Watch This Before Buying The 2024 Airpods Max 

They're not AirPods Max 2, they're Airpods Max, too.

This isn't confusing at all. They are switching to USB C at the behest of the EU. That's it, and that's why there's no other changes, it's not an update at all but a regulatory checkbox.

It’s genius marketing. everybody is talking about the product.

One day my wife told me she wanted to randomly got to target and get the The Airpods Max. I'm like, ummm they cost like $500 dollars! She said oof, NM lol.

Darker than the old space black. I like the dark blue color.

Probably not worth the RND to actually make changes but they sell like hotcakes regardless so they added USB C and some new colors and called it a day lol

I got $200 off the older model from BestBuy. Right now is the time to buy the older models that are in stock from legit stores. I don't care about the charging cable lol. Like $5 from a gas station. What kind of life do people live where this is a huge problem. Just throw a couple cheap cables in the pocket-section of the case you buy for it.

So disappointed with this “refresh”. I was looking forward to getting some to upgrade my existing pair, but now I’ll keep my existing pair. I hate lightning but not THAT much

At this point I feel like AirPod Max is more likely to be discontinued than receive a genuine update.

I'll tell you why they exist Jason, I'm walking downtown and I've seen six or seven college aged women wearing them. They're a status symbol. This is what Apple sells. An image.

Solid video bro so question you can’t go out and get one of those USB type C high-quality Dacs and plug it in? They really should’ve just called us AirPods Max, USB type C because that’s essentially all it was. It was just upgrading the originals to feature the new USB type C port and adding in some new colors. That black set looks nice. Keep up the great work bro have a good one and I’ll catch you on the next one.

Am definitely not buying those without a proper upgrade otherwise its not worthy spending $549

Waste of money man Apple this year really scraping the bottom of the barrel

How about those of us who don't have them? I don't usually re-up my headsets every new little news... I buy because they look and sound good and I'm fine for years❤ I will buy because I don't have one simple🎉

Bose ultra quiet the best now

“Why does this exist?” Because Apple has done no work on the AirPodsMax, but they needed to get the rest of the product line on USB-C. They gave you a few new colors and hoped no one would notice.

Its because EU is knocking on their head with replacing products to USB-C by the end of 2024, and then Apple goes "BEHOLD, USB-C!"

Get the older model when on discount. These are amazing headphones (especially when you have multiple Apple devices) but they are way to overpriced. I'd say they should be around 400-450$ plus tax. For the USB C version, there is absolutely no way to use them wired at the moment as all the USB to 3.5mm cables do not work with this special snowflake headphones. The Lightning model can be used wired if you buy a 30$ cable from Apple. Things like this and the dumb case is why these headphones got so much shit. But when you judge them as wireless bluetooth headphones, they are amazing and despite being 4 year old design, they still can compete with the best from Bose, Sony, etc. The ANC is one of the best and the transparency is the best even today. Sound quality is subjective but instrument separation is awesome and these are far more balanced than the Sony or Senheisser. There is no system wide EQ in iOS but if are using a music player that has an EQ, they EQ quite well.

The reason they did this: according to Wired “Apple's hand was forced by the European Union, which passed a law in 2022 requiring phones, tablets, and cameras sold in the region to come equipped with a USB-C port by the end of 2024” So they came up on a deadline, which is why it’s the same product but with usb-c.

Wasn't a fan of these originally, and nothing has changed, so why waste almost $600 dollars on these when there are better and cheaper options. Apple would be better off releasing iPhones every 4 to 5 years than wasting more time and money on these overpriced headphones.

I look at those from a manufacturing point of view , imo they would be very very cheap to manufacture , circuitry these days once it is designed and mass produced is very cheap , the frames , I can see them being masses produced in a sweat shop by the thousands for cents in the dollar , the chintzy case too 😊, and the headrest part , they don’t even put a decent bit of quality foam , it’s just a bit perforated material of some description that eventually stretches and does nothing . And they I assume would be assembled also in a sweat shop. Apple must be making money by the wheel barrow load on these things .

Bought mine Monday, refunded Tuesday

Okay

Are you not able to just use a USB-C to 3.5mm cable to achieve "closer to lossless" the same as you would before with the lightning to 3.5mm cable? What's different about these headphones?

The only innovation Apple has been doing for its products has been offering more COLORS for its previous versions

Sometimes I think about getting into the Apple ecosystem but then I see a product like this. Only Apple would try to sell headphones for 500+ and not publish ANY ACTUAL TECH SPECS! No where on the box or site does it mention a few things I consider rather vital to know before I buy headphones: Frequency Response, Sensitivity or even driver size. WTF???

I'm just waiting for Black Friday

Apples marketing is genius due to the loyal fan base but at any time a newbie can't be swept into the ecosystem and buy it all in one go like me. Not a MAC newb just a old user returning to the best IOS going, the best looking as well.❤❤

Why did Apple do make these? Because they know that people will buy anything that is new from Apple

What Apple was thinking with the AirPods Max is that they were running out of time to comply with the European Union and they were not ready to do improvements with these headphones. I bought these simply because of how well they work with the Apple ecosystem and I did not already have a pair. I’m really deep into Apple.

Are they able to be plugged into a PS5?

Marketing is the reason: Because people will buy this even though there’s basically Zero upgrade aside from USB-C and color

You can probably get better deals with the now previous model???

I have the lightning port one with the $35 3.5mm jack cable. I do have the wicked cushions for this. Yes it does make it more gym friendly because of the rubber wicked cushions. Still not recommended. But more usable with those wicked cushions. Air pods pro 2. Got over ear hook wicked cushions addons for the gym. Those are better for outside the gym. If they provide a usb c to aux adapter yes I would buy these again other then getting another par for a guest at home theater.

