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Underwhelmed with the AirPods Pro 2 coming from my Kiwi Ears Cadenza (alien.top)

submitted 1 year ago by Johnny_Menace@alien.top to c/headphones@hi-fi.community

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Just bought the new AirPods 2 at a discount and I’m kinda disappointed. They sound like they have a concert Hall effect, sort of echo-ish… Made me order some Moondrop Arias instead. Will I be satisfied?

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[–] c0ng0pr0@alien.top 1 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Were you using spatial audio (Apple’s Dolby 360) mode or something? That sound effect happens with poorly designed 360 audio.

*I’m not a fan of Apple’s designs for audio gear. Their engineers made it clear several years ago, audio quality isn’t important them. Kind of like Spotify not having high resolution audio files.

[–] Johnny_Menace@alien.top 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Nope, I had every setting turned off. They just don’t sound as loud and good as the wired IEM’s.

[–] c0ng0pr0@alien.top 1 points 1 year ago

Oh… yeah… you maybe noticing the loss of audio data from the audio being compressed.

What was the output source? Which iphone?