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Re:Apple AirPods: iPhone accessory or the next big thing? by femiagbabiaka on Tuesday January 07, 2020 @05:33PM (#21985861)
It's odd that you say decay. IMO Sony's products are still quite good! I have a Sony-WM1A sitting next to me right now that's well-made, and I'm using Sony WF-1000MX3's as headphones, which are also well made. Not only that, but the Sony MDR-EX1000's that I own that are quite old are still buzzing. I can't quite say that for many Apple products I've purchased in the last decade.
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Re:Apple AirPods: iPhone accessory or the next big thing? by alfonsodev on Tuesday January 07, 2020 @05:42PM (#21985952)
When did Sony stop naming things the simple way (Walkman, Vaio...) and started naming stuff like that (WF-100MX3 and the like). Im saying this as half joke only :D
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Re:Apple AirPods: iPhone accessory or the next big thing? by sneakernets on Tuesday January 07, 2020 @06:25PM (#21986400)
They've always named things this way. It was once cool to have stuff like "WF-100MX3" because it reflected the kitsch of the space age.
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Re:Apple AirPods: iPhone accessory or the next big thing? by robotresearcher on Wednesday January 08, 2020 @01:07PM (#21994041)
This is the company that made ‘Walkman’ and ‘PlayStation’. They sometimes use terrific names.
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Re:Apple AirPods: iPhone accessory or the next big thing? by alfonsodev on Thursday January 09, 2020 @10:18AM (#22001856)
VAIO name/logo was genius, when I learned the VA form a wave represeting the analogical world and IO part is the digital world, I was like ...wow!
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Re:Apple AirPods: iPhone accessory or the next big thing? by asdff on Tuesday January 07, 2020 @10:57PM (#21988145)
My MDR V6 might be the perfect headphone. It's the only pair I've tried that are pretty flat and have perfect separation. Shitty mastering can't hide from these cans.

The only problems are the original pleather earcups wear off ($15 replacements are everywhere online), and the cord is pretty long since these are studio headphones. Some people cut the cord by the earpiece and splice a female end, but that's a little beyond my skill set.

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Re:Apple AirPods: iPhone accessory or the next big thing? by anchpop on Tuesday January 07, 2020 @10:20PM (#21987958)
It's telling that the WF-1000XM3s have been brought up multiple times but nobody has gotten their name right so far
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