It is very well done in the AirPods Max.Īnd if you’re wondering if wearing glasses made any difference: no, not at all, although it might depend on the kind of temples your glasses have (mine are pretty thin).Īs for transparency, it’s downright amazing. I quickly grew used to noise cancellation. With music playing, it became very difficult to make out any “external” sounds. Now, keep in mind that even though I still could hear that stuff, it was reduced by *a lot*. – The doorbell very, very faintly, almost missed it – My girlfriend (no! not peeing!) typing on her keyboard – Washing my hands (I’d just peed, after all) – Myself peeing (yes, I had to try that – who wouldn’t!?) – The clinking of my spoon against my coffee cup What I could still kind of hear with ANC on: – My girlfriend chopping veggies in the kitchen – My girlfriend washing her hands in the bathroom with me in another room – The passive ventilation in our bathroom – Street noises when our balcony door or a window is open – Our upstairs neighbor practicing her singing and piano What I could not hear at all with ANC on: Let me give you a couple of (weird) examples: You’ll hear some stuff, and you won’t hear other stuff. I went into this thinking noise cancelling means noise elimination: anything coming from the outside is completely blocked out. I’ve never had or tried any noise-cancelling headphones before, so this was new to me. Active Noise Cancellation and Transparency There was the odd song where the “ordinary” stereo version sounded more balanced and defined than its spatialised version, but for the most part, I preferred the spatialised versions. Spatialised Stereo Audio is very good in most cases, too. I’m sure this will play a role once Apple’s VR/AR headset is released, though 🤔 I tried it for a bit, then turned it off and never looked back. “Here Comes The Sun” by The Beatles is a joy to listen to Norah Jones’ “Come Away With Me” album is a pleasure to the ears.Īs for Spatial audio with head tracking: it’s a nice gimmick, but I don’t really have or see a use for it when playing music or watching something.

I won’t bore you with this too much there are tons of other in-depth reviews out there regarding sound. To me, they sound full, rich and just generally well-balanced. Let’s just say, I expected quite an improvement in terms of sound – and I was not disappointed. Now, I’m coming from regular AirPods 2nd generation (released in March 2019), and I don’t have any other headphones to compare them to. Charging via Lightning doesn’t bother me at all, it’s how I charge everything anyway, except the Apple Watch.Īny battery life is better than my current AirPods’ – I get about 30 minutes on the right one, and an ~1h20 on the left 🤷‍♂️ Sound

I was careful when taking them out of the case though, as the two ear pieces unnervingly clank together as they come out of the case.īattery life is great it lasts way longer than two work days, so: no complaints. If I were to travel with them, I’d probably have them in an extra enclosure or wrapped up in something anyway, so while it does look odd and doesn’t cover/engulf the entire thing, I don’t have any complaints with the case. The Max’s case is very nice to the touch. I don’t care either way, but that feels like Apple skimping a little bit. At times, I was quite happy to take them off for a couple of seconds to let fresh (prince of bel-) air in.Īltogether, they do feel their prize – premium.Ī small side note: The USB-C-to-Lightning cable included in the package is not braided. My ears did get a bit warm after a while (expected with over-ears), but it’s still pretty cold here in Austria, so I’d expect this to become worse as summer closes in. I love the mesh on the ear pieces – it’s very soft and squishy which, *when* I felt it, felt amazing.

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