Apple Announces AirPods Max: Wireless Headphones That Cost More than an NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070

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Apple is making another effort at breaking into the audiophile market. The company announced an all-new pair of wireless over-ear headphones called the AirPods Max today, which come with a relatively eye-watering price tag of $549. The expensive headset promises high-fidelity audio in a “stunning” design, as well as advanced features such as adaptive EQ, active noise cancellation, and spatial audio.



We’re curious about how much better these could possibly sound compared to the zillions of other high-quality headphones out there from the likes of Sennheiser, Beyerdynamic, and other time-tested brands, but Apple’s AirPods Max are available to order starting today from apple.com for iPhone users who insist on matching devices. They’ll begin shipping on Tuesday, December...

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[hubaduba]

Magical!

 

[Uvilla]

Well at 549 depends who they challenge.... Just like at 50, depends who they challenge... https://wyze.com/wyze-headphones.html

 

[Auer]

Really not that expensive for higher end head phones.

A bit like the Apple monitor that everyone got bent outta shape about.
Compare to what's out there in the same performace class and the price aint all that bad at all.

 

[Eduardo_Domingot]

Really not that expensive for higher end head phones.

A bit like the Apple monitor that everyone got bent outta shape about.
Compare to what's out there in the same performace class and the price aint all that bad at all.

What would you compare these too?
I doubt they compete with a pair of studio headphones being wireless and all.

 

[Auer]

What would you compare these too?
I doubt they compete with a pair of studio headphones being wireless and all.

Amiron wireless copper

High-end Tesla Bluetooth® headphones with sound personalization (closed)

north-america.beyerdynamic.com

 

[Auer]

Beoplay H9 3rd generation - Over-ear Headphones (ANC) | B&O

Active noise cancelling over-ear headphones by B&O. The 3rd generation Beoplay H9 has up to 25 hours of playtime, touch interface and great comfort.

www.bang-olufsen.com

 

[Eduardo_Domingot]

Amiron wireless copper

High-end Tesla Bluetooth® headphones with sound personalization (closed)

north-america.beyerdynamic.com

Thanks for the link, now I know I’m not an audiophile.
Jk they look nice but dang that’s pricey.

 

[LazyGamer]

The Drop THX Panda are one, but really, 'audiophile' and 'wireless' are somewhat like oil and water. Especially if there's Bluetooth involved.

Various companies are experimenting with wireless technologies other than Bluetooth, and the gaming companies are probably doing the best at that; but their headphones top out at 'barely audiophile' levels!


[also, if you're going for 'decent audiophile', you're looking at headphones in the US$500 to US$1,000 range; that's where cans that are at least good at everything reside]