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Weren't these $400 recently?

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Weren't these $400 recently?

They were during prime days event

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Just a warning as I own the first version of these, and they have not improved this at all in the second version.

These headphones are incredibly unreliable and poorly designed. They are way too heavy, and the worst part is that the connection mechanism will fail over time. The design is such that sweat and grime accumulates in the connectors and eventually causes the headphones to fail.

You have to take them apart and clean them occasionally because of this. For me, it's once every two months. But cleaning is doing less and less than the headphones are breaking more and more. Soon the cleaning won't help at all.

Would not recommend you throw away money into these.

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Just a warning as I own the first version of these, and they have not improved this at all in the second version.

These headphones are incredibly unreliable and poorly designed. They are way too heavy, and the worst part is that the connection mechanism will fail over time. The design is such that sweat and grime accumulates in the connectors and eventually causes the headphones to fail.

You have to take them apart and clean them occasionally because of this. For me, it's once every two months. But cleaning is doing less and less than the headphones are breaking more and more. Soon the cleaning won't help at all.

Would not recommend you throw away money into these.

yup. spot on review but some people will disagree with all the points you made 😆

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They were during prime days event

they are the same price at target, best buy, Walmart, etc. There is no deal here.I don't understand why you keep posting Apple merchandise and don't research the historical prices.

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Quote from starfoxinstinct

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Just a warning as I own the first version of these, and they have not improved this at all in the second version.These headphones are incredibly unreliable and poorly designed. They are way too heavy, and the worst part is that the connection mechanism will fail over time. The design is such that sweat and grime accumulates in the connectors and eventually causes the headphones to fail.You have to take them apart and clean them occasionally because of this. For me, it's once every two months. But cleaning is doing less and less than the headphones are breaking more and more. Soon the cleaning won't help at all.Would not recommend you throw away money into these.

I agree! Returned mine. I thought they sounded great, but the clamping on my glasses, weight, and reading how the mesh looses its tautness over time had me rethinking the value. Plus you have to put them back on the case each time as there's no 'off' button. Went with APP 3 instead.

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