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Truly the Beats of our generation. Buy headphones from audio specialists, not Apple.
by BowBun 7mo ago
Truly the Beats of our generation. Buy headphones from audio specialists, not Apple.
- piskov 7mo agoApple hardware sound is the best on the market (macbooks, ipad, etc.). It is unwise to dismiss their prowess
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- porphyra 7mo agoHonestly Apple's Airpods Pro and Airpods Max sound pretty great though, and I own several pairs of "audiophile" IEMs and headphones.
- paxys 7mo agoWill agree about Airpods Pro, but Max are a notch below the competition (Bose, Sony, Sennheiser).
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- bayindirh 7mo agoApple knows its cookies when it comes to sound. I can say that as someone who uses proper HiFi systems and has played in orchestras.
- Angostura 7mo agoStill pretty happy with my Homepods in Stereo
- alt227 7mo agoThese earphones are not for people who appreciate good audio. They are for people who want more products in the Apple ecosystem and have lots of money to spend.
- wahnfrieden 7mo agoThe Apple designer who designed them owns a music label and obviously appreciates good audio
- jandrewrogers 7mo agoApple headphones have better audio fidelity than you are giving them credit for. I have several different pairs of high-end studio headphones and expensive amps to drive them. The Apple Max, which I also own, frankly provides a cleaner reference than some of the classics. They are perfectly usable as reference headphones. The built-in Apple audio DSP, amps, etc have surprisingly good fidelity. Much higher quality than you would expect from consumer hardware. They even provide high-impedance headphone jacks on their recent computers.
- squidsoup 7mo agoIf you have multiple apple devices, the seamless switching is the killer feature, for me anyway. My Bose headphones were absolutely abysmal at this, and it drove me mad.
- gumby271 7mo agoMy Pixel buds from Google have been pretty good since they support Bluetooth multipoint. I'd love to find some good headphones like Beats or the airpods, but Apple doesn't seem to support those standards, it only works with other Apple devices.
- astrange 7mo agoApple's R&D budget for a single product is larger than the entire audiophile industry, and they also actually know how to manufacture things.