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By The NexusTechnology
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- Second Opinion #70: Corsair Vengeance 1500 Post-MortemEpisode Summary00:00 | Intro
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- Second Opinion #15: AirPods Review › The Nexus
- Second Opinion #60: Sony WH-1000XM3 Headphones Review › The Nexus
- Second Opinion #63: Samsung Galaxy Buds Review › The Nexus
- Second Opinion #64: Panasonic ErgoFit Earbuds Review › The Nexus
- Second Opinion #65: Anker SoundBuds Slim Review › The Nexus
- Second Opinion #66: JLab Fit Sport Earbuds Review › The Nexus
- Second Opinion #67: Aftershokz Trekz Titanium Review › The Nexus
- Second Opinion #68: Google Pixel USB-C Earbuds Review › The Nexus
- Second Opinion #71: ATH-M50x Review › The Nexus
- Second Opinion #72: Sony MDR-v6 Post-Mortem › The Nexus
00:22 | Price- VENGEANCE® 1500 Dolby 7.1 USB Gaming Headset
01:07 | Sound Quality06:09 | Fit & Comfort08:27 | Portability09:07 | USB vs Analog11:32 | OutroConnect With The Nexus- Discuss this episode on our Subreddit
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CopyrightSecond Opinion is released under a Creative Commons — Attribution 4.0 International license. Feel free to use any or all of it as long as you link back to http://thenexus.tv/so70.14 min - Second Opinion #69: Pixel 3a ReviewEpisode summary00:00 | Intro01:32 | Pricing
- Pixel 3a - The phone that gets it done - Google Store
02:11 | Display- Size
- Special features
02:54 | Physicals- Look and feel, build quality
- Footprint
- Weight
03:22 | Battery04:20 | Charging ports05:12 | Speakers06:18 | Buttons07:10 | Fingerprint sensor07:55 | Camera- Pixel 3a vs Galaxy S10+ Photo Comparisons - Google Photos
09:09 | Specs10:06 | Software- User interface
- Issues
11:54 | Cellular Radio Issue- Pixel 3a defect; no service : GooglePixel
15:54 | Final thoughts18:00 | OutroConnect With The Nexus- Discuss this episode on our Subreddit
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CopyrightSecond Opinion is released under a Creative Commons — Attribution 4.0 International license. Feel free to use any or all of it as long as you link back to http://thenexus.tv/so69.20 min - Second Opinion #68: Google Pixel USB-C Earbuds ReviewEpisode summary00:00 | Intro
Other headphone reviews:
- Second Opinion #15: AirPods Review › The Nexus
- Second Opinion #60: Sony WH-1000XM3 Headphones Review › The Nexus
- Second Opinion #63: Samsung Galaxy Buds Review › The Nexus
- Second Opinion #64: Panasonic ErgoFit Earbuds Review › The Nexus
- Second Opinion #65: Anker SoundBuds Slim Review › The Nexus
- Second Opinion #66: JLab Fit Sport Earbuds Review › The Nexus
- Second Opinion #67: Aftershokz Trekz Titanium Review › The Nexus
- Second Opinion #70: Corsair Vengeance 1500 Post-Mortem › The Nexus
- Second Opinion #71: ATH-M50x Review › The Nexus
- Second Opinion #72: Sony MDR-v6 Post-Mortem › The Nexus
01:59 | Price- USB-C Digital Earbuds for Pixel Phones - Google Store
03:08 | Durability/Losability05:33 | Fit07:33 | Sound Quality10:15 | Miscellaneous12:09 | Final Thoughts15:03 | OutroConnect With The Nexus- Discuss this episode on our Subreddit
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CopyrightSecond Opinion is released under a Creative Commons — Attribution 4.0 International license. Feel free to use any or all of it as long as you link back to http://thenexus.tv/so68.17 min - Second Opinion #67: Aftershokz Trekz Titanium ReviewEpisode summary00:00 | Intro
Other headphone reviews:
- Second Opinion #15: AirPods Review › The Nexus
- Second Opinion #60: Sony WH-1000XM3 Headphones Review › The Nexus
- Second Opinion #63: Samsung Galaxy Buds Review › The Nexus
- Second Opinion #64: Panasonic ErgoFit Earbuds Review › The Nexus
- Second Opinion #65: Anker SoundBuds Slim Review › The Nexus
- Second Opinion #66: JLab Fit Sport Earbuds Review › The Nexus
- Second Opinion #68: Google Pixel USB-C Earbuds Review › The Nexus
