Gold plated."High-end" means what, exactly? I guess we'll find out
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KGI: Apple Developing High-End Over-Ear Headphones, Launching Late 2018 at the Earliest
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I read every single reply as of this time and can't believe I didn't see the most obvious name choice:
AirHeads
[I say that as someone in the Apple ecosystem.]
AirHeads
[I say that as someone in the Apple ecosystem.]
This is good news, I trust they will sound excellent and have the usual Apple polish software/hardware.
Think I’ll stick with my master and dynamic mw60’s. Not a fan of apple’s styling approach to ear-related products.
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Delayed in the sense that it won’t make the timeline an analyst that doesn’t work for Apple has laid out?
If I'm not mistaken, the W* chipset features are exclusive to Apple devices? If so, you'd be paying a premium for a feature you wouldn't use.
By competitor, I mean to fidelity headphones. I have AKG, AudioQuest, Audeze, and Shure headphones. I'm looking for a quality wireless headphone with the similar fidelity as above that is not BOSE, has decent battery life, and lastly has GOOD wireless non BT mic. The third is a wish, but not a req.
It's a pipe dream, but maybe Apple will create open back wireless headphones?
Yes, but some have. I am not a crazy audiophile but have had a quality stereo system for years.
I listened to it and while it sounds pretty good for a small wireless speaker it’s not revolutionary sound. It’s not audiophile quality sound. Not even close.
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EarPods
I think if they can do something with these headphones akin to whatever they have done with software for the HomePod, and sell them at a comparative price to current high end headphones they could do as well as the HomePod certainly.
I'm sure I say something recently about some new headphones that were supposed to be revolutionary in some way in how they sounded, but I can't recall their name now.
Also, with all this emphasis on music, and quality, combined with massive data farms and improvement in 4G speeds etc, maybe we'll finally get lossless?
I'm sure I say something recently about some new headphones that were supposed to be revolutionary in some way in how they sounded, but I can't recall their name now.
Also, with all this emphasis on music, and quality, combined with massive data farms and improvement in 4G speeds etc, maybe we'll finally get lossless?
I think that misses the point though.
I don't think Apple, or anyone else, is claiming that the HomePod is going to compete with expensive high end audiophile equipment.
The point is that the HomePod can put out surprisingly good sounding quality for a single speaker of its size, and at its price point. Which certainly seems to compare favourably with other kit up to the level of something around the Sonos Play 3 or Play 5.
You are correct but some here insist it is audiophile quality sound. Haha
Needs a lot more volume too. Is a great background music speaker.
High end = Apple tax"High-end" means what, exactly? I guess we'll find out
I think a lot of it depends on what you're used to listening on. I'm really impressed with the HomePod, but I've never had high end kit, and its a long time since I had modest separates.
To be fair I think it gets louder than background music. It sits near our dining table, and if it was up at around 80% it would easily be too loud to have a conversation sat at the table.
These days the way Apple seems to be able to only focus on one thing at a time, the answer is YES. It really seems with the quality problems at Apple, the late products, and the product design inconsistency, that Apple only has a few people that know how to do things right and they shuffle from design team to design team.
The product inconsistency occurs when Apple tries to release when its good designers are working on something else.
