I have air pods and love them for work. I work phone customer service and I can wear them under my head set to listen to my own stuff in between calls. They have okay sound and because they aren’t shoved in my ear canal I can hear the next call doming through
I wouldn’t mind trying them. I hear they’re pretty good. But they wouldn’t work with my Android phone anyway. I’ve tried several competitors (both cheap and expensive) and haven’t found any I really like. So I stick with my over-the-ear Bose QC35’s most of the time
I can’t stand apples design for the ear piece, it hurts my ears soooo much. I need the rubber thing at the end. I know the AirPods Pro have them but I’m not paying that much. I’m fine with the knock offs meh sold me.
I despise apple and their over priced junk.
Long story short, I gave apple a ton of money I didn’t really have at the time and their stuff didn’t last long at all. Not to mention all of the “planned obsolescence” shit they have going on. Apple is Bad, mmmkay
@joebuddah@leahg3743
I see what you’re saying.
That idiom just always seemed weird to me.
My point was they paid for a Maserati… they got a Maserati. Whether they got their money’s worth is a whole separate topic.
Yes. I bought the AirPods Pro during a Christmas sale, and they’re far and away the best earphones I’ve used. The ANC alone is worth the price, seriously. The transparency mode is just a bonus.
My average weekly decibel level has dropped considerably since I got them. I can walk beside heavy traffic and not turn up my sound. It’s so stupidly good.
It’s almost heartwarming that people are still playing the Apple vs PC wars but updated to Apple via Android.
Anyhoo, I wouldn’t mind trying a pair of AirPods Pro, but I have the Jabra Elite Sport earbuds and they’re excellent, except for when they fall out of my ears. Plus until I have to go back into the office, I don’t really need any kind of ear buds or headphones.
No earbuds. My mamma told me 70 years ago: “Don’t put stuff in your ears!” It still seems like good advice. As for earphones, my hearing isn’t good enough anymore to justify that much money. I can get good-but-not-great earphones for a lot less money, and a lot less angst about breaking or losing them.
I have Razer Hammerheads. Walmart had the Kishi/Hammerhead bundle on clearance for a stupid low price so I snagged it, mostly for the Kishi. The hammerheads are alright; I doubt I would like airpods any better. I’m not a fan of earbuds in general and also not an apple guy (my most recent apple hardware is an ipod shuffle…)
@Oneroundrobb Do the hammerheads really have the low latency (delay) that they advertise. I’d buy some used ones for mobile gaming if I new they worked well.
I have a pair of airpods pro that I connect to my gaming PC via bluetooth. They are decent. I also use a pair of wired high-end Sennheiser over the ear headphones that I very much prefer, but they leak sound like crazy (because I like it loud). So when my wife and daughter are in the basement watching the big TV, I put in the airpods, which have little residual noise pollution. If I’ve got my basement to myself, I prefer the Senns.
@kostia I have had that problem with any earbuds I try to use. It doesn’t matter what configuration I use and which size buds I put on, I still can’t get them to stay in my ears consistently. I have a pair of Santana Oyes and a pair of Bose QC35II that I love as I work in a loud environment and noise canceling/reduction is a must.
There are many options out there for memory foam tips that are total game changers. the little silicone tips always bothered me after a while, where these even after wearing them all day, no issues at all.
@ErikRL
I gave up on earbuds because nothing I tried would stay in. Ditto for a bluetooth headset for the phone, for a long time. I couldn’t even find a non-bud phone headset that was tolerable; all of the ones I found with an over-the-head band used on-the-ear designs that I just could not tolerate. Like the stereo no-mike buds, the bud-style headsets just fell out or were brutally painful to keep in. Eventually, I found a solution by making a fitted adapter from moldable earplug putty so that the speaker probe wasn’t in the ear canal at all. I suppose I could do that for stereo buds, but I don’t really need them - so I won’t bother. At home, I use my Kraken, and on the road, I use the vehicle’s speakers.
not everything is for everyone. There are a lot of different fit options. like the ones listed, besides the different sized silicone tips, they also have the little add on wings that can provide a different fit, if/as needed.
there are plenty of bluetooth headsets that are just like the kraken… hell, your kraken can be used with your phone too… I dig the kraken, i have a pair too.
I love that a huge majority are good at all, music, calls, and gaming/computer… I have a bunch of earbuds, headsets, headphones, etc. because im weird… but realistically, you could easily get away with using 1 pair for everything.
@ErikRL
I can’t use the Kraken while driving, though. And I went throgh more different designs of headset than I could afford before I figured out that nobody makes an off-the-shelf version I can stand. So I picked the one that worked best, and built a custom adapter for it.
