Same here! For now for me Gen 2 will do fine. I can't justify so much money, not for this design.
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Can someone help me make up my mind? :) on Airpods Max
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I just bought Audio Technica ATH M20x BT (I have wired versions of M20x and 40x for studio work). The sound is amazing, cost performance is great at 79 dollars. I gave my APM to a family member and now use only M20x BT. BT is very good on these phones and charge lasts for 60 hours.
Got a pair for Xmas from my wife and they’re going back. They’re tuned so badly. The treble is way too fatiguing. Wouldn’t be a problem if there was a way to permanently EQ them regardless of device, but Apple didn’t think that was necessary on 500 dollar headphones. Yuck.
I enjoyed the XM5s more TBH. Tried the AirPods Max but they were not my thing. Thing I disliked about them:
- Too heavy, weird pressure when on head
- Cannot be turned off
-I use both iPhone and a Surface Pro as my main devices. With the AirPods Max I could not be synched to both. The XM5 have multipoint connection which address this concern.
After EQing the XM5, I really like how the sound, but did think that the APM sounded much better out of the box
- Too heavy, weird pressure when on head
- Cannot be turned off
-I use both iPhone and a Surface Pro as my main devices. With the AirPods Max I could not be synched to both. The XM5 have multipoint connection which address this concern.
After EQing the XM5, I really like how the sound, but did think that the APM sounded much better out of the box