Hi, this is Wayne again with a topic “Apple AirPods Pro 2 Review – Nailed It.”.
Yo Jonathan here the second generation airpods Pro, are here. Finally and honestly, if I had to pick one single Apple product and get rid of everything else, it would more than likely be airpods. And yes, I realize on a technical level, they work better with an iPhone and all that Tim Apple Magic. But more so I mean there’s something that I use essentially every single day in multiple ways and honestly might be one of my favorite pieces of tech. Ever the original airpods Pro were ridiculously good, so I was thrilled to see whatever improvements these might bring for those that caught the update video on my health. I appreciate the comments and the support.
I’M definitely not out of the woods yet still making progress, but also trying to find that balance of not pushing myself and continuing to make that progress and also not lose my mind at the same time. So for a quick breakdown. There’S a new H2 chip packed inside, which is a huge part of the airpods experience, as well as the computational audio side of things. That then Works in tandem with a new driver and a new amplifier. So things sound bad, better across the board, and that applies to both stereo and spatial audio.
There are finally touch volume controls directly on the airpods there’s better: noise cancellation, better transparency mode longer battery life and a redesigned case. If you own airpods Pro now, I don’t think it’s something that you need to run out and upgrade immediately. But if you don’t own airpods, Pro or you’re, looking to upgrade from a non-pro pair of airpods, then I would wholeheartedly say yes, as far as the box and the packaging and what comes inside, it’s very familiar to what we’re used to with airpods Pro the new Addition here that jumps out is the inclusion of an additional ear tip size. Previously, you had small, medium and large, and in this case, there’s extra small, which is new small medium, which comes on the airpods by default and, of course large. For me, medium has always seemed to work out well, but for whatever reason, if those initial three options didn’t work for you, you might appreciate that extra flexibility, the case is redesigned and most noticeably. There is a speaker towards bottom, which is used to play a sound just in case.
You lose these. That then also works in tandem with U1 Tech inside which is going to give you a more precise location. On the side of the case, there is a lanyard Loop which brings me back to the iPod touch. You now have an ipx4 water and sweat resistance on the case, and you can now charge the case with an Apple Watch charger as well as magsafe and lightning.
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It gives you a beautiful interface, real-time feedback, which is awesome, because you can make two tweaks on the Fly. That progress is then tracked, so you can see how much you’ve grown day to day or just the skills that you’ve learned and acquired over time and the more you play the more Rocksmith plus adapts. What stood out to me is there is a free, Rocksmith plus companion, app that uses the microphone on your phone to then connect your guitar, whether it’s electric and an amp or an acoustic, and then track your performance instantly without any extra gear or plugging things. In so, if you want to learn, guitar Rocksmith plus is an incredibly fun way to do so and if you want to learn more again check out that link down below so after a couple days with these, I realized the speaker on the case is more useful Than I initially realized, yes having that sound for the find my is awesome, but it’ll also play a style when the battery is running low and when you’re charging the airpods – and I think it’s those kind of everyday features that are extra useful because there’s been numerous Times where I’ve thought I’ve charged, my airpods case went to plug it in and then come back only to find out that it wasn’t charging that entire time now.
As far as the SoundCloud quality improvements with these newer airpods Pro, I think the best way I could elaborate. That is as much as I loved the first gen airpods Pro when airpods 3 came out, even without the seal or the isolation or the noise cancellation. There was something about the way those reproduce low end, especially at lower volumes that I enjoyed more than airpods Pro to the point where those were the airpods that I used the most often so upon trying the second generation airpods Pro. That was the first thing that I noticed is that it felt like I was getting everything that was great and everything that I enjoyed about airpods 3, with all the benefits of airpods pro down to the seal. The noise cancellation transparency mode with a little extra on top, so things were punchier things were wider and again it’s not going to be dramatically different from the original airpods Pro in terms of clarity. But what I did notice again is that better low end, especially at lower volumes. That, of course, is just in the stereo and for those that have been following me probably know that I’ve fallen in love, love with Dolby, Atmos and spatial audio from consuming and listening to creating and mixing in that format.
So that was something I was really excited to check out here now, even without personalized spatial audio, which I’ll cover in a minute, I was kind of Blown Away with how good it was just out of the box. It, of course, isn’t going to replicate a multi-speaker immersive, Dolby Atmos sound system, but the fact that we’re seeing improvements and scene improvements rapidly has me really excited touching on personalized spatial audio. That was something that I was extremely hyped for with iOS 16 and essentially What’s Happening Here. Is it’s using the depth camera on your phone to scan and map your head and your ears? What I would assume is going on under the hood is they’re calibrating it for your ears, so EQ timing, adjustments to make things feel bigger and wider and more up front for your ears.
