There are a couple of signifiers in my eyes that show you when a product has had lots of thought, care, and attention put into it. One of them is the USB-C charging port — the amount of metal from the plug that shows once a cable is plugged in shows how much attention to detail there’s been. Take the AirPods Pro 2 for example. When you plug a USB-C cable in, the metal plug disappears into the socket, the lower portion sitting flush with the bottom of the AirPods case.
Now try something a little cheaper. The plug goes in, but then it sits proud slightly, showing off more metal than the AirPods. It doesn’t affect how they work, or how they sound — but it shows that even the smallest things have been taken into consideration. The MW09, the latest earbuds from premium headphone maker Master & Dynamic, have a flush USB-C cable. That, to me, speaks volumes to their quality: But do they measure up elsewhere?
