidirectional audio, but they have left bidirectional audio in the dust. They're the reason why the hands-free protocol has stayed so obsolete.
At the end of the day, I'm sorry, but I don't buy DankPods' convenience argument. If we're really going to talk about convenience, then let me introduce the JLab Metal earbuds I have. Cost about $20. They're super durable, small, wired, have a mic, and have relatively decent audio quality. I mean, for fuck's sake, they fit far easier into my pocket than those bluetooth earbud containers. And for those who say they don't have a headphone jack on their phone, what I can say? Maybe buy a better phone next time.
The whole "handsfree mode" has always been a pain. It tends to cause massive issues with poorly configured Bluetooth devices and is all around a silly limitation to have anymore.
@@arnox4554 "buy a better phone" unfortunately phones with a headphone jack are a dying breed. The latest flagships don't have them only mid range and low end phones have them now which is a shame. I use the one on my phone all the time.
Absolutely agree about the form factor of buds. I appreciate that bud form factor for my comfy, lighter weight IEMs that sound absolutely banging, but if I want true wireless, or even a pair where I can lay sideways in bed, the pod form factor is my preference. Much more comfy, and Air and EarPods feel light as a feather in my ears. Idk why Apple are the only ones doing it though, but they have my business because of it
Dank, enjoyed the video as always, btw there are two modes for the spatial audio, head tracked (the one you must’ve used) and fixed which is when it surrounds you and makes you feel like you’re in the middle of the sound.
@@stickythestickman.official And it impresses me every time and makes for a good laugh too. Wade is good at improvisation, i'm glad it's an ongoing bit in his videos
I’ve done the whole silicone tip wireless earbud thing before. Yeah, you get good sound, and you can’t hear anything around you (this is a pro or con depending on your pov). But the main problem at least for me is that they get very uncomfortable after a while to the point where they hurt and I have to take them out. I went back to the normal pole buds that came with my phone and cherished them. They sat in my ear perfectly and never got uncomfortable. Sure the sound quality isn’t good at all but they worked well enough. Some time goes by and a get the og AirPods. It was a similar experience but with no wires which was rather freeing. Out on the bike there was no wire to worry about and I could leave my phone and go to another part of the room. They served me well and were super convenient. Then I got the airpod v3 and the first time I listened to them I was absolutely blown away. Basically everything about them is better. You get controls, better battery, and more sound. For a week or so they were uncomfortable to wear for long periods but then my ear just got used to them. Really my only complaint is that they are harder to orient when putting them back in the case compared to the og. I even found them to not get gunked up with ear wax as compared to the older Apple bud design. That’s amazing. I still keep my old AirPods around as a backup or when I’m skiing as I find they fit better under the helmet. AirPods are the epitome of what Apple does best: build quality, ease of use, overall experience. If you got an iPhone there’s really no reason not to buy them. They strike a balance that I have not seen in any other product I’ve seen or tried.
I actually bought KZ Pros for myself to use with my iPod, and they’re absolutely wonderful. Even with the shitty aux to lightning adapter, they make everything sound good even through my phone. Best audio purchase I’ve ever made, 25 bucks too.
you gotta love how the pros are literally built so well. ive dropped mine got knows how many times on so many different surfaces from different heights and the case still only has like one or two tiny scratches.
@@unsuitablemoo6185 I’m a swimmer and during initial Covid quarantine locker rooms were closed at pretty much every college lot there, so we had to leave our stuff right by the pool. One day upon picking up my bag the airpod pro case fell out, hit the ground and both of the shot out and landed in the pool and immediately sank to the bottom. They were unusable after retrieving them, but after trying them again a few days later they sounded as good as new. Zero issues since
I just played that daft punk song you said with the low bass and holy heck, I can feel that in my chest... while the music plays on my headphones. that is some bass alright
For me one of the biggest improvements was how good the wireless in ear plugs are for running and other sports. No more annoying cables or buds that fall out of my ear every 2 seconds
What I still hate about wireless headphones is that after a few years, you'll throw away perfectly good/ sometimes amazing headphones, just because the batterie died. I feel like it's just a convenient way for big tech companies to create a steady demand of headphones that shouldn't have to exist.
