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Apple Announces AirPods Max Over-Ear Headphones With Noise Cancellation, Priced at $549
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True. There is no lossless Bluetooth out there, even LDAC can't carry the same quality as a humble 3.5 audio input. Bluetooth is all about convenience - I quite like the cable-less principle myself. But it's good to have options. We need to see how the Airpod Max deals with the analogue input, given that there seems to be one - does it re-convert it to digital, or is it passed through to the amp section directly?
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The headphon jack adapter is actually bidirectional too as you can plug headphones with a mic in (I was doing just that for a conference call about an hour ago)
Just like I mentioned multiple times during the rumor phase - these have nothing to do with "studio" or "pro audio work". The only thing they have in common with actual studio headphones is the price.
Actually there's a little problem there it seems with Apple's AirPods Pro and presumably AirPods Max. Oratory1990 is an acoustic engineer that has measured quite a few headphones according to a protocol similar to Harman's (so it's quite well suited to EQ to the Harman target if that is your thing) and maintains a database here : https://www.reddit.com/r/oratory1990/wiki/index/list_of_presets
But he encountered a problem when trying to measure the APP as they would vary their response according to program material, so there is a chance that FR measurements for the APP or AirPods Max (APM ?) may not be that truthful :
As test program materials are quite synthetic in nature it doesn't necessarily mean that Apple "cheats" with the reproduction of musical content but it makes it a little harder to be confident of the FR measurements you come up with (and it's already hard enough to start with).
$550!! I just picked up a pair of near mint Sony WH-1000XM2 for $65. They sound fantastic, ANC is great and one of the most comfortable headphones I have worn. Weight 9oz.
The anger in this thread from people who have no business buying these gives me energy
Oh, good morning, campers.
Finally you are awake to realise apple been charging us all way too much.
Finally you are awake to realise apple been charging us all way too much.
I'm in if it will include accessibility eq for hearing issues. I have meniere's disease and lost some of the functioning of my right ear...and it changes month to month. There are some solutions on market but as a [former 
] audiophile the hardware isn't great.
] audiophile the hardware isn't great.They are selling out and shipping times are slipping into next year some into March. So for many this is not expensive at all.
Studio quality headphones cost $1,500+
If these headphones beat Sennheiser HD 800 S terms of sound quality they are worth it. There are no wireless headphones that offer accurate mid, bass and treble response.
Ha? You do know sound quality is worst when listening through Bluetooth VS headphone jack right?
Oh, come on!
That's how consumers are rewarded for being faithful to Apple... ever-increasing prices! As long as people keep buying, Apple will keep trying to upsell everything.
That is why competition is very, very important. I sincerely hope that other manufacturers catch up to Apple in every respect. When electronics were commodities differentiated by specs only (and not by "experience" or "brand awareness"), everything was much cheaper and manufacturers were in a race to offer more for less (instead of less for more). Now, Apple's way is creating trillion-dollar companies and unaffordable luxury electronics.
That's how consumers are rewarded for being faithful to Apple... ever-increasing prices! As long as people keep buying, Apple will keep trying to upsell everything.
That is why competition is very, very important. I sincerely hope that other manufacturers catch up to Apple in every respect. When electronics were commodities differentiated by specs only (and not by "experience" or "brand awareness"), everything was much cheaper and manufacturers were in a race to offer more for less (instead of less for more). Now, Apple's way is creating trillion-dollar companies and unaffordable luxury electronics.
It's debatable whether the HD800 S does either.
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