AirPods Max with clicking sound

[ercmmm]

Recently, I found a clicking sound when listening to bass-heavy tracks with my AirPods Pro, but I thought that it was due to the fact that they fell sometimes and it was aging.

Unfortunately, recently I bought an AirPods Max and I did listen to the same clicking sound when listening to the track "Monsters", by All Time Low, on Apple Music. It's important to say that they happen on the right side of the headphone.

The noise happens during the three initial beats, around 15 seconds of reproduction.

In this sense, I just wanna know if this kind of noise is common (especially in the song that I said), or if I'm that unlucky to have two gadgets with the same failure.

Thank you.

 

[Marshall73]

Not hearing any clicking, turned the volume to Max and listened a few times. On the plus side, I’m now listening to their album, pretty decent. ??

 

[ercmmm]

Not hearing any clicking, turned the volume to Max and listened a few times. On the plus side, I’m now listening to their album, pretty decent. ??

Thank you for answering! Did you listen to the version feat. Demi Lovato and Blackbear? 'Cause that's the one that makes the issue "bigger".

If this thing is happening just to me, I think that it would be wise to request a replacement to Apple.

 

[Marshall73]

Ok, listened again and played the version with Demi Lovato. When you hear the click is it at the end of each bass beat? As that’s the only thing that I could hear that could possibly be a click, where the bass best cuts off. Now, might be that it’s a frequency I’m not picking up on my 47 year old ears so I will ask my son to check it out and get him to play it on his monitor speakers. He is an audio engineer so he will be able to properly check it.

 

[ercmmm]

Ok, listened again and played the version with Demi Lovato. When you hear the click is it at the end of each bass beat? As that’s the only thing that I could hear that could possibly be a click, where the bass best cuts off. Now, might be that it’s a frequency I’m not picking up on my 47 year old ears so I will ask my son to check it out and get him to play it on his monitor speakers. He is an audio engineer so he will be able to properly check it.

Yes, it happens when the bass gets cut off. The thing is that I'm listening to this clicking sound in every bass-heavy song on my AirPods Pro and AirPods Max.

That issue didn't happen with my Sony XM4.

 

[Marshall73]

Ok, my son looked at that track and spent a very long time explaining to me what creates that click sound, then tried to explain it in a way I would understand (LOL). Basically the bass note is placed in the track and the right audio wavelength goes to null which creates the click sound you hear rather than being cross faded/mixed. He took the track and zoomed in on the wavelength and you can see on the right track where the 'click is and basically it is asking the speaker to go from positive to null which it can't do so you get a click. Normally you wouldn't hear it but on higher end kit these imperfections will appear. Its almost the audio version of once you see you can't unsee. BUT, unless its the same bass note sample being used on every song you listen to you wouldn't expect to hear this on every track.

Also, as a rule, I will never ask him about this stuff again ?

 

[ercmmm]

Ok, my son looked at that track and spent a very long time explaining to me what creates that click sound, then tried to explain it in a way I would understand (LOL). Basically the bass note is placed in the track and the right audio wavelength goes to null which creates the click sound you hear rather than being cross faded/mixed. He took the track and zoomed in on the wavelength and you can see on the right track where the 'click is and basically it is asking the speaker to go from positive to null which it can't do so you get a click. Normally you wouldn't hear it but on higher end kit these imperfections will appear. Its almost the audio version of once you see you can't unsee. BUT, unless its the same bass note sample being used on every song you listen to you wouldn't expect to hear this on every track.

Also, as a rule, I will never ask him about this stuff again ?

Thank you so much! Now at least I know that I didn't spend $900 (that's the price in my country) in a defective AirPods Max lol