Agreed. I use galaxy buds. Although they are good in the conventional way of speaking. Once the batteries day, I cant fix them. I'm not skilled enough to solder that small, and it doesn't seem worth it to me. So far 3ish maybe 4 years after I bought them, still functioning fantastic and I personally don't think I will get rid of them until they take that final nose dive. But they will always hold the problems the nano holds. They're to small for the average person, to properly modify them without potentially making things worse. I have a cabled set of headphones that are better, and if something breaks, I can always make the attempts to fix it properly
@@DeathProductions200 I have the Galaxy buds plus. They're 1.5 years old now I believe. One of the main differences between the regular Galax buds was improved battery life. They are advertised to do 11 hours on a charge and another 11 with the case (which I charge wirelessly, just plonk em down on the pad). The battery may have degraded a bit, but I honestly can't tell. I never actually kill these buds. They only get really low after I fall asleep with them and they're active the entire night. But even then, i usually only find out when I try to watch something during breakfast and notice that the Bluetooth is still connected. They're not actually dead after that, just low. I think that the clue is to have a big battery like this. It means you rarely, if ever, discharge the battery fully (which by itself can improve the longevity by a large amount). And on top of that, even if you lose some capacity you're unlikely to actually notice it. Even now I can comfortable take them on a weekend trip and just not bother charging them at all. 22 hours of battery life is such a long time...
Honestly, my TWS headphones tend to live longer than wired ones - wires end up bending and breaking way faster than anything battery-related ever does.
real audio legend, you helped me so much. Love the song tips to get a better understanding of music and accentuate different aspects or tones in a song. Cuz man 'doin it right' really makes stinkin' buds woof and pretty sony xm2 shine, thanks again!
I just want to let you know, that my two year old is OBSESSED with your videos. He asked for "headphones" almost everyday and recognizes your thumbnails. He'll also get out his little bongo drum and plays with it while he watches. And now he loves snakes (he calls them Franks) almost as much as he lives Thomas the Train. We watch the episode on snakes with Steve Erwin multiple times a week. So thanks for that, my dude. :)
Always a blessed time when this guy uploads, having one of the worst days in a quite a while and it brings such a joy to my face to see this guy upload. Thank you Mr.Dank
What a great video! not only did we get a review i also got a little amp/cable lesson with awesome air-boiz alterative recommendations , keep the vid comin
I think the cabled mic is best because it's not processed The wireless ones have to record your voice but they're not near your mouth, so they have to apply processing to "enhance" the sound
The cabled ones aren't at your mouth either. When I wear EarPods and AirPods, the AirPod mics are closer to my mouth but cables just have way higher bandwidth, so they don't have to compress the signal.
@@Secondarian i'd argue the signal to noise ratio is better with wired ones because the mic is in front of you. part of the processing in wireless buds probably involves making up for lost high-end due to the directionality of the voice. turning that sibilance up and keeping out background noise is tricky - having the mic on your chest, even if it's slightly further, puts wired buds at a huge advantage
As far as I'm aware, it's because Bluetooth has very low bandwidth, as such data compression is absolutely necessary for audio, which is perfectly fine for things like calls or simply understanding what a person is saying, but for listening to music or accurate reproduction of sounds it's not nearly enough bandwidth.
It also has to do with the wired cables being analog and the wireless microphones being digital. Analog audio will always be superior to digital audio in majority of cases.
Also the ADC to convert the signal into digital audio being inside the telephone instead of stuffed into the tiny confines of an earbud as an afterthought, and subsequently compressed and transmitted via a rather restrictive wireless protocol.
Got some decent wired headphones for the Holidays, mom was telling me that when she was buying them all the sales people were trying so hard to convince her that I really wanted the wireless instead, even though I specifically asked for wired. She could barely even find any wired ones, and even though they were by comparison dirt cheap, they sound great.
@@GlobalDesignHD I’d look at something from Focal for over-ear, the AKG K371. Hard to find a good closed back headphone. I personally use the Aeon Flow Closed from Dan Clark Audio, it’s probably the best closed back under $1k. May not be the best for your needs, considering it is very power hungry and few phones/tablets/laptops have the output power needed. In ears offer a much better price-performance ratio than over ears. The Moondrop Starfield and Aria ($100 and $80, respectively. basically the same IEM, different casing). The Tin Hi-Fi T2 ($50) is the lowest I’d go but is still excellent
Yeah I like Bluetooth for the convenience of not having a wire when out and about, or being able to go all over my apartment and leaving the phone at the couch. But I’ll never have a “Bluetooth headphone”, it has to be a decent wired pair that merely also has Bluetooth functionality or can be converted. That way when I’m plugged into various synths, or my computer, I can be wired and actually enjoy my FLACs.
