Truly the Beats of our generation. Buy headphones from audio specialists, not Apple.
Apple hardware sound is the best on the market (macbooks, ipad, etc.).
It is unwise to dismiss their prowess
AirPods Max 2
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#122I 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.
For the price that is insane.
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#123My AirPods Max headphones are incredible. They sound amazing. They also squeeze my head so much that they hurt so I don't use them. Kinda sad, really. I'd use them at my desk every day if they were comfortable to wear.
I've had some headphones in the past where I stuck them over a slightly-bigger-than-my-head object when not wearing them to stretch them out over some time to alleviate this problem.
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#124I don't understand how a pair of headphones can be $549 meanwhile the Macbook Neo is $599 The pricing on these always seemed a bit crazy to me, like the value is way off compared to other Apple products
Different target markets. Audiophiles and wealth exhibitionists are much more willing to pay the large amount
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#125The Max 2 finally arrived and I felt nothing. That surprised me... I buy every in-ear AirPods Pro without much deliberation, even the Pro 3 which measurably regressed on sound. The heart rate sensor and ANC bump were enough. I say that to clarify: I wanted to want these. But it's death by a thousand cuts. The weight alone I'd live with. The case I'd accept. No IP rating on something I'd like to wear outside.. fuck..…
> even with the Pro 3's having inferior sound quality Then > I decided to buy the Bowers & Wilkins Px8 S2 Have you seen its frequency response?
Yeah, but isn't that a deliberate tuning thing?
Much further away from Apples marketing as "best airpods yet" for an all-rounder product.
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#126I 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.
This is exactly why I will never buy them at all again.
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#127I can't believe they finally refreshed this after I just churned (after owning the v1 since launch), always happens! The old Airpods Max had an issue of these giant booms when it was going low power that just wrecked my eardrums - I feel like the apple ecosystem pull is pretty compelling, but I think torturing your users for enough time will get even the most loyal customers churn.
I've been enjoying the nothing headphones, I enjoy having an off button and ability to connect via wire to the device.
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#128The mesh in version one lasted just over 12 months. Repair bill at Apple was 90% of the cost of a new pair. Truly the worst built product I’ve bought from Apple. Never again.
The worst built apple product is the HomePod.
It just sits there, with no one touching it. Suddenly, music randomly starts and stops playing. Take it into the Apple Store, they acknowledge it’s a known hardware defect to start registering non-existent touches, and they refuse to fix it. Offer to replace it with a refurb unit for like ~$20 less than a brand new unit.
Edit to add: the unit is less than 2 years old.
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#129Truly the Beats of our generation. Buy headphones from audio specialists, not Apple.
Honestly Apple's Airpods Pro and Airpods Max sound pretty great though, and I own several pairs of "audiophile" IEMs and headphones.
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#130The Max 2 finally arrived and I felt nothing. That surprised me... I buy every in-ear AirPods Pro without much deliberation, even the Pro 3 which measurably regressed on sound. The heart rate sensor and ANC bump were enough. I say that to clarify: I wanted to want these. But it's death by a thousand cuts. The weight alone I'd live with. The case I'd accept. No IP rating on something I'd like to wear outside.. fuck..…
can you use them in wired mode?