One More One More Thing - Apple Unveils AirPods Max

[Derkoli]

 

A hinge is now revolutionary. Way to go.

 

For 550, I'd just get a pair of decent Bose or Sennheisers.

[Vishera]

Just now, Derkoli said:

For 550, I'd just get a pair of decent Bose or Sennheisers.

You can get better for much less,I wonder if it can beat my $36 Sennheiser HD 201.

[Pndude1000]

If I had a choice to buy that or something else why would I choose some apple fanboy/girl headphones over a console which has ray tracing, can play up till 8k, has 12 teraflops of GPU power, has a custom ssd, and I can just buy a headset for 35. Which would you rather choose, Apple fanboys/girls. 

[Pndude1000]

Wish they had included a mic of some sort like something that retracts back into the headset... NVM they have nine microphones

[Vishera]

Just now, Pndude1000 said:

Wish they had included a mic of some sort like something that retracts back into the headset... NVM they have nine microphones

Are sure about it?,Didn't you notice the 10th one?

[Pndude1000]

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Not rly related but here you go

[Pndude1000]

2 minutes ago, Vishera said:

Are sure about it?,Didn't you notice the 10th one?

 

Wdym if this is a joke i didnt get it 

 

[AlTech]

1 hour ago, Sauron said:

"stunning"

 

they're just over-ear headphones

 

or maybe stunning refers to the price

In which case I would agree very......stunning. Stunningly terrible price.

[WkdPaul]

43 minutes ago, RejZoR said:

People think everyone buys Apple stuff just because of logo. Maybe shallow Americans with their stupid fashion brands and endless need to flash brands around to feel special.*snip*

nah, it's not just Americans, there's plenty of that elsewhere too

[NotTheFirstDaniel]

This cycle happens with almost every Apple product, so much that I want to call it the "iCycle"

1. Apple releases a product. Literally any product, could be AirPods Max, could be a cure for cancer.
2. Two different groups of people form. People that defend the product because it's Apple, and people who hate on the product because it's Apple.
3. Companies such as Samsung and OnePlus joke about the product
4. A week later, people get the product, and post favorable reviews of it. The bandwagon of (It's X [in this case overpriced]) is still going hard by this point
5. By holiday of the release year, it sells like wildfire, and everyone buys it.
6. Other companies (like Samsung and OnePlus) see these sales, and quietly take back their initial claims. Behind the scenes, they tell their teams to work on something that will compete with it
7. The competitors release a product about 6-8 months later that is marginally worse than Apple's one, but is still cheap enough to be competitive. The initial bandwagon is now completely gone.
8. Repeat list when a new Apple product/category comes out.

Literally the only product that didn't fall into this cycle was the HomePod because it was so shit even the Apple defenders couldn't defend the pile of shit they wrapped fabric around and called a speaker.

 

While I'm personally not going to buy AirPods Max (Maybe I'd consider an AirPods Max Sport), there will certainly be a market, and when Samsung makes "professional" headphones, I won't be too surprised.

[TVwazhere]

29 minutes ago, Vishera said:

You can get better for much less,I wonder if it can beat my $36 Sennheiser HD 201.

I had three of those sets but in the 202 flavor. Great value headphone. 

[Senzelian]

Just received the Bose QC 35 II from Google, because of the Pixel 5 promotion. 
600€ for the phone and the headphones and Apple wants me to pay 550 for just headphones... yeah sure

[CTR640]

4 hours ago, Vishera said:

Sennheiser smashes them no problem.

Beyerdynamic too. Meze Audio too, Audeze, AKG too I think and HiFiMAN.

 

Prices like that are audiophile ranges.

[Lord Vile]

41 minutes ago, Pndude1000 said:

If I had a choice to buy that or something else why would I choose some apple fanboy/girl headphones over a console which has ray tracing, can play up till 8k, has 12 teraflops of GPU power, has a custom ssd, and I can just buy a headset for 35. Which would you rather choose, Apple fanboys/girls. 

Maybe they don't want a console... Also the consoles can't play games at 8K and barely have ray tracing if the 6000 series has anything to go by. 

 

Also you cannot get good headphones for 35. These are likely competing with the 1000MX4's from sony which go for £350 and the QC 35's which go for £300 MSRP but can be found cheaper. Interested as to how these sound personally and wonder if they can justify the price. If they can beat Bose in ANC I'll be impressed. Not that hard to beat them in sound.

[Lord Vile]

7 minutes ago, CTR640 said:

Beyerdynamic too. Meze Audio too, Audeze, AKG too I think and HiFiMAN.

 

Prices like that are audiophile ranges.

Not audiophile headphones though, just posted they're likely aiming at the Sony 100MX4's as a competitor and wondering if they can justify the price.

[sub68]

35 minutes ago, TVwazhere said:

I had three of those sets but in the 202 flavor. Great value headphone. 

currently using the hd 206 and love them still

[Belgarathian]

I don’t think we can comment on the price until we get our hands on it to listen. Feature wise, I think these are class leading compared to the Bose and Sony equivalent. 
 

$550 isn’t that much for me personally, I paid almost $2000 for my LCD-3 which is just 2-channel and $499 for my computer headset with spatial audio. 
 

if it can best it’s competitors in noise cancellation and sound performance I’d buy it. 

[Jackgamer91]

Was interested until I saw the 670 euro price tag here in Ireland lol. Would have been nice for $300-400 range but 600+ no way in hell.  Cost twice as much as my Sony XM4s but probably won’t come close to sounding twice as good. 

[Commodus]

15 minutes ago, Jackgamer91 said:

Was interested until I saw the 670 euro price tag here in Ireland lol. Would have been nice for $300-400 range but 600+ no way in hell.  Cost twice as much as my Sony XM4s but probably won’t come close to sounding twice as good. 

That's the question, isn't it? They might well sound better, but Apple will need to have delivered something truly special for them to be worth $200 more than you typically pay for nice-but-not-too-nice wireless headphones.

[Roswell]

Whole lot of people here with crystal balls and access to Apple prototypes letting us know how good a pair of unreleased headphones sound. 
 

Color me impressed.

[Lord Vile]

32 minutes ago, Commodus said:

That's the question, isn't it? They might well sound better, but Apple will need to have delivered something truly special for them to be worth $200 more than you typically pay for nice-but-not-too-nice wireless headphones.

In the market for a new set of Bluetooth headphones and if the price is justified I'll get a pair of these maybe but otherwise I'll probably pick up some QC35s 

[n0stalghia]

They gotta sound really great to justify that price 

[Fasterthannothing]

Lol why? Your better off spending that kinda money on the Drop Panda. It has Bluetooth and wired mode (with complete passthrough meaning they work even when dead) a THX chip and zero sound coloring out of the box. O and did I mention it has a cool retro sound when it powers up! Also the battery last insanely long on them.

[Lord Vile]

6 minutes ago, n0stalghia said:

They gotta sound really great to justify that price 

Not that much more expensive than the 1000XM4's and QC35. When you're already spending over £300 on headphones what's the extra? 

[StDragon]

Brought to you by the same company that makes:

• Pro Stand - $999

• Apple Mac Pro Wheels Kit - $699

• Apple Mac Pro Feet Kit - $299

They will charge a million bucks for anything if there's a market for it. Because it's Apple, and they can. Simple as that.