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But my Shure IEMs offer better sound isolation and better sound quality and cost less money.
by hajile 6y ago
But my Shure IEMs offer better sound isolation and better sound quality and cost less money.
- myspy 6y agoI love me some Shure, but it's to early to trash these new headphones before having listened to them.
- jojobas 6y agoIt's also early to hype them like there's no tomorrow, or preorder stuff that nobody you should trust has seen, but there we are.
- buzzerbetrayed 6y ago> It's also early to hype them like there's no tomorrow Who is doing this? I basically haven't seen anyone overhyping them. In fact I would say that 95% of what I've read has been very skeptical so far.
- jojobas 6y agoThis HN post about a headphones announcement has more than 1200 comments. Have you seen that before for any other headphones? How is this not hype?
- jmull 6y agoOrdering is the rational thing to do if you're interested in these. Best to judge them for yourself and then return them if they don't meet your expectations. Waiting for reviews is ok too, though people seem to lose their minds when it comes to Apple (both for and against them). So the reviews are probably going to be even less useful than normal for headphones.
- dbbk 6y agoWhat's wrong with preordering? I bought them the moment they went up in the Apple Store. If I don't like them, or can't justify the cost, I've got about 3 weeks to return them. No problem.
- samatman 6y agoI'm not in the market for a $500 set of headphones. But when the HomePod was announced, I ordered it immediately, and have never once regretted that decision. These things are just a HomePod that fits on your skull. If the price is acceptable and the product is something you'll use and enjoy, get them. They're going to sound absolutely amazing.
- defterGoose 6y agoNot really, without analog input and only wireless digital input, fidelity is fundamentally limited (with current tech).
- Tepix 6y agoThere's no reason why your ears can't be more limited than wireless digital input.
- clajiness 6y agoI'm shocked by how many people claim to be able to state absolutes about a product that they've never tried. How do you know your headphones offer better sound isolation and better sound quality?
- draw_down 6y agoGotta own the Apple fanboys.
- dimator 6y agoYa that's a fair point, but the flip side is that there are people in the comments ready to preorder, also without having tried the product. There's something cringy to me about that level of blind brand loyalty.
- xuki 6y agoLet me introduce you to 14 day return policy.
- leafmeal 6y agoI suspect return policies are often used to justify unnecessary purchases. How many times have you bought something online you didn't actually want, but then didn't return it because it was too much of a hassle? Even if things are returned, they can often end up in landfills still (though I doubt that would happen with these $500 headphones). https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/marketplace-amazon-returns-1.5753714 https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/marketplace-amazon-returns-1....
- 1123581321 6y agoIt's perhaps more fair to say that generous return policies reduce the risk of choosing a premium product in a category because they let the buyer verify the (subjective) value of it.
- fatbird 6y ago
- squeaky-clean 6y agoHave you used a pair of ANC headphones?
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- rootusrootus 6y agoThat seems like an apples-to-oranges comparison. Apple makes (or at least used to make) their own IEMs, which are more directly comparable to Shure. They were also pretty good, and competively priced. But they weren't at all the same kind of products as a set of wireless noise canceling over-the-ear cans.