Re:AirPods Max 2
by pwatsonwailes on Monday March 16, 2026 @04:23PM
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1. They have steel weights in them to make them that heavy so they feel more premium.
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You’re thinking of Beats. And you’re still wrong because the Beats were knock-offs.
Re:AirPods Max 2
by pwatsonwailes on Monday March 16, 2026 @06:38PM
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My mistake. Nice catch.
That being said, AirPods use a steel frame construction to get the weight up for the same reason. There's a whole thing with weight in neuromarketing for luxury and luxury-adjacent products. There's fringe benefits acoustically to using it, around resonance mainly, but mostly it's to get weight and influence perception. Same reason as the knock-offs, different mechanism.
That being said, AirPods use a steel frame construction to get the weight up for the same reason.
Noting that you have no way of knowing that. Not that you’re necessarily wrong. I just read some reviews on the Beats Studio Pros and…the reviewer noted the amount of plastic used in the construction, while complimenting the light weight. Pick a lane, folks.