The biggest reason not:
- Can't be used with the seat back entertainment system on commercial airlines.
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Five Reasons Why You Might Want to Consider AirPods Max
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- Can't be used with the seat back entertainment system on commercial airlines.
To be fair, more like 200 reasons for me. 350 reasons would be a reasonable price.
You said ‘reasonably priced’, so I ask, what is considered reasonably priced for the Max? These are in the same segment as Sennheiser, Klipsch, Bose, these offer similar technology, and are those not considered reasonably priced?
And I’m not pointing the finger at you, but I think sometimes what other members are refusing to admit, maybe they just can’t afford these (So they use the ‘Reasonable price’ as leverage), and they’re not happy with Apple prices, therefore they have to settle for a more inferior product.
Long story...coming from Sennheiser and going into the M50X, at first listen I thought it was better. Looking back, I actually had 3 of these. My first pair was a white. Then when I was traveling I spotted a nice limited edition blue colour which was light brown/blue and reminded me of Hermes colours. When I got back home, I sold the white.
Then I saw another limited edition green which is dark brown/green combination and got that for my wife.
That was then. As much as I moved on, these remain in my headphone collection for sentimental value.
Well, as a music listener, then an audiobook and podcast listener behind that, audio quality is extremely I, portsmtmto me. I'm also a long-time Apple fan and user who enjohs the tight (use to be almost seamless) integration between their products. But audio is an area where the quality outweighs integration.
Right behind that is comfort.
Apple’s earned and headphone offerings are nowhere near the quality (to an even remotely tuned ear) as many products that are both more expensive and far less expensive. For the price tag on ALL of Apple’s ear products, they should have significantly better sound.
Right behind that is comfort.
Apple’s earned and headphone offerings are nowhere near the quality (to an even remotely tuned ear) as many products that are both more expensive and far less expensive. For the price tag on ALL of Apple’s ear products, they should have significantly better sound.
I'm not sure why you would want to watch the "in flight entertainment" as they like to call it but also not sure why it couldn't be used with that?
$35 Apple cable or $35 AirFly Bluetooth from Twelve South
But what makes it "crap?" How about a real answer please?
“The biggest reason TO BUY:
- CAN be used with the seat back entertainment system on commercial airlines via A LIGHTNING TO 3.5 MM AUDIO CABLE”
There you go - fixed it for you
I think simply gluing some hundred dollar bills to the sides should be sufficient flex.
I could afford it, but according to most reviewers the headphones are mediocre and are easily bested by far cheaper alternatives.
Does anyone else remember the cost and controversy over the 1960's Koss Pro 4A's? I do, and it resembles today's controversy over the AirPods Max.
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Koss History - Koss Stereophones
Koss History Koss Corporation founder John Koss shares his behind-the-scenes story of inventing the world's first SP/3 stereophone in 1958.
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Since the launch of the AirPods Max last week, we've done a couple of videos sharing a brief hands-on with Apple's new over-ear headphones and a comparison of them to other popular noise-cancelling headphones from Bose, Sony, and Sennheiser.
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There's been a lot of debate about whether the AirPods Max are worth their $550 price tag, and value is always going to be something of a personal decision, so in our latest video we decided to look at five reasons why you might think about purchasing the new AirPods Max.
Build/Comfort
For people who are going to spend quite a bit of time using headphones, comfort and build quality are obviously key factors in determining whether they're going to have a good experience with a particular set. Comfort is going to vary from person to person based on head shape, head size, and other factors, but we've found the AirPods Max to be incredibly comfortable.
The mesh ear cups offer a good seal while still allowing for some breathability that helps reduce sweating sometimes experience with other materials like leather. And if your ear cups wear out, the magnetic attachment system of the AirPods Max makes them incredibly easy to swap out.
AirPods Max are made largely of metal, with aluminum ear cups and stainless steel telescoping arms, which gives them a quality feel that is pleasantly cool to the touch. Those metal part do mean, however, that the AirPods Max come in significantly heavier than many competing headphones, which may be an issue for some users. But we've found that the mesh headband does an excellent job of distributing that weight across the head for maximum comfort.
