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Buddhadevine t1_issvwkq wrote

I remember when I bought BOSE headphones for $150. Earbuds? Fat chance

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chuckvsthelife t1_ist69zl wrote

To be fair to the wireless ANC earbud vs the headphone. Making it small is expensive even if it doesn’t sound as good.

Personally used to be a pretty hardcore only over ear headphone guy…. Then I got glasses.

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Buddhadevine t1_istqbm8 wrote

I can get pretty good sounding wireless earbuds for $20 on Amazon. They are just jacking up the price out of greed.

I hear ya on the over the ear headphones. Those were the best. I’m in the same boat with ya

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chuckvsthelife t1_isuh17f wrote

All a matter of what you want and how much you care for sure. I mean the justification given for this increase is that its essentially R&D costs having to do with firmware and product improvements. Company went from 3 to 185 engineers supposedly.

Hardware hasn't changed but firmware with audio can be a difference. Of course.... if I'm honest most people probably don't notice the difference, or at least don't find it worth the extra.

Said as someone who will never buy both of these and admittedly is mostly bought into apple ecosystem, which is a whole other debate of worth.

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