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They look cool and I would love to be able to buy one but the sustainability tax seems too high to be a successful product to me.
WH-1000XM5 => $400 Bose QC45 => $279 Fairbuds XL => 249€ ($272 if I convert right now) It's cheaper than two of the most popular headphones, how is there a "too high sustainability tax" ?!?
Would be very nice to have durable / repairable noise cancelling headphones. These headphones from fairbuds look great overall, but I'm skeptical of the durability of the hinges.
I’ve got a set of 6 year old $60 taotronics headphones that I just replaced the earpads on. Took 5 minutes and they use generic earpads available from AE or Amazon. The battery is soldered in, but is a generic lipo foil pouch accesible behind a screwed together earcup so I won’t need to find a specific form factor or break any glued together stuff to get at it. I don’t see this product as more “repairable” than other…
The classic first reply to the Show HN: Dropbox thread lives on in this comment https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=8863
I used to swear by V-Moda for portable headphones. They were highly repairable (you could replace the pads, band, cables, and even the driver if you really wanted). That was, until their Bluetooth enabled line. It had no parts available, and even at that was non trivial to fix with 3rd party parts. These days, I love my beyerdynamic headphones. I've replaced the drivers, cables, pads, etc over their 10 year life. Onl…
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WH-1000XM5 => $400 Bose QC45 => $279 Fairbuds XL => 249€ ($272 if I convert right now) It's cheaper than two of the most popular headphones, how is there a "too high sustainability tax" ?!?
I can really recommend the WH-1000XM5 btw. They are quite light and work surprisingly well even with iDevices. I tried to call my dad while I mowed the lawn (electric mower, but pretty loud one) and he understood me well. Audio pass through sounds like the real thing, I’d just like to be able to turn it louder.
I’ve got a set of 6 year old $60 taotronics headphones that I just replaced the earpads on. Took 5 minutes and they use generic earpads available from AE or Amazon. The battery is soldered in, but is a generic lipo foil pouch accesible behind a screwed together earcup so I won’t need to find a specific form factor or break any glued together stuff to get at it. I don’t see this product as more “repairable” than other…
Do you think Bose actually repair anything? I always assumed they just replace it and recycle/destroy the old one.
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> And most over-ear headphones are already pretty fixable. Most brands provide spare parts for like 20 years. Please, point me to the bluetooth/wireless noise-cancelling over-ear headphones that are pretty fixable at a level comparable to that of the Fairbuds here? Note, it must meat ALL the criteria I listed. Missing anything makes answer worthless. e.g. If it offers everything except for bluetooth or noise-cancelli…
Bose has repair service. It isn't self-service, so it depends if your goal is throwing less shit away, or being able to service your own devices.