Devolution
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I'll still walk around with these
Haters gonna hate.
Haters gonna hate.
I still think the Earpods were the megaton from Apples events
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Yes. all the usual suspects got hands-on today and blogged it.
Go and read.
And then go buy some UEs instead.
But if they do a good job at channeling the audio then people could potentially use them at lower, more considerate volumes.
I'll still walk around with these
Haters gonna hate.
Hey, I do too. Exact same ones!
That might mean something if it wasn't for the fact that they're not actually sealed.
After removing your hand, be sure to keep it in a safe place. I found a nice box for mine.
I'll still walk around with these
Haters gonna hate.
the princess leia look?
adamsappel
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Once again I see the worst thing online journalism has given us.
Thank goodness he told me to read on, otherwise I would have skipped the rest of the story. At least he didn't end it with an exclamation mark. This is as egregious as the Continued on Next Page at the bottom of every comic I read as a kid. Did they think we didn't understand how books worked?
Devolution
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Sup fellow sennbro.
I'll still walk around with these
Haters gonna hate.
Not that specific brand but yeah, I only roll with ear-covering headphones
I love my Sennheisers. Only problem is the cord is like 800 feet long and jamming it in my pocket with my phone/mp3 player is kind of awkward when walking around outside. Then again sometimes that huge cord is really nice.
That is the only problem with wearing those behemoths outside of the house?
To be fair I really don't go outside all that much with them at all. My wife takes them to the park to chill out far more than I ever do. She probably looks kind of funny sitting on the swings with them on, but whatever. They sound nice.
Devolution
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Yeah plus the plug part is pretty big and obnoxious.
Just another reason purses rule.
That's not even what Ive said... It was more along the lines of 'intentionally directs sound into the ear' as opposed to just releasing sound AT the ear. The grills supposedly help proliferate audio in that way.
But thank god we're finally saying farewell to the old poshits.
Chuck Norris
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I hate in ear ones. They fall out, ear wax sticks to them ugh. And they hurt my ears
These kind of look like a good compromise between the two styles. Quite interested
These kind of look like a good compromise between the two styles. Quite interested
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iPod earpieces are the worst products Apple manufactures
Poimandres
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A change to the stock standard ear buds is good, they've always been quite awful. These look like an interesting mix of ear bud and iem, I'm curious to see how they sound.
I can't stand iem phones personally. I much prefer something like Yuin PK's, but most of the time I rock full size Beyers.
That said... that quote is just ridiculous. If they said something realistic like "the sound quality is much improved" I wouldn't be rolling my eyes right now.
jokingbird
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Those seem really neat! Anyone try them?
I just a pair off of Amazon. I think they look great. Should have them by Friday.
Dynamite Ringo Matsuri
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Like I said, the quote is hyperbole, but I don't think they'd sound like garbage if they're willing to shower them with such effusive praise.
Not really no. There are just tech blogs offering previews, but I wouldn't trust any of them to actually go indepth nor understand what constitutes good sound. That coupled with the fact that a loud venue such as the Apple event is hardly an ideal environment to be auditioning phones anyhow.
Poimandres
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I don't know... I'm pretty sure they'd praise them to high heaven even if they sounded poor.
Still, any improvement should be welcomed.
aparisi2274
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So has anyone picked up a pair of these earpods? I was looking at them the other day at the apple store, and I was curious if they were that much better than the crappy earbuds that came with the 4S, so I went on the product page, but its filled with all 5 star ratings, and I am pretty sure those are Apple die-hards, so I was hoping someone here might have picked up a pair...
Any feedback would be appreciated.
Any feedback would be appreciated.
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NinjaFridge
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Apple earbuds, or any earbuds made of rigid plastic, never comfortably fit in my ear.
Soft heads for life. I can fall asleep with these things in my ears.
Had a pair of earphones with silicon heads and they were so good. Hard plastic earphones hurt my ears after just a few minutes but i could keep the others in for hours.
I'd be more okay with using my giant Senns (HD-580s) outside of the house if they were closed. I'm going to give in and order a pair of Denon D-2000s sooner or later.I'll still walk around with these
Haters gonna hate.
