Thanks tim! The apple airpods sound compelling for the kind of use case that I have in mind. Mainly listening to audiobooks and podcasts on my commute, and maintaining some awareness of my environment.
I am nevertheless very curious about some of the unbranded options, tons of which are available on Amazon new paragraph has anybody tried any of these? All the best, Laurent On Wed, 4 Sep 2019, 01:32 Tim Noonan, <t...@timnoonan.com.au> wrote: > The latest Earbuds from Sony memorably named > the SONY WF-1000XM3 BLUETOOTH NOISE CANCELLING TRUE WIRELESS EARPHONES > are getting excellent recommendations for their exceptional audio quality > and they also include great noise cancelation features. Call quality is > also said to be very good. Advertising suggests that latency is also low. > > Bose are supposedly nearly ready to release a new set of true wireless > earbuds, but audio quality of earlier models is not stunning. Latency can > also be a bit of an issue. > > AirPods are particularly great for convenience of quickly placing and > removing from your ears, but are better for spoken word than serious music > listening. They are great if you like to keep connected with the outside > world while wearing them, but are not much use in noisy locations or on > transport. > > For general iPhone access, books and podcasts and such I use my AirPods > more than any other earphone or speaker option. > > HTH > Tim > > > Tim Noonan > Consultant Speaker Coach > > Phone: +61 419 779 669 > Email: t...@timnoonan.com.au > Skype: TimNoonan > Twitter: @TimNoonan > > Speaking, Coaching & Consulting: www.timnoonan.com.au > Voice Readings: www.voicereadings.com > > On 4 Sep 2019, at 2:52 am, Brian Olesen <br...@blindkom.dk> wrote: > > Hey Laurent, > Well I probably would recommend you to get the quite new Airpods if latency > is a big issue. > If sound is more important I'd either go with some Bose Soundsports free or > the Samsung EarBuds. > I really love these. The Samsungs are small. They sound really good, and > they has a sweet metal carieing case. > The price is right too for the good quality. > > Brian > -----Oprindelig meddelelse----- > Fra: all-audio@groups.io <all-audio@groups.io> På vegne af Laurent Cadet > de > Fontenay > Sendt: 3. september 2019 18:05 > Til: all-audio@groups.io > Emne: [all-audio] Reccomendations for Wireless Bluetooth Earbuds > > > > Sent from my iPhoneHi all! > > My trusty wired apple earpods have finally given up the ghost and I'm now > quite keen to enter the world of nifty little wireless earbuds with their > conpenient charging cases! However, I'm loathed to throw money at Apple if > similar or better functionality could be obtained elsewhere at a lower > price! So, have any of you had any good, or bad, experiences with wireless > bluetooth earbuds from other manufacturers? > > I intend using these primarily for audiobooks and a bit of music on my > commute, so my priorities for function are: > Low latency for effective use with Voiceover or Talkback Reasonable battery > life, and prefferably a charging case Audio quality need not be suberb, as > long as it doesn't sound like something talking out of a toilet bowl the > way > my new knock-off earpods are sounding right now! :) > > I know for example, that Anker make the Liberty range of wireless earbuds. > Has anybody checked them out? > > Looking forward to hearing from you! > > All best, > Laurent > > > > > > > > > > > > -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Groups.io Links: You receive all messages sent to this group. View/Reply Online (#2797): https://groups.io/g/all-audio/message/2797 Mute This Topic: https://groups.io/mt/33128473/21656 Group Owner: all-audio+ow...@groups.io Unsubscribe: https://groups.io/g/all-audio/leave/1074140/405281159/xyzzy [arch...@mail-archive.com] -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-
