Apple's 'AirPods Studio' Headphones May Feature Head and Neck Detection and Equalizer Settings

[gnasher729]

I wonder if they'll get it right this time.
Apple is not and audiophile oriented company.
Remember the iPod HiFi speaker? Steve said that was all we needed....

Every time mobile devices were tested, iPhones came out best because they are the only mobile phones supplying a decent amount of voltage to the headphones. Which headphones without their own power supply need to produce the best sound possible.
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Care to explain how 120 Hz screen refresh indicates "Pro" in a phone? What do these "phone professionals" do with the higher refresh rate?

They count from 1 to 120 very quickly
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I’m not down with lossy sound, but if I was, I like that these are (rumoredly) flippable. Just wondering if the fit will be compromised that way. And I like that the eq is adjustable. I’d like an open back option though.

Depends on what you mean by "flippable". It's nice of the sound that should go to the left goes to the left ear and the sound that should go to the right goes to the right ear. They might still be more comfortable one way round, so you turn them around if you notice.
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Aren’t audiophile headphones like thousands of dollars?

Depends on who the audiophile is. There will be plenty of people _telling you_ that you should spend at least $1,000. Grado SR 60 for about $80 are _the best open headphones for an iPhone_ because they are very good not wasting the limited power coming from a phone.
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That name is really confusing. Anything called "Studio" you'd expect it to be audiophile quality. Anything with noice cancelling is not STUDIO.

Anything with noise cancelling reduces noise, which is a good thing.

 

[vault]

Isn’t there supposed to be a lossless version of Bluetooth available within the next couple of versions? I thought I read that one was nearing approval a year ago.

Edit- its called Aptx lossless but it’s not a true lossless format like FLAC or ALAC. I’ll let other people argue about whether it’s bunk or not.

There is AptX HD and Sony's LDAC, but neither is truly lossless and Apple won't use them anyway. The next big thing is Bluetooth LE Audio which uses a new codec called LC3. It's not lossless either but it's supposed to be really good.
It will be interesting to see if Apple continues to push their proprietary chip, or adopts BT LE Audio standard wich incorporates many of the same features.

 

[MrMacintoshIII]

Nobody, anywhere has ever complained about music coming out of their headphones the wrong way around.

Yeah but we always have to check... no longer.

 

[Rhit]

...but words don't mean anything anymore, it all marketing hype.

It's not marketing hype. It's branding.

Much like Porsche with the Taycan Turbo line. The car is electric. There are no turbos in the car. But for Porsche, the "Turbo" label across all models correlates to higher performance and interior finishes.

Same thinking applies to "Pro" and "Studio".

 

[Macalicious2011]

My Sony XM3 have been damaged for 2 months but I have held off claiming against my replacement insurance.

Neck and L/R detection certainly swing it towards Apple for my replacement. The only exception is if the XM3 replacement has new killer features.

 

[jmmo20]

The earin M-2 earbuds already do that and it's super cool, they detect which side is "up" and which one is "down" and therefore adapt left-right channels accordingly. It's quite smart. I can see that working with two separate buds but not sure how Apple's implementation will work. Perhaps they can infer left-right channels from your head's movements?

Game-changer. I'd pay extra for that.



It sure isn't. Don't know where OP was getting their magical prices, but right or wrong, the list on Bose QC35s is $349. These will likely sound better and be WAY more integrated with Apple devices.

 

[apu1234]

Care to explain how 120 Hz screen refresh indicates "Pro" in a phone? What do these "phone professionals" do with the higher refresh rate?

Telemarketing? 🤔

 

[citysnaps]

Care to explain how 120 Hz screen refresh indicates "Pro" in a phone? What do these "phone professionals" do with the higher refresh rate?

Though many associate "Pro" with productivity, try not to get wound up over product labels. That's all "Pro" is, a label, used to differentiate product tiers.

 

[Macalicious2011]

I hope that they will be available in black from day 1.

 

[Tozovac]

$350 for a pair of Bluetooth headphones? Seriously? That's more than my near-field monitors cost me. A good pair of recording headphones is O($70), or O($140) for high-isolation headphones that I can use for tracking, or while drumming. At $350, it would have to also do my laundry.

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[ipponrg]

Care to explain how 120 Hz screen refresh indicates "Pro" in a phone? What do these "phone professionals" do with the higher refresh rate?

Pro isnt understood to be productivity like someone else said. It’s mostly marketing.

Many people like the “pro” moniker in their products and associate it with the best. Granted then you come up with ridiculous name schemas like Pro Max, but generally people want the best specs even if it’s not applicable to them.

The “pro” branding on phones today is how you continue selling phones.

 

[zombierunner]

Will there be StudioPods and StudioPods Pro? I am not sure if this is equivalent to the Beats Solo or Beats Studio.

 

[DoctorTech]

Article quote:

“Another sensor will detect left and right ears for routing the audio channels, which means there will be no right or wrong side for wearing the AirPods Studio.“

That’s totally Apple-esque to Implement something like this. It’s the small features to the user experience that separates the competition.

The first thing that crossed my mind was when Apple introduced the lightning connector years ago and it was reversible so you couldn't plug it in the wrong way. Absolutely agree - it is these small details that really separates them from the others.

 

[Victor Mortimer]

Oh, sorry, with "Studio" in the name, I assumed these were actually intended for audiophile use, not airplane travel. Noise canceling is the antithesis of good sound quality, because if you need it, you've already lost the battle.

I've never had much luck with noise canceling at any price. It's a gimmick.

Audiophiles are like pedophiles - you don't want them in your neighborhood, and they're not really right in the head.