Not really, without analog input and only wireless digital input, fidelity is fundamentally limited (with current tech).

There's no reason why your ears can't be more limited than wireless digital input.

It's also early to hype them like there's no tomorrow, or preorder stuff that nobody you should trust has seen, but there we are.

I'm not in the market for a $500 set of headphones.

But when the HomePod was announced, I ordered it immediately, and have never once regretted that decision.

These things are just a HomePod that fits on your skull.

If the price is acceptable and the product is something you'll use and enjoy, get them. They're going to sound absolutely amazing.

Ordering is the rational thing to do if you're interested in these.

Best to judge them for yourself and then return them if they don't meet your expectations.

Waiting for reviews is ok too, though people seem to lose their minds when it comes to Apple (both for and against them). So the reviews are probably going to be even less useful than normal for headphones.

What's wrong with preordering? I bought them the moment they went up in the Apple Store. If I don't like them, or can't justify the cost, I've got about 3 weeks to return them. No problem.

> It's also early to hype them like there's no tomorrow

Who is doing this? I basically haven't seen anyone overhyping them. In fact I would say that 95% of what I've read has been very skeptical so far.

This HN post about a headphones announcement has more than 1200 comments. Have you seen that before for any other headphones? How is this not hype?