According to Rtings, the Airpods cancel bass and low-mid frequencies much better than the XM5. The XM5 blocks higher frequencies better, although that’s mostly from the physical design of the headphones, not so much the noise cancelling tech. So yup, the Airpods do actually have better noise cancelling.
Wow that must’ve been crazy loud because I’ve never even had any ringing with the standard spec Earasers. I bought the Euro ones pretty recently. Never tried the max filter, but more protection can’t be a bad thing. I probably should’ve just gotten those instead of the Euro, but oh well. Maybe if I lose them lol
I have used Earasers for years and they’ve always done the job very well. I have the Euro spec ones currently and recently used them when I saw Disturbed. A couple times I checked the loudness with my phone and it measured close to 120db. With the Earasers I could hear the show clearly but had zero ringing or fatigue after.
Hifiman is trash and gets recommended way too much
Idk about stupid, but it would’ve been smarter to wait for a sale unless you needed them very soon for a trip or something. I always wait for things like headphones to go on sale because they almost always do at some point
Well after reading this, I now have a phobia of stairs.
Glad to hear you are doing good now. That’s quite a life changing experience from one fall. I probably will actually be thinking about this going up and down stairs now lol.