I have a set of airpods that I got for my birthday, and their audio quality is honestly worth the sticker price, considering how often I use them. I have a couple sets of Raycon earbuds too, and like them as well, but the audio quality is the best on the airpods.
I like Apple stuff. But I swore I’d never get Airpods. I’m kind of a headphone slut and I couldn’t stand the “planned obsolescence” of them.
But.
Then I got a pair for free from some vendor. Big mistake.
Suffice to say, a couple years later the microphones on them stopped working (audio playback still worked fine, so my kid inherited them) and I found it really difficult to NOT have a pair. They’re just sooo convenient to use pretty much anywhere and everywhere. I even tried a set of wf-1000mx3’s - not the same.
So I have another pair that I paid for now. Oh well.
No.
Yes, AirPods Pro, and I like them
@heartny thank you.
The Meh knock-offs work just as well in the charger.
I have air pods and love them for work. I work phone customer service and I can wear them under my head set to listen to my own stuff in between calls. They have okay sound and because they aren’t shoved in my ear canal I can hear the next call doming through
No but George Jetson has one. Looks cool.
I’d like to try a pair, but not in a billion years would I pay what Apple wants for them.
@PooltoyWolf you usually get what you pay for…
@culmac You can pay me for a bridge in New York.
@culmac The law of diminishing returns says otherwise!
Never. Not while mpow does it at 10% the cost.
Don’t have them, probably will never buy them, but if some showed up in an IRK I wouldn’t throw them away wink,wink
Don’t have an iPhone.
I wouldn’t mind trying them. I hear they’re pretty good. But they wouldn’t work with my Android phone anyway. I’ve tried several competitors (both cheap and expensive) and haven’t found any I really like. So I stick with my over-the-ear Bose QC35’s most of the time
@smyle have you tried the jabra 65t or 75t? Those are really good for work calls, working out, and music.
@smyle I’m pretty sure they’d work as a basic Bluetooth headset, just not all the fancy iOS features. But then they’re not worth the money.
@zinimusprime I haven’t tried any of the Jabra models. Reading through here, they seem to be highly regarded
I can’t stand apples design for the ear piece, it hurts my ears soooo much. I need the rubber thing at the end. I know the AirPods Pro have them but I’m not paying that much. I’m fine with the knock offs meh sold me.
I despise apple and their over priced junk.
Long story short, I gave apple a ton of money I didn’t really have at the time and their stuff didn’t last long at all. Not to mention all of the “planned obsolescence” shit they have going on. Apple is Bad, mmmkay
nope.
no Apple Stuff for me.
I do Love My Pixelbuds 2 though.
You get what you pay for- love my AirPods Pro!
@leahg3743 Maserati owners might disagree with you.
@joebuddah @leahg3743
Why? Don’t Masarati owners get the car they paid for?
@chienfou @leahg3743
In my opinion no.
Performance:
The Gran Turismo has a 0-60 mph of 4.8. Compare that to the Mercedes AMG coupe of 3.8. Or the Corvettes 2.8-2.9
Interior:
They look cheap
https://www.carvana.com/cars/maserati-granturismo
They have a huge touch screen display, then a green led climate control unit from.
Compared to the AMG interior
https://www.mbusa.com/en/vehicles/class/amg-gt/coupe
Or the Corvette
https://www.carvana.com/vehicle/2221292
While the 2022 Maserati seems to have improved for the interior. I’d still pass.
To me they are a “poor man’s” , “rich” car. While Im poor as well , they are exotic in name only.
@joebuddah @leahg3743
I see what you’re saying.
That idiom just always seemed weird to me.
My point was they paid for a Maserati… they got a Maserati. Whether they got their money’s worth is a whole separate topic.
Yes. I bought the AirPods Pro during a Christmas sale, and they’re far and away the best earphones I’ve used. The ANC alone is worth the price, seriously. The transparency mode is just a bonus.
My average weekly decibel level has dropped considerably since I got them. I can walk beside heavy traffic and not turn up my sound. It’s so stupidly good.
It’s almost heartwarming that people are still playing the Apple vs PC wars but updated to Apple via Android.
Anyhoo, I wouldn’t mind trying a pair of AirPods Pro, but I have the Jabra Elite Sport earbuds and they’re excellent, except for when they fall out of my ears. Plus until I have to go back into the office, I don’t really need any kind of ear buds or headphones.
@ahacksaw I will never, as long as I live, understand tribalism over electronics.
Its funny how the people that say the knock offs are the same, are the people that have never used the real ones. lol.