@@ahappycoder2925 Ye I used to use my LGv40 with hifi dac but now I have a samsung s21 with usb c dongle and I don't think it's nearly as good. Maybe I should look for a better dongle first.
I do feel it should be pointed out that ANC doesn’t play back the “same” sound, but quite literally the “opposite” sound. If an identical sound wave were played back, the waves would constructively interfere and the outside noise would actually become *louder*. By using a reverse form of the wave, the origin noise and the ANC sound destructively interfere, thus largely cancelling each other out. I’m sure Mr. Dankpods is well aware of this, just wanted to break it down more for those scrolling through the comments.
I watch the entire video every time, but my favorite part of each video is the mic stories we get every single time. (Giant air pod... that's all I will say.)
The whole "convenience not quality" thing is why I don't see much appeal in the "high end" versions like the Earpods or Galaxy buds or whatever. I can pay like $40 for some Taotronics or Ankers and get OK-ish audio, or I can spend $250 and get OK audio. You can buy an HD 6xx with the money saved!
That's a fair point! But its the case with everything. The higher the price gets the smaller are the benefits The difference between 20 to 100€ earphones or mostly anything is bigger than the difference between 100 and 300€ It's always how much are you willing to spend to get that bit extra. Personally I got the sennis tw2 for 300€ when they were new. I also could have bought 20€ ones and used the rest to get some better sounding actual headphones (pretty much like you said) but just because they are good enough and so convenient I rarely even use my hd 660s (that bind me to the desk) TLDR : spend whatever you are comfortable with and sometimes it's worth it to spend more even if you get less benefits.
As someone who owns galaxy buds (og one) I have my opinions. They are good to people who aren't audiophiles that is absolutely true. For 150 bucks (what i paid 3-4 years ago) the convenience ive had while on the train going from the dealership to my home, and attempting to walk to the train having that convenience in a super low profile is worth it. Ambient sound, although weird to me for when I was riding my longboard (I used them as ear plugs for the wind, not to listen to music) is useful when walking on a calm day. I have studio headphones for my home setup. But I've noticed, when I have really good iems vs my galaxy buds, I tend to go with the galaxy buds for my daily because sound isn't as important when you're not in a controlled environment. But having them is a fantastic tool.
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I literally paused the video and played Daft Punk on my TaoTronics Soundsurge 90s, just to hear the bass he was talking about. I paid just $30 for mine and they are blowing my mind: the ANC is meh, but the build, battery life and sound quality per dollar is off the charts.
I tend to settle for mid-range Huawei or Xiaomi buds (currently using Freebuds 4i) - they cost around $80-100 and have all the perks of high-end ones (similar design, equal sound quality and bells’n’whistles, being made by established tech companies) without the brand overprice.
the reason the wired earpods sounded the best is probably the fact they don't have to deal with the audio compression in bluetooth headset mode (to fit both the incoming and outgoing audio streams) clearly, bluetooth can carry higher quality audio *to* your ear while listening to music, it's just not set up for the other way around
Yeah lots of people don’t realise the mic still uses 8kHz (and 8bit?) audio just like a GSM 2G phone call. Seen so many “this says AptX but the mic sounds terrible!” style reviews. There _are_ proposals for high fidelity calls over Bluetooth, but none made it into any official spec and so no-one accommodates them because only like one or two models of headphone can use any particular scheme. I keep thinking, surely, this version of the Bluetooth spec will add something… but then BT6 didn’t even add any extra listening quality improvements, let alone mic improvements. I wonder what it would take to actually get 16/48 from a mic into the Bluetooth spec. Using Opus (or HE-AAC if they really want to have to pay licensing fees) in the spec would probably end up with the same throughput on the data link, but with actually-decent mic quality. Even 16kbps sounds actually good for voice from Opus.
I don't know anything about this topic you're talking about, and I believe you might be right (just personal opinion, if you are totally right I'm still ignorant about this). But I think that having the mic closer to your mouth in the wired ones rather than almost at the back of your head makes a greater difference. Again, I can be wrong, I haven't actually tested some earpods talking directly into them, this is just what I think.
