What a strange post.It's almost as if any company that wanted to make wireless, lossy music playback work with the highest possible fidelity would need to control the whole stack... encode its own audio files, control its own streaming infrastructure and design and manufacture its own playback devices. Microprocessor design is obviously critical here, so it would be extra useful if that company also designed its own custom silicon and it would be extra extra useful if that silicon was widely considered to be class-leading.
If only such a company existed, right? Imagine what they could do by applying software to things like audio, photography, videography... and they'd be able to keep improving things with software updates too, wouldn't that be awesome?
Plus, if that company existed, fewer people would need to spend upwards of 2000 whatevers (credits? rupees? pull tabs?) on headphones that carry lossless audio. More of us might realise that to a certain degree lossless audio is just one way of getting around the fact that very few companies can control the audio file *and* the playback device.
Sarcasm aside, though, if you're reading this thread and on the fence about these new cans, remember that there's loads of research out there to support the subjectivity of human perception and next to nothing to support most claims made by audiophiles and high-fidelity audio purveyors (Apple is not above making these claims itself). I have no doubt that some people have sensitive enough ears to justify spending 2000 bottle tops on headphones, but that absolutely does not hold true for everyone. And there are other things to factor in - design, materials, connectivity, call quality - make your decision based on what matters to you. If you're in the market for these cans and are on the fence don't let people who *haven't even held* the device sway you - doesn't matter if they're willing to spend 2000 banana peels, the science of human perception renders their views as good as meaningless. They're just intent on criticising other people's purchasing decisions for some reason, it's almost as though they lack confidence in their own choices or something ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
I think you know full well I was referring to dollars, which is the currency in which it has been announced. Enjoy your sarcasm though if it makes you happy.
Actually you miss my entire point, clearly not having not bothered to read my previous posts.
I'm not talking about reverse engineering the audio file...I'm talking about what happens at the point of playback and transmission.
I know all about 'human perception' (I assume you're referring to lossy dynamic frequency masking...) and all that transcoding + bluetooth transmission stuff works absolutely fine on cheap cans where the drivers don't produce the kind of detail to show up the shortcomings.
At 600 euros for all the same technology being pumped into - presumably - high quality drivers is just...silly.
I love 2 or 3 Apple devices I have - unique and reasonable value, but I'm still perfectly happy to call out over priced garbage when I see it.
I've no doubt there will be plenty of mugs who'll suck this up but to anyone else who actually understands what kind of smoke and mirror nonsense is going on, they'll appreciate what a joke these are.
Anyway these kind of viewpoints never get anywhere where Fanboy-ism is concerned, or indeed up against whatever kind of agenda you have - so good luck with that - Over and Out.
