I hear what youre saying but heres the thing, sound quality is not subjective. What the situation is, is that you simply dont feel you need quality sound. And thats okay.Sound quality is a subjective opinion tho (i mean sure, technically you can measure it, but most people are just going to go off of how it sounds to them, personally). If i wanted something that was more robust id probably spend more and get bigger head phones and not in ear joints. I wouldnt be in the 150-200 range.
But I feel they sound fine for what i want them for (working out, talking on the phone, casual music listening), I am not an audiophile tho .
I don't feel "convenience" is gay because of the bolded. They work as advertised with apple products. I have an Iphone and an apple tv and they all work seemlessly so the 150 is worth it to me. Not saying i wouldnt enjoy other headphones just saying I enjoy what apple brought to the table and dont think 150 was too much for it. Other ppl would probably want higher sound quality and thats fine, im no audio phile so the sound is decent IMO.
Now with convenience, I get that. Its why I mentioned it specifically regarding the apple ecosystem. But you didnt mention the ecosytem, you just mentioned instant pairing. And thats why I said it was gay because all of them pair instantly. But in regard to apple, obviously their proprietary systems will only allow apple products not to need pairing.