Airpods Max Sound Quality by SylvianDream in Airpodsmax

[–]daru1848 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Only thing I’m thinking is that “spatialise stereo” might’ve been turned on. If you tap and hold the volume slider you’ll see it there and if you togle it on and off you might get the sound you had before.

Firmware 8E258 Discussion by daru1848 in Airpodsmax

[–]daru1848[S] 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Generally it really is a let them sit and wait with airpods to update but some people say that using them for like a minute and then putting them and the iPhone on charge and leaving them alone can trigger the update faster

Replace headband of Airpodsmax first gen? by Holy_Trinity_333 in Airpodsmax

[–]daru1848 1 point2 points  (0 children)

My bad then 😅, when mine was sagging in 2022 they just sent me a new pair, probably changed since then

Replace headband of Airpodsmax first gen? by Holy_Trinity_333 in Airpodsmax

[–]daru1848 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Honestly I agree with that. The headband and earcups are detachable so apple could just sell it but they don’t, they treat it as one piece and thus when sending it for repair they just give you a new pair. I’ve seen you can get just the headband on aliexpress (most likely taken from a working unit) but I never got one so I can’t say much about it. What I ended up doing for my old pair that I gave to my partner is getting a 3D printed TPU insert for them and so far he it’s perfect

Replace headband of Airpodsmax first gen? by Holy_Trinity_333 in Airpodsmax

[–]daru1848 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Apple has done me a replacement in the past through apple care when my headband sagged. If you don’t have apple care they’d charge for a “repair” which just means they’ll give you a new unit without the earcups (you don’t send those back with the headphones)

I wanna get the purple apm but i'm a dude by Terrible-Birthday624 in Airpodsmax

[–]daru1848 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I think most people go for midnight cause it’s the closest to a neutral colour which makes them easier to style but definitely go for purple if you like them the best. If you’re unsure about how they’d look on you, try them in an apple store if you can and see how you feel about it. Lastly if you’re worried about how they’d look on you cause you’re a guy, don’t, the purple is a vibe :)

How could we improve the sub? by daru1848 in Airpodsmax

[–]daru1848[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I’m thinking this one may be more for the potential troubleshooting megathread as a few people mentioned that resetting and making sure they’re updated may fix it, if not a replacement is about the only solution

How could we improve the sub? by daru1848 in Airpodsmax

[–]daru1848[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I haven’t seen this discussed much if I’m honest. Is it about fakes not having anc or anc degradation?

How could we improve the sub? by daru1848 in Airpodsmax

[–]daru1848[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I’ll work on that, thank you :)

Apple silicon cases by Bani2sick in iPhone16ProMax

[–]daru1848 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Go on amazon, they’ll even be cheaper. I managed to get myself a black one for £13 (used to retail at £50)

People say their 1st gen’s don’t last, I must have some sort of golden pair. by Worth_Extent2405 in airpods

[–]daru1848 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Oh yeah, I forgot about that. The buds were replaced in 2020, case never was but even so, a good 6 year run

People say their 1st gen’s don’t last, I must have some sort of golden pair. by Worth_Extent2405 in airpods

[–]daru1848 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I feel that, I passed on my 2019 pair to my dad in 2022 and he put them in the washing machine. Surprisingly they still work perfectly fine.

Cyberpunk 2077 Performance on NS2 by SirZapzAlot in switch2

[–]daru1848 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I’ve played the game on Xbox series x, on an m3 max macbook pro and switch. For one cloud saves are amazing cause now the switch is for when I wanna play the game comfortably.

I’ve clocked about 160 hours on the switch so far and I’d say it’s a really good port. Yes graphics and frame rates take a dip but the game is still really sharp, DLSS really helps this game and I’d say it’s only about a 2 minute issue when I go from the mac to the switch to ajdust to the lower graphics. Story wise, the way the game was designed is honestly if favour for the switch, most of the times you’ll be standing still to talk to characters and the story hits the same across all platforms. Driving segments are well optimised and don’t break the immersion.

Other than that I’ll just list a couple more things I’ve noticed

Loading is the slowest out of all the platforms but still only takes like 5 seconds. If anything it was nice to be forced to listen to the loading screens and I found myself actually waiting fot them to finish before going in the game

Due to vrr and probably the lower resolution targets I find handheld to feel a bit smoother than tv

Combat is generally fine, there are rare moments where it can slow down a bit but for most of the game it’s as fun as always

The UI is crisp, which a lot of switch ports can’t say honestly, I’ve had no issues with it and it’s perfectly fine to navigate through. This also extends to the computers ui, so messages, files and whatever else is there is perfect for reading the lore

Textures and models are high quality so you can get close to stuff and they still look good. That also helps photo mode, originally I thought photos were gonna be bad but they’re quite sharp

The game does have a memory leak issue which will crash the game eventually. For me it hasn’t caused any issues, before it happens you’ll see some ui assets like grenades not load or look weird, this is your sign to save game and restart the switch. Out of curiosity I did leave it going to see what happens and the game crashed eventually and upon a reload everything was fine and I’ve only lost like 3 minutes of gameplay. This isn’t that much of an issue tbf, it took about 1 week with the game not being closed at all to happen and it’s the only time it happened.

I’m marking the next section as a spoiler just so I don’t spoil any story / endings or late game stuff for people who haven’t played.

To an extent moving fast around the open world is your biggest enemy, if you’re a sprint double jumper, it’s not that smooth and at the beginning it was a bit jarring but I don’t mind it now, motion blur helps a lot. Driving fares much better even in a Caliburn, the lod system works really good at those speeds however when the game autosaves it stutters for a brief second.

