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Re: AirPods Max 2

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Post by infecto »

krferriter wrote: post #304
infecto wrote: post #292

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Reading #2 makes me sad. I had a pair of Bose for probably a decade and tried out Sony and the biggest complaint I have is the lack of a physical off button. The Sony have a known issue where it don’t detect that it’s off of your head and it’s not that obvious that the headphones are on or off. At least a few times a week I put them on in the morning and they have been on all night.

Sony WH 1000 XM4 and WH 1000 XM6 both have physical off buttons and I've also never had a problem with them not turning off due to inactivity. If I take my XM6 off and put them on the desk, they pause music/podcasts and will fully turn off after some minutes (like 15 minutes? not sure, but it's short enough that if I go eat lunch and come back, they turned off automatically).

XM5, it does not have a physical dedicated on/off button it has a multipurpose where function is determined by how long you hold down the button. It’s not optimal design for me. I am sure a number of brands have moved towards this.

Second the sensor on the XM5 is known to be flaky. These are about a year old and already acting up.

It’s just a poorly built and poorly designed headset for me. I cannot even count the number of times I don’t notice they are on until the next day and they are dead.

Re: AirPods Max 2

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Post by infecto »

FlyingRobot wrote: post #400
infecto wrote: post #292

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Reading #2 makes me sad. I had a pair of Bose for probably a decade and tried out Sony and the biggest complaint I have is the lack of a physical off button. The Sony have a known issue where it don’t detect that it’s off of your head and it’s not that obvious that the headphones are on or off. At least a few times a week I put them on in the morning and they have been on all night.

I had that problem pop up with my Sony xm4s after a couple of years of use. Cleaned the lens on the inside of the left ear cup and they work perfectly again. Go to sleep, pause music, etc when I remove them.

I will try that again. XM5 here and I think I am mostly sad about not having a dedicated on/off that makes it obvious.

Re: AirPods Max 2

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Post by AdamN »

whaleofatw2022 wrote: post #367
UqWBcuFx6NV4r wrote: post #355

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Thanks for doing the legwork. Any “nehhh apple BAD they make products for IDIOTS!” comment should be treated with skepticism, as usual.

Idk im not sure why they bought Beats aside from marketing hype in the first place...

The Beats brand was a great entrée to an entire market segment that Apple was trying to better access. I'd say it was a masterful acquisition (and integration).

Re: AirPods Max 2

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Post by zarzavat »

billforsternz wrote: post #435
foxwell_1959 wrote: post #218

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Thats 386,2 gram for the rest of the world.

386 grams, the extra 0.2 grams is not only irrelevant it's non existent because the process of converting from one measurement standard to another never increases the precision of the measurement. Using 3 digits of precision also avoids being temped to use the rather niche ,2 convention when claiming to embrace a region as large as the rest of the world.

Comma as decimal separator is actually the most common format, by number of countries, though dot still wins by population.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Decimal_separator#/media/File:...

Re: AirPods Max 2

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Post by steveBK123 »

larrik wrote: post #206
StefanKarpinski wrote: post #145

Wild. I have been eagerly awaiting this refresh, but this doesn't address either of the main issues with the original AirPods Max: 1. Still just as heavy. The AirPods Max sound quite good, but they are very heavy, to the point of being fairly uncomfortable after listening for any longer amount of time. This release as the exact same weight as the originals (13.6 oz). 2. Still no off button/position. They stay partial…

As someone who has never seen these or paid attention to them I was thinking "how heavy could they possibly be?" Then I saw 13.6 oz and I was blown away. That's actually really heavy for headphones!

I have them The weight and clamp pressure are too much for me

Much prefer lighter Sony or Bose top of line

Re: AirPods Max 2

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Post by e40 »

steveBK123 wrote: post #495
larrik wrote: post #206

Earlier quoted context omitted.

As someone who has never seen these or paid attention to them I was thinking "how heavy could they possibly be?" Then I saw 13.6 oz and I was blown away. That's actually really heavy for headphones!

I have them The weight and clamp pressure are too much for me Much prefer lighter Sony or Bose top of line

There is a procedure to lessen the clamp pressure. I did it and was worried I’d break them, but it worked like a charm. Still too heavy, though.

Re: AirPods Max 2

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Post by argee »

nunez wrote: post #454
HumblyTossed wrote: post #17

I really don't understand how these are $549. As others have pointed out, some people say the head band is not great. Others say the sound is solid but not exceptional. What makes these worth that much when there are so many options?

They sound incredible (with Apple products), feel super premium, excel at noise cancelling and have really good mics. I've tried Bose and Sony; in fact, I have two pairs of QC Ultras sitting in their boxes waiting to be sold. Neither sound as good, even after EQing them as close to the Harman curve as their software allows (with Apple products; I haven't tried them with AptX streaming) and both were slower at cancell…

I’m always surprised at how people seem to assign zero value to seamless switching of headphones between iPhones, MacBooks, Vision Pros etc. Only those who haven’t been spoiled by the luxury of not having to even think before just starting to play music from a laptop when music on your phone was already playing into your headphones could think this way…

Re: AirPods Max 2

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Post by tianshuo »

The Original Airpods Max had terrible connectivity. The bluetooth would break down for days, and all instructions on the internet would tell you needed to remove the device and re-add it. This was not just a single incident, but kept on happening to LOTS of users. Frustrated, I went to Apple service to learn that they could not fix it and could only replace it for like 70% of a new one.

So, if Apple keeps on building new features while not fixing major problems, I'm not considering buying these unreliable, expensive products at all ...

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