I have the airpod pros.
Far and away the best ear buds… Jabra makes some damn good ones though.
The nothing Ear 1’s are pretty damn good too.
Jabees firefly vintage are really solid for the price, and they have transparency mode.
dont get knock offs. just find a good other option if the real thing is too expensive.
(airpods work with android)
@ErikRL The air pod pros work with android? What is this dark magic of which you speak?
@zinimusprime yup. regular airpods too. its not new either. they were never exclusive to apple products.
the apple watch is, but not the airpods.
heres one of many articles about it: https://www.pocket-lint.com/headphones/reviews/apple/147524-how-to-use-apple-airpods-with-android-phone
No earbuds. My mamma told me 70 years ago: “Don’t put stuff in your ears!” It still seems like good advice. As for earphones, my hearing isn’t good enough anymore to justify that much money. I can get good-but-not-great earphones for a lot less money, and a lot less angst about breaking or losing them.
I have Razer Hammerheads. Walmart had the Kishi/Hammerhead bundle on clearance for a stupid low price so I snagged it, mostly for the Kishi. The hammerheads are alright; I doubt I would like airpods any better. I’m not a fan of earbuds in general and also not an apple guy (my most recent apple hardware is an ipod shuffle…)
The Kishi is excellent.
@Oneroundrobb Do the hammerheads really have the low latency (delay) that they advertise. I’d buy some used ones for mobile gaming if I new they worked well.
I have a pair of airpods pro that I connect to my gaming PC via bluetooth. They are decent. I also use a pair of wired high-end Sennheiser over the ear headphones that I very much prefer, but they leak sound like crazy (because I like it loud). So when my wife and daughter are in the basement watching the big TV, I put in the airpods, which have little residual noise pollution. If I’ve got my basement to myself, I prefer the Senns.
AirPods Pro are far and away better than the originals, but I still kind of have the wrong shape ears for them. Can’t quite get the fit right.
@kostia I have had that problem with any earbuds I try to use. It doesn’t matter what configuration I use and which size buds I put on, I still can’t get them to stay in my ears consistently. I have a pair of Santana Oyes and a pair of Bose QC35II that I love as I work in a loud environment and noise canceling/reduction is a must.
There are many options out there for memory foam tips that are total game changers. the little silicone tips always bothered me after a while, where these even after wearing them all day, no issues at all.
@ErikRL
I gave up on earbuds because nothing I tried would stay in. Ditto for a bluetooth headset for the phone, for a long time. I couldn’t even find a non-bud phone headset that was tolerable; all of the ones I found with an over-the-head band used on-the-ear designs that I just could not tolerate. Like the stereo no-mike buds, the bud-style headsets just fell out or were brutally painful to keep in. Eventually, I found a solution by making a fitted adapter from moldable earplug putty so that the speaker probe wasn’t in the ear canal at all. I suppose I could do that for stereo buds, but I don’t really need them - so I won’t bother. At home, I use my Kraken, and on the road, I use the vehicle’s speakers.
not everything is for everyone. There are a lot of different fit options. like the ones listed, besides the different sized silicone tips, they also have the little add on wings that can provide a different fit, if/as needed.
there are plenty of bluetooth headsets that are just like the kraken… hell, your kraken can be used with your phone too… I dig the kraken, i have a pair too.
I love that a huge majority are good at all, music, calls, and gaming/computer… I have a bunch of earbuds, headsets, headphones, etc. because im weird… but realistically, you could easily get away with using 1 pair for everything.
@ErikRL
I can’t use the Kraken while driving, though. And I went throgh more different designs of headset than I could afford before I figured out that nobody makes an off-the-shelf version I can stand. So I picked the one that worked best, and built a custom adapter for it.
I have a set of airpods that I got for my birthday, and their audio quality is honestly worth the sticker price, considering how often I use them. I have a couple sets of Raycon earbuds too, and like them as well, but the audio quality is the best on the airpods.
I like Apple stuff. But I swore I’d never get Airpods. I’m kind of a headphone slut and I couldn’t stand the “planned obsolescence” of them.
But.
Then I got a pair for free from some vendor. Big mistake.
Suffice to say, a couple years later the microphones on them stopped working (audio playback still worked fine, so my kid inherited them) and I found it really difficult to NOT have a pair. They’re just sooo convenient to use pretty much anywhere and everywhere. I even tried a set of wf-1000mx3’s - not the same.
So I have another pair that I paid for now. Oh well.
Got my AirPods as a gift. Use only them. In some situations they may not be comfortable, but mostly I’m happy with them.