Apple AirPods 2

The Airpods 2 have a whistle problem for me. Any time someone whistles or anything makes a loud noise I would feel a pressure on my ear that was quite unpleasant and stemming from the airpod. Haven’t tried the 3 but I wonder if it is related.

So my Airpods 2 have an outdated firmware version, but as a user I can't explicitly have iOS update the firmware, and there is no indication when an update happens. I wish I would have more control.

I would need the opposite: The volume on my Airpod 2 are waaaaay to low on my Samsung phone. No problem with the Airpods on an Ipad or with my Bose QC II on my mobile. Bluetooth is such a pain.

AirPods are not 100x better than wired. If you are not bothered by latency or audio quality, great for you. I usually don't mind audio quality, but the latency drives me insane. My wired headphones have 25ms latency. In perfect conditions airpods2 have 5x that paired with an iPhone. The only times it does not bother me is when listening to podcasts. The DAC in the dongle I got with my iPad pro is noticeably worse than my pixel 5a.

The latency drives me crazy (although some BT5 headphones are getting close to 30ms). The airpods I have tested have all had noticeable (definitely over 100ms in perfect conditions) latency. Some people don't notice it, but it drives me crazy. Especially when talking on the phone. The audio quality of airpods is still subpar compared to $70 wired headphones. I listen a lot to classical music and airpods 2 still makes becken (two cymbals smashed together. Don't know the English name) sound like someone throwing a rock into a pool. I lose several pairs of headphones every year. Headphones being smaller is not a feature for me. I have one pair of BT headphones. They have about 90ms latency, which is borderline intolerable (but better than every airpod). I use them for podcasts. I plug my phone into speakers all the time (at work. I am a musician). A 3.5mm jack makes that a non-thinking operation.

I have had hearing tests done and never had tinnitus before. I also recently have got Airpods 2 for the last few months. Two weeks ago I started to get tinnitus. I thought it might be the sound canceling on the AP2 so I stopped using them. The tinnitus reduced.

My AirPods2 switch to low quality audio - they sound like a 5$ pair of phones, presumably on account of the microphone being activated. I am very disappointed, already looking for my AirPods1 to replace it. It's just not as easy to use as the old ones. They fall off my ears, they die suddenly with no warning (old ones were better in this regard). I mean, Apple makes the AirPods, Apple makes my laptop, so why don't they ... you know ... make sound? They fail at performing the main functionality.