So I finally got my Vive Pro 2. Heres the day one impressions for anyone who cares.

The fov feels awful, all the shit ive heard about it is true. Even though the last time i put on a headset was my old og vive 1-2 years ago, I still experienced the letterbox effect.
And its a big deal as well cause I had trouble feeling immersed because of it, and yes I did put in a thin replacement cover. The monitor strapped to your face meme is apparent to me suddenly. Doesnt seem like you are inside vr, but are zoomed into an ultrawide monitor with border goggles instead. Most people say it gets better once you are used to it so im counting on that.
The screen itself is pretty good once you find the sweet spot, takes a lot of fucking around with the headset and may need a lateral strap mod to keep it in the ideal position. That last fact really takes away from any comfort gains since you have to crank it beyond comfort levels so its close enough to your eyes.

Headphones are essentially doa with the buzzing noise, I dont buy that im just unlucky, i think they fundamentally screwed up the hardware and the people who dont mention it are either ignoring it or the small exception.

I dont care about the mic but we all know its bad anyway.

Overall the only reason i dont have deep buyers remorse is cause i more or less knew all the drawbacks going in. This headset is what a modded experience should be, one really cool feature thats very rough around the edges. The price should be half of what it is right now, or equal to the reverb g2 at most. At the moment its essentially paying for an $800 high res screen installed in an old broken enclosure that you can get for $50 used on ebay. Like 0 features beyond the screen are worth anything.

tldr: unless you're an impatient fuck like me, just wait for index 2