For me, I think it made a pretty substantial difference in terms of making things again just wider and bigger, and you feel the depth a little more. But what I noticed most was was how sensitive the head tracking was to a point where it feels more like real life. Prior to this update and back on iOS 15 with head tracking, it would really work from left to right, and that was it and the way that’s working is really almost representing how it works in real life. So if I was talking to you – and you turned your head to the left, you’re going to hear more of me in the right side, conversely, if you turned your head, the other way to the right you’re going to hear me more in your left ear. The thing that I noticed immediately with personalized spatial audio in iOS 16 was that it now tracks your head up and down which is kind of wild. So if you move your head up, the voice is going to kind of sink towards the bottom of your chin. And if you move your head down, it’s going to kind of creep and float up towards the top back of your head.
If you’re doing more exaggerated movements and like swinging your head left to right up and down that’s going to feel a little more extreme and jarring, and I can see where that’s off-putting. But if you’re kind of just letting it do its thing and you’re more interacting. With it like, you would, on a day-to-day basis, just going for a walk, then it’s definitely more subtle and it’s kind of surprising how life like it feels now, if you have headphones, throw those on now, because I wanted to try and recreate what that feels like. If you’re just listening to music in spatial audio with head tracking going for a walk, damn kid there’s this: I can’t get this out my system. Yes, so for me, this entire world is super exciting and, from my end, when I started to incorporate airpods into my Dolby Atmos and spatial audio mix workflow using those to reference as headphones in logic pro alongside speakers, that was a game changer. So in real time I can hear how things are going to react or interact. I can hear that head tracking instantly, as I move my head, so to be able to make those tweaks or adjustments and then tune. Things specifically for airpods has been immensely helpful and I think these are definitely going to be my go-to option now, if you have apple music, I’ll drop, a playlist to the different spatial, audio and Atmos tracks that I’ve worked on been a part of, or even mixed And if you don’t have apple music, but you do have air pods I’ll, have a couple downloadable files with instructions. So you can save that to your phone and also experience that for yourself now. Another reason why I loved and ended up reaching four airpods three more was the battery life.
It just felt like the pair of air pods that lasted the longest, whereas those initial airpods Pro I always felt like. I was just burning through them with these second gen airpods Pro you’re, getting up to six hours of playback with active noise cancellation. I think it varies slightly with Dolby, Atmos and head tracking, but any kind of improvement is welcome. For me, you also get up to 30 hours of charge with the case, so I think that, combined with the improved sound quality really fixes the two major reasons why I would end up leaning towards the airpods 3, and I think for me the second gen airpods Pro are going to be my go-to.
The inclusion of touch volume controls on the airpods is also extremely helpful. I think it took me a second to get adjusted to it because they didn’t change the form factor or add anything new. It’S just kind of there in this small spot on the stem, but once you do get adjusted and used to it again, it’s kind of hard to go back to not having. As far as the improved noise cancellation, I think myself, I never found myself wanting or needing more of that on the original airpods Pro. Maybe I’m not in those situations where I really depend or rely on it oftentimes. It was so good where it would just kind of tune you out from everything, but in this instance I think again, if it’s something where you didn’t own airpods Pro you’re, getting a better more optimized version for the same price than you would have with the prior Generation, but I do think, is a really cool advancement, though, is the Adaptive transparency mode.
So with that, of course, you’re going to use the microphones to hear your outer surroundings and that way, if you’re walking or if you’re in the street you’re not completely tuned out in this case, what’s going to happen, is it’s going to still do that? But it’s going to take maybe more extreme louder, sounds and then filter those down so they’re, not as abrasive so piece by piece. You should start to see that it’s a pretty solid upgrade and I think again, with the original airpods Pro being so good, even if it was just better sound quality and better battery life. I would be happy, but all the extra improvements on top are just a bonus forming. Maybe the only thing that I was left wanting was potentially a better codec or a better way to take advantage of high-res stuff on Apple music.
But honestly it sounds fantastic and I think outside of that these are just about perfect. So hopefully you enjoyed the video if you did and you are feeling like being awesome, make sure you guys drop a like down below. Thank you guys so much for watching. This is Jonathan and I will catch you guys later.
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