Review: Apple Airpods Max!!!!! All You Need To Know.

Apple Launches ‘AirPods Max’ Over-Ear Noise-Cancelling Headphones

Ø    Apple has launched its final hardware product of 2020 – AirPods Max. It is the company’s first-ever over-ear headphones with active noise cancelation (ANC) support, Adaptive EQ, Spatial Audio, and a lot more. AirPods Max has arrived with a steep asking price in comparison to popular noise-canceling headphones available in the market.

Ø Design:

Okay so let’s firstly talk about Air Pods Max’s design its built quality soo...

The design of the AirPods Max (previously known as AirPods Studio, as per leaks) is very similar to the leaked CAD renders. It features a stainless steel headband with a breathable knit mesh canopy. This mesh design, Apple says, will reduce on-head pressure and will be comfortable for a variety of head shapes and sizes.

The ear cups look premium and have a shiny matte finish to them. The memory foam ear cushions look very comfortable as well. And now, be ready to be surprised as the company has brought a feature over from Apple Watch to the headphones. AirPods Max has a digital crown. It “offers precise volume control and the ability to play or pause audio, skip tracks, answer or end phone calls, and activate Siri,” says Apple.

 

Ø Sound Quality:

As per Apple, the earcups feature a “custom acoustic design” with each earcup housing an Apple-designed 40mm driver. It will “provides rich, deep bass, accurate mid-range, and crisp, clean high-frequency extension,” as per the blog post. AirPods Max is equipped with the company’s H1 chip – one in each ear cup. This 10-core audio chip is capable of 9 billion operations per second and provides a computational audio breakthrough for AirPods.

As for the feature set, the H1 chip enables a lot of known features on this pair of ANC headphones. AirPods Max supports Adaptive EQ, Transparency mode, spatial audio, and even audio sharing. If you have ever used AirPods, you would obviously know what these features are.

 

Greg Joswiak, Apple’s senior vice president of Worldwide Marketing in an official blog post said that “With AirPods Max, we are bringing that magical AirPods experience to a stunning over-ear design with high-fidelity audio. The custom acoustic design, combined with powerful H1 chips, and advanced software enable AirPods Max to use computational audio to wirelessly deliver the ultimate personal listening experience,”

Ø Battery Life:

As for the battery life, Apple promises up to 20 hours of playback on the AirPods Max. You can extract more from the headphones if you disable ANC and spatial audio. They charge over the company’s proprietary Lightning port and not USB Type-C, like the iPad Pro.

 

Ø Reviews of Air Pods Max:

-“ Sound-wise, I’ve had fun listening to the AirPods Max for a few hours they’re crisp and bright, with a pleasingly wider soundstage than my Sony headphones, and no distortion at all, even at max volume.”

-The Verge

-“The ear cups have precision detection of position so you can pause by simply lifting one cup. The controls are fine so far, the crown feels almost exactly like an Apple Watch crown, with maybe slightly more tension.”

-Tech Crunch

 

-“Apple appears to have gone for a more natural feel to the experience, more akin to the approach taken with its HomePod range of speakers. There doesn't appear to be any way to adapt or customise the sound output - but have a lot more listening to do.”

-Pocket Lint