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Next AirPods Max Could Adopt These Five Features From Beats Studio Pro and AirPods Pro
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This is only a product that can exist in the Apple Universe 🤣. First your output device does digital-analog conversion and then you have this converter that does analog-digital conversion, and finally the headphone does digital-analog conversion again. Just because Apple hates wired.
(Also see Apple Lightning to HDMI dongle that contains an ARM SoC to do MPEG decoding.)
Latency-free wireless audio would be a game-changer - alternatively a much better and less flimsy wired solution. Using these with Final Cut, Logic or playing an instrument doesn’t work w/o cable. These are nice headphones but at that price point I would expect to use them for more than just listening to Apple Music
Also - and especially also for the Pro2s - individual EQ. Even if it is just, as with B&O as a kind of preference matrix, not a graphical equalizer. But something that goes beyond the awful presets Apple offers.
Also - and especially also for the Pro2s - individual EQ. Even if it is just, as with B&O as a kind of preference matrix, not a graphical equalizer. But something that goes beyond the awful presets Apple offers.
What about a non-shaming design?
Could be a good feature for all the not wannabe Princess Leia’s out there.
Could be a good feature for all the not wannabe Princess Leia’s out there.
With how good the Air Pods Pro 2 are in performance and comfort - I wonder what the reason would be to want a big bulky over ear headphone. I used to use my Bose 700s due to call quality. But all the benefits of having a larger form factor - greater ANC, better mics for calls, comfort on long listening sessions have mostly gone.
I guess battery life for flights. But I've got my old APP's 1's that I also keep and swap them.
I guess battery life for flights. But I've got my old APP's 1's that I also keep and swap them.
The point of a meal is not to think about its price but to enjoy its taste. Similarly, the point of AirPods Max is to enjoy music, not to recollect its effect on your bank balance
I do own one, collecting dust. I would like lighter weight design, power button, passive mode (3.5 jack).
This is why I rarely believe anything this site says. It’s all just clickbait.
Hi Tim.
But seriously the max should be so much better.
How about a real case?
This person is really tiny
Hi Tim.
But seriously the max should be so much better.
How about a real case?
The APM is built like a tank. Over the past couple of years I’ve thrown mine in backpacks with other junk without a case and bumped it against hard objects multiple times while wearing it. It still looks brand new. Never needed even the sleeve. On the other hand, the Bose and Sonys I’ve had the in the past all developed creaking noises in the headband or straight out cracked under the same conditions even though I kept them in protected their hard shell cases.
For what they are they're a decent price. If you want cheaper over ear headphones there's lots of other options, including from Apple through the Beats end of things.Who bought AirPods max anyway.
Utter rip off
“Conversation Boost” on AirPods Max— “Hold on, I can’t hear you, let me put on my big headphones so we can talk.” 🤨
It’s sort of like the opposite of taking off your sunglasses when you’re having a conversation with someone. 😎
It’s sort of like the opposite of taking off your sunglasses when you’re having a conversation with someone. 😎
I really wish Conversation Boost discernibly worked.
For me it had been a conversation bust.
I can find no situation in which it amplifies the intended person.
Hopefully it improves to usefulness in iOS 17.
For me it had been a conversation bust.
I can find no situation in which it amplifies the intended person.
Hopefully it improves to usefulness in iOS 17.
Yes, these are just headphones. But four years between refresh is way too long. This is a premium product and should have premium hardware in it. Apple should bring the Max up to the standards of the AirPod Pro that is currently shipping and has been shipping for a while. I definitely won't buy the 2020 version of this product. But I'd probably buy a refreshed version because I'm commuting by subway more often these days and so could use more sound cancellation. I also did a recent very long international flight and while the Airpods 2 did great, headphone cans with good noise cancellation would have been better.
Same. I've been using them non-stop since early 2021. I finally had to get the battery replaced ($79) because I'd put at least 1000 hours of use on them and I was down to maybe 8 hours on a charge. They shut out everything, they're incredibly comfortable, the controls are very reliable and actually fun to use... and they sound amazing. I know I paid full-ass price for them, but frankly I forgot about that money ages ago.
It is, unless you're also keeping rocks in there. I find mine fare quite well in a backpack surrounded by the normal things you put in a backpack -- and at the same time it's compact enough to leave room in said backpack for other stuff, unlike a fully-enclosed case does.
I know, this is an unpopular opinion but I think the "bra" actually does an adequate job for its intended use. Does it look weird and sort of half-finished? Yes, yes it does. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
By an errant pen? It's not as delicate as all that. And if you've got something sharper than a pen banging around in your backpack you've got bigger problems.
Please low latency for music creators
this is far more crucial than lossless
this is far more crucial than lossless
It's not just a pen. The corner of a book. A wallet can push through the mesh. An access card. An iPhone can push through the mesh. Keys can puncture the mesh.
LOL an iPhone or an access card is not going to "push through the mesh". It's not made from spider webs.