Apple's AirPods Pro 2 review: the BEST $249 you will spend on audio in 2022

👉🏻 This episode is brought to you by AudioQuest:

🎥 Camera: Olaf von Voss
🎬 Editor: John Darko
🕺🏻 Motion GFX: John Darko
💰 Ad segment: Jana Dagdagan

🛋 My listening room in 2022:

0:00 Intro
0:36 Backstory
3:40 What's new?
6:26 The power of H2
10:11 Side-by-side comparisons
13:04 Contextualisation
15:27 The best?
16:53 Prologue: Spatial Audio
19:57 What about that *other* TW IEM?
20:00 Outtakes

Apple AirPods Pro vs. Sony WF-1000XM4 (2021 video)

Apple AirPods Pro 2

Sony WF-1000XM4

Dekoni Bulletz

What about EMF?

#apple #airpodspro2 #airpodspro

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[chewingcheung]

Thank you for the Ad break piece inside the video. It makes the ad breaks slightly better.

[clercfred]

Thanks for doing this!! Audiophile are also audio consumers at the end of the day and we are not always in our listening room, so testing these types of audio products is really valuable!

[nicolazanasi]

This is by far the best AirPods Pro #2 review I’ve seen so far. Thanks a lot for sharing

[_Just_Some]

Not an audiophile here but I bought a few years ago some B&W headphones, I saved the money and I loved them.
Saved hard earned money again took the gamble of buying the AirPods Pro 2 as every review said they were outstanding and a true upgrade from the version 1.
Man, glad I did, my B&W’s are now on the bay hoping to go to a new home.

[dylnz]

incredible feeling watching Darko reviewing Airpods Pro 2 with my Airpods Pro 2 in a crowded bar, silently 🫠

[thecapone]

16:45 Yeah so glad you reviewed these. First video of yours I’ve ever seen. Very well rounded and honest review. Awesome work.

[neil]

Just purchased some today John. I was a little concerned because many of the reviews don’t make much of the sound improvement. Some even saying that they couldn’t really tell of any improvement at all. I got them a couple of hours before I saw you’re review and glad to say you’re on the same page as me. The sound improvement is massive, they sound wonderful. Lots more bass but not at all boomy. Great instrument separation and unlike you I think the vocal is quite forward. Absolutely love them. Keep up the good work John.

[randallsquires]

As I sit in a hotel room in NYC with Covid rather than mixing shows with the New York Philharmonic, I am going back and forth between the original and the version 2's. No contest, version 2 is far superior. Much more transparent. They really come in handy killing the sound of the fan on in the room too! I can hear it with the originals, but not the version 2's. Glad I grabbed them on my walk back from Lincoln center to my

[williambracken]

Yep, glad you did this. As a member of your audience, I actually prefer content driven by your own curiosity.

[wkapteijn]

John your videos are getting miles better, and your acting too, with ever new posting. ❤
Really hope you may be able to review the Kef Mu7

[shawntoronto]

Great review as always. Since setting up a 7.4.2 atmos system over COVID I have found myself listening to music more then ever. The best part has been discovering new music - and rediscovering older favourites as albums get remastered into the format. It’s made music and active listening an even bigger part of my life.

[Returntotheworld]

Yeah just going to add my vote here. I had the original Pros and watched this review and I’m so used to the hype letting me down but OMG the bass in these is uncanny. Night and day. I’m very impressed!

[FirstNameLastName-tbrm]

I’ve been waiting for this video. You’re the first review I’ve seen that talked about potential sound quality improvements. I have the 1st gen. I am very much all in the Apple ecosystem. I’ve been trying to decide if I should get the gen 2 or wait for gen 3. I already love my gen 1’s. I have a job where I sit at a computer and listen to music all day. Side note, thank you for talking about music too in your videos. Just wanted to say thank you for doing this video. Makes my decision easy. Buy the gen 2 and give gen 1 to my daughter. 😂 cheers!

[philf_]

I wasn’t planning on upgrading from AirPods Pro gen 1 until I heard about the audio improvements. When the gen 2 went on sale during Prime Day, I used my credit card points to purchase them. You’re review of its audio improvements are spot on. I noticed the bass improvements immediately. I experienced a “wow” moment!

I also agree with your comments on Spatial audio. It is still too inconsistent for me to enable it. And I was hoping to love it.

[fehllyy]

The transparency mode is genuinely insane

[toneslotohnz]

Nicely detailed review, as always. And thanks for the "Heads up" on the Head's spatial audio release!

[stephencosta]

❤❤Great review John you’re pretty good at this stuff it seems so natural the way you talk about everything and I love your scenes and your b rolls and not let’s forget about your close-up shots Which are fantastic❤

[Strigity]

Fantastic review! Also, you have good taste in music 👍 keep them coming

[fhaquuu]

I personally love the AirPods due to transparency mode. At the gym, riding a bike, running, you can hear what’s going on with a podcast or music perfectly mixed into the ambient noise. It’s amazingly useful for day to day

[Robert.Dickson]

Saw this review a few months ago and decided to wait until the latest ones were released last week. Only the usb-c charging was added. I’ve had the original AirPods Pro for about 18 months and the difference the new ones made was instantly better. The bass being the big winner, but also as mentioned, the snappier connectivity between different devices. Definitely worth buying. Thanks for the review and free content.