LoaferDan

You are now grandpa

Well after reading this, I now have a phobia of stairs.

Glad to hear you are doing good now. That's quite a life changing experience from one fall. I probably will actually be thinking about this going up and down stairs now lol.

According to Rtings, the Airpods cancel bass and low-mid frequencies much better than the XM5. The XM5 blocks higher frequencies better, although that's mostly from the physical design of the headphones, not so much the noise cancelling tech. So yup, the Airpods do actually have better noise cancelling.

Hifiman is trash and gets recommended way too much

Idk about stupid, but it would’ve been smarter to wait for a sale unless you needed them very soon for a trip or something. I always wait for things like headphones to go on sale because they almost always do at some point

I just hate how Omega is above Swatch on the dial, when it should be the other way around lol

Really? Well great news then

Damn. Well I guess you can’t have everything sometimes. Sucks about the crown too. I have a Hydroconquest and the crown is a bit similar to how you described. Definitely can be annoying, although I probably paid half of what the 556 goes for so it usually doesn’t bother me too much.

Yea I use the word supposedly because it’s just based on what I’ve read about them, I haven’t had a chance to check myself. If true, however, yes I agree definitely too expensive for that.

Worse, it supposedly has a ghost date position on the crown. I know it's dumb, but that would bother me on a $1500 watch.

Tudor, Grand Seiko, Glashutte Original, Sinn, and Oris are some that come to mind.

I might even say a Rolex Explorer II