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Apple Announces $549 Airpods Max Over-the-Ear Headphones with Active Noise Cancellation
Having worked on a few dozen headphones I find a lot of what they did really interesting. The cans themselves are very shallow. To compensate for that acoustically they must have had to up the amplification which is expensive. I'm sure most of the the electronics are custom vs the off the shelf bluetooth/noise canceling/ amplification chipset modules that most headphone makers use to save money.
> I'd prefer a more obvious left/right indicator than the digital crown or the cutesy knitted "L" and "R" inside the earcups.
the carrying case is silly
Like all apple products, good or bad, i have no doubt it will sell out. It's good to see that there's at least one sharp edge on the product, keeping up w apples need to make physical objects you touch uncomfortable. Why does apple continually do this? Add a radius! The spacer mesh with the jacquard L and R is a nice detail but, It looks like a feminine product to me, like princess Leia's hair buns and the case looks like a purse.
Hmm.... I'm sure I will fall in love with these when I wear them, same as the Bose's and Sony's flagship ANC headphones.
But I really dislike them using the watch crown to adjust volume. I understand they want to unify interactions between devices, but I'm scared that the crown will be too small or clumsy to use properly. I think the Microsoft Surface Headphones, and the new B&O, do a much better job with their dial.
But then again, I'm usually wrong about this stuff...