Comments by "Charles Eye" (@TheCharleseye) on "AirPods: Apple's first truly wireless earbuds" video.

Says they sound pretty good. Then he says they sound about like the Apple Earpods. Not my idea of $160 headphone quality.
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+bosco008 Considering one of the key features of headphones is to help drown out the noise around you, I'd say it's a perfect place to test them out. The fact is, I've got a set of $13 bluetooth headphones I use for yard work that sound better than Earpods. For $160 you'd better be able to tell the difference in a crowded room.
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+bosco008 A) Where did I say they were noise cancelling headphones? Honest question. I said that one of the main functions of headphones is to help drown out the noise around you. That is completely different from saying (or even implying) that they have active noise cancelling technology. B) Do car manufacturers have to list the ability to keep out rain and wind as a feature, or is that something that's obvious to any reasonable person? Have you ever thought to yourself, "Well, it's a really nice car but I better ask the salesperson for documentation showing that it seals out the elements"? Of course not. Such a thought would be ridiculous. Just as thinking that speakers placed directly in/on your ears are NOT expected to help drown out ambient noise and make their own sound the primary focus.
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+Shawzzam27 Bluetooth headsets can be had for as little as $10. There's no way these are worth even as much as $120, let alone $160.
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+Arska Setä No. I'll pay an extra $20-$30 for the bluetooth equivalent to a set of headphones. It's not sorcery. They're not using anything new or special to accomplish it. Economy of scale is alive and strong in the world of wireless transmission and I won't be spending that kind of scratch on something that likely costs Apple about $7-$12/unit.
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+bosco008 Because after all, one typically buys wireless earbuds to wear in isolation then buys huge, wired cans for jogging through the streets of a busy city, right?
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