- 100 "OMG so expensive" posts
- 100 Take-my-money Fry meme posts
- Macrumors "Apple Surpised At Headphone Popularity Having To Ramp Up Production" headline
Sennheisers aren't flat. Their open-backs have weak bass response that roll-offs below 100 Hz. The PowerBeats Pro are objectively more accurate than a HD 800.True, but everyones hearing is different, and preferences subjective. I like a good flat frequency response, I like Sennheisers. I'd like to compare them, or is that out the window with computational audio now.
I'll take 'cheap' plastic that is more comfortable any day. And a proper travel case to boot.Yes, cheap plastic is always going to be lighter and less expensive.
These are likely targeted at audiophiles (of which I am not) and professional users. I know a number of professionals and audiophiles who would spend monstrous amounts of money on headphones. It’s possible these could be a bargain for those folks, but we’ll have to wait and see.Right, but I have a good pair of headphones. They were $250 on sale, $350 originally. Noise cancelation, padding, audio input jack, something like 20 to 20kHz response, Bluetooth 4.2, weigh 10.23oz and they sound great too.
And you know what? I wouldn't buy them again. The audio quality doesn't make up for the negatives (battery powered if wireless, heavy, not comfortable in bed).
I'm not sure who they are targeted towards. People with too much money and not enough common sense is my guess, but that seems like a marketing fail if that's Apple's target.
That's been debunked on so many levels. First, they were proven to be knockoffs in the teardown, second, they were modelled after the pre-Apple design, so even if they were real that was Monster, not apple.That's certainly true that lighter headphones are much more comfortable.
Let's not forget that Apple makes Beats, which ADD WEIGHTS to their headphones.
I wonder if these are also so heavy because they add metal weights in them?
Audiophiles have heard the sound these can produce? That’s a bold statement.They look great, I hope they sound great, and I applaud Apple for this innovation. HOWEVER, The price point is completely wrong. Audiophiles know they can get better audio quality for far less. $399 would have been the sweet spot. But at this price, it’s better to wait for the next version and lower price point.
I'm waiting for the AirPods Pro Max GT-R Spec-V Nismo.I'll wait for the AirPods Pro Max.
So there isn't a review BUT the noise cancellation is already superior on the Sony?There isn’t a review, but out the gate the Sony’s have some advantages based on what you’re looking for. The noise cancellation has been superior, they have transparency modes, not really sold on Siri integration but I can see where it’s a plus. Since I have the AirPod pros, I can imagine that spatial audio on the Max will be amazing. It’s just not enough to warrant the price point I don’t think. Plus I’m not an audio engineer so I can’t accurately speak on it, but I believe high fidelity and lossless audio works better with wired headsets currently....but not a lot of consumers even have that quality of music produced from Apple Music, Spotify, etc. Tidal has it but.....who uses Tidal really?
What? XM3 has better sounds than XM4? Please list some reviews, I would love to read more about it.WH-1000XM3 > xm4.
- less price
- better sounds (by many reviews)
the only one pros for xm4 is it stop playing music when you take them off.
Actually, yes, let’s forget that. CompletelyThat's certainly true that lighter headphones are much more comfortable.
Let's not forget that Apple makes Beats, which ADD WEIGHTS to their headphones.
I wonder if these are also so heavy because they add metal weights in them?
A lot of folks that used to buy EVERYTHING Apple get irritated when there’s something with an Apple logo that’s priced out of their range (they may now be on a fixed income, for example). However, just remind them that THESE don’t even HAVE a logo! They’ll go back to admiring their AirPort Base Station and Thunderbolt Monitor in no timeEverywhere I see this people are angry at cost...?
I clicked on that link, and the article that it references says that genuine headphones Beats were not used in that teardown.That's certainly true that lighter headphones are much more comfortable.
Let's not forget that Apple makes Beats, which ADD WEIGHTS to their headphones.
I wonder if these are also so heavy because they add metal weights in them?
Of the millions of people on Earth, there are enough with the right amount of money and common sense to make these profitable.I'm not sure who they are targeted towards. People with too much money and not enough common sense is my guess, but that seems like a marketing fail if that's Apple's target.
I wonder what that mesh headband is going to feel like on shaved heads...
Thanks for the link. I’d been curious (but not actually googling level curious LOL) about what separates these from the lower priced headphones. Hadn’t really looked into it since Apple sold planar headphones by another company.Don't talk about what you think you know about audiophiles. Here's a list of six audiophile headphones with the lowest price of $1,299 and going up from there. http://www.theabsolutesound.com/articles/a-survey-of-six-high-end-headphones/