So glad they made the buds available. Always hated the standard apple earphone shape. They are painful and always fall out unless you have very big ear holes.
I feel like the only time I was truly wowed by spatial audio was listening to the playlist of specially tailored tracks on Apple Music on my AirPods Max. It’s kinda fun to play around with on the others though
i've had my gen 1 airpods for years now and i absolutely value how open they are. wearing them in public/on the train, i can listen for my stop without pausing my music
My gen 1s broke after 3 years of use, they were amazing and I loved them, I got AirPod Pros and personally I like them more, I use transparency mode and it’s great, the AirPods Gen 1 are still an amazing headphone and revolutionary
Yeah same here, I feel like it would be kinda dangerous to go walking around without being able to hear your environment much. When I'm out I prefer to be able to hear both my music and what's happening around me.
@@Vuden13 i trade quality for convenience and safety. i'm not walking around a city with my mezes on, that's just inviting a mugging that i wouldn't even hear coming
The convenience of truly wireless earbuds _cannot_ be overstated. I used to carry wired earbuds with me everywhere I went because I love music and… because I’d forget that I actually had the buds with me-they were just so inconvenient to untangle, plug in, get interrupted, have to unplug them, and coil them in futile effort to keep them untangled. Now that I have truly wireless earbuds, it takes seconds to listen to music during those unexpected free moments I get.
Fun fact KZ makes a wireless earbud kit that works with the KZ-ZSN Pros he shows towards the end. They are the kind that loop around the back of your ear and the charging case is about the size of a hostess snack cake
Yes, I got it recently and it looks so high end that my family got concerned about my spending when they saw it :D it works amazing, they connect instantly after opening the case and they fit me very well. The case is huge though.
I've been using my skullcandy Indy's for about a year and a half now and they have been great, Not the best when it comes to bass and overall sound quality but they are super comfortable to wear and have a long enough battery that i don't have to worry for a while
I would love to see a video of you going over your "benchmark" songs and what to listen for and/or what kind of headphones to use to listen for what parts of music. I just got a pair of DT 770 Pros after your recommendation and listening to Doin' it Right was AMAZING. My car's subs can't even hit that 3rd low note like the DT770s can!
Idk if it helps anyone, but the spatial audio has an option for “fixed”, in case you like how it sounds but don’t want the sound to shift from one year to another. It’s not in the settings tho, it’s in the control center when you long tap the volume with the nuggets in
Man, you describing music and what details to listen to really make me appreciate songs I've listened hundreds of times, or had no idea existed and now simply love them. The only other one able to do this was Rick f*ing Beato.
I got TWS earbuds thanks to seeing your video on the Raycons/Taotronics, I use a set of Tribit Flybuds 3. For around £30-40, there's silicon for noise cancellation, hours of battery life, USB-C fast charging and changable braces that fit inside the ear and keep the earphones in place. In addition to this, the case has a massive battery built into it so you can use this case as a power bank for a phone using the USB slot on the front! I'm not searching for the absolute best quality audio so chances are there are better wireless earbuds with better audio or microphones. However, I find that Tribit make great quality for low budgets. Their Xfree headphones are also Bluetooth and have been really useful to me in the past, too. (I'm not associated with them, I just love their products. I think you showed off their waterproof speaker in that one video)
Btw: you can make the spatial audio “fixed” so you can move your head without the sound changing. Also once you do, it sounds so awesome!! I turned it off for a song and the music suddenly became dull-it was weird. And the pro’s have been *lifesavers* for me because I have really sensitive hearing so I can pop these in and put it on noise cancellation and everything becomes so much quieter, which saves me from a mental breakdown. Also their battery life is pretty long, so I can leave these in for like 4 hours and the battery be on 25%. Definitely worth the money imo
Isn't making the spatial audio fixed so it stays the same as you turn your head just...basically the same thing as turning it off? And if it does anything else then it is at best like one of those cheap gaming headphones with the "7.1 surround sound" button.
Yeah, it still makes sense. In my experience, spatialized audio (on AirPods Pro) has the effect of simulating a wider soundstage. It's actually pretty effective. For casual listening on the go I almost always use it, but I turn it off for podcasts and spoken content. And for the purest music experience, I use either Drop Pandas or Beyerdynamic DT880 Pros depending on the music genre.
