I think something that gives me hope that these are genuinely high quality listening experience is that compared to AirPods and AirPods Pro, they put a lot more effort on the product page to actually talk about the audio quality. The AirPods Pro web page spends nearly all its text talking about the noise cancellation and the EQ, the design, usability, spatial audio etc. But there is only a small section on the actual sound quality itself, just briefly mentioning "incredibly clear sound" and "powerful bass".
Contrast that to the AirPods Max page, and a lot more effort goes into discussing it's actual sound quality. Undoubtedly over hyperbolic, but it gives me hope they did a good job and focused on that quite a lot. I don't expect it to sound as good as a wired $550 Hi-Fi headphone, and to be honest, why should it ? A Hi-Fi type audiophile class headphone does not have two H1 chips, does not have 6 microphones, power and amplifier circuitry.. so on and so forth. There are a lot more components in this to pay for other than just the drivers and housing. But if it sounds as good as hi-fi headphones in the $300 band while offering the convenience and considered design that AirPods offer, then I think myself and most others here will be happy.
Contrast that to the AirPods Max page, and a lot more effort goes into discussing it's actual sound quality. Undoubtedly over hyperbolic, but it gives me hope they did a good job and focused on that quite a lot. I don't expect it to sound as good as a wired $550 Hi-Fi headphone, and to be honest, why should it ? A Hi-Fi type audiophile class headphone does not have two H1 chips, does not have 6 microphones, power and amplifier circuitry.. so on and so forth. There are a lot more components in this to pay for other than just the drivers and housing. But if it sounds as good as hi-fi headphones in the $300 band while offering the convenience and considered design that AirPods offer, then I think myself and most others here will be happy.