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I have Airpods Max and the quality is flawless on the cushions. Maybe the raw materials are a couple of bucks, but I imagine they have to discard many in quality control and use considerable ressources on the manufacturing equipment.

Also. As other have mentionend regarding the price - B&O replacements are $100 and Sennheiser's are £75. So the price seems reasonable compared to the competition.
Those are leather though (as least from what I could find on their respective sites). Maybe I'm the crazy one, but 70 bucks for fabric earcups is pretty steep, especially then there's not even any customisation involved.
 
Those are leather though (as least from what I could find on their respective sites). Maybe I'm the crazy one, but 70 bucks for fabric earcups is pretty steep, especially then there's not even any customisation involved.
I’m pretty sure those fabric cups will last longer than the leather cups. :)
 
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I’m pretty sure those fabric cups will last longer than the leather cups. :)
Had a momentum over ear and replaced ear cups once for €30 when it started peeling off. They aren‘t comfortable for long term use due to non breathable. I like the fabric of APM, though it was itchy at first. Surely apple considered leather cushions, will not be surprised if there is an APM pro with leather cushions.
 
Anyone who ordered the new cups this week get their shipping date bumped? I ordered the sky blue on the day they came out and had express delivery for today. It even went into preparing for shipment yesterday. This morning, it gave me an expected delivery of March to April. I couldn’t believe it. Very unlike Apple. I called and there was nothing they could do. Anyone else get this?
 
Probably but that’s very unlike Apple to screw up the expectation that bad and that it went into preparing for shipping.
 
Well they did mess up on shipping me my actual AirPods Max when they didn't properly declare the battery hazard with UPS.
 
Mine arrived this morning.

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