Apple's lawyers argued that an angry customer "omits details" about a so-called "walk" where condensation built up in his AirPods Max, and that moisture in the company's flagship headphones is simply "more noticeable" than in competitors' models.
Anti-Apple circlejerk is strong in this thread but you’re absolutely right. I’ve been a Bose and, when those were stolen during a trip, Sony headphone user for years specifically for noise cancelling as I travel and have to work and take meetings in a number of incredibly noisy environments.
I bought a pair of the AirPod Max headphones as I was travelling with a colleague using Apple and there’s a feature to connect two pairs of headphones to the same device and it made sense to use that. My intention was to sell them after the trip as I know loads of Apple fans who’d jump at a small discount lol.
The noise cancelling isn’t as powerful for rumbling as the Bose, and the Sony’s have punchier bass, but, as you said, in unpredictable noise environments (city rooftops, cafes, open plan offices, conference halls, expo floors, Indian public transport, etc) they were unreal. I’ve since kept them purely for the noise cancelling.
The pricetag is steep, arguably too steep (a €100 premium on Bose would be more realistic), but given how much I use headphones like these (must have around 1000h+ of use on the AirPod Max pair already), the build quality is certainly holding up better than the Sonys which creak like mad and I need to regularly relubricate the cup joint or the Bose which the headband cracked and drivers started producing popping noises around 1000h into using them (part of why I switched to Sony instead of replacing).
I’m sure for those who sit in an office or fly regularly, the AirPod Maxes are a total waste of money but if, like me, you’re not just trying to cancel general rumble or background chatter but a wide array of totally unpredictable noises (like a tshirt cannon lol) the steep price can be totally justifiable.
Anti-Apple circlejerk is strong in this thread but you’re absolutely right. I’ve been a Bose and, when those were stolen during a trip, Sony headphone user for years specifically for noise cancelling as I travel and have to work and take meetings in a number of incredibly noisy environments.
I bought a pair of the AirPod Max headphones as I was travelling with a colleague using Apple and there’s a feature to connect two pairs of headphones to the same device and it made sense to use that. My intention was to sell them after the trip as I know loads of Apple fans who’d jump at a small discount lol.
The noise cancelling isn’t as powerful for rumbling as the Bose, and the Sony’s have punchier bass, but, as you said, in unpredictable noise environments (city rooftops, cafes, open plan offices, conference halls, expo floors, Indian public transport, etc) they were unreal. I’ve since kept them purely for the noise cancelling.
The pricetag is steep, arguably too steep (a €100 premium on Bose would be more realistic), but given how much I use headphones like these (must have around 1000h+ of use on the AirPod Max pair already), the build quality is certainly holding up better than the Sonys which creak like mad and I need to regularly relubricate the cup joint or the Bose which the headband cracked and drivers started producing popping noises around 1000h into using them (part of why I switched to Sony instead of replacing).
I’m sure for those who sit in an office or fly regularly, the AirPod Maxes are a total waste of money but if, like me, you’re not just trying to cancel general rumble or background chatter but a wide array of totally unpredictable noises (like a tshirt cannon lol) the steep price can be totally justifiable.