[Early look] AirPods Pro 2: The Audiophile's Perspective (Patreon)

AirPods Pro 2: The Audiophile's Perspective

now I am relieved of the burden of being asked to review this thing 20 times a day Ad read sponsored by https://linsoul.com PATREON: https://patreon.com/crinacle TWITTER: https://twitter.com/crinacle DISCORD: https://discord.gg/crinacle SUBREDDIT: https://reddit.com/r/inearfidelity HOODIE: https://merch.crinacle.com 00:00 Intro 00:36 Self-introduction 01:10 Disclaimers 01:54 The History of Apple In-ears 03:15 Non-audio opinions 03:29 Build quality 03:47 Battery life 03:54 Water resistance 04:05 Bluetooth codecs 04:17 Fit & comfort 04:31 ANC and noise isolation performance 05:31 Transparency mode 06:30 iOS vs Android compatibility 07:46 Audio opinions 07:58 Equal loudness DSP 10:43 "Adaptive" EQ 13:38 Spatial Audio 15:04 Spatial Audio Personalisation 16:43 Sound quality and performance 18:32 Comparisons 18:38 AirPods Pro 1st Generation vs 2nd Generation 20:17 AirPods Pro 2 vs Sony WF-1000XM4 21:16 AirPods Pro 2 vs Samsung Galaxy Buds2 Pro 23:29 Final thoughts and ranking CAMERA: Sony a7S III + FE 35mm f/1.8 MICROPHONE: Motu M2 interface + Neumann TLM 102 SPEAKERS: Neumann KH120 + KH750 MONITOR: LG C1 48" OLED