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Apple Announces New AirPods Pro With H2 Chip for Up to 2x Noise Cancellation and More
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Same here… I’ll wait a while but probably not super long. They’re just too useful. And better noise cancellation would be something that benefits me almost daily.
So annoying about the lack of trade-in though, especially since I just got a 2nd Pro 1 pair in January after the case / charger stopping working, only 1.5-2 years use. It’s frustrating how they won’t even offer the slightest trade-in discounts, and instead tell me something like “we can recycle them for you.”
So basically, wonderful and handy product, but with a longevity of ~2 years. : /
I'd be curious to hear more about the audio driver - it does sound at least possible that the new audio drivers could result in better sound quality.
Honestly I'm a bit less concerned with the rumors of wireless lossless audio not panning out - I'm one of those people who really can't hear a huge difference between lossless audio and lossy. It would be nice, but when I'm listening to Apple Music lossless with my wired IEM's, if I'm being honest, it''s more just the thought that I'm listening to lossless that's comforting more than hearing a big sound improvement.
For people for whom lossless is a concern, there are probably better options out there.
Honestly I'm a bit less concerned with the rumors of wireless lossless audio not panning out - I'm one of those people who really can't hear a huge difference between lossless audio and lossy. It would be nice, but when I'm listening to Apple Music lossless with my wired IEM's, if I'm being honest, it''s more just the thought that I'm listening to lossless that's comforting more than hearing a big sound improvement.
For people for whom lossless is a concern, there are probably better options out there.
Ditto! I may get the new ones too. I've used my current AirPods Pro long enough such that they don't last beyond 2.5 hrs per charge. Prior to pandemic times, that's acceptable. In pandemic times with so many Zoom meetings, this doesn't work as I often have meetings that last over 2 to 4 hours.
I am a little disappointed that they didn't migrate to USB-C though. Why not? Just be rid of Lightning. Also, I assume the case is MagSafe ready?
Do these products usually become available at Best Buy to Pre-Order too? Or other retailers other than Apple on launch day? I can't remember with the AirPods Pro.
Can I just buy the new case? Very boring update.
The only reason I bought the AirPods max were because I would fly and the noise cancellation wasn’t too good on the pro.
Did I miss something, I didn't hear any mention of improved sound quality, after 3 years from the older model. If the overall quality did improve wouldn't they want to say so?
I guarantee you people will complain that trying to adjust volume knocks them out of ear.
Ah, I did not imagine it, but it's ... only for SharePlay???Re: Lossless, I swear on the first features slide they showed, there was a tile at the bottom that said 48khz, which would imply lossless quality, but I see nothing about it anywhere else. Maybe I just imagined it.
I like how I just received a notification from Bose that the QC Earbuds II are available for pre-order. Planned timing?
I believe they did, mentioned improved woofer designs. Plus with a more accurate noise canceling should be fine.
For those saying no lossless so not buying, are your ears that good? I have a $30K+ McIntosh/Revel system on lossless streaming through Roon Nucleus. I feel I can hear the difference there. On $250 wireless headphones? Let’s be realistic.
Should have been USB-C. What is this obsession with lightning.
Would never buy any Apple ear tech and I love Apple. The worst Sennheiser earphones completely obliterated the best Apple has to offer. Anyone who even suggests Sennheiser or Sony aren’t the best earphone manufacturers I’ll have what you’re smoking
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Bummed for the lack of lossless but like some of the improvements.
Good to see that there's a new tip option. Current Pros don't fit me as comfortably as my Galaxy Buds+ did. I use the M size right now, since S felt too small for me. I was hoping the current tips also were adjusted but let's see.
Good to see that there's a new tip option. Current Pros don't fit me as comfortably as my Galaxy Buds+ did. I use the M size right now, since S felt too small for me. I was hoping the current tips also were adjusted but let's see.
It does say that. But the audio sampling frequency doesn't have anything to do with the codec used to compress it. For instance, opus always output 48khz audio, even when it is a lossy (a very good one, but lossy) codec.Re: Lossless, I swear on the first features slide they showed, there was a tile at the bottom that said 48khz, which would imply lossless quality, but I see nothing about it anywhere else. Maybe I just imagined it.
And you can have a PCM encoded file at 12kHz...
On the other hand, I don't really get what's the point in having a lossless codec to use in this kind of earplugs. You want to hear every detail on your music? Then you are probably not going to be walking on a busy street with the ANC enabled (which at the end distorts the audio being played to kill the outside audio), but sitting in your sofa and with some real headphones and as isolated as possible from other noise. I love my AirPods Pro, and will definitely get this 2nd gen, but their objective is not audio purity, it's commodity. And they still sound great. But when I really want to hear as much audio quality I use my Sennheiser headphones, wiht a nice headphone amp, or my Klipsch loudspeakers.
Also: lossless codecs are very power hungry. Have you tried using AirPlay from an iPhone? It eats the battery like crazy. Don't know on the receiving side (some codecs are more complex to encode than decode, or viceversa), but wouldn't bet on it.