- Second Opinion #70: Corsair Vengeance 1500 Post-Mortem › The Nexus
- Second Opinion #71: ATH-M50x Review › The Nexus
- Second Opinion #72: Sony MDR-v6 Post-Mortem › The Nexus
02:13 | Price- Trekz Titanium - Wireless Bone Conduction Headphones - Aftershokz
02:46 | Durability, Losability05:14 | Fit07:16 | Sound Quality13:06 | Battery Life13:34 | Connectivity14:02 | Miscellaneous17:52 | Final Thoughts18:45 | OutroConnect With The Nexus- Discuss this episode on our Subreddit
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CopyrightSecond Opinion is released under a Creative Commons — Attribution 4.0 International license. Feel free to use any or all of it as long as you link back to http://thenexus.tv/so67.21 min - Second Opinion #66: JLab Fit Sport Earbuds ReviewEpisode summary00:00 | Intro
Other headphone reviews:
- Second Opinion #15: AirPods Review › The Nexus
- Second Opinion #60: Sony WH-1000XM3 Headphones Review › The Nexus
- Second Opinion #63: Samsung Galaxy Buds Review › The Nexus
- Second Opinion #64: Panasonic ErgoFit Earbuds Review › The Nexus
- Second Opinion #65: Anker SoundBuds Slim Review › The Nexus
- Second Opinion #67: Aftershokz Trekz Titanium Review › The Nexus
- Second Opinion #68: Google Pixel USB-C Earbuds Review › The Nexus
- Second Opinion #70: Corsair Vengeance 1500 Post-Mortem › The Nexus
- Second Opinion #71: ATH-M50x Review › The Nexus
- Second Opinion #72: Sony MDR-v6 Post-Mortem › The Nexus
01:59 | Price- Fit Sport 2.0 Wireless Fitness Earbuds - JLab Audio
02:30 | Durability and Losability04:22 | Fit07:21 | Sound Quality08:28 | Battery Life09:48 | Connectivity10:52 | Cord11:43 | Miscellaneous14:47 | Final Thoughts15:50 | OutroConnect With The Nexus- Discuss this episode on our Subreddit
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CopyrightSecond Opinion is released under a Creative Commons — Attribution 4.0 International license. Feel free to use any or all of it as long as you link back to http://thenexus.tv/so66.18 min - Second Opinion #65: Anker SoundBuds Slim ReviewEpisode summary00:00 | Intro
Other headphone reviews:
- Second Opinion #15: AirPods Review › The Nexus
- Second Opinion #60: Sony WH-1000XM3 Headphones Review › The Nexus
- Second Opinion #63: Samsung Galaxy Buds Review › The Nexus
- Second Opinion #64: Panasonic ErgoFit Earbuds Review › The Nexus
- Second Opinion #66: JLab Fit Sport Earbuds Review › The Nexus
- Second Opinion #67: Aftershokz Trekz Titanium Review › The Nexus
- Second Opinion #68: Google Pixel USB-C Earbuds Review › The Nexus
- Second Opinion #70: Corsair Vengeance 1500 Post-Mortem › The Nexus
- Second Opinion #71: ATH-M50x Review › The Nexus
- Second Opinion #72: Sony MDR-v6 Post-Mortem › The Nexus
01:50 | Price- Anker SoundBuds Slim
03:57 | Durability and Losability08:23 | Fit13:49 | Sound Quality18:41 | Battery Life23:09 | Connectivity28:13 | Cord30:51 | Miscellaneous35:12 | OutroConnect With The Nexus- Discuss this episode on our Subreddit
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CopyrightSecond Opinion is released under a Creative Commons — Attribution 4.0 International license. Feel free to use any or all of it as long as you link back to http://thenexus.tv/so65.39 min - Second Opinion #64: Panasonic ErgoFit Earbuds ReviewEpisode Summary00:00 | Intro
Other headphone reviews:
- Second Opinion #15: AirPods Review › The Nexus
- Second Opinion #60: Sony WH-1000XM3 Headphones Review › The Nexus
- Second Opinion #63: Samsung Galaxy Buds Review › The Nexus
- Second Opinion #65: Anker SoundBuds Slim Review › The Nexus
- Second Opinion #66: JLab Fit Sport Earbuds Review › The Nexus
- Second Opinion #67: Aftershokz Trekz Titanium Review › The Nexus
- Second Opinion #68: Google Pixel USB-C Earbuds Review › The Nexus
- Second Opinion #70: Corsair Vengeance 1500 Post-Mortem › The Nexus
- Second Opinion #71: ATH-M50x Review › The Nexus
- Second Opinion #72: Sony MDR-v6 Post-Mortem › The Nexus
00:39 | Niche- ErgoFit Earbud Headphones - Black - RP-HJE120-K - Panasonic US
