The stem pointing up? did you give that even the tiniest thought before you came up with that idea? The stem is the microphone.
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Bragi Launches 'The Dash Pro' With Bigger Battery, Better Bluetooth, and Real-Time Translation
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The stem pointing up? did you give that even the tiniest thought before you came up with that idea? The stem is the microphone.
AirPod comparisons are moot for me; Apples ear pieces don't isolate the outside world at all and as a result, I need to keep the volume at dangerous levels to hear anything while commuting.
These promise 20-30db insulation, so let's see. Looks promising but I wanna see reviews first.
These promise 20-30db insulation, so let's see. Looks promising but I wanna see reviews first.
Airpod volumes don't even approach anything remotely dangerous.
Airpods don't even seal the ears let alone hurting. Unless you have tiny ear I have a hard time believing your claim. And yes I do have Airpods, they never hurt my ears, I can hardly notice I'm wearing earphones with Airpods.
Comments from people that don't even own Airpods are hilarious. You're right 100% volume is not even that loud, this was one of my issues with Airpods they're not loud enough. Even in quiet room I listen with 70% volume.
I'm in the market for these.
I could never wear Apple's since they insistently fall out... it's extremely annoying. Also, Bragi look much better than the 2 white sticks popping out of ones ear.
I could never wear Apple's since they insistently fall out... it's extremely annoying. Also, Bragi look much better than the 2 white sticks popping out of ones ear.
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I own Airpods. As the majority of people have said the audio quality doesn't exceed the normal ones Apple bundles in. If you think they are dangerous sound wise you would risk an electric shock making toast.
I would venture a guess that the headphones would be tailored to every individuals own hearing thresholds and various frequencies all the way up to 14 or 16k. With that said, Bill Austin, the head of Starkey is a first class *******.
with half the features.
If you ever have paid for custom in-ear-monitors, you go to an audiologist to get fitted. They take impressions of your ears and build the earpiece to conform to your ear canal. It provides a more comfortable, optimal seal. I had this done for ear plugs because I'm at a lot of loud events.
It's too expensive for me and I'm waiting for Bluetooth 5 to become ubiquotous before I spring for another set of bluetooth earbuds. The waterproof and custom ear moulding sounds awesome, but these or going to be obsolete really soon.
significant to mention the Bragi Dash Pro sales skit initially posted above says some sort of custom ear molding available to making the ear buds exactly customized to the user's ear canal.
In the past I had a wired custom ear bud pair and they were always very comfortable, stayed in the ear and better than expected sound.
Apple's W1 chip and lower costing are significant but if the Bragi custom molding process works this alone could sway me away form apple.
In the past I had a wired custom ear bud pair and they were always very comfortable, stayed in the ear and better than expected sound.
Apple's W1 chip and lower costing are significant but if the Bragi custom molding process works this alone could sway me away form apple.
You do know that the Dash came first, though, right? You do know they come with more functions, right?
If Apple could improve one thing it would be a better seal between the AirPods and your ears. I couldn't believe how obnoxiously loud my gym was when I wore AirPods for the first time instead of my $16 bluetooth earbuds. The latter fit into the ear canal and in that regard were superior. Looks like Bragi has that going for them.
Yes I do know that. Do you know what the word phrase "catching up" means? Just because you're first doesn't mean you're the best. Apple usually waits to enter markets until they have a solution that is better. Bragi couldn't even get the basics right. With crappy wireless connection and poor battery life, they're just now catching up to what the AirPods already do for less than half the price.
As for the features of the device itself, I see two big problems: Nobody is going to be slinging their head around trying to control their music. People will like like they have tourettes or are stroking out. That's just dumb and expensive. Second, they are baking in these processors for speech recognition and translation processing. That's also dumb and expensive. Why? Because your earbuds are always going to be connected to a smart device. With their system, you need two users of Bragi Dash Pro earbuds for it to work. What are the chances of that ever happening randomly when you're visiting a foreign country and need to ask someone directions, order food, etc? It's stupid. Leave all the translation processing on the smart device. That's where it belongs and it doesn't add any cost to the headphones. That's fine if they want to develop tech for real-time translations. But this is about as forward-thinking as building a computer into a mouse to use with your computer. Earbuds don't need to be this intelligent for them to be really useful. There is zero chance this takes off. Set a reminder for a few years and we'll chat then.
Did you give what I wrote the tiniest thought before you thought to press "reply" to castigate me?
In my post, after I proffered the idea I wrote: "Don't know if they would be as technically great that way but wouldn't look so goofy."
So, yes, I understand the technical part. I was putting out the idea that they would have looked better if Apple engineered them to go up rather than down. And also in my post I noted I own another pair of BT buds, the Freedom F5. Those have a mic that is even father away from the mouth than if the AirPod stem pointed up.
Maybe you missed my link. It was to a great set of wired headphones, which for obvious reasons will not work with iPhone 7/7+ and most likely any future iPhones. This is a different link, but the thing is, that "old" 3.5 mm sound port has been around a long time, and the sound technology behind it has matured. You get fine padded earphones ventilated for comfort, sound isolation, and with the right sound interface - like multi-channel DACs - an unbeatable music machine which requires no batteries to recharge, other than the device to which the earphones are attached. Another example:
http://www.techradar.com/reviews/audio-visual/hi-fi-and-audio/headphones/oppo-pm-3-1299128/review
I know what the term "catching up" means. Yet, I do not think the AirPods are anywhere close to being superior to the Dash. Granted, the original Dash may have had Bluetooth issues, but they fixed that with the Headphone and this new Dash version.
Features...so the AirPods are waterproof for swimming? So the AirPods work standalone with internal memory? So the AirPods have a better fit (I wouldn't wanna jump up and down with the AirPods, I can't even make my Apple EarPods stay in may ears while normal walking)? So you can control the AirPods/your phone without Siri?
I'm not talking about head gestures, I'm talking about actual things that actually improve the primary application of the Dash: workout.
The Bragi Headphone, which essentially has the same functionality as the AirPods minus the W1 chip, have the same price.
You just sound like a fanboy, sorry.
Being able to offer custom ear molds is a pretty big deal and something Apple can't offer. People don't really care what chip is in their device so long as it works.
How many people actually bother to get their ears molded in order to customise their earphones?
So... I wouldn't hear it the way the artist intended, but rather the way that someone else thinks the artists heard it?
Well to be honest unless your hearing is identical to that of the artist, you never will. In this case the headphones are personalized to your hearing levels.