![]() ![]() I’ve had AirPods Pro in the house for a little while now, so Transparency Mode wasn’t exactly new. If my 4-year-old thinks she can sneak out of her room at 10:00PM while Dad is watching his favorite show, you can bet I’ll be sitting at the bottom of the stairs waiting for her because I heard her sneaking around. Transparency Mode on the AirPods Max is so good - you can set a TV show to 25-35% volume on the headphones, not miss a detail in the show, and still hear some audible crying or whining in the background if your kids have awoken. In the process, you probably miss small details as you’re reading subtitles and you certainly miss the incredible lightsaber hums and blaster bolts from the show.īut throw on the AirPods Max in Transparency Mode and your entertainment socks may be blown off. There’s no way you’re going to let those kids wake up after the day it’s been. Without the AirPods Max, you fire up that TV show, silently sip on your drink, and read subtitles with volume set at 1 or 2 points. It’s time to pour your favorite beverage, hit the couch, and watch your favorite TV show. You’ve checked all the boxes and filled all the buckets on the list. You’ve arrived at home, cleaned the supper table of all dishes, put leftover food away, bathed the children, completed story time, and wished them a goodnight. I’m not even going to try.Ĭontext #1: It’s been a long day at work. What you won’t find are knowledgeable and technical sound details. Below you’ll find some anecdotes about how the AirPods Max have had an impact on my life as a working parent and why I regret not buying a pair of these sooner. I’m far from knowledgeable in the audio department. ![]() Let’s not pretend it’s all roses after spending this kind of money on a pair of headphones. There’s some annoying pizazz, too: Lightning charging, the sleeping case, and device-switching. To boot, AirPods Max have all sorts of that beloved Apple pizazz: whimsical Bluetooth connectivity, Transparency Mode, device-switching, and familiar physical controls. I can now drown out most of the chaos swirling around when it’s time to work and I can enjoy a new level of audio when watching my favorite Disney+ shows. ![]() You see, in one short swoop, the AirPods Max have nicely fixed my Madhouse distraction-maximalist home and my late evening television entertainment needs. So long as I want to spend oodles of money on a problem, Apple has a solution. I know…)įortunately, Apple is there for my wife and I. (My daughter insists on her bedroom door being open all night. You can’t have bright flash sequences lighting up the living room if that room shines into a bedroom. You can’t have loud volumes pumping through the house. When the kiddos are sleeping, you need to let them sleep. This has ramifications on other parts of life. It just means we sleep a full night maybe once a week. Which isn’t to say sleep is at a premium in our house. Maybe we got up and consoled her too often. Sleep training didn’t happen at the right time. We were new parents and over-analytical at the wrong times. Our oldest is not a particularly strong sleeper. It’s the Madhouse on Madison here most nights.įor us, it’s been the Madhouse since day one. Our house is full of pinks, purples, dresses, dolls and Lego Duplo. We have two little girls a 4-year-old and a 2-year-old. ![]()
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