- ErgoFit Earbud Headphones - Black - RP-TCM125-K - Panasonic US
02:36 | Price- Amazon.com: PANASONIC ErgoFit Earbud Headphones with Microphone and Call Controller Compatible with iPhone, Android and Blackberry - RP-TCM125-K - In-Ear (Black): Home Audio & Theater
03:08 | Durability04:20 | Fit in the Ear05:34 | Sound Quality08:45 | The Cord12:08 | Final Thoughts12:34 | OutroConnect With The Nexus- Discuss this episode on our Subreddit
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CopyrightSecond Opinion is released under a Creative Commons — Attribution 4.0 International license. Feel free to use any or all of it as long as you link back to http://thenexus.tv/so64.15 min - Second Opinion #63: Samsung Galaxy Buds ReviewEpisode Summary00:00 | Intro
Other headphone reviews:
- Second Opinion #15: AirPods Review › The Nexus
- Second Opinion #60: Sony WH-1000XM3 Headphones Review › The Nexus
- Second Opinion #64: Panasonic ErgoFit Earbuds Review › The Nexus
- Second Opinion #65: Anker SoundBuds Slim Review › The Nexus
- Second Opinion #66: JLab Fit Sport Earbuds Review › The Nexus
- Second Opinion #67: Aftershokz Trekz Titanium Review › The Nexus
- Second Opinion #68: Google Pixel USB-C Earbuds Review › The Nexus
- Second Opinion #70: Corsair Vengeance 1500 Post-Mortem › The Nexus
- Second Opinion #71: ATH-M50x Review › The Nexus
- Second Opinion #72: Sony MDR-v6 Post-Mortem › The Nexus
00:20 | General- Galaxy Buds are Samsung’s response to the AirPods from Apple
- I received my set of Buds from Samsung as a gift for pre-ordering the S10+ prior to launch
01:15 | Purchase & kind- Regular price is $129
- My set are white, but there’s supposed to be a black option, which I can’t find?
01:54 | Case- The case is pill shaped, pretty small
- The case charges with USB Type-C
- The case also charges with wireless charging; which is good
- Works great with a wireless charger pad
- Works ok with the built-in S10+ charging - enough to get the buds up enough to listen during a commute
- The case has a green/red charging light on the outside; not sure what the thresholds are for battery remaining
- The case has a green/red connection light on the inside
- Open the case to pair with a suitable phone; the S10+ picks up instantly, plain bluetooth might be slower
04:48 | Buds- It’s some kind of miracle; these stay in my ears
- Earbuds haven’t ever stayed in my ears, this is amazing
- There are “actions” you can do on the “touchpads”;
- Tap to play/pause
- Double tap play next or answer/end call
- Triple tap to play previous
- Long press talk to Bixby or Google
08:18 | Audio quality- Just ok; probably better for “talking” than music
- Kind of quiet in real life situations (on a train, in a crowd)
- Since they’re in ear, they’re actually more isolating than the bone conduction
- Definitely not as nice as Sony noise cancelling over-ear headphones
10:26 | Special features- With the Galaxy Wearable app (ugh, this name)
- You can see the charge levels
- You can tinker with an equalizer which didn’t seem to do much for me
- You can tinker with the “notifications” settings - basically, a white list of audible notifications from your phone to forward to the buds - I let calendar, slack and telegram through - I will ignore you useless emails
- By default, it provides some active noise cancelling features
- You can turn on Ambient sound, and I guess that lets some frequencies in
- You can turn on “Voice focus” and that lets talking in
- It sounds weird
- Finally, “Find my earbuds” lets you remotely find your bud if you drop it
- It plays a loud tone, so don’t have them in when you do it
13:36 | ConclusionWould I buy these if I needed earbuds? Surprisingly, now that I find they actually stay in my ears, maybe! I would have saved my $130 possibly towards modern Sony noise cancelling headphones, but these have a place in your audio collection if you need buds for the train, bus or dog walk - these aren’t for “working” environments.
