OK, I'll have to try the screwing motion next time. There actually is a frequency difference between the iPhone microphone and the earPods, which are les treble. I'm guessing this has a lot to do with what you are wearing and whether the microphone is near or on an absorptive piece of clothing. but they are, in fact, the same volume, unlike mine. The ones I have are going back to the store.
Thanks for the file, and for the comparison of the two microphones. Very educational. Neal -----Original Message----- From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Sieghard Weitzel Sent: Thursday, March 21, 2013 1:04 PM To: viphone@googlegroups.com Subject: RE: Possible problem with the earPods that came with my iPhone 5 Hi Scott, I sent a little file to Neil which I made with List Recorder. I just speak normally first without the headset plugged in, then I pause the recording, plug in the earpods and record a bit more. If I didn't say in the recording that I am now pausing and then that I was now recording using the earpods you could not even tell the difference, there is absolutely no drop in volume whatsoever on my iPhone 4S with my earpods. I guess I must have the right ears then because I can put the earpods in very lightly since I don't like to stuff them in as far as possible, but for me they stay in super good. I can tilt my head to the side and shake it and they won't fall out. I probably repeat something you know, but of course you have to make sure you put the earpod for the right ear into the right ear because they definitely don't fit well if you try to reverse them. The side that has the inline microphone/remote control is the right side. You also get the best result if you put them in with the cable facing straight forwar and then to twist them in a bit and rotate them sort of 90 degrees so the cable is down towards your shoulder. For lack of a better word, you sort of screw them into your ear. I think for $35 the earpods are by far the best basic headset there is, it may not sound as good for music as my $200 V-Mota, but then again that would be like comparing a pair of $200 speakers to a pair of $1,200 speakers. For phone calls, recording voice memos and listening to audio books I think they are ideal. I bought mine last fall when they came out and so far they stand up perfectly to how I use them and I use them every day. Often I just plug them in and run them up under my sweater and hang them around my neck which allows me to easily pick up just one if a call comes in and if I don't use them I usually unplug them, roll them around my fingers and stick them in my jeans front pocket. They definitely seem to be much better made and more durable than the old Apple headset that came ith the iPhone and they sound better, too. Regards, Sieghard headse -----Original Message----- From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Scott Davert Sent: Thursday, March 21, 2013 10:36 AM To: viphone@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: Possible problem with the earPods that came with my iPhone 5 Hi Neal. Yes, I have found this to be the case as well. And, you're right, they are very odly shaped, and have a habbit of falling out of my ears. I thought it was just me, but apparently not. Scott On 3/21/13, Neal Ewers <neal.ew...@ravenswood.org> wrote: > Hi, First, I'd have to say that these things make me wonder what other > people's ears must look like. They are the strangest things I have > ever seen. But, to the point. > > > > If I record something on the internal microphone and then something > with the microphone on the earPods, the volume on the Pods is way way > down, even if I hold the microphone right up by my mouth. I have to > imagine that this is a problem with the microphone on the pods, but > I'm not sure. Does anyone else have this problem. I realize that if > they are hanging down on your neck and are blocked by clothing, etc. > their volume would be low, but that's not how I am using them. > > > > Do people think what I am reporting is normal? > > > > Thanks. > > > > Neal > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the "VIPhone" > Google Group. > To search the VIPhone public archive, visit > http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/. > To post to this group, send email to viphone@googlegroups.com. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/viphone?hl=en. > --- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google > Groups "VIPhone" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send > an email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. > > > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the "VIPhone" Google Group. 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