![]() But for true wireless noise canceling - they were better than my Bose. The audio wasn’t as good as my Grados or even the mid tier Sonys I use on my PS. Between a desire to protect my hearing and just music / podcasts to occupy my mind - the maxes have gotten reasonably hard use. That said, I figured (hoped) they wouldn’t be as good as the reviews said and I’d keep the Bose and return the Maxes within the two weeks. So when the AirPods Max came out I bought them. As a tuning machine for my cars, I figured Apple would give me extra quality for the price premium. Since my 2013 MacBook Air still runs….windows…. But I loved the seamless apple ecosystem integration. For exercise I also have some Beats fit (pro?). I currently have 3-4 sets including a set of pros. ![]() ![]() Then my job started handing out free AirPods every once in a while. I made the mistake of buying the elite 85s to replace those after I got tired of fooling with the Jabra 75 issues. My Jabras also had some weird issues after a few months. But it felt like wireless audio - even at the more premium prices weren’t quite up to par in quality. I know that’s the world we live in but my watch is 60 years old. But I remember being pissed that for something that cost me over $300 bucks - I didn’t get more than a few years. I bitched to the customer service center until they agreed to replace them with I think the QC35II? B? I don’t remember. The Bose lasted I think close to two years before one of the switches stopped working and they wouldn’t turn on. So Jabras for working out/working outside and Bose for inside. The Bose were great except in the Florida heat and under the car where I would spend my weekends wrenching. On the plane.Īfter that I got a set of Jabra Elite Actives. On the can at work so I could poop in peace and pretend I was alone. I bought a set of Bose QC35 retail at an airport shop figuring - I’d just pay for my own food in Paris and call it a day.Īfter the flight I was totally in love. I got a per diem in cash before boarding a flight to Paris. I think it was something like 2016 when I first bought a set of true wireless headphones. Cheaper AirPods could also stimulate interest in Apple’s earbuds during the lengthy wait between updates-although it sounds like we’ll be waiting for the Lite models so long that the others will be overdue for a refresh at the same time.I’ve had so many noise canceling headphones. ![]() While Apple still sells the second-gen AirPods for $129, the so-called AirPods Lite would give access to a market Apple hasn’t previously tapped-sub $100 earbuds that aren’t just reduced older models. This isn’t a completely new rumor, following a report earlier this month, and reports from 2020 that referred to AirPods Pro Lite as being in the pipeline at Apple, but it’s reassuring to get corroboration from a source as trusted as Kuo. The news of a budget set of AirPods, however, potentially priced as low as $99, is highly interesting. It’s hard to see why Apple doesn’t pre-emptively stop this by updating the devices every two years or less, but there’s no sign that the company will change its policy, particularly for the premium Max models. This is all the more mystifying because the AirPods product line, which in general has been exceptionally lucrative for Apple, has suffered dips in sales as individual models age.
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