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AirPods Max 2 Could Miss Out on Adaptive Audio Features
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I was an early convert to the AirPods Max, and think the lack of a refresh is getting ridiculous. The Pro now offers superior audio, despite it’s extremely tiny speakers. The good thing is that the Max has been extremely durable. If it breaks, I can’t see myself getting another one without a full hardware refresh to match the capability of the Pro. I just might be tempted to switch to Sony or Bose headphones for the over-ear form of headphones.
Yeah, I put them on my head, and I put them in the case and lay them on the table. Is that bad?
I don’t believe for a second that they will only change to a usb c port.
Not having the AirPods Pro 2 feature set would be knuckle headed - adaptive audio is great. While I don't use my AirPods Max out in the world like I use my AirPods Pro 2, and therefore wouldn't personally need Adaptive in the AirPods Max, I think it would be odd to not have that feature in the more expensive headset.
I have both APM and APP2 with USB-C and the audio quality on the APM is on an entirely different league compared to the Pros (not surprising for huge over the ear headphones vs tiny earbuds).
I believe the AirPods Pro would be their flagship and the AirPods Max are just bigger, more expensive AirPods. I think that the Apple Pencil is a great example of how they feel about price ladders on their accessories.
I’m happy with my current Max. I also bought the Pro 2 months ago in preparation for the Vision Pro. Since I got it, I haven’t used my Max, as I used primarily to watch movies and shows in my Apple TV. Now I am watching movies on the Vision Pro.
Apple is definitely taking too long to replace/upgrade the AirPods Max. There’s a lot that can be improved.
True but note that to use wired headphones with iPhone/iPad, one would need a dongle too, preferably a Y-split that can allow simultaneous charging.
At a minimum these need to have feature parity with the Beats Studio Pro (lossless, 40 hour battery, etc.). Even now the situation is ridiculous; if they release a second-generation version that's still behind the Beats, it'd be completely absurd.
Lossless is coming out to the android side of things with the new Qualcomm bluetooth chipset. So expect higher end headphones to have them. Honestly no way the Max 2 dont get that feature.
I never had a pair last more than a few years because the cord would be the first thing to go if they didn't yank them off my head and bust on the ground first.
Guess I'm keeping my gen 1s even longer.
Does Apple seriously not want people buying AirPods Max?
Does Apple seriously not want people buying AirPods Max?
Adaptive Audio makes great sense on Airpods, which can be used for listening assistance etc. Makes no real sense at all on big 'over the head' phones. No one is going to sit at the dinner table wearing APM and trying to join in the conversation.
I think we’re going to see two Max’s. A lower priced version of Gen 1 with the only change being Usbc, and then an updated version that is the Gen 2 with an H2 (or 3) chip in it.
Apple released the Beats Pro as a lower price alternative. Really hard to seem them keeping version 1 at a lower price with just usb-c.
I agree. There's no way that Apple would release a second-gen AirPods Max with the only difference being a USB-C port. I suspect these rumours have been put out intentionally to catch the leakers. It's the only thing that makes sense!