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Apple Announces AirPods Max Over-Ear Headphones With Noise Cancellation, Priced at $549
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If you want your product to become a status symbol, you have to price it accordingly.
The thing about the AirPod Pro's, and regular AirPod's for that matter, is that they brought something new to the market. Convenience, the battery case, portability were all huge factors for the originals, which is why I was willing to spend, what I thought was a lot, 250 dollars on them. 550 dollars for headphones just cause they're made by apple? when there are a million competitive products already on the market for half the cost? Whats the 'one more thing' with this?
Basically everyone who gets this will look like they're carrying a purse.
Five hundred forty-nine dollars? Either the dollar has taken a severe devaluation or there is a lot of gold in those headphones. Only one thing to say about the price: “Oh My God” No thanks, Apple....
Yes it can do mic input on the adapter, but the Airpods Max and the Beats Solo do not work in that way, they only allow the cable to be used for audio input and not the headphone jack adapter.
If you think 549$ is alot, then come to Europe and Sweden. Here it costs 790$ with VAT included. Ouch.
Not to be antagonistic, but what does skin color have to do who wears them?
Hmm, so for that price you can get all the following over here:
1 x Bose 700
1 x Audio-technica ATH-M50X
1 x Audio-technica ATH-M50XBT
and still have enough cash left for a pair of Beats Flex and Neverwinter Nights on the IOS appstore.
Guess that's a pass from me 🥳.
1 x Bose 700
1 x Audio-technica ATH-M50X
1 x Audio-technica ATH-M50XBT
and still have enough cash left for a pair of Beats Flex and Neverwinter Nights on the IOS appstore.
Guess that's a pass from me 🥳.
Someone further up the thread said these were just for rich white men...
Just imagine if Apple released a purse what it would cost. This is a steal if you look at it that way.
..yes, but they are actually Studio quality?
These remind me of those cars that were sold with the suffic "lux" or "luxe" to try and convince the masses that they were genuinly basking in luxury during the school run
I can't see that happening. HD800 might not be 'accurate', but there is no way a closed headphone can replicate the soundstage and detail of such a shockingly open pair, fed through a solid DAC/amp, in balanced mode. We don't even know if the Airpod Max has a truly passive mode, or whether everything has to be fed through its own internal amp.
Apple will certainly have a lot of software trickery up its sleeve and I am not necessarily saying that the Airpod Max will sound 'bad', but the idea that H1 chip processing and similar can replicate and better the HD800 is most likely wishful thinking.
Ah okay thanks. I didn't see the response chat bubble area at the top so I didn't know.
*yep went back and saw the original comment. My bad!
These are high-end premium headphones and $550 is actually a low price in this market segment. I am confident AirPods Max will deliver immersive sound experiences of the like we've never heard before.
Apple has been working to build this product for years. I expect nothing less than perfection. I cannot wait to try mine the moment they are delivered.
Apple has been working to build this product for years. I expect nothing less than perfection. I cannot wait to try mine the moment they are delivered.
