Apple AirPods Max problems

“they're not a super strong clamping force headphone, so you can't just kind of like rely on them to hold themselves up or rather you might be able to, except that they're so bloody heavy that over time they tend to make their way down and…”

“I can feel that these are heavier than all of my headphones that I've owned before... I did go for a run with them... and there's just so much mass to these that every step you take... the momentum of them going up and down, it's not a…”

“I've seen a lot of people complain about the weight of these saying that they're pretty heavy. This is substantially heavier than a lot of headphones out there right now”

“These are not light headphones. And if you're someone who likes to wear your headphones all day for editing or travelling, the weight can become a pretty serious factor.”

“I would say though this headband is still to me overtime uncomfortable it starts really digging into your head because of the weight of these”

“if I had to be critical I'd say they're on the heavier side so you might run into some discomfort during longer listening sessions.”

“The banging of the cups is another annoyance to me. Every time I take them out of the beautiful case, I can hear them banging, hitting each other, which leads me to believe that over time those sides of the cups will scuff and start to…”

“Now the smart case isn't bad in and of itself, as much as it is an amplifier for the AirPods' other annoyances. Namely, they're huge and they don't fold, so they're not very portable compared to most of the competition.”

“This case might be the worst case I've ever seen for any product I've ever boughten ever and certainly the worst headphone case I've ever seen.”

“the AirPods Max are using a bra. Like I don't even know what this thing is. This is the most ridiculous thing I've ever seen in my life.”

“This case sucks”

“The lack of folding and the lack of a case, I might even count the smart case like that, but the lack of folding and, let's face it, there's no case basically, cause that smart case I really use, I haven't used that thing since uh since I…”

“the AirPods max only 20 hours. pfft the AirPods max are such bad headphones.”

“the AirPods Max due to not having a true off mode basically when you're not wearing them and they're inactive for some time or you put them into the smart case that they're supposed to go into this low power state so they're technically…”

“the AirPods Max 2 is the most expensive, the heaviest, has the shortest battery, and lacks wireless high-res audio.”

“Battery life on the AirPods Max is rated for 20 hours where it is rated for 30 hours on the Sony XM6.”

“AirPods Max, great for Apple users, heavy and pricey and still nowhere near 60 hours.”

“with the AirPods Max what you get is just 20 hours of battery life.”

“you need to spend an additional $35 for a Lightning to 3.5mm cable which may be the worst flimsiest audio cable of all time at an embarrassingly short range.”

“These are $550, $100 more than the Sonos Ace. They still have the lightning connector, the H1 chip which doesn't offer the newest conversational awareness features that AirPods Pro 2 does... AirPods Max are on sale on Amazon $50 off…”

“Pricing-wise, the AirPods Max are, yes, expensive still, particularly for a pair of headphones that still charge via Lightning and run out of battery if you don't remember to bring the, you know, purse carrying case thing with you at all…”

“that USB-C to 3.5 millimeter plug is not included in the new USB-C AirPods Max... the lightning to 3.5 millimeter for the previous generation of AirPods Max was an extra $50... and you have to pay $50 extra for a 3.5 millimeter cable.”

“AirPods Max, another great example of completely overpriced headphones and arguably maybe not as good as the XM6s.”

“And the AirPods Max are a 100 quid more expensive than the Sonos Ace.”

“there's no protection here against condensation build up. That's an issue that's plagued many AirPods Max customers that have been left with dead devices after a few short months.”

“anyone hoping for a slimmer profile or a dramatic redesign, may feel slightly underwhelmed because visually, the two headphones look almost identical at first glance.”

“No updates after four years, still has a lightning port, still super heavy, just unchanged and still getting sales at $550.”

“with Apple's, each ear cup fits both sides. Though unless you're paying attention, they're going to block the sensors. So to know which is which you have to look at the letter inscribed in each of the sides and line them up.”

“Now the Max doesn't fold and it's noticeably heavier, so if portability matters, this may not be the best choice for you.”

“It's also not a good idea to drop the Max 2 on pavement because the aluminum can get dinged up or scratched.”

“actually the sound quality from these I feel that these should be about the same price as these because they kind of sound the same.”

“which by contrast with the AirPods Max can sound a little bit sucked out.”

“However, the AirPods Max do suffer a slight decrease in sound quality when noise cancellation is on, which isn't the case with the Sonos Ace.”

“So on the AirPods Maxes I do feel like yes, it also sounds a bit muffled and not quite as clear as I like it to be”

“AirPods Max are not four or five times better than a good Soundcore headset, they just aren't.”

“AirPods Max, well, I mean, you could poke the corpse of them, but dead too.”

“And forget about using the AirPods Max wired into a PC or Android because I just couldn't get it to work. Also I couldn't find a single lightning to lightning cable to connect it to my iPhone because well Apple's just dysfunctional port…”

“I asked Vadim to compare his AirPods Max to the Space One Pro and he was surprised to find that the Space One Pro also had effectively cut out the high frequencies that the AirPods Max struggle with on flights.”

“while at cruising altitude, both the XM5s and XM4s were able to block out way more noise than let's say the Bose QC Ultra, Bose QC headphones, AirPods Max, or Sennheiser Momentum 4s.”

“The AirPods Max also it's a little more powerful than the Sonos against midrange chatter, but at the same time it seems to be the weakest of the group at rejecting some bass rumble”

“I find the ANC on the AirPods Max very aggressive.”

“The AirPods Max on the other hand, they use three mics in total out of the eight built-in ones to pick up your voice and I don't like it either.”

“she preferred the sound of my voice when using the Focals more than when I use the Apple AirPods Max.”

“I still don't understand what Apple is thinking when it comes to the AirPods Max not having a power button”

“It's usable, right? It's usable. It's not going to be as good as the Apple AirPods Max's, but the voices, they're clear, but they still sound artificial.”