Noise Cancellation
One of the main reasons people buy over-ear headphones is for active noise cancellation (ANC), and we've found that the AirPods Max offer excellent capabilities in that regard. In our experience, it's difficult to hear anything from our surroundings while wearing the AirPods Max with ANC turned on.
You can of course turn off ANC if you want to be able to hear more around you, but there's also Transparency mode which keeps ANC on but pipes surrounding sound in, and we've found that it lets us hear just enough without being too much of a distraction.
Audio Quality
While the AirPods Max won't match high-quality wired headphones, we've been impressed with the sound the AirPods Max can deliver over Bluetooth. The sound profile of the AirPods Max is well-balanced and not overly aggressive toward either the highs or lows.
With H1 chips in each ear cup, the AirPods Max use computational audio to adjust what you're hearing in real-time, customizing it for the fit on your head and other factors. And while we don't recommend turning the volume up too high, we found that sound quality remains solid even at higher volume levels, offering a clear, distortionless sound.
H1 Chip
Speaking of those H1 chips, they deliver more than just good audio quality. They're also the key component that integrates the AirPods Max into the Apple ecosystem. Just like with AirPods and recent Beats headphones, the H1 chip supports easy pairing and seamless audio switching among devices linked to your iCloud account. If you're listening to music from your iPhone and then pick up your iPad to start watching a video, the AirPods Max can automatically switch over to begin playing the audio from your iPad.
This is all customizable, of course, so you can select which devices you want to be able to take over as audio sources automatically, and even if you turn off automatic switching for a device, it takes just a couple of taps to manually switch over.
Spatial Audio
Finally, there's Spatial Audio, a new feature Apple recently rolled out to AirPods Pro and which is also included on AirPods Max. Spatial Audio offers an immersive, 3D audio experience with compatible content, and while we initially thought it would be rather gimmicky, we were quickly proven wrong. It really has to be experienced to be believed, but it makes it feel like the audio is coming from all around you, yet anchored by the device you're watching the content on.
So if you're watching a show on Apple TV+ on your iPad, for example, you'll get a surround-sound experience which is very nice on its own, but then if you turn your head or move your iPad, the audio adjusts on the fly to match the relative orientation of your head and the iPad. It's a remarkably good experience that will make you think your headphones have stopped working and that your iPad is blasting audio out of its own speakers.
Wrap-up
Those are our top five reasons why you might want to invest in AirPods Max. Yes, their $550 price tag can be a bit hard to swallow when competitors are coming in at $350 or less, but if you're heavily invested in the Apple ecosystem, the combination of comfort, build quality, and features might be enough to tip the balance in favor of the AirPods Max.
Were you able to get your hands on the AirPods Max before shipping dates slipped well into next year? Have you recently opted for a competing set of headphones after seeing what the AirPods Max had to offer? Let us know your thoughts in the comments.
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reasons why I’m getting it:
I like the sound profile
Price doesn’t bother me
Gave the Mrs my Bose 700s to force myself to get them lol
seems to be the case with many product production schedules due to Covid. It's not because people are scrambling to buy them.
Yep , I love Apple products if it was $300 I would of thought about it. $550 unless I made my living needing those headphones I cant see spending the money.
According to reviewers is not one's own view. People like myself buy it and keep it because it serves OUR needs, not other people's needs. Shaking my head in disbelief how people buy product these days. It has to conform to other people. LOL.
Yeah, I wonder who needed to have the pro and con spilled out in detail yet again but the editors must have felt as if more repetition was needed.
Ah thanks for this. For a moment there I thought MacRumors decided to give a fair review rather than looking for constant reasons to trash Apple's products. You brought everything back to "normal" now.
Ah, providing more than just the positive and adding to the fair assessment is trashing it?
Any believe this was left out upon launch. Fingers crossed they add it in, like the feature on my other AirPods.
Speaking of BBT, time to watch some episodes.In the parallel universe of the Big Bang Theory, sure.
It’s hard to argue about what we deem good sound as we all have different preferences. It’s merely stating opinions.