Charging is fast, too: just 15 minutes on a basic 5-watt power adapter took me from 20 to 44 percent. I found the company’s estimate to be pretty accurate. The microphone works just fine for phone calls or hands-free “Hey Siri,” but there’s nothing special about it-the microphone audio is good, but not “oh my god” good.Īpple says you can expect the battery to last for 20 hours of listening time with noise cancelling enabled, which is good but not better than the competition. It’s almost like not wearing headphones at all, except you can still hear your music. It sounds more clear, natural, and normal than any other noise-cancelling headphones I have ever used. Apple’s transparency mode is light years ahead of everyone else’s. Most high-end noise cancelling headphones have some sort of transparency mode that leaves noise cancelling active but uses the microphones to pipe in a bit of outside sound, so you can hold a quick conversation or hear other important sounds around you. The AirPods Max are not quite as adroit at eliminating highly regular sounds like air conditioners as the reigning-champ Sony XM4s, but they’re far better at clearing away more irregular sounds like traffic, general office disturbances, or background talking. Noise-cancelling quality, however, is a cut above the rest. If you’re a serious audio nerd, know that these are not going to compete with the $1,500 open-back wired headphones and $400 pre-amp you listen to FLAC files with, nor is it meant to. It’s a little more natural and neutral, and likely to be pleasing to all types of listeners. Overall sound reproduction quality is on par with other high-end premium Bluetooth headphones, though with a somewhat different character. If this is the “adaptive EQ” thing in Apple’s marketing copy, it really works. AirPods Max manage to sound exactly the same no matter how they’re shifted on your head, and whether you have them set low in a quiet room or cranked loud outdoors. Most headphones change tone depending on exactly how they’re sitting on your ear, or how loud you have the volume cranked up. I’m struck by how remarkably consistent the sound quality is. The AirPods Max have nine microphones, behind tiny slits all around the edges. Audio reproduction stands shoulder-to-shoulder with the best wireless Bluetooth headphones, and the active noise cancelling is perhaps the best I’ve ever heard. Fortunately, they’re a delight for your ears. Sound quality and noise cancellingĪirPods Max are extremely well designed and crafted (aside from the Smart Case, which is the opposite of that), but that means nothing if they don’t sound great. Fortunately, it’s not a critical component and can be more or less ignored. This sort of embarrassing junk should never make it to market. Whatever Apple’s product development and approval process it, it failed miserably here. Doesn’t hold any accessories you need when you travel.Doesn’t make a meaningful difference in battery drain.Doesn’t really protect your headphones.If you instead just put the headphones down on a table or something and don’t touch them, they’ll go to a low-power mode after 5 minutes, with the Bluetooth radio active for 72 hours (again, for Find My support). ![]() ![]() Putting them in the case and folding over the magnetic flap immediately puts the AirPods Max into a sort of low-power mode to save battery, though the Bluetooth radio will stay active for 18 hours so thatįind My will continue to work. The controls are simple, intuitive, unobtrusive, and attractive everything you want in a pair of headphones. The button toggles between noise-cancelling and transparency mode, or turns noise cancelling off if you enable that option in Bluetooth settings. ![]() You can even reverse the direction of the wheel if you find yourself turning the volume up every time you want to turn it down. The crown is thankfully much larger than that on the watch and controls volume and playback: click it once to play/pause, twice to skip forward, three times to skip back, press and hold to invoke Siri. Apple avoided touch controls (everyone with a hoodie rejoice!), opting instead for a digital crown like that on the Apple Watch along with a single button, both on the top of the right earpiece. No matter, as these are not at all sweat or water resistant, so you shouldn’t be doing anything more active than a brisk walk in them anyway. Try to run or work out with these on, or just turn your head quickly, and you’ll suddenly feel all that weight. ![]() They don’t fold up at all, only turn flat.
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