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I have (among many, many, many others...it’s an obsession) a Satechi wireless aluminium keyboard, it is excellent quality in every way. Their customer support is also superb. They sent me a new keyboard when, ahem, someone spilled a can of Monster all over my keyboard. It still works, but eww, sticky :D

Mind you, having seen their fugly mouse, god only knows what headphones would be like.
I also like the keypad and the "usb pen like" SD card reader [though the specs speeds are not good though], as for the headphones they're like this:
Satechi Headset.png
 
Depends on what you consider better value. The Apple cans certainly look as though the build quality has been ramped up to 11 I'd guess the ANC is improved, they have transparency mode, Spacial Audio, and I'd take a wild guess they will have an entirely different sound signature.

Just the fact that these are NOT Beats will be a $200 decider for many.

I guess we'll find out how similar they are during the inevitable teardown in the next couple of weeks.

Well, if Apple have managed to make an ANC headphone that actually sounds decent (by that I mean neutral and balanced, enjoyable with all genres), the better value will be just there.

Just purchased the Sony´s WH 1000 XM4. They sound... mediocre. Better than Beats, sure, but still too much bass, recessed mids and muddy soundstage. Somewhat fixable via EQ, but still merely passable sound.

Noise cancelling and confort are top notch, though... but not worth the 300-380 price tag (322 euros via Amazon in my case).

I don´t understand how virtually all the major reviews say that they sound great, when very clearly they do not.

The Bose 700 NC do sound a little more balanced, but still are bass heavy and a have a slightly congested soundstage.

The Beats solo pro sounds atrocious.

Not a single top tier ANC bluetooth headphone to date have good sound quality. If Apple have managed to achieve that AND industry leading noise cancelling and comfort at the same time, then maybe the Airpods Max are worth their price tag.

Excuse my English.

I think that most non-enthusiast oriented reviews call the $300 xm4s pretty much the best listening experience is speaking for itself.

Better ANC trumps better sound signature for those customers (incl me). The Airpods max might sound better, but for the average customer that difference won't in general be noticeable. Just as most probably wouldn't be able to tell nuances of anything above $200.

From the reviews I've seen:
+ Integration w Apple
+ Build quality
+ Spacial audio
- Price
- Weight
 
iJustine has reached a new level of cringe for me. Her "reviews" are nothing more than her trying to be cute for the camera and fawning over whatever product Apple has given her for free. The least she could do is act somewhat professional and not like a 12 year old girl trying to mug for the camera.

ok I’m super late to read this thread but man where have you been?
That’s most what’s her YouTube videos are all about - play cute like an 18yr old and have internet geeks fawn n swoon over her like simps smashing that like button and jumping over the subscribe button. Sub-scribe get it?!
 
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