Wait, they discontinued them? ;_;
JordanLMiller
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I actually think the new itunes update was the best thing to come out of that conference. I also thought every single new piece of hardware they introduced looked uglier than the previous model :/
Sound leaks at max volume but not a lot and reasonably high doesnt seem to leak much. They dont isolate much outside sound, if any, which I prefer since I use them at work but thats not for everyone
some measurements
http://rinchoi.blogspot.ca/2012/09/apple-earpods.html
of note: the frequency response is mostly linear with the expected drop off in sub bass and a little peak around 5K (lower treble region). honestly, not too shabby
the distortion is actually pretty good aside from the subbass region. the high subbass distortion is typical for buds under 50 bucks. Impulse response looks OK. I'd like to see some square wave responses but I guess we'll need to wait for innerfidelity to get them.
compared to the old buds (see link below, near bottom of that page), the measurements are better and would seem to back up Apple's claims of improved sound although perhaps not the bit about matching performance of headphones that cost "hundreds more" . not all measurements and scales are the same as the link up above.
http://www.innerfidelity.com/headphone-data-sheet-downloads
http://rinchoi.blogspot.ca/2012/09/apple-earpods.html
of note: the frequency response is mostly linear with the expected drop off in sub bass and a little peak around 5K (lower treble region). honestly, not too shabby
the distortion is actually pretty good aside from the subbass region. the high subbass distortion is typical for buds under 50 bucks. Impulse response looks OK. I'd like to see some square wave responses but I guess we'll need to wait for innerfidelity to get them.
compared to the old buds (see link below, near bottom of that page), the measurements are better and would seem to back up Apple's claims of improved sound although perhaps not the bit about matching performance of headphones that cost "hundreds more" . not all measurements and scales are the same as the link up above.
http://www.innerfidelity.com/headphone-data-sheet-downloads
I'll still walk around with these
Haters gonna hate.
555s were my headphone for years but I'd keep breaking the frame because I have a massive head. They're good though, even if the open sound design means you broadcast your audio to the rest of the train, they need to know what I'm listening to anyways.
I've switched to ATH-AD700, just as open but a lot more durable. IMO
Al-ibn Kermit
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Those seem really neat! Anyone try them?
I tried a bone-conduction headphone in a doctor's office once (my right ear canal is blocked up but I can still hear out of it). I remember the sound quality being really horrible but the Wired review says that it's better than previous bone-conduction headphones so maybe they're worth a try.
AstroNut325
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Those measurements would definitely indicate sound quality exceeding $20-60 earbuds. That's pretty dang awesome!
Megaton
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Who reads gizmodo for headphone reviews, go look on Headfi that's the sort you listen to.
Expected? Those are the first negative reviews I've seen. Most praise them.
dr3upmushroom
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My mom has a bad memory for tech terms and has been calling earbuds "earpods" for years. I did a double-take when a first saw a news story announcing them.
I agree with the Gizmodo review, I think it's sort of cool that did this so that people who either don't know better or don't care have slightly better sound. It seems like an improvement they didn't have to do, I bet they could have called it a day after changing their appearance and most people would have liked them as much as they do now.
Can't say it's too exciting though, I'll never use a pair.
I agree with the Gizmodo review, I think it's sort of cool that did this so that people who either don't know better or don't care have slightly better sound. It seems like an improvement they didn't have to do, I bet they could have called it a day after changing their appearance and most people would have liked them as much as they do now.
Can't say it's too exciting though, I'll never use a pair.
Phoenix
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Links then?
Techradar and Gizmodo were the lowest reviews seen:
http://gdgt.com/apple/earpod/
I think they should be reviewed separately in the context of pack-in buds and separately as for-sale items. As pack-in buds, they are pretty great, as separate for-sale items, they're a bad deal.
Dreams-Visions
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Interesting. I assume, then, that these are some of the best IEMs that come free with any smartphone?
Mine will never make it out of the box anyway, though.
Ultimate Ears Triple-Fi 10vi all day erryday. I might use them for gym abuse...but probably not. Bad audio can distract me from my workout.
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