![]() ![]() It's a great case to travel with, as it's shockproof, dustproof, and water-resistant. The co2CREA Hard Carrying Case is our staff pick because it's a combination of function and value. You may also want an additional case for traveling or to act as a stand on your desk. They also ship with a Smart Case that is very un Apple-like looks-wise. They feature great sound, active noise cancellation, and transparency mode. The AirPods Max are the only Apple-branded over-ear headphones. Our team of Apple experts have years of experience testing all kinds of tech and gadgets, so you can be sure our recommendations and criticisms are accurate and helpful. Jeremy White is WIRED's executive editor.You can always trust iMore. So wait to see what happens with version two, and hope Apple doesn’t take as long to do a refresh as it did with HomePod. If Apple can reduce the weight, reduce the price and possibly instate, or reinstate, those touch controls, then these will be class-leading headphones to match the superb sound they already produce. But like the first Apple Watch, the AirPods Max don’t feel quite ready. Apple has been on such a good run recently with iPad Air, AirPods Pro, M1 Macs and the iPhone 12 that you’d be forgiven for thinking it can’t take a misstep. The last time I felt this way was when Apple announced the price of its first HomePod. ![]() But, even for Apple, this feels a step too far. I believe in a union of form and function, and Apple has dragged a reluctant tech world into realising this is key to success, and we are all benefitting from this. The AirPods Max are not just a bit more pricey than their sonically-as-good competitors, they’re at a level where you could get some XM4s and then treat yourself to some AirPods Pros for the same total spend. Why anyone who is interested in sound would buy these ahead of the Sony WH-1000XM4 or B&W PX7 is hard to fathom. A £200 price premium demands that these headphones should be thrashing the sound reproduction of the MX4s – but they do not. This is clearly not a win, however, for the AirPods Max. What I can tell you with assurance is that they are comparable. Some days I felt one way, others another – and, a month in, still do. Sound is a subjective thing, and whether they are ever so slightly better or worse than the Sony or Bose or B&W competitors is for you to judge. Now, this doesn’t mean that the sound quality of AirPods Max best the competition. That said, I like the physical buttons, even if it is a little too easy to knock the crown and jolt the volume up. If true, touch-control sides certainly make sense when you look at the design. Supposedly there were meant to be touch controls built into those large side panels, but to move things along quicker the digital crown was brought in to save the day and allow Apple to get these out for the Christmas spending spree. It’s been reported (by Prosser, again) that the AirPods Max may have been rushed to market. The sheer size of the ear cups is accentuated by the fact there is nothing on the sides, just a clean expanse of aluminium. Being kind their featureless nature is sleek but makes it look like something is missing. If you were being unkind you might say they look like someone has stuck some previously-sucked oversized Werther’s Originals onto a headband and sprayed them in metallic paint. ![]()
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