Bluetooth headphones depend as much on the chip powering them as the audio components inside. When Apple shipped the H2 silicon inside AirPods Pro 2, Bose and Sony couldn't match it because they don't design their own processors. Vertical integration of silicon, hardware, and software creates a moat that audio-only competitors cannot replicate through better speakers alone.
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