Calm down everyone
2 drivers is not always greater than 1 driver. There are plenty of *quality* 1 driver earphones out there than can hold their own against hokey 2/3 driver earphones. The number of drivers is simply not an end all metric for judging how good sound quality is going to be. I'm so tired of fan boys trying to defend the sound quality of something that no one has actually heard.
I've used a lot of different in-ear headphones (Apple, Sony, Sennheiser, Shure), bottom end to top end, and there's simply no way to really judge the sound quality by looking at the literature and tech specs. How about we reserve judgement till they actually come out?
2 drivers is not always greater than 1 driver. There are plenty of *quality* 1 driver earphones out there than can hold their own against hokey 2/3 driver earphones. The number of drivers is simply not an end all metric for judging how good sound quality is going to be. I'm so tired of fan boys trying to defend the sound quality of something that no one has actually heard.
I've used a lot of different in-ear headphones (Apple, Sony, Sennheiser, Shure), bottom end to top end, and there's simply no way to really judge the sound quality by looking at the literature and tech specs. How about we reserve judgement till they actually come out?
headfi have been in flames waiting for these. they will not sound bad; that is impossible. however, will they sound good? probably they will be very decent.
but for 80$, no other company have given 2 armature drivers of any type. and a mic. and a remote control. i will be selling my sleek audio sa6 soon and the proceeds from that may fund a pair of unassuming phones.
what i like other than the marketing for the hifi is that apple don't market their products as the best sounding. if they are, then they are quiet about it. however the consumer sadly awaits for a company like shure or futursonics to tell them it sounds best before buying.
i cannot wait to hear these. they cost about as much as the cheapest of single armature phones but have so much more. apple may strike this market hard and make other companies have to lower the prices of their ridiculously priced iems and canalphones.