AirPods Max vs Bose 700 on an airplane

[danpass]

deleted my comparison review, no interest from the forum

 

[Brenster]

Owning both, they’re both equally good with engine & cabin noise cancellation. When used with in-flight entertainment, Bose include a 3.5mm to 2.5mm cable, whereas Apple’s 3.5mm to Lightning cable is a separate purchase (I brought the 3.5/Lightning cable),

Usually take both headsets on any given flight as my wife tends to want to borrow the Bose so she can watch in-flight films, whereas I either watch downloaded films/TV on my iPad or (more likely) podcasts & music from my phone.

 

[MBAir2010]

every Bose™ product I purchased this century has broken except for a soundschmuck® 20 speaker I donated
since the 2 HomePods mini BLUE out performed that speaker.

all seven.

 

[sixth]

I have both the new Ultras and APM. The Ultras are better ANC no doubt about it on airplane. I would venture to say 15-20% better. With that said, the Ultras have many issues and I am sure Bose will never fix it. Side tone doesn’t work, static/white noise on the 2.5mm input, disappointing microphone performance. So yeah …. I use both.

 

[turbineseaplane]

I’ve had such poor experiences with Bose products the last few years that I’m sort of “out” on them as a brand for the foreseeable future.

I say this as someone who has loved many of their products for decades…. I still have an acoustimass and cube speaker setup at one of my TVs and I love it … still going from 1997!

Whatever they are doing isn’t being done to a high enough quality level lately.