@@imstupid880 nah the music is still mixed in surround and using fixed spatial audio let’s you listen to it. Spatial audio completely off is just stereo
@@imstupid880 no, the way that the spatial audio is mixed is not like stereo. even with it in a fixed position, it can move things up and down from you, and forward and back, while stereo just does left and right. the moving your head and changing the sound thing is more for like virtual reality I imagine than for music, but there's no reason you couldn't turn it on for music if you wanted to, and so you can. i'm sure the orignal mix engineer used a static position to make the mix, but anyway, NOT stereo.
I recently got the KZ ZSN Pros on Dankpod's recommendation. Then I got the AZO9 Pro wireless adapters. They had wireless adapters before but now they have a new sound chip and two power modes. They have little clicky buttons and everything. Only wish left for me would be if they had an "ambient in" mode through the microphones so I could wear them all the time and still hear my surroundings when needed.
The contrast between Sony and Apple is interesting, especially in design philosophy. Sony has different priorities and so their product is less convenient but sounds and performs better, but is still much more convenient than the Stax. But where this gets more obvious is in their phones. _Sony still make phones with headphone jacks._ That's really bold, seeing as their phones don't compromise anywhere either. Not even a notch on the screen. Great video, mate!
Which is fantastic. Aside from the fact that Sony charges waaaaaaayyyyyyy too much for their phones for most people. They go for that premium market of people who are super serious about specs, and those people do tend to care more about the headphone jack.
Sony phones mostly haven't caught on because of being too enthusiast focused, high cost, and the classic problem of horrible naming. They're good phones in their own right but very hard sells to the average consumer. They should probably consider the average person a little more for a future phone to see if they can have a breakout hit like Google has had with the pixel 6 and pixel a series phones, it's proof that it's possible.
Sony is... odd... They usually prioritize function over form (whereas Apple is usually first and foremost fashion-focused), and sometimes make some very niche stuff. The stuff they put all their effort into ends up being amazing, but there's always one glaring or niggling flaw that keeps them from being perfect. Probably to get your to buy the next model where they "fix" the issue but then potentially add some other somewhere ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
Apple's design philosophy is basically just everything needs to feel premium. From the packaging, to the device's design, to even the internals Aside from the Airpods Max's bra, they've almost never missed in terms of design They suck at software though
I owned 3 Sony Xperia phones, you'd get about 3 years out of it before...it...becomes...the...laaaaaaaaaaggiest phone you've ever used. If I decide that I want to turn on my Xperia SP it'll take about 2 minutes to boot up; it's like it's got a 5400rpm drive in it or something.
I got the meze 99 classics from the code you had on them a few weeks ago for christmas and i love them so much!! thank you for showing this amazing audio world to me!
Once I dropped my pairs of AirPod pros in the 8ft deep end of a pool. After around 10 minutes, I got them out. I got dried with a towel and air dryer and boom they worked, noise canceling and all. Genuinely impressive with how well they are built.
I like the mental image that Dank constantly rolls with his windows down, blasting tunes, coz his example "when you roll the window up" sounds like it's an out-of-the-ordinary, remarkable thing.
This is why I love DankPods; he isn't afraid to go on a tangent and take the video into interesting, different areas on a whim. The WHIMS, mate! (not an Aussie)
That being said, while wired is probably always going to be better when it comes to audio quality, it's still kind of amazing how far we have come and how good these fully wireless things sound while being easily pocketable and without needing to be recharged every half an hour.
I just bought a pair of the 3s and the comfort is alright but the sound is great and I love the features and it takes some getting used to but after a while they get comfortable
I got the 3’s too just because the battery life is so much better. It was a great purchase for me. I used the regular airpods for a long time on the go because the case is small and I saved the pros for around the house, but the 3’s have become my go to for every situation now.
The lifestyle point is absolutely right. I *live* with my AirPods. I have one in my ear for at least 50% of my waking life. It's a mental health thing -- music keeps me leveled and helps with anxiety. But I need that open ear experience so I can still hear people, and the convenience is super important. Currently it feels like apple is doing the best at this segment, so I'll be buying these when my AirPod 2's die out (as I did for the 1's).
To me, I get overwhelmed and since I live on a relatively busy intersection (second busiest in my town) if I try to go to the grocery store, having sound isolating headphones is a fantastic tool. With the galaxy buds, it can be significantly more discreet since I have very long hair, and I can avoid sensory overload more often than without them (especially during Christmas where the stores will constantly play Christmas music and everyone and their mother wants to yell in stores)
Idk but you know Huawei has open earbuds too. I know western people don't like Chinese brands but the sound in much better and it has anc that works okish.