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CopyrightSecond Opinion is released under a Creative Commons — Attribution 4.0 International license. Feel free to use any or all of it as long as you link back to http://thenexus.tv/so63.17 min - Second Opinion #62: Limetown ReviewEpisode Summary00:00 | Intro00:35 | Spoiler-free
- Limetown
16:28 | Spoilers36:44 | OutroConnect With The Nexus- Discuss this episode on our Subreddit
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CopyrightSecond Opinion is released under a Creative Commons — Attribution 4.0 International license. Feel free to use any or all of it as long as you link back to http://thenexus.tv/so62.41 min - Second Opinion #61: Samsung Galaxy S10+ ReviewEpisode Summary00:00 | Intro01:54 | Pricing
- Pricing
- 3 variants
- S10e - $750
- S10 - $899
- S10+ - $999
- Colors
- Black, white, flamingo, and ???
- Base models come with 8gb ram and 128gb storage
- Vs Note 9; the pricing is even further out of control; it’s the inevitable ASP price creep syndrome now
- My pricing:
- Pre-order via BestBuy
- Turned in my purchased-last-february S9+ for $550 credit
- Paid a hefty... not really; $508
06:38 | Display, Fingerprint Sensor, Cameras, Storage- Display
- Size 6.4’’ display
- Special features
- Integrated fingerprint sensor; more on this later
- Up to 1200 nits of brightness
- Physicals
- Look and feel, build quality
- When I first held it, it was adorably light; I was used to holding this glass brick in the Note 9 so this was a difference
- The side metal is aluminium this time - not sure what it was before, but previously the metal band around feld “stronger”
- The Note 9 was very Square; very hard edges - this is much more rounded on the top/bottom left/right sides
- Ports
- Usual ports; type c + headphone jack
- Speakers
- Same speaker configuration; stereo in top front and side bottom
- The top speaker is tucked between the glass and the top bezel; it’s okay
- Buttons
- Bixby button is still here but with partial remap maybe not totally useless
- The power button is said to be too high up on the S10+ model
- Fingerprint sensor; under the screen
- I registered 4 unique fingers; previously on the Note 9 I had only the index-fingers registered, I’d never use my Thumb
- I could unlock the phone smoothly while it was coming out of pocket without looking; with this new scanner since it’s in the screen, I can have to guess more which means accuracy is down
- You can unlock from AOD but you have no visual indicator where the sensor is; it’s not in an obvious place, where the android home button is
- On the AOD, they need to put some kind of reference point down there; allegedly scared of burn in though; even it’s not the finger print visual, even an empty circle, anything
- Camera
- 3 cameras on the back
- 2x, 1x and “1/2x”
- The
- 2 cameras on the front
- How is it
- Special modes
- Notable features
- Specs
- CPU
- Snapdragon 855
- RAM
- 8gb
- Storage
- 128gb base model + I added a 128gb SD card; what is storage and why do I need it?
21:28 | Android- Wow, Android, what happened to you? Now running with Pie and One UI, the “Samsung Experience” that made from the S8 line to now so successful software wise is gone; replaced with this strange interface
- List items are often smushed cards or elongated pills
- Everything is so bright, AMOLED chuckles in the distance
- The utilities that Samsung Experience is well known for is for the most part still here
26:10 | New Launcher, Software- Updated side-by-side app switcher; always defaults to the previous app which is useful but also annoying since I was trained by previous versions to swipe anyway
- Raise to wake
- Possibly the most annoying new feature, every time I touch the phone, no matter if I’m just repositioning it to still see the time on the AOD better; it thinks I want to play and it wakes up
- Double tap to wake; not used yet but we’ll see
- AOD
- Still present, still configurable
- Icons hangout in color now; this might be done to help keep the AOD pixels from burning out just their “white” pixels, but it makes things harder to see
- All of the sounds changed again! Oh no, I was so used to the regular and common and consistent Samsung Experience sounds!
- Other notable features; obviously none from the Note 9 more than the Pen
- Everyone is freaking out how poorly the Face Unlock feature secures the phone; the Iris scanner is gone and while I didn’t use it previously, I do like Face Unlock, for those times my hands are in gloves or any number of convenient times; I turn this off when I travel - it’s not secure, of course
33:38 | Battery- 4100 mah
- Charging
- Usual charging modes; cable and wireless
- Plus a useless gimmick feature, “reverse charging” that every reviewer has tentpoled; that stops here
36:17 | Signal Strength39:09 | Conclusions40:25 | EndingAttributions- Free Music Archive: Beat Doctor - Organic (electric edit)
CopyrightSecond Opinion is released under a Creative Commons — Attribution 4.0 International license. Feel free to use any or all of it as long as you link back to http://thenexus.tv/so61.44 min
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