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

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00:00 Intro
00:36 Self-introduction
01:10 Disclaimers
   • Why you SHOULDN'T trust me  
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

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