Those look better than Airpods at least.
Also, a lot of the cheap-o 50 dollar ones are hit and miss if they work for long or sound good.
Also, a lot of the cheap-o 50 dollar ones are hit and miss if they work for long or sound good.
I have the Jabra Elite 65's and I can't imagine anything cancelling out more noise than those... And they're available now for the half the price.
It just seems that there are already so many good products in this line already- Seems silly to roll through at a higher price point and expect to compete.
Mmmm, I dunno. There are certainly products that are overpriced, but audio quality definitely doesn't cap out at the $60 earbud price point haha. Some people care about that kind of thing a lot.
That's crazy man, anything more than $50 - $60 is way too much. The $50 pair I got off Amazon sound fantastic, always word and stay charged for the whole day. And the looks great too. A lot of these headphones/earbuds are grossly overpriced ATM and it's typically because of the brand name your buying.
Like for real. I like hearing my surroundings, and no "digital" ear monitor is going to be better then just not pluggin my ears.
Yeah no.
I mean they probably are overpriced but the idea that anything above 50$ for headphones is too much or that 50$ are comparable to audiophile level headphones is lunacy.
For in-ears and the price you get them for they sound fantastic. You're not getting hundreds of dollars more of value in increase of audio quality with some of the in-ears I've seen posted ITT. If you think you are then that is lunacy.
For in-ears and the price you get them for they sound fantastic. You're not getting hundreds of dollars more of value in increase of audio quality with some of the in-ears I've seen posted ITT. If you think you are then that is lunacy.
And the best part:
Replacing the battery is EASY!!!
Once my Airpods die out, I am going with these earbuds. No more Difficulty as fuck battery replacement. I want these earbuds for more than 5+ years.
Dr Dre has been making music all his life and his headphones are trash so allow me the grain of salt.I hear what you're saying but I've been a musician my whole life, taken audio production classes in college (including Audio Engineering I & II) where I worked in multi-million dollar studios and learned from professors who won grammy's for albums they worked on. I know what high end audio is and sounds like. These cheap ear buds I have are high quality for in-ear's, and IMPO the increase in quality you might get from these other brands can't possibly be worth it.
Audio quality is the main reason I haven't purchased AirPods. I might be in for these.
...Which is why I didn't buy them. :P
Nope
You should tell Apple that:
They're neither sweat nor rain resistant. So no.
I'm not sure this exact model is still available but they sound great and there are plenty of others just like it (probably newer models of this version)
You're still paying waaay too much considering the ear buds I have were $50 and sound great.
Soundpeats also has a version. Tons of chinese companies do. And they're all the same - no bass, irritating highs, muddy mids, terrible microphones, and sit way too far into my ear canal to the point where if I close my jaw completely the sound changes due to the pressure it puts on the ear bud stem. Sure they're cheap, but somehow they manage to still not be worth it.Goes also by BlitzWolf FYE2, I bought a pair when I got a company iPhone, as I didn't want dongles or the base earpods.
IMO it sounded quite shitty, and was uncomfortable to me. Never even got to deplete it, as 30 mins of listening during commutes was always enough with them. Also occasionally turnder off after 3 minutes of listening, unless i re-connected them while Spotify was running. Though that could've been some iOS bug.
The airpods were a blessing after these.
Yeah, you can these under a million different brands on Amazon or pay $20 or less for them (or similar ones) on Chinese sites. Great value on paper but they don't do any of it particularly well.Soundpeats also has a version. Tons of chinese companies do. And they're all the same - no bass, irritating highs, muddy mids, terrible microphones, and sit way too far into my ear canal to the point where if I close my jaw completely the sound changes due to the pressure it puts on the ear bud stem. Sure they're cheap, but somehow they manage to still not be worth it.
I'm going to go with your ears are broken if you think shitty ass Chinese $50 earphones are the pinnacle of audio quality.I hear what you're saying but I've been a musician my whole life, taken audio production classes in college (including Audio Engineering I & II) where I worked in multi-million dollar studios and learned from professors who won grammy's for albums they worked on. I know what high end audio is and sounds like. These cheap ear buds I have are high quality for in-ear's, and IMPO the increase in quality you might get from these other brands can't possibly be worth it.
Why would you expect differently here? Cheaper alternatives exist for people unable to justify the entry point of higher-end/more feature-packed earphones, and the price point for the features offered is competitive both against the competitors and Sony's own branded higher-end headphones."Industry leading" at making everyone but the rich feel poor and shutting out a lot of people from having anything that might look fun. Congrats Sony and Apple, true kings of industry leading
I suspect (given it mentions it uses the same noise cancelling technology as the XM3 and the second point on the picture) that there will be a mode available to amplify the surrounding noise and also to disable the noise cancelling as both exist on the XM3s and the OP suggests this will be present on these, so it should be possible to hear the surroundings when you want even while wearing the earphones (and enable noise cancelling when that mode would be better).I don't like noise canceling headphones. Call me crazy, but I prefer to hear my surroundings at all times. My headphones stay at 60% volume, and sometimes I'll wear one.
There are lots of cheap earbuds too. Is good audio supposed to just stop existing because it might make people who can't afford it feel bad?"Industry leading" at making everyone but the rich feel poor and shutting out a lot of people from having anything that might look fun. Congrats Sony and Apple, true kings of industry leading