I'm with Sieghard on this topic and expect that where earphones are concerned, there are as many differing opinions as those expressing them. I think the wired earpods sound great and much prefer them over a set of Bose headphones that I have for both sound and comfort.
Good luck at coming up with something that works for you. Alan Lemly Sent from my iPhone > On May 29, 2017, at 11:30 AM, Sieghard Weitzel <[email protected]> wrote: > > I have tried Airpods at an Apple Store and spend a good 15 minutes listening > to various types of music as well as a bit of an audio book. I agree that > they sound slightly better than Earpods, but I wouldn’t say that is a “Wow > experience” type difference and the fit is exactly the same, think of the > earpods with the cable cut off at the end of the little plastic part that > sticks down. > It’s interesting how perception differs, I think the wired Apple Earpods are > by far the best sounding earbuds that are not noise-isolating and especially > in that price range. I also have a pair of $200 V-Mota over the ear > headphones with beautiful soft leather earcups and they sound great, but they > definitely don’t sound 6 times as good. I have a feeling if you don’t like > Earpods that Airpods may also not be to your liking and you might want to > look at something like the new Beats X which are actually a bit less > expensive and they have a cord/cable connecting the two earbuds and there is > a fully functional remote built into this cable whereas with Airpods all you > can do is to answer/hang up a call, invoke SIRI and pause playback by taking > them out of your ear, there is no way to control volume unless you bring up > SIRI to raise or lower the volume. Otherwise you have to use the iPhone > itself for volume, skip/rewind, play/pause etc. > I am definitely waiting to see what the next generation of Airpods bring, I’m > pretty sure they’ll also come out with the second generation this fall and > hopefully Apple for once listened to what the customers want which definitely > is volume control and at least the basic functions of rewind and skip and I’d > love to see a small hole molded in the plastic which would allow you to > connect a cord so it’s not quite as easy to loose one. And of course Apple > could make said cord in 10 different colours for 5 Cents, sell it as the > “Aircord” for $9.99 and add a bit more cash to the quarter trillion Dollars > they already have on hand. > > Regards, > Sieghard > > From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of > Jennie Facer > Sent: Monday, May 29, 2017 9:09 AM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: AirPods versus the free EarPods > > Hi Mary, > > I pretty much agree with Michael. I love the AirPods. They sound just as good > as my Bose headphone did. The batteries last for about 5 hours which isn't > too bad. My husband also says that he can't hear them much when they are in > my ears, so they are pretty quiet for that. Hope this helps you a bit. > > Jenn > > Jenn and Kumi > > On May 29, 2017, at 9:25 AM, Mary Otten <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > Sent hi all, > I am considering the possible purchase of AirPods. I don't like earr buds in > general and I have never been impressed with the EarPods the Apple include > with its phone. For those of you who have both, are the AirPods really > better? Or is it just nice electronics with the same old less than wonderful > sound? I have great headphones. But they cover the ears, and I don't think I > want to wear them for hours on end. > Mary > from my iPhone > > -- > The following information is important for all members of the V iPhone list. > > If you have any questions or concerns about the running of this list, or if > you feel that a member's post is inappropriate, please contact the owners or > moderators directly rather than posting on the list itself. > > Your V iPhone list moderator is Mark Taylor. Mark can be reached at: > [email protected]. 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