Posted September 28, 2025 at 16:56 GMT
I was flying through Kastrup and had a chance to demo these. Beta version of the firmware, obviously, but they sounded quite nice. They were demonstrated with spatial/Atmos music, which isn’t quite my taste, but I thought they were great otherwise.
They are of course on the AirPods model, but with a satisfying heft and solidness that contrasts with the plastic of Apple’s earbuds. (Disclaimer: I use both regular AirPods and AirPods Pro every day and think they are some of the best things Apple’s ever produced.) The solidity doesn’t feel too heavy or uncomfortable — but it does give them a nicely different feel from other earpods.
The price will be what most folks take away from this product, of course, — and not in a good way. I suspect many will be bought on international transit to save the VAT/MOMS for participating countries. They offered me a chance to do so on a pre-order basis, but I’ll be back in Denmark in December and will take another listen then.
Sorry this is short on audio details; my takeaway was “really quite good” in terms of playback quality.