Apple announces AirPods Max, over-ear headphones with noise cancellation, adaptive EQ, spatial audio, and audio sharing, available from December 15 for $549
here's how Adrian Kingsley-Hughes / ZDNet : Will 2021 be the year Apple fans get their most wanted product? Damon Beres / Debugger : Apple's AirPods Max Announcement Is Missing Something Big Julio Cachila / International Business Times : Apple Launches AirPods Max: What To Know About Premium Over-Ear Headphones Gael Fashingbauer Cooper / CNET : Apple AirPods Max have a case that could double as a bra Daria Rud / coinspeaker.com : Apple Released Its First Over-Ear Headphones AirPods Max Olivia Tambini / TechRadar : Apple AirPods Max UAE price and release date Tweets: Steve Kovach / @stevekovach : “Sorry, I can't hear you. My AirPods Max automatically mute poor people.” https://twitter.com/... Matthew Panzarino / @panzer : Handful of AirPods Max qs answered: - They do work with Find My - They do NOT support USB audio (only 3.5mm via optional cable) - They do not function without a charge passively. Casey Newton / @caseynewton : Should I spend 88K for this damn purse ? https://twitter.com/... Marques Brownlee / @mkbhd : For those asking, yes, I'm saving my full AirPods Max thoughts for when I get them in-person for review. But let's just say I'm... skeptical they'll pry me away from the Sony WH1000XM4's that cost $200 less. But I would LOVE to be wrong 👀 https://twitter.com/... Paul Haddad / @tapbot_paul : Price wise, $550 isn't outrageous. It's a somewhat oddball price between < $400 midrange and > $1k high end. My LCD-X is certainly a bit more expensive and that's not including the DAC/AMP. Mark Gurman / @markgurman : October: Apple pulls rival headphones and speakers from sale online and its stores https://www.bloomberg.com/... November: New HomePod mini December: AirPods Max headphones Chris Welch / @chriswelch : $550 headphones for a lossy streaming music service. Okay! Where is Apple Music HD? @tldtoday : They seem like an answer to something like what Dolby shot for with the dimension headphones for $600 Spatial audio is no joke. These with an Apple TV/4K is gonna be quite the media experience, https://twitter.com/... @fruhlinger : People in tech news acting like they've never seen $500 headphones before is everything. Federico Viticci / @viticci : I was genuinely surprised they didn't pair today's announcement with a HiFi tier for Apple Music. Seems odd given AirPods Max + HomePod and the fact others (including Amazon) are doing this now. https://twitter.com/... Joe Rossignol / @rsgnl : And nice reporting by @markgurman, who nailed down Apple's over-ear headphones many months ago, and continues to deliver product scoop after product scoop without any of the annoying drama that is now common in the Apple “leaking” scene @ijustine : .....people are acting like they are being forced to buy them..........? 🤷🏼♀ ️ Apple unveils high-end AirPods Max and the price tag is raising eyebrows https://twitter.com/... Quinn Nelson / @snazzyq : remember how apple bragged about how good the homepod sounded but nobody bought it because they priced it out of the market ya well at least they come with a very nice looking case that doesn't at all look like a bra https://twitter.com/... Jim Dalrymple / @jdalrymple : Sorry folks but the AirPods Max are not that expensive. I've got two headphones that are the same price or more and love them. I'll wait to hear them for final judgement. Paul Haddad / @tapbot_paul : Lack of USB audio is a pretty big bummer. https://twitter.com/... Quinn Nelson / @snazzyq : $549 for headphones is nuts. I've spent and owned more expensive headphones, but they're able to be driven with a high-end amplifier. These cannot be. I've also never been impressed by the audio quality of any Apple product ever so excited to see if this changes things. @tldtoday : $549. So AirPods Max or PS5? 