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Somehow, someone within bluetooth range gaining access to my AirPods Max has never worried me. If they want to hear what I'm listening to, I'll happy share. There's no need to go to all that effort 
Poll: AirPods Max
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@Cromulent, have you ordered these yet, now they have USB-C?
Hah! No. Even I can't justify the price just for USB-C.
USB C and new colours. Was worth the wait.
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I was hoping for a better upgrade but I’m going to get them this time round.
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what a disappointment wtf, been waiting years for a proper update and all they give us on 4 year old headphones is usbc and some poxy new colors
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What sort of thing would you have liked to have seen?
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at least give it the same chip as the airpods pro 2... They could have easily just put a H2 chip in there for better transparency and noise cancelling.
In an ideal world I would have had that, a better case that it comes with and also maybe a slightly changed design that has benefits such as lighter
Yep, they've not even updated the chip inside which is still the "old" H1.
Not that it matters, £500 is LOL money for a pair of bluetooth headphones and so I'll likely never buy a pair. Even £230 is a touch steep for the AirPod Pro 2s, though I'm at least considering those as I like my original Pros but hoping for a little boost in bass/sound quality.
And for any other time that I can bothered with the faff of dealing with a cable, my Moondrop CHU II in-ears sound much better than my AirPod Pros and they were only £20
Soldato
Entirely unbothered I bought a 2nd hand pair a few months back to replace my first pair that randomly died.Can deal with having one thing left that uses Lightning.
Soldato
I don't know what they would replace it with, but for me it would have to be a redesign of the mesh on the top. Not that it's not comfortable, but it discolours, and whilst I can replace the ear cups I can't easily replace that.
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at this point its a 4 year old chip and even the h2 chip is a couple years old, so even updating to that wouldnt have been great but at least its still an upgradeYep, they've not even updated the chip inside which is still the "old" H1.
Not that it matters, £500 is LOL money for a pair of bluetooth headphones and so I'll likely never buy a pair. Even £230 is a touch steep for the AirPod Pro 2s, though I'm at least considering those as I like my original Pros but hoping for a little boost in bass/sound quality.
And for any other time that I can bothered with the faff of dealing with a cable, my Moondrop CHU II in-ears sound much better than my AirPod Pros and they were only £20
still selling it for the same price as 4 years ago is definitely LOL worthy though, its almost shameful in fact
airpods max 2 - when it does eventually release will be a massive upgrade though i hope.
i dont even mind paying a bit extra for headphones, but they need to be top tier for my use
I think I'd rather spend £300 on a pair of highend IEMs than get the new Max model. Don't get me wrong I love the Max I already have but apart from USB-C there is no reason to upgrade and if I wanted USB-C I'd just get a lightning to USB-C adaptor.
IEMs are the dogs ******** when it comes to audio quality when paired with a decent DAC.
IEMs are the dogs ******** when it comes to audio quality when paired with a decent DAC.
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It wasnt just the headphones that felty like an after thought, the watch, the ultra2, the in ears, even the phones.
Probably the worst apple even for the range of product in the last 5 years. Ill stick to my lightning charger for the few times a month I have to charge them.
Probably the worst apple even for the range of product in the last 5 years. Ill stick to my lightning charger for the few times a month I have to charge them.
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well my wishlist for the new max's would have had a few key features,
1) Provide lossless audio when connected via usb c cable.
2 ) Also be able to use the cable if the battery ever runs out for wireless use.
3) Improving AND/transparency and audio quality (doesnt necessarily have to be a huge upgrade, but an upgrade over the past few years none like how bose and sony are doing)
4) improved case
5) on/off switch... lol
5) lighter weight design? comfort wise they're pretty great already, but using titanium to make it feel lighter would be awesome
I'm sure I read early this morning (somewhere!) that someone had managed to confirm with Apple that the "new" Maxes would indeed do lossless when connected USB-C, but I can't find that now
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I'm sure I read early this morning (somewhere!) that someone had managed to confirm with Apple that the "new" Maxes would indeed do lossless when connected USB-C, but I can't find that now
They could have at least mentioned that in the keynote then! But thats certainly a good thing, hoping it means you can use cable when your battery runs out as well then?