To the og comment: you know something called transparency mode right? It takes outside noice and replay them in you eat together with the music so you can be more aware of your surroundings
I won't lie, I was a music amateur until this channel. I didnt even now the bongo man until you showed me so im very grateful for you. Cheers man you're a legend.
Love your uploads. So thankful I’ve found you this year - you taught me a lot and made me laugh in the hellscape of 2021. happy new year to you and Frank!! 🥳🥳🥳
what's fun with the apple earpods / nintendo switch analogy, is that for the longest of time the switch wasn't able to pair with bluetooth earphones, it's only in a somewhat recent patch that they finally added the bluetooth audio compatibility. That was here in the machine from the start, but it took them this long to add the software for it ffs.. But, fun stuff, until not long ago you just couldn't use apple's earpods with the nintendo switch haha.
I’m a recording musician and a big time (but still amateur) audiophile. So good sound is everything to me. But I spend a lot of my time either at work, or biking to and from work. And I know that LOTS of people are in the same boat. And for convenience without sacrificing too much sound, AirPods Pro are the way to go, in my opinion. The transparency option allows me to hear cars going by on my bike without totally wiping out the bass in my music like the cables EarPods do. I also test all my song mixes with my AirPods (after mixing with higher end studio headphones, of course). I know that a lot of folks are going to be listening to music on the go like I usually do, so I want to make sure that my songs sound good in that kind of environment. And AirPods are honestly a very easy and convenient way to do that. Wherever I am, I can just pop them in and see how my stuff sounds on a bike, in a warehouse, on a hiking trail, or in any other setting. It’s great.
I love my AirPods for the fit reasons you mentioned. I can use in ears with rubber tips, but they get uncomfortable really quick for me. After about a half hour they start to really irritate my ears, but with the hard plastic buds they stay comfortable for a lot longer.
Same, I can genuinely keep an airpod In my ear all day long and no issues. And I’ve had mine 2 years now (they are first gen) and still no battery issues. Are you already noticing battery breakdown?
Also try adding audio gram info to the AirPods in accessibility settings. It adapts based on your actual hearing and balances the sound based on the test results. The difference was insane for me as I have hearing loss over several frequencies.
That’s very interesting. I wonder how it can tell which frequencies you can’t hear. For me it’s more of a misbalance between the ears, but besides a few apps offering stereo adjustment or an EQ per ear, there’s seemingly no system-wide way to make one ear louder than the other in a lot of phones.
@@kaitlyn__L so the audio gram comes from a test. You find a quiet place and start the app. It plays tones of different frequencies at different volumes. You press and hold the button while you hear the tone then release when you stop hearing it. It’s not perfect and you should use headphones that the app has already been calibrated for like AirPods or wired EarPods but it makes a difference.
@@kaitlyn__L as far as system wide balance iPhones have a balance setting in Settings>accessibility>audio/visual. Scroll down and you can set the audio balance across all apps.
I'm rediscovering Daft Punk thanks to you. Used to only listen to them in the car with crappy lowend, through a cassette adapter and a USB to jack, so all the interesting bass was missing. They not publishing anymore though...
Holy moly, I had *no* idea spatial audio was a thing with Airpod Pros. That explains so much :') I was wondering why it'd just get randomly quieter whenever I turn my head. Thanks heaps, Dank Pods! Hope 2022 is an awesome year for you from one fellow Aussie to another!
It's actually really annoying and I wish I could turn it off, e.g. when I'm using radio player apps. The only way I've found so far is to enable Mono audio in Accessibility which isn't what I want to do.
@@circattle you can turn it off. Go to control center to the bar that controls the sound, if you press if for a few seconds a menu will come up noise control and spatialize studio. You can turn it on and off from there.
I got the DT 770 Pros for Christmas as my first real over-ear headphones. (I've had gaming headsets but never used them for music) and holy shit transitioning from those to my airpod pros or my headset is like night and day. I REALLY appreciate the convenience of the airpod pros though, the noise cancelling feature is lifesaving for me as a college student and as someone who has a loud roommate. The noise cancelling really drowns out constant hours of someone watching friends for hours right next to you.