😂 https://twitter.com/... Randi / @randileeharper : 3.5mm compatible TAKE MY MONEY AND MY BODY I AM READY https://twitter.com/... @tldtoday : with the release of AirPods Max I hope Apple releases a tidal like streaming option on Apple Music. Lossless/Master or even 512-1024kbps would be great 🙏🏻 @tldtoday : Digital Crown. Apple is the master at building/developing tech on one product and bringing it over. This is HomePod and Apple Watch tech all in one. https://twitter.com/... Matthew Panzarino / @panzer : Over the next few days I think the AirPods Max price (a wildly aggressive $550) will be over thought, but in the end they just have to deliver top 5% audio quality + Spatial Audio to be the best concert listening headphones of all time. https://twitter.com/... Brandon Butch / @brandonbutch : I bet people will buy the AirPods Max just for the looks & to flex on people around them. Just like people did with the Beats years ago Marques Brownlee / @mkbhd : The original prototype for AirPods Max 😅 https://twitter.com/... Quinn Nelson / @snazzyq : Apple has some pretty steep competition with the WH-1000XM4 at just $278 which supports LDAC and can also be driven by a traditional amp. On the other end, the HiFiMAN Ananda-BT are more ($799) but are high-end planar dynamics and have the best BT decoders on the market. https://twitter.com/... Benjamin Mayo / @bzamayo : You think AirPods Max is expensive? Put it in perspective. https://twitter.com/... Can Duruk / @can : Extremely on brand of Apple to launch a new set of headphones that cost as much as a laptop in this economy. Mick Lauer / @ricepiratemick : I'm a fan of apple products, but it would be cheaper to get a $399 PS5 DE, $25 amazon “Best Seller” bluetooth earbuds, and $100 Sennheiser HD 280 pro. good luck with that, apple. https://twitter.com/... Greg Joswiak / @gregjoz : AirPods Max deliver the ultimate personal listening experience with Adaptive EQ, Active Noise Cancellation, Transparency mode, and spatial audio. And, of course, the magical experience you expect from AirPods. https://www.apple.com/... Stefan Etienne / @stefanetienne : I like the features, but at a scorching $549 either Apple is going to establish the price for cans or everyone would rather spend ~$400 on the Sony/B&W/Master Dynamic/Bose options. https://www.apple.com/... @rayredacted : You can laugh at the price tag all you want, but I bet apple will sell an absolute ton of these. And I bet you will see a lot of professional athletes wearing them soon. https://twitter.com/... Stephen Ford / @stephenseanford : Leave it to Apple to drop headphones that cost half a grand in the middle of a pandemic during the worst economic dip since 2008. https://twitter.com/... Steve Troughton-Smith / @stroughtonsmith : I've never been interested in over-ear headphones before, but those AirPods Max are giving me the wantsies. No chance I'd ever spend my own money on them, though, not at €619 😂 Paul Graham / @paulg : I bet Apple didn't consider the possibility of second order effects, like the high cost of their new headphones making them unfashionable even among people who could afford them. Michael Gartenberg / @gartenberg : Every AirPods Max review. “These sound really great but they're very expansive and hard to recommend at that price. Sony or Bose are just as good for a lot less. They also work with Android but you lose features. Lightning cable I charge? Really?” Dieter Bohn / @backlon : If you are the 3.5mm headphone jack that hurt Apple I wish you would please just apologize and try to make amends because not including one on a pair of high end noise cancelling over ear headphones is a cry for help. https://www.theverge.com/... https://twitter.com/...
Handful of AirPods Max qs answered: - They do work with Find My - They do NOT support USB audio (only 3.5mm via optional cable) - They do not function without a charge passively.
For those asking, yes, I'm saving my full AirPods Max thoughts for when I get them in-person for review. But let's just say I'm... skeptical they'll pry me away from the Sony WH1000XM4's that cost $200 less. But I would LOVE to be wrong 👀 https://twitter.com/...
October: Apple pulls rival headphones and speakers from sale online and its stores https://www.bloomberg.com/... November: New HomePod mini December: AirPods Max headphones
Price wise, $550 isn't outrageous. It's a somewhat oddball price between < $400 midrange and > $1k high end. My LCD-X is certainly a bit more expensive and that's not including the DAC/AMP.
