Wait, what, even when streaming via Apple's own music service to these headphones you're hearing audio which has been lossy converted TWICE and then transmitted and converted back to analogue again??
Pretty sure audiophiles are not the target audience, which I believe to be anyone, audiophile or not, who can afford $550 headphones who wants wireless cans with ANC on the go or in environments where ANC makes sense. I like my headphones but when I'm commuting or traveling, I sacrifice audio quality for convenience.
Eh, that's exactly why I watch her -- and I expect that's why other people watch her. She's just doing a little wacky stuff that life needs. I don't expect critical opinions from her. It's fine.
Sure, but if we're talking about sacrificing audio quality for portable noise cancellation the Sony headphones do this for half the price, 2/3rds of the weight and without various other deal-breaking compromises of these headphones.
Not sure I understand it, either
I'm not buying these things but as a headphone enthusiast I do like to know what these are and will be capable of. For me, over ears are not portable. I have only in-ears when I leave the house. For the noisy office environment that I have not visited since March, I already have closed cans that suffice.I'm glad they don't have USB-C. We have like 10 devices in the home charging via lightning, why would I want this to have USB-C?
Why would Apple develop an also-ran product? The plain fact is Apple caters towards wireless audio. If that’s a deal breaker for someone, that’s a dealbreaker.It's an over $500 headphone, should be like everything else in it's price class and come with the jack as users traditionally spending this amount of money also listen to much higher quality than 256kbps AAC over Bluetooth. Adding an a ****** $5 dongle, to your potentially thousands of dollars set up should not be required.
But let's be fair, you're right. This is a Giffen good, not aimed at people buying headphones for more than $500 rather at people buying for $200-$300 but so much love with Apple stuff that they can justify the price
home pods are brilliant, have had 2 in stereo pair in living room since day one👍🏻
OK...that sounds like a roundabout way of saying you haven't listened to them. And thus cannot assess the sound quality or comfort, the most important attributes when judging headphones.
i think that is key word mate you hit the nail on the head, target audience.
They don't have them for free, they are review units, they have to ship back to apple after a time
I'd never heard of her until reading this thread. Fact is, if it means nothing to me, I don't tend to consume that kind of content. Not even curious. I don't even have to assess what she says knowing fully well that not having to hear it means I don't have to care. Life's just too short to have an opinion on YouTube people and I'm a YouTube person, though you probably wouldn't know it. Bias is everywhere, even in your own dreams if you let it in.
I think that is for the Bluetooth since the earcups are aluminum. One of the videos showed a white led next to the charging port.
yes they would and they have. If you think The Verge is always positive with respect to Apple, you're nuts. Not all reviewers are anywhere close to iJustine. And those publications you listed also reviewed the HomePod which gave it very positive reviews with respect to sound quality.
Bingo. This is exactly why I don't own any expensive wireless headphones. Good cans last decades.
