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AirPods Max Launched One Year Ago Today
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I love my AirPods Max Headphones. Listening to an album on them is like a luxurious event. I listened to Jon Coltrane's Love Supreme in spatial audio before and it was a top notch listening experience. Their sound and the way they flawlessly connect instantly between my Apple devices puts them as my favorite headphones over my SONYS.
My point was that these have tremendous latency/lag issues while using them for anything besides content consumption.
Bluetooth just isn't good enough for a 'top notch' listening experience yet. It's great for what it was intended for - Wireless headphones while traveling, and you don't mind the compression. However, there is no way in hell i'd use BT headphones while sitting at home when even a cheap pair of HD-6XX's and a $25 USB DAC will perform better.
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I like the AirPods Max a lot. Great sound and battery life. I use them a lot for conference calls, since I work from home most of the time. The only downside is that I think a couple of cm shorter from the weight.
Well there was that "one guy" that brought his macbook pro 16, his ipad pro 12, and his airpods max to the apple store to have his iphone screen replaced.
And you would be wrong. I have these and also the Sony MX4’s. I prefer and like the APM much better in every way.
bought a pair.
wear them every day for hours on end.
absolutely love them to bits. One of my all time favourite Apple products.
worth every penny
wear them every day for hours on end.
absolutely love them to bits. One of my all time favourite Apple products.
worth every penny
I own a pair of Airpods Max headphones. I like them. But they have glaring design flaws. First, the bluetooth codec the headphones support lack sufficient bandwith for lossless standard resolution audio. Second, the headphones lack a digital input that can transmit either lossless or high resolution audio.
Here are features I'd like to see in the next generation Airpods Max heapdhones (assuming the product isn't killed off like the original HomePods):
1. Support for improved bluetooth codecs like AptX HD, AptX Lossless and LDAC. Of course, this would also require that Apple support these codecs on their iPhones, iPads and Macs. Good luck with that.
2. An ultra low power wi fi chip. This would be a real game changer. Why even bother with bluetooth if the headphones can receive digital audio via wi fi? More than sufficient bandwidth for lossless audio, and possibly for hi res audio.
3. A USB-C digital input. This would probably be the best way to listen to hi res audio. Simply connect the headphones to a USB-C output on an iPad or Mac (and hopefully an iPhone once Apple comes to its senses and scraps the lightning connector.
4. A real case. Sorry, but the bra just doesn't cut it.
Here are features I'd like to see in the next generation Airpods Max heapdhones (assuming the product isn't killed off like the original HomePods):
1. Support for improved bluetooth codecs like AptX HD, AptX Lossless and LDAC. Of course, this would also require that Apple support these codecs on their iPhones, iPads and Macs. Good luck with that.
2. An ultra low power wi fi chip. This would be a real game changer. Why even bother with bluetooth if the headphones can receive digital audio via wi fi? More than sufficient bandwidth for lossless audio, and possibly for hi res audio.
3. A USB-C digital input. This would probably be the best way to listen to hi res audio. Simply connect the headphones to a USB-C output on an iPad or Mac (and hopefully an iPhone once Apple comes to its senses and scraps the lightning connector.
4. A real case. Sorry, but the bra just doesn't cut it.
What I hate is you can have either spatial audio with these or lossless audio with HD-6XX's and a $25 USB DAC, you can't get both features on one pair of headphones.
I've been saying the same thing for a while now. What I hate, too, is that Macs, iPhones, iPads, and headphones don't have 24-bit/192K DACs builtin. We have to get external DACs that support it. I know it takes a while to design the appropriate hardware, but same could be said of getting Apple Music ready to support hi-def audio. Is it really that hard for the Apple Music guys to send an email to the hardware engineers "Hey, we're going to implement 24-bit/192K music, make sure we have the hardware to support it!"
Gotta disagree with you. I think they are superior. And I picked mine up used but in mint condition for 380. Totally worth it for office work where other employees can be distracting.
That's the most insane part about these things to me. Like, OK, BT doesn't do lossless - Got it. However, why in ****'s name couldn't we at least get full 24-bit/192khz lossless via lightning cable straight from my iOS device to the Airpods Max? It's idiotic. Given the cost of these things there is no reason they couldn't have put a 24-bit/192khz capable DAC inside the Airpods Max to accept the digital stream over cable from iOS.
Gave me a headache due to the clamping force on Day 1. Returned them and haven't found anything similar ever since. Almost bought a Bang & Olufsen pair of headphones afterwards for gaming but due to connectivity issues I passed on those as well.
Airpod Max's have promise but they need to be adjustable for big heads like myself.
Airpod Max's have promise but they need to be adjustable for big heads like myself.
Who am I annoying when I'm at home alone? Real speakers are always going to provide better sound than headphones.
If I really want big sound I can turn on my stereo and let the 200w 10" sub shake the place. In general daily music listening, I don't want that while working.
Five things Apple could do to fix the problem of the Airpods Max:
1. Halve the price
2. Make then fold so more portable.
3. Halve the price
4. Provide a real case
5. Halve the price.
1. Halve the price
2. Make then fold so more portable.
3. Halve the price
4. Provide a real case
5. Halve the price.
I was able to get mine a few weeks back with a decent discount and I wanted a comfortable pair of over-ears that meshed seamlessly with the rest of my Apple ecosystem. For those points alone, the headphones are great.
If you want other things out of them or own PC's/Android devices, maybe they aren't for you.
If people having slightly different preferences in products "boggles" your mind, well, I don't know what to tell you.
1. Sure
2. Absolutely not - folding only introduces parts that can bend more easily and eventually break (ex: Beats Studios)
3. Sure
4. Sure
5. Sure