 Hey everybody, it's Chris Wells with The Verge here at CES 2016 and right now we're taking a look at a $3,000 pair of earbuds from Shure. These are electrostatic earbuds. They're pretty much the pinnacle of earbuds, of music listening. So if you're an audiophile, this is probably your dream. There are two pieces to it. You've got the earbuds and then you've got the amplifier over here which they plug into. And on the bottom is a cable, it's a USB port, so you plug that into your iPhone or Android device or your PC and you can play your music off there. And the sound is truly breathtaking. I mean, you can hear every note, every detail. It's a really detailed soundscape and once you have them in, it's really isolating so you really can't hear any outdoor noise. There are no interruptions. And so if you're buying this, you're probably not someone who's going to use it with Spotify or Apple Music. I mean, you probably got your own lossless music library of like high resolution files and that sort of thing. So Shure claims this is the first time you can take this kind of technology portable. So it's got a battery, lasts about 7 to 10 hours. So you have to charge it up, take it out with you. It's pretty hefty. I mean, it's not a light amplifier so you'll know it's there. So they sound incredible and for $3,000, they damn well better. I mean, but if you're an audiophile, this is pretty much as high as it gets, as good as it gets. We'll be covering a ton of hi-fi audio stuff here at CES 2016. For more, be sure to keep it locked at youtube.com slash the bridge.
 Hey everybody, it's Chris Wells with The Verge here at CES 2016 and right now we're taking
 a look at a $3,000 pair of earbuds from Shure.
 These are electrostatic earbuds.
 They're pretty much the pinnacle of earbuds, of music listening.
 So if you're an audiophile, this is probably your dream.
 There are two pieces to it.
 You've got the earbuds and then you've got the amplifier over here which they plug into.
 And on the bottom is a cable, it's a USB port, so you plug that into your iPhone or Android
 device or your PC and you can play your music off there.
 And the sound is truly breathtaking.
 I mean, you can hear every note, every detail.
 It's a really detailed soundscape and once you have them in, it's really isolating so
 you really can't hear any outdoor noise.
 There are no interruptions.
 And so if you're buying this, you're probably not someone who's going to use it with Spotify
 or Apple Music.
 I mean, you probably got your own lossless music library of like high resolution files
 and that sort of thing.
 So Shure claims this is the first time you can take this kind of technology portable.
 So it's got a battery, lasts about 7 to 10 hours.
 So you have to charge it up, take it out with you.
 It's pretty hefty.
 I mean, it's not a light amplifier so you'll know it's there.
 So they sound incredible and for $3,000, they damn well better.
 I mean, but if you're an audiophile, this is pretty much as high as it gets, as good
 as it gets.
 We'll be covering a ton of hi-fi audio stuff here at CES 2016.
 For more, be sure to keep it locked at youtube.com slash the bridge.