The gym I go to, I see a young lady wearing the AirPods Max…

Oh no…. Even the older yt creators hve begun using the unnecessary and irritating quick cutting. I hate this.

Listening to your video on my MBP M1, and when you said that they're so well integrated with the apple eco system, blah, blah, blah... I suddenly thought..What about my old (already paired) Sennheiser PXC550's? So I literally just opened them up and popped them on my ears/head, and .....2 secs later..."Connected"....... How more does your average Joe need any more 'integration' ffs?

Condensation is 100% an issue; and a big one. Thanks for addressing.

I bought these because I was excited on getting USBC on these finally. After I gathered up my thoughts. I ended up returning them. Same weird “case”, no off button, still really heavy, $550 headset that uses apples old H1 chip, mesh headband that gives out overtime. With them keeping the same design for 4 years it feels like they gave us the to keep us talking while they work on the true gen 2’s maybe next year b

For music the Max aren’t that great. Good but not great. But me and my wife use them for watching movies on an Apple TV. And then they transform into something special.

I believe you will have lossless audio if you connect the USB C cable to the headphone and then to your audio device like an iPad with USB C or a MacBook with USB C. I have the first gen AirPods Max and I’ve been using the lightning to the 3.5 mm jack and connecting them to my MacBook and the audio sounds better when I connect them thru lighting and USB C. They ate louder, clearer and have better detail when I play them using the lightning to USB-C which I believe is a lossless signal. Try it out and let me know what you think and what you notice.

I bought them a few days ago for the first time. I don't regret buying them, but I am disappointed. The new standard for such headphones is 30 hours of battery life. They offer only 20 hours. I would love to have an equaliser to get the sound that I like. Condensation has also been a big issue with my Sony MX3, and this is the reason why I am moving to the breathable iPods Max cushions. AND... people say that Apple Music sounds better. I compared and I prefer Amazon Music. It just sounds much better to me. I like the seamless switching between devices in my Apple ecosystem. I now hope that Apple compensates with some really good software updates.

I've never owned a pair mainly due to cost but at times I have been tempted when others show their transparency mode. I was given a pair of Beats Pro when I bought a back-to-school 2019 Macbook Air (horrible machine), and they are still going strong. They sound very ordinary but are good enough for watching TV later without disturbing the family. I had been secretly hoping for a proper refresh of these and now I just feel let down so no! We could have so easily have had the Airpods Max 2 at a lower price and an AirPods Ultra with all the aluminium and other esoterica for more. Except for the AirPods Pro 2, I just haven't found any joy in the Apple audio ecosystem.

Still to this day could care less about owning these headphones

I see these in the gym all the time these silly individuals trying to wear over priced influencer headphones with zero water resistance I just laugh to myself.

It’s because Apple can do whatever they want and they are reserving the other changes to AirPods 3, 4, and 5…

Definitely not for color and charging port no way come on apple give me new tech in headphones that came out 4 years ago and that cost a arm and a leg. Disrespectful apple

Wiiiiiithout a doubt the best over the ear headphones for the price currently made by apple are the Beats Studio pros especially with the deals that Amazon keeps pushing. It is not even close.

Sorry last thing just a question. Jay do you think they are just milking this item to the death? Perhaps they are just looking for a slight push in sales before the item just goes away.

GIVE THEM TO ME RACHEL

Rubbish earphones, not really 'pods' why do they insist on the missnaming?

could you usb-a to 3.5?

I like the case.

im using for 2 days 😊 Airpods Max Midnight. i love the ANC and TRANSPARENCY MODE

The Beats Studio Pro headphones, also from Apple, have USB-C lossless audio, along with the noise cancellation and transparency mode, and spacial audio of the AirPods Max for a list price of $350 (regularly on sale for $200 or less).

Don't buy the Beats studio pro, new version is completely lacking in any sort of apple chip, and second and main point why i returned the pair: left ear cup malfunctions sometimes and doesn't sample noise canceling properly for some reason causes more noise to be pumped into the left ear cup, which results in instead of silence extra noise being pumped in one ear. It goes away when you shut off noise canceling but this has been a known issue even for the last gen of studio pro, and they didn't fix it with last year's update. Only solution is to reset the headphones every time in order to get functionality back but the problem returns. Which then you bring into apple store, and they'll replace it for you but same issue will return regardless of hardware. My rec is to just get another brand for lossless.

I’ve only one question. Why the fuck so expensive? It’s even for Apple out of proportion.

Small request: Watch a movie on either apple tv or netflix on an apple device with the APMs with spatial audio turned on. For me, this is the reason they exist. There are NO other headphones that I have ever heard that come close, and I've heard a lot of headphones, even in that price range. And ive gone down the rabbit hole of buying expensive DACs and amps and all that stuff. For music, APMs are average, but for movies on apple devices, theyre platinum tier across the whole industry.

So you made this video to cover your cost of the AirPods Max for yourself while we watched and you got paid… Yeah, I’m annoyed bro quality content going down.

FFS guys, if you have reviewed the AirPods Max 1, please don't do it again with the AirPods Max 2 - unless you literally want to review colours and USB-C. There's nothing else to tell us. Stop being irritating. I watched the first 90 seconds and stopped. Bye.

Face it they do make two less desirable items, vision pro and HomePod big boy. Add these in and a Magic Mouse and you will have Apples worst items. LOL

Apple Music kind of sucks. TY music is far better and louder than Apple Music. May get better performance with TY music. The fact that you can’t wear to the gym it’s a no for me. That field literally be the primary reason for them. Don’t know many people just walking around listening to big headphones for this price.