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Apple Announces Spatial Audio Support for Five Mercedes-Benz Vehicles
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I'm in a quandary.
I want to get the EQS SUV, but my chauffeur prefers the Maybach.
What to do?
Get both!?
I want to get the EQS SUV, but my chauffeur prefers the Maybach.
What to do?
Get both!?
Hey I'm cool of the rich elite have car accidents that don't hurt them except their wallets for repairs due to dis-orientation of joy due to Spatial Audio. Or with big huge demerit points and fines for not obeying emergency vehicle sirens
Yeah I'm good with that lol.
Nice our EQS 580 is coming later this month. Will definitely check that out.
There are other cars on the way with Dolby Atmos systems. No vehicle built in nearly 20 years has an "easy" replacement for the infotainment system.
You just described one small function Apple has included with Spatial Audio. And it's easily disabled while still having Spatial Audio.
This post is so inappropriate for this thread. All it does is make me unsympathetic to your problem.Happy for you all without any noticeable hearing-loss, tinnitus and hyperacusis to get som new cool audio related stuff to enjoy.
I hope we one day find a cure to help people suffering from these quality of life affecting problems.
Apple, could you help speed up the researchers find a cure? I think you would get many new Apple Music subscribers and AirPod customers.
What does any of this have to do with this thread? Can I tell you about my health issues that will probably be fatal within a few years? Let's all post about our health issues and how much they affect our lives.Yes, I'm aware of that and it's cool and all. I know it makes a difference for many people. But still would be even better to not have to do that. And the tinnitus is still there (if you have it) and could mess things up depending on its severity of course – like an unwanted sound in the mix. And some have hyperacusis so much that music can't be enjoyed on the same level as before or at all. Many are also afraid of using headphones
If you want you can read the story from this guy named Scott:
Scott's Story - How Tinnitus Impacts Me
Scott's Story - How Tinnitus Impacts Melp.constantcontactpages.com
I have a constant high pitch kind of electrical sizzle/hiss in my ear that isn't too loud but more or less constantly noticeable because of it's high pitch that gives this kind of ”laser through the head” feeling. It is more or less constant torture. Piercing.
Wish the inner ear hair-cells and synapses in humans would regenerate, but it doesn't happen in mammals. There is potential however – the stem cell like cells that sits next to the hair cell in the inner ear could do once more what they did when we were in the womb. It happens in crocodiles if their hair-cells gets damaged! And in birds. Not in humans…
But tinnitus needs a fix too. It is pure torture (depending in how sever it is perceived of course – a mild variant is quite common but usually doesn't bother people during the day).
Sorry for being long-winded, but my life just isn't the same since I got this ear problem one and a half years ago now.
Can you tell us at what income level people become "elite rich"?
Why has Apple been so slow at bringing Apple Music integration to other cars? So far it’s only been the Taycan (is it available for other Porsches) and now these Mercedes. Or is it that manufacturers are fine with just offering Spotify.
Because Apple offers Carplay and your typical non-iPhone owner is probably a Spotify user?
I would bet that it's about the manufacturers. Since they aren't standardized on a singular OS for their entertainment systems, creating many clients that need to be supported and updated for all of those OSes is a recipe for disaster. Just ask Microsoft with Skype for Business phones that had them maintaining 115 different Skype clients. When Teams came along, they told all manufacturers they must use Android Enterprise so they could maintain just one client.
Huh?? This statement is incredibly absurd! Ever been in a car on the highway? There are all kinds of sounds coming from everywhere. Cars driving past yours. Honks. Music from the car next to you? Motorcycles? And on and on and on. Assuming you have a car with some soundproofing, ever hear the difference in noise level between the windows open and closed? I'm sure you much always drive with the windows closed.
Not really, since you would need the 3d,4d audio package in your Mercedes, a whopping extra thousand of dollars on top of the sticker price
Not that it would matter, the claim he made is that Spatial Audio is "just" that function. It's otherwise simulated surround sound.
It's a "whopping" less than 1% of the price of the car. Adding the same to my Volvo cost $3500 in 2015.
Depends, in my opinion. Things that have been mastered with this in mind sound pretty damn cool. Music where it's been layered on after the fact can be mixed at best. I also get uneven results with TV shows too -- sometimes room tone or background sounds in the scene (traffic, ocean noise, etc) can become distractingly prominent. Spatial Audio also sounds pretty atrocious on a lot of podcasts and radio where it's mostly a person talking into a mic. I tend to flip it on and off in different listening contexts. Wish there was a button press on AirPods Max to toggle it.
I have an old junker. I had to find a single DIN setup and I installed that. I put in Polk speakers, back and front. When I open up Music, I do get much cleaner locations for each instrument, and yes, sometimes the music comes from over my head. Not great, but lots of fun.
Was it really that inappropriate?
Seems quite a few people gave thumbs up. I get quite emotional when I read about new audio features knowing that it can't be enjoyed as before – and I know I'm not alone. But sure, it's not directly related. Just felt like getting it out of me. And maybe make people not aware of the problems one can get more aware (be careful with your ears). Sorry if it bothered you.
Yes, if there article your posting in is somewhat related to your health problem I'll be happy to read it and I'll likely be sympathetic as well.
Spatial sound support on five vehicles, very unlikely that I’d be able to get one of those five vehicles.
Happy for you all without any noticeable hearing-loss, tinnitus and hyperacusis to get som new cool audio related stuff to enjoy.
I hope we one day find a cure to help people suffering from these quality of life affecting problems.
Apple, could you help speed up the researchers find a cure? I think you would get many new Apple Music subscribers and AirPod customers.
Have you signed up to be part of Apples hearing study?