Mine were at 70% out of the box and charged to 100% on a mophie charger. The light didn’t stay on all the time though it turned off a few seconds after I placed the AirPods on the mat. Is it supposed to be like that?
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New AirPods Sound Quality Debated as Orders Begin to Arrive Around the World
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Mine were at 70% out of the box and charged to 100% on a mophie charger. The light didn’t stay on all the time though it turned off a few seconds after I placed the AirPods on the mat. Is it supposed to be like that?
Exactly. If they truly wanted audio quality they would get a good pair of wired over ear headphones. The AirPod is a fashion product for light music listening.
Exactly! When I cleaned might out it made a huge difference in sound quality.
I'm still questioning if it was worth spending money on the 2nd gen's. Don't really need the wireless case and Hey Siri will be nice at times. I bought them anyway and I'm most excited about the improved up connection times. That was always my least favorite part about the Airpods. The weird times when they would get confused about what device they should use.
I find the sound quality of AirPods (1st gen) to be quite average. I was actually disappointed the first time that I heard them. Now, given the small package and utility, they're worth the sacrifice (I personally don't mind wired headphones but whatever). However I certainly wouldn't put their sound in the "great" category.
This will be interesting to follow. Terrific news for everyone if it's true.
This will be interesting to follow. Terrific news for everyone if it's true.
It's the only way some people can be happy and feel good about themselves.
This is debatable.
How do you define "quality".
Quality could be defined as longer connection times. Because of the "faster switching" I am now connected to my device longer and hence hearing music longer and hence that could be considered higher quality.
Higher quality could be defined as better latency and hence I can hear my sounds faster when I play my game.
Higher Quality could be defined as more bits in the audio.
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The picture from the previous article was for the AirPods Charging Case packaging, not for full-blown AirPods. No idea why that would be different, but that's the difference.https://www.macrumors.com/2019/03/25/airpower-referenced-on-airpods-packaging/
No mention of this? If these boxes are now shipping to customers, wouldn't they have a mention of AirPower on the back as was reported yesterday?
Target used let you return them and get the new ones, but Nintendo forced them to kill that policy.
When is that going to ship? I thought AirPods and the charge case are all 'now shipping"
Yeah that's some pretty weasely ad copy there. If the connection quality is better, and you therefore get fewer occasions of crackles or drops, then yes that certainly "sounds better". But when that's not happening they sound exactly the same.
Sound quality is objectively measurable. What in the world are you on about?
On that note, it would be great if someone could do some objective tests on the mics on these things.
The mics on the 1st Gen airpods were awful compared to wired earpods they are supposed to replace.
That meant I had to go back to wired for phone calls, to not fatigue the party on the other end.
I got some of these: UHU Patafix Glue Pad Removable Reusable White 80 pads https://www.amazon.com/dp/B01CL5S22E/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_api_i_4iPMCbXTRSYGS that I use a tiny bit of to pull the wax out first (you can roll it up and use it several times), then I use isopropyl alcohol on a q-tip to clean more thoroughly afterwards. Works like a charm! Hope that helps
Wouldn't that only prove that the boxes were printed in 2018?
https://www.macrumors.com/2019/03/25/airpower-referenced-on-airpods-packaging/
No mention of this? If these boxes are now shipping to customers, wouldn't they have a mention of AirPower on the back as was reported yesterday?
This is for the separate charging case, not the new AirPods themselves.
Because people care about the audio quality of an audio device that they're paying up to $200 to own?
The lights on the AirPod Charging Case its supposed to turn off. But my Samsung charger has a bright blue light underneath it that is always on as long as it's charging something. That one is not supposed to turn off.
