Note you can change the volume direction of that crown, I made mine higher to the back, as then it feels like I’m turning it clockwise, like you’d do on most stereos. I’m impressed at your detailed correlation of all the mics and transparency! Transparency on the iPod pro isn’t nearly as effective. I sort of implied this on a post to Mac Visionaries, but not in as much detail. Transparency on the AirPod Max is really approaching augmented reality territory! Especially when you turn down the music.
Egun On, Lagunak! (basque for G'day, Mates Louie P (Pete) Nalda Facebook.com/lpnalda Linkedin.com/in/lpnalda Twitter: @lpnalda > On Mar 26, 2021, at 7:39 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. Mark can be reached at: > [email protected]. 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