AirPods Max: My Honest Opinion After 6 Months

It's been almost 6 full months since the release of Apple's AirPods Max, and it's time to give you my honest opinion of them!

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[mplsboi]

I work in a loud warehouse for 12 hours a day with heavy machinery. These headphones work wonders, and the battery lasts all day.

[williamashland]

The biggest plus for me is the microphone quality, people constantly complained they could not hear me with my previous headphones. These are crystal clear.

[johnfthiel]

Great review. I've had mine for about 4 months and I'm very pleased with the build and quality. I think you make a good point with the battery, I have been a bit surprised at how fast it gets used up when I use them daily but it's really not a great hinderance. I think these are great if you deep in the Apple ecosystem and mostly use them in a stationary position, ideally sitting. If neither of those sound like your situation, you should definitely consider other options.

[PJR]

Just got these headphones and love them. Not only great for listening to music. They are great for watching movies through the Apple TV with immersive sound while the rest of my family can sleep peacefully noise free. Also for listening and talking on the phone hands free. Can also drive with them while in transparency mode so you can still hear traffic sounds. They should have come with a better case for the price like the UAG case. That being said my justification for the price is having a portable surround sound system while being able to watch movies on the iphone, iPad Pro, Apple TV, and MacBook.

[peterming]

The best use of Dolby Atmos is on classical music tracks.

One drawback I notice when playing on Dolby Atmos: there’s a noticeable gap between tracks, very annoying for classical music genre where’s musical flow is a necessity. Turning off spatial audio remedies the situation.

[talialalalala]

Whenever I see a new Apple device, I still feel like I should wait for the next generation, but their first gen stuff are getting better

[impendio]

I basically agree with everything, I only find mine kind of uncomfortable while using them with glasses because my head is rather small and they clamp unevenly at the smaller extensions, but when I’m on contacts they are flawless.
Post lossless/spatial audio update, they leave a lot of questions to be answered, the fact you can’t get high bitrate wirelessly but can’t get spatial audio while wired is just dumb, they really should have digital audio input while wired and call it a day. I already had airpods Pro so as deep as i am in apple hell, picking the max made more sense than the xm4s, but yeah, for everyone else? Get the Pros and so xm4s…

[alejandrovallencci]

You pretty much summed up how I’ve been feeling about them! I love my pair, probably the best pair of headphones I’ve ever owned, but that’s coming from someone who’s already deeply in the apple ecosystem. For a regular customer, I wouldn’t recommend these for that price

[lance_auto]

Who else noticed WaveForm playing on the TV in the back 😀

[christopherbarrett]

The fact they were $900CA is insane. And the fact it was $120CA in taxes was even worse. I just ordered a set and even with AppleCare I still only paid $608USD

[MrJimss]

I was expecting a review just like that! thanks!

[stresspro]

One of the dumbest things Apple ever did was to not include a power off entirely option. WTF Apple?

[pavan]

You are on my list of YouTubers whose video I like first and then watch. Content is always so great. Another amazing video,

[vjdfl]

They can play near lossless over lightning. They support 24 bit/48kHz with their 3.5mm to lightning adapter but because the ADC conversion isn’t completely identical to the original it’s not technically true lossless. But it’s nearly identical and indistinguishable from lossless according to Apple

[dizziwee]

finally i have seen someone comment on the dolby atmos on apple music. the vocals have always been so weird and dodgy with it on so i was never able to turn it on. glad someone thinks as i did

[ThatGuyWhoKillsHD]

In 6 months, I never used the case. They charge so fast

[zeniamin]

An honest and well argumented review.
The lack of on/off switch is deffinitely a deal breaker for me.

[respect]

What an awesome long term review. Great job!!

[RobStevens]

Re: Battery Life ... just do what I do and charge them every time you hang them on that nifty headphone stand you showed them on. That's what I do; they literally have never touched the inside of the "Smart Case." And since Apple has the battery management as part of the firmware, you can just leave them charging and have them ready when you need them. I wear mine all day during work, some of the time on weekends, and they're outstanding.

[andyfree]

One thing I have found with these and the AirPod pro is the ability to use the adaptive eq function. As a musician with a bad hearing issue, I’ve tried Sony and Bose and others but the equalisers on their apps don’t get close to the adjustment I need to hear the higher frequencies. With the Apple headphones I have found I can hear things I’ve been missing out on in the music I listen to. Yep, you can use headphones with your hearing aids in but everything sounds “electronic” and anc is pretty useless as the hearing aids pick up everything the noise cancelling is trying to silence. Long story short, yep, they are damned expensive ($900 AUD give or take), but I have found them to be worth it for my situation. I agree, lack of a shut down option is frustrating.