Interesting, richard. I really want these, but the price is out of my range, seeing as how my husband is retiring in a couple of months and won’t be getting Social Security for another year. So I’ll wait for a sale. Smile. Do you have AirPods Pro? I ask because I do have those, and I’ve been very impressed with spacial audio, but it’s not available very many places. I think if it catches on, the AirPods Max could be absolutely stunning.
Sent from my iPhone > On Mar 26, 2021, at 5:39 PM, Richard Turner <[email protected]> > wrote: > > > I received the Airpods Max today and unboxed them and was surprised how very > sturdy and solid they feel. I know, I've heard about them, but holding them > in your hands for the first time, everything about them screams quality! > > Now, everything I have read about the "smart case" which some people call the > "smart pouch", and I have heard some say "Smart Bra"; but I would go with > pouch. I don't know if they changed the material, but the descriptions I had > heard made me think I was going to have a mesh kind of thing that was kind of > stretchy like the afore mention article of women's clothing. However, this > one feels like polyurethane, or even silicon. My wife says it still looks > odd, and with the headphones in it, more like a purse, but it appears to be > quite sturdy. I gather it has no charge of its own, it just tells the > headphones to go into a deep sleep… > > Now, as for the headphones themselves… > I am quite seriously impressed! Yes, they are heavier than the average > headphones but so well designed you don't notice that much after putting them > on. > Yes, they are warm. It will be interesting when the warm weather hits how > much I'll want to have them on. > > But, if you want amazingly good sound, that kind of just works with Apple, > they are fabulous! > > One thing I am very pleased about is what they call Transparency Mode. > There are 6 microphones on the outside of the headphones. While you are > listening over Bluetooth to your Apple device, if you turn on Transparency > mode, those microphones allow you to hear the outside world without > diminishing the sound quality of whatever you are listening to. Unlike other > things I have had that tried to do that, the sound is in stereo. So, if > someone speaks to you from your left side, you hear it on your left side. > > Those microphones are used to assist with the noise cancelation mode so it > can tell what the outside noise is and counteract it. So, when Noise > Cancelation is on, the world is pretty much blocked out. > > I have some Sonos speakers on my desk and when my wife turned on the TV in > the living room, the sound came over my speakers. Well, I turned on Noise > Cancelation, and heard nothing of the TV while I was listening to some music. > Between songs, I could tell something was on in the far background, but not > enough to identify it or be bothered by it. > > Now, about the $35 cable to allow you to plug them into a standard 3.5 MM > earphone jack like on Windows computers, Victor Readers, etc. It is over > price. But, while you do not get the fidelity you get over Bluetooth when it > is running all of it processes, they sound fine for speech when plug into my > Dell laptop. I have to turn the volume up on the computer or the headphones > since they take more power to drive them, but I could see myself using them > with the computer for Jaws. > They apparently do have to be charged to use them with the cable even. > Unlike my old Plantronics Beat Sense headphones that can be used with the > cable even if the battery is dead. > But an interesting note about the Transparency Mode when using them with the > cable. There appears to be at least one microphone on the right ear that > works all the time when the cable is plugged in. But, if you press the > button that toggles to Transparency Mode, all the microphones come on. It is > nowhere near as loud or clear as when on Bluetooth, but you can hear what's > happening around you more than with it off. > > I plan to run them through their paces and see how long the battery does last. > > There are only two buttons on the right ear. They are on the top on either > side of the bar that goes over your head. > The one on the side of the bar nearest your face is a rectangular/oval button > that toggles between Noise Cancelation and Transparency Mode. > The one on the other side of the bar is the round, Digital Crown. Like a > large version of the one on the watch. That is used for volume, pausing and > playing, and holding it to ask siri. > That is all I know so far. > > Later, > > > > > > > > > > Richard > > Ralph's Observation: It is a mistake to allow any mechanical object<>to > realize that you are in a hurry. > > > My web site, www.turner42.com > > > > -- > 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. 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