ok in time honoured fashion I caved in and bought a pair.
Really like the sound from them.
compared sound from AAC source (iPhone) and LDAC (A&K Kann) and really couldn't tell the difference so not really bothered about the lack of hi res bluetooth codecs given my main source will be my phone.
haven't tried them wired yet but noise cancelling is excellent so far (currently typing while ears are cocooned from the outside world)
overall a happy customer
"England is funny, but sometimes she scares me"
Tony Wakeford
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I took a put on a relatively cheap pair of true wireless buds (MPow M5s) a few months ago, was surprised by how good they sounded, and later by how much I actually use them. They’re pretty much all I use outside nowadays, with my proper headphones generally only used at home (the Nuraphones come out for train or plane journeys due to the amazing noise cancelling).
As I’m using the buds so much now I might as well treat myself to a reasonably good pair.
Have these and they are good though down from £170 would be more accurate as they have been at £170 for several months. Some people do have issues with them falling out of the ear (not been an issue for me but still a little paranoid that they will)
"England is funny, but sometimes she scares me"
Tony Wakeford
Still got to shout out for the Apple AirPods 2. But then I don't take music as seriously as the rest of you. My main use is talk radio/podcasts whilst walking the dogs.
They're great for me because...
-Work with one earbud. I need to hear the world around me. Plus I can do a lot of dog walks with the case battery and alternating the buds.
-They have 'Hey Siri' integration. Siri is actually useful when out and about bundled up for the cold with gloves on/phone hidden away. Change the volume, start/stop whatever media listening too, listen to and reply to messages, ask the time etc
It's really good. Although one of the dogs is called Sugarlump (never let a small child name a dog), Sugar for short, so there is a need to be careful on how you call her so the phone doesn't answer. Luckily I don't walk this one much.
-Easy pass between other Apple devices, so can be watching something on the iPad and answer a call with them on the phone without doing anything (OK that's not a dog walk one!)
When these eventually die because of the battery degrading (I assume all buds have this issue?) I'm happy to look at others, but they'll need to be able to do the above.
Thanks for the tip on the Melomanias, really enjoying them after a few hours use.
- paired nicely with my iPhone, iMac and Sony NW-A45 DAP
- the buds also paired with each other out of the box, something I've had to fight with in the past with other kit
- in comparison to my £40 MPow M5s, there's a much more forceful bass, less sibilant top-end, and much higher volume before distortion starts
- the case is a nice design, but after lass than 24hrs in my pocket it's covered in marks already
- none of the silicone tips fit my ears very well (I have quite narrow ear ducts) and I had to use the small memory foam tips. I'm not usually a fan of these and will have to see how I get on with them, but the bass response is much improved with them on
I find them exceptional for such a reasonable price and they havent left my person since I bought them at launch.
I find all the apple earbuds and most of their headphones almost unusable audibly for me (I am quite fussy) and am surprised that they havent managed to put out some half-decent quality ones or up the stakes audio format wise on their iPhones / iPads etc.
Agreed on the Apple kit. A mate of mine is a massive Apple whore and buys just about anything they make, so I've tried his in the past. I found the original AirPods too tinny and they simply wouldn't stay in my ears. The AirPods Pro fitted better but I found them too bassy.
Like I say, I have weird shaped ears, that doesn't help
Think Apple have incorporated some of Beats approach to headphones for their AirPodPros (I have tried Beats headphones but find they emphasise the bass too much which is absolutely worthless when listening to the likes of Dead Can Dance).
My son has the air pods and they let too much sound leak (I prefer not to inflict my musical taste on my family, a preference they fully endorse). They're not that great for those of us with wider canals so not sure who they are aimed at.
"England is funny, but sometimes she scares me"
Tony Wakeford
I'd be more interested if the Orange was real rather than odd lighting...
But seriously, decent pricing. So if they can do Hey Siri, handoff between Apple devices and I can just use one, then I'd be very interested. (can anything non Apple?)
WiteWulf wrote:Like I say, I have weird shaped ears, that doesn't help
You're not alone, typical earpods like the original Apple ones are impossible for me to use, just don't work at all. My dirt cheap Sony MH1 fit perfectly and sound excellent, so I'm out of here