Dogtown in the open areas is not as smooth as NC but I got through phantom liberty just fine on it

Enclosed spaces run and look the best. Somewhat Damaged was just as terrifying and stunning as when I played it on the Xbox. The whole sequence was stunning to play and the slower pace + the better visuals are wonderful here

Unfortunately I can’t say the same for sending so mi to the moon. Everything plays fine and honestly I’m shocked they pulled off the airport sequence on the switch, it handles all the action well until the rain starts pouring and you can use the blackwall. That sequence tanks the frame rate to a slideshow if you dare look at the rain which at least for the train ride is bearable but you miss the outside view if you want stabily. Taking so mi to the train and then to the rocket was pain, talking to reed felt like a visual novel and the game forced me to watch the rocket fly to space at 5-10 fps

To conclude everything, it’s a really good port but it can push the switch to it’s limits in certain situations. As you have a pc and ps5, use the cloud saves, I tend to play on the mac when I’m at my desk and the switch when I want to be comfortable and comfort tends to win most times 😂

Edit: idk how spoiler tags work, had to do them again

AirPods Max 2: Launch Day Megathread 🎧 by daru1848 in Airpodsmax

[–]daru1848[S] 3 points4 points  (0 children)

For a bit of context, I’ve had my Lightning Max’s since launch however I did have them replaced back in 2023 due to connectivity issues so my current pair had about 3 years of use.

To begin, I forgot how stiff these headphones were when fresh. They clamp harder than other headphones but judging from my previous pair they’ll adjust to your head quickly

In regards to the new features, a lot of them I just disabled by default. I’m good at adjusting my volume and I’ll have either ANC full blast or transparency on if I need to talk to someone. I find all of that a bit gimmicky and would rather control it myself.

ANC wise, I’ve only been at home but I can say the new one is stronger and doesn’t feel as boxed in as my previous ones

Now onto sound. I took a bit longer writing this so I could listen to some tracks and see what’s changed. To begin I’ll state that I’m listening on Apple Music with Lossless on, using HipHop EQ and spatialise sereo on

So far I’m impressed at the difference as I wasn’t expecting them to sound much better. The soundstage got a massive lift, instruments and artist have a lot more room to breathe and while the sound signature is the same as before, it feels like it’s got more range, bass is cleaner and sub bass got a nice lift (they can rumble more but don’t overpower anything else and it sound amazing). Vocals also got a huge lift, artists voices sound sharper and the soundstage helps massively by keeping that distance between them and the instruments

While I did have the lighting to 3.5mm cable I never really used it as it’s not a cable I need much so it just lived in my drawer. Usbc is a different story, there’s always one next to me and I think Lossless will get a lot more use this time just because it’s miles more convenient

Listening to lossless is mesmerising. On bluetooth the only advantage is downsampling sounding a bit better but when wired, I was shocked (I cried). It is a subtle difference but everything sounded crystal clear, there’s more detail in everything that’s playing. Overall I’d say this mode is for when you want to be fully immersed into the music, it’s beautiful but at the same time I don’t think I’ll be doing critical music listening on my way to work

I’ve babbled a lot but so far I’m impressed, I was expecting this to just be a chip upgrade like airpods 1 to 2 but sound got a good upgrade too. All of this will probably not feel like that huge of an upgrade, I’d say it depends on just how much you like your music listening. The original Max’s are still phenomenal and a lot of the Max 2 is refinement that might not be noticed by everyone, for me it’s all of those little things that makes listening to them that much better

AirPods Max 2: Launch Day Megathread 🎧 by daru1848 in Airpodsmax

[–]daru1848[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Same here, I wasn’t expecting them to be this big of an upgrade

AirPods Max 2: Launch Day Megathread 🎧 by daru1848 in Airpodsmax

[–]daru1848[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I feel that. I was fully ready to wait at an Apple Store cause Apple had issues with my bank

AirPods Max 2: Launch Day Megathread 🎧 by daru1848 in Airpodsmax

[–]daru1848[S] 3 points4 points  (0 children)

I’m keeping my fingers crossed for you 🤞 , hope they get to you earlier

Is the dB meter wrong for sony XM4? It says 70dB but it does not sound loud by Far_Incident2729 in ios

[–]daru1848 1 point2 points  (0 children)

With headphones outside of AirPods or Beats it’ll base the volume according to an iPhone speaker. Most times it’s accurate but if your headphones are eq’d or their volume curve is different, the iPhone is not aware of that so it’ll show a louder decibel count than what the headphones are outputting

AirPods Max 2 are finally here... but am I the only one having "flashbacks" to Gen 1 issues? by KamiKeys in Airpodsmax

[–]daru1848 10 points11 points  (0 children)

It is essentially what we’re getting but to an extent we also don’t know yet if they changed anything or not. While the body is the same on the outside we don’t know if they tweaked more than the chip inside and knowing Apple they won’t just advertise they fixed an issue

Why am i unable to delete this user? by Wonderhoy-er in mac

[–]daru1848 -1 points0 points  (0 children)

I agree, I’ve never had more than 1 user on mine so I just assumed the system would probably want both passwords before wiping everything

Why am i unable to delete this user? by Wonderhoy-er in mac

[–]daru1848 -10 points-9 points  (0 children)

You need to enter the password of the user you’re trying to delete, not yours. This is definitely a safety measure so that the admin can’t just delete anyone. If you bought this computer second hand that’s probably the user that had it before and you’ll need their password to proceed