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1. They have steel weights in them to make them that heavy so they feel more premium.
by pwatsonwailes 6mo ago
1. They have steel weights in them to make them that heavy so they feel more premium.
- mikestew 6mo agoYou’re thinking of Beats. And you’re still wrong because the Beats were knock-offs. https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47403183 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47403183
- pwatsonwailes 6mo agoMy 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.
- mikestew 6mo agoThat 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.