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Re: AirPods Max 2

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Post by mrcwinn »

secalex wrote: post #38
the-golden-one wrote: post #28

Earlier quoted context omitted.

It’s not in the skull, it’s in the soft tissue on top of it. I’ve had the same dent after wearing them for a while, it comes out after a while.

Phew, that's a relief. Guess that's a reasonable compromise for a $550 product for which there are no other quality competitors.

You're joking, right? There are many high quality competitors in that price range. I'm holding a pair (Sennheiser HDB 630). They are significantly lighter weight, better comfort and sound quality.

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Post by jmkni »

the-golden-one wrote: post #28
gottagocode wrote: post #16

Earlier quoted context omitted.

A literal dent in your skull?

It’s not in the skull, it’s in the soft tissue on top of it. I’ve had the same dent after wearing them for a while, it comes out after a while.

You sure that's not from something else?

Re: AirPods Max 2

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Post by rkomorn »

proee wrote: post #88

I bought the AirPods Max 1 but had to return them because they felt like a vice and were too heavy. I ended up going with the Sony wh-1000xm5, which are much lighter. My only complaint on the Sony is the earcups are not deep enough for my big ears.

It's amusing to me how personal all this stuff is.

The XM5s were super uncomfortable to me (to the point I was relieved when they got stolen) and I ended up going back to Bose even though I liked the sound quality on the Sonys better.

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Post by PaulHoule »

... and a $25 pair of junk earbuds will do better in terms of "pairing and staying paired" if you are using iOS, Android, MacOS, Windows, Steam Deck, whatever.

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Post by darknavi »

dc_ist wrote: post #86

I owned a pair of the first gen AirPods Max. After a couple of months of usage, I began noticing a rattling inside the right earcup. I had never dropped them or exposed them to any sort of physical damage that could knock something loose. The rattling would happen every time I tilted my head in any direction. I had taken them to Apple Genius support in store 3 different times and 2 of those times the onsite tech agre…

All three pairs of AirPod Pros I've owned have had rattling issues that would reproduce when I physically moved/tilted my head. It's really annoying.

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Post by bookofjoe »

SunshineTheCat wrote: post #90
alstonite wrote: post #7

My AirPods Max 1 left a headband dent in my skull from how poor the quality of the headband was after more than a year of daily use. They also are super heavy and don't travel well at all. Apple deciding that, on their 2nd refresh of these (after usb-c), they still aren't going to fix those fundamental issues is very frustrating for what feels like a very disproportionately expensive product (even by Apple standards)…

Yea I ran into the exact same issue. My workaround was buying a silicone band that wrapped around the top of the set to help as a sort of "2nd layer." It isn't perfect, but it makes them wearable. Pretty incredible oversight by a company that focuses so much on "design." The bands sell pretty well on Amazon from what I can see so this isn't an isolated issue.

Interesting. Echoes the failure of the original Vision Pro knit headband, Version 2 of which is much better — but it took 2 years to appear!

Re: AirPods Max 2

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Post by PaulHoule »

p_ing wrote: post #74
loloquwowndueo wrote: post #27

Earlier quoted context omitted.

This is Apple, my dude - the company that sells a glorified sock to carry your phone in for US $230. https://www.apple.com/newsroom/2025/11/introducing-iphone-po... That’s all you have to understand.

You can buy three socks for the price of one set of casters. https://www.apple.com/shop/product/mx572zm/a/apple-mac-pro-w...

Reminds me of the casters on the PDP-8 that my high school had back when I was in elementary school.

Re: AirPods Max 2

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Post by [deleted] »

alstonite wrote: post #7

My AirPods Max 1 left a headband dent in my skull from how poor the quality of the headband was after more than a year of daily use. They also are super heavy and don't travel well at all. Apple deciding that, on their 2nd refresh of these (after usb-c), they still aren't going to fix those fundamental issues is very frustrating for what feels like a very disproportionately expensive product (even by Apple standards)…

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