Pro Display XDR - Owners Thread

[Silly John Fatty]

For microphone I'd buy an external one if needed.
As speakers I still use my 20 years old 2.1 JetBalance JB-465 system. So no "technology" at all, everything is wired and mid-range speakers are quite small. You just get 60W of very pleasant sound and nothing else.

So my point is to use separate simple devices that perfectly perform their function.

Thanks! My problem is that this scenario takes up so much space. I love that the Studio Display has a great internal microphone that works well and doesn't take any additional space. I don't want to get a real big studio microphone, I would have to get something as small as possible.

I've seen things like these, but they don't have many reviews and it looks ugly.

Another problem I've encountered with having it all separate is that when you are on the phone with someone on FaceTime, and you use your webcam microphone for example, and you hear the person speaking through the HomePod mini for example, they will have feedback and hear their own voice.

I'm not sure how the Studio Display handles this. After all, their voice is also emitted over the speakers and you would assume it would get back into the Studio Displays microphone, but apparently it doesn't. Probably it's some sort of good design behind it.

 

[ThomasPicard]

I use my iPhone with Continuity Camera

Works without problems - sound and picture quality is good enough for me..

For Speakers I have some small Monitors (Adam Audio) - as Sound Quality is important to me

 

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Thanks! My problem is that this scenario takes up so much space. I love that the Studio Display has a great internal microphone that works well and doesn't take any additional space. I don't want to get a real big studio microphone, I would have to get something as small as possible.

I've seen things like these, but they don't have many reviews and it looks ugly.

Another problem I've encountered with having it all separate is that when you are on the phone with someone on FaceTime, and you use your webcam microphone for example, and you hear the person speaking through the HomePod mini for example, they will have feedback and hear their own voice.

I'm not sure how the Studio Display handles this. After all, their voice is also emitted over the speakers and you would assume it would get back into the Studio Displays microphone, but apparently it doesn't. Probably it's some sort of good design behind it.

Well, you can use webcam's microphone if you're satisfied with the quality. For calls I prefer to use wireless headphones to hear people, but use webcam's microphone (Logitech made it for XDR). So there's no such thing as echo or feedback, I also can hear people better, and they also hear me better because webcam's mic is much clearer than the one in the headphones.

 

[Silly John Fatty]

Well, you can use webcam's microphone if you're satisfied with the quality. For calls I prefer to use wireless headphones to hear people, but use webcam's microphone (Logitech made it for XDR). So there's no such thing as echo or feedback, I also can hear people better, and they also hear me better because webcam's mic is much clearer than the one in the headphones.

The Logitech webcam mic works fine, but I still need external speakers to hear the other person. Unfortunately, when using the HomePod, I run into feedback issues. I could use my AirPods instead, but since I have frequent, often very short calls, it’s too inconvenient to put them on every time.

One great thing about the Studio Display is that it seamlessly handles audio transitions. For example, I could have music playing, and when a call comes in, the music fades out smoothly. Once the call ends, the music fades back in, making the experience feel effortless.

Right now, it’s a frustrating situation because there doesn’t seem to be a good solution that integrates both music playback and calls effectively. Most conference devices are likely terrible for music playback, while options like the HomePod lack a microphone and don’t work well with my Logitech microphone setup.

To make things worse, I have music from the Mac playing on the HomePod, but system sounds still come through the Mac mini’s built-in speakers, which are absolutely awful. It’s a total mess! 😂

 

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The Logitech webcam mic works fine, but I still need external speakers to hear the other person. Unfortunately, when using the HomePod, I run into feedback issues. I could use my AirPods instead, but since I have frequent, often very short calls, it’s too inconvenient to put them on every time.

One great thing about the Studio Display is that it seamlessly handles audio transitions. For example, I could have music playing, and when a call comes in, the music fades out smoothly. Once the call ends, the music fades back in, making the experience feel effortless.

Right now, it’s a frustrating situation because there doesn’t seem to be a good solution that integrates both music playback and calls effectively. Most conference devices are likely terrible for music playback, while options like the HomePod lack a microphone and don’t work well with my Logitech microphone setup.

To make things worse, I have music from the Mac playing on the HomePod, but system sounds still come through the Mac mini’s built-in speakers, which are absolutely awful. It’s a total mess! 😂

Well I think you need to try to use simple speakers then. You shouldn't get an echo, because there would be no delay