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Apple Announces AirPods Max Over-Ear Headphones With Noise Cancellation, Priced at $549
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The smart case looks like a sleep mask to me
The design looks nice, but the use of a physical knob seems surprisingly dated for an AirPods product. The other products in the line have been more modern, so I would've expected touch controls like the top of the HomePod.
Apple introduces AirPods Max, the magic of AirPods in a stunning over-ear design
Apple today announced AirPods Max, innovative wireless headphones that bring the magic of AirPods to an over-ear design with high-fidelity audio.
www.apple.com
For that money they better beat the Bose 700 and Sony Xm4 in noise cancelling and sound quality, otherwise, they just rebranded a Beats headphone.
The more I’m thinking about it my guess is they will actually sound very good. The HomePod sounds very good. But the question is what’s the market? How many audiophiles use wireless cans? And how many would be willing to give Apple a shot over trusted brands that have been in this business for a long time? Honestly if Apple is really serious about high end audio I wish they’d get in the sound bar game. I’d buy a really good sound bar/subwoofer from Apple if the price wasn’t obscene.
Case is pathetic for the price!
I'm in!
Couldn't check out via Safari on macOS ("Your bag is empty"), but I was able to buy via iOS app. I added AC+ as well. There's a decent chance I might accidentally sit on them
As mentioned above, the price definitely in line for high-end headphones. Take a look at the build quality of most $500-$1000 "audiophile" headphones... these are going to be on another level.
Couldn't check out via Safari on macOS ("Your bag is empty"), but I was able to buy via iOS app. I added AC+ as well. There's a decent chance I might accidentally sit on them
As mentioned above, the price definitely in line for high-end headphones. Take a look at the build quality of most $500-$1000 "audiophile" headphones... these are going to be on another level.
at that price, how many songs does it hold?
Apple are truly losing the plot with their pricing
LMAO, only 200 dollars more expensive than every other competitior's MSRP and not foldable which is just idiotic for a pair of headphones designed for on the go.
Or something... It looks ridiculous! What protects the mesh 'canopy'? If this were April 1st, I'd call it a joke.
Unless they can clean my ears and cut my hair I'm not interested for $549!!
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Oh, yeah? Well, I bought two of them. I don’t really need them; I’m probably just going to stick them in a drawer. I might just buy two more.
So when the battery no longer holds a charge do these become as worthless as my first generation AirPods? And no professional is going to use Bluetooth headphones, especially if they have “computational audio” it’s clear that these are meant for the iJustine YouTube influencer market dummy’s.
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So it's no clear from the comments - what does everyone think about the price of these?