AirPods Max deliver the ultimate personal listening experience with Adaptive EQ, Active Noise Cancellation, Transparency mode, and spatial audio. And, of course, the magical experience you expect from AirPods. https://www.apple.com/...
I like the features, but at a scorching $549 either Apple is going to establish the price for cans or everyone would rather spend ~$400 on the Sony/B&W/Master Dynamic/Bose options. https://www.apple.com/...
They seem like an answer to something like what Dolby shot for with the dimension headphones for $600 Spatial audio is no joke. These with an Apple TV/4K is gonna be quite the media experience, https://twitter.com/...
I was genuinely surprised they didn't pair today's announcement with a HiFi tier for Apple Music. Seems odd given AirPods Max + HomePod and the fact others (including Amazon) are doing this now. https://twitter.com/...
Looking forward to trying these out. Believe it or not, $549 not as high a price as it may seem for the most premium, over the ear, headphones. The performance will tell if it's worth it. Given AirPods Pro performance, I'm optimistic. https://twitter.com/...
And nice reporting by @markgurman, who nailed down Apple's over-ear headphones many months ago, and continues to deliver product scoop after product scoop without any of the annoying drama that is now common in the Apple “leaking” scene
.....people are acting like they are being forced to buy them..........? 🤷🏼♀ ️ Apple unveils high-end AirPods Max and the price tag is raising eyebrows https://twitter.com/...
I'm a fan of apple products, but it would be cheaper to get a $399 PS5 DE, $25 amazon “Best Seller” bluetooth earbuds, and $100 Sennheiser HD 280 pro. good luck with that, apple. https://twitter.com/...
remember how apple bragged about how good the homepod sounded but nobody bought it because they priced it out of the market ya well at least they come with a very nice looking case that doesn't at all look like a bra https://twitter.com/...
Sorry folks but the AirPods Max are not that expensive. I've got two headphones that are the same price or more and love them. I'll wait to hear them for final judgement.
$549 for headphones is nuts. I've spent and owned more expensive headphones, but they're able to be driven with a high-end amplifier. These cannot be. I've also never been impressed by the audio quality of any Apple product ever so excited to see if this changes things.
with the release of AirPods Max I hope Apple releases a tidal like streaming option on Apple Music. Lossless/Master or even 512-1024kbps would be great 🙏🏻
Digital Crown. Apple is the master at building/developing tech on one product and bringing it over. This is HomePod and Apple Watch tech all in one. https://twitter.com/...
Over the next few days I think the AirPods Max price (a wildly aggressive $550) will be over thought, but in the end they just have to deliver top 5% audio quality + Spatial Audio to be the best concert listening headphones of all time. https://twitter.com/...
Apple has some pretty steep competition with the WH-1000XM4 at just $278 which supports LDAC and can also be driven by a traditional amp. On the other end, the HiFiMAN Ananda-BT are more ($799) but are high-end planar dynamics and have the best BT decoders on the market. https://…
You can laugh at the price tag all you want, but I bet apple will sell an absolute ton of these. And I bet you will see a lot of professional athletes wearing them soon. https://twitter.com/...
Leave it to Apple to drop headphones that cost half a grand in the middle of a pandemic during the worst economic dip since 2008. https://twitter.com/...
I've never been interested in over-ear headphones before, but those AirPods Max are giving me the wantsies. No chance I'd ever spend my own money on them, though, not at €619 😂
I bet Apple didn't consider the possibility of second order effects, like the high cost of their new headphones making them unfashionable even among people who could afford them.
Every AirPods Max review. “These sound really great but they're very expansive and hard to recommend at that price. Sony or Bose are just as good for a lot less. They also work with Android but you lose features. Lightning cable I charge? Really?”
If you are the 3.5mm headphone jack that hurt Apple I wish you would please just apologize and try to make amends because not including one on a pair of high end noise cancelling over ear headphones is a cry for help. https://www.theverge.com/... https://twitter.com/...
Apple's “one more thing” for the year appears to be over-the-ear AirPod headphones. They look really nice. They also cost $549 https://www.apple.com/...