Higher quality audio makes people sound smarter

Re:Higher quality audio makes people sound smarter by ricardobayes on Thursday April 15, 2021 @09:38AM (#26820325)

For those who are not looking to spend a fortune, a simple Apple earpod (wired) is still better than most headsets out there. And it costs 20 bucks. I think my yeti actually sounds worse at it cost 3 times as much.

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Re:Higher quality audio makes people sound smarter by __alexs on Thursday April 15, 2021 @09:40AM (#26820355)

Curse anyone that uses an inline microphone on some earbuds. They sound awful and people frequently bump against them causing even more terrible experience for the listener.

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Re:Higher quality audio makes people sound smarter by anamexis on Thursday April 15, 2021 @10:05AM (#26820645)

Earbud microphones rubbing against clothing is like nails on a chalkboard for me.

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Re:Higher quality audio makes people sound smarter by senux on Thursday April 15, 2021 @10:31AM (#26820974)

I agree, but between that and most of my co-workers currently using their laptops built-in mics, I'd rather deal with the noise from the earbuds.

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Re:Higher quality audio makes people sound smarter by arkh on Thursday April 15, 2021 @10:54AM (#26821216)

The worse is laptop mic + speakers. If you noticed the people speaking to you stop mid-sentence, it's because hearing themselves with some timelag tends to make them stop speaking.

Thanks to some people, everyone can experience speech jamming for free! https://arxiv.org/vc/arxiv/papers/1202/1202.6106v1.pdf

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Re:Higher quality audio makes people sound smarter by albemuth on Thursday April 15, 2021 @10:53AM (#26821209)

You just have to do the TikTok hold

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Re:Higher quality audio makes people sound smarter by jscholes on Thursday April 15, 2021 @02:50PM (#26824654)

> For those who are not looking to spend a fortune, a simple Apple earpod (wired) is still better than most headsets out there.

I don't disagree, but the results are widely variable with different TRRS I/O across different soundcards. E.g. on a MacBook, the EarPods probably sound great, with a good level of gain and plenty of headroom. On a Lenovo Thinkpad, they sound hissy and terrible because you have to turn the gain all the way up.

> I think my yeti actually sounds worse at it cost 3 times as much.

Something is probably wrong if this is the case. Which is understandable; a USB microphone that's not attached to your person requires some positioning and mic technique that you don't have to think about with the inline mic on the EarPods.

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Re:Higher quality audio makes people sound smarter by packetlost on Thursday April 15, 2021 @10:58AM (#26821264)

The scuffing sounds coming from my coworkers (wired) earpod mic as they rub it against their clothes says otherwise. I'll take my Blue Yeti over airpods any day.

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Re:Higher quality audio makes people sound smarter by katbyte on Thursday April 15, 2021 @11:33AM (#26821700)

Also as someone at a company almost exclusively MacBooks, I’ve never noticed and issue with sound or video quality

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Re:Higher quality audio makes people sound smarter by stefandesu on Thursday April 15, 2021 @10:14AM (#26820768)

Totally agree. I've been using my old Apple EarPods and I'm always told that I sound great.

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