DON’T Buy the AirPods Max

For $550 the AirPods Max are great headphones but they're quickly being left behind and are a REALLY tough sell to buy in 2023.

[seniraranasinghe]

If my Bluetooth headphones doesn’t say “The Bluetooth is ready to pair” in a weird accent, I don’t want it.

“Thenk you for all of ze likes”

[sylem]

As soon as i buy some this mf drops this

[gamingarachnid]

Never would’ve paid $500 for some headphones

[APx]

A 3 year old product thats had no price reduction is kind of ridiculous

[kaijionline]

Bought mine almost 2 years ago. Still work great only a couple scratches on the outside. I haven’t touched any of my other pairs of headphones since

[uvannaveen]

Me listening to this with my airpods max: 💀💀💀

[SgtSlapmaster]

The AirPods Max are due an incremental update (i.e. the newer Pro features that are missing) but they still do most things most people need, and the integration with the Apple ecosystem makes them unique among over-ear headphones.

The noise cancellation is superb, the real-time equalisation works a treat, the spatial audio is far more convincing than with the other AirPods models, and the sound quality handily beats similarly priced Sony headphones and Beyerdynamics that I’ve owned. Yes you will enhance the baseline with lossless, but frankly this is lost on most people’s ears.

There is a strange consensus among those who haven’t used them or don’t really know audio quality that the Max don’t sound very good and they are just some status symbol.

Let’s be clear: they sound very good.

[SamRommer]

People don’t really care about lightning or lossless audio. They care about the look, feel and sound quality and in that department these headphones are still as good as rivals.

[Chrisp-]

I still want a pair just cuz fuck it. But I ain’t paying $500

[JuThronee]

Have them since 2 years now and still love them, but I agree they are due for an update

[ben_headley]

3 years ago?!? feels like theyre still new

[jakemichels]

Everyone talks about lossless audio, but I was always under the understanding that you can’t get lossless audio over a Bluetooth connection due to the limitations of the format?

[CasualChildofGod]

I just got knock off ones from 5 below and they still sound good

[ucasdw]

I have the new AirPods Pro, as well as the original AirPods Max. And I will say I wear my AirPods Pro a lot more than the max. Simply because they’re more portable the transparency is just about the same and the sound quality is also basically the same. Apple truly has forgotten about these headphones and it’s kind of sad to see. Also, I don’t know if any other Max users have this problem but half the time my headphones don’t connect to my device or they will glitch and the audio will stop working and you’ll have to restart them. There is literally nothing AppleCare can do to help you with it either.

[charlyguendulain]

Didn’t even pay 550$. Paid 250. They’re amazing. Yes I don’t like the lightning, yes the transparency is a tad bit outdated, but everting else is stellar. Hopefully when the new ones come out I’m more than impressed

[Dada]

While old, their unique set of features and ease of use, still makes them the best choice of headphones for a specific crowd of Apple users.

[Superzro]

Bought a pair earlier this year with the Lightning connector, been using almost daily since, absolutely enjoy them, plus they were heavily discounted NEW…

😳

[halami]

“Naolly r theyusing thelightning port” is what it sounded like he said 💀

[leonardwolfram]

Ive been using the Airpods Max since a couple of years now and I totally recommend. Ive used various other over ear headphones and none of them come even close to the Apple ones in terms of sound quality, noise cancelling, built quality and connectivity. And by the way, losless audio is useless for Bluetooth devices anyway so it doesnt make a difference. I think that they are totally worth the price if you compare them to actually comparable headphones once...

[phantasma]

You can sometimes find a used pair for under 250$ and that might be worth it