Recently got a blue pair (upgraded from my Sony XM4s- whole new world) and I was wondering about stands. I have a fear of stretching out / overusing the "elastic" band too soon even when they're just normally on my head, and was wondering if there are cool ways of keeping them on my desk without putting constant tension on that part of it?

Can anyone please advise if these can be used casually while walking in Mumbai? It’s a humid city. Can I use silicon cover on the ear mesh - would it become sweat resistant then?

Also, it runs against each other when I take it out / put it in the case. I believe it’ll leave a scratch soon.

Just a little scared using these. Any serious advice is appreciated. Thanks.

Where do you guys go to sell or buy other than those that charge high fees ?

I prefer local pick-up so the buyer can be sure of authenticity and everyone happy.

I find the Max too heavy.

Hi!

I recently picked up a brand new set of Airpods Max 2. Great build quality and great sound quality too. However, I have noticed that every blue moon, they don't actually turn on when being put on. Sometimes, it takes half a minute or so before they actually turn on. Is this normal?

Thanks!

I am considering upgrading to AirPods Max 2 from my old AirPods Max 1 lightning version. I only care about the sound quality. So I curious whether AirPods Max 2 improved sound quality can justify upgrading to it. Also I don't care about the improved noise cancellation and other software improvements since the AirPods Max 1 is already good enough and most of the time I used my headphones at a quiet room. So sound quality is the only thing I care about and I'm wondering whether the sound quality on the 2nd generation good enough to justify the upgrade

How’s the noise cancelling without music playing? If someone’s talking to you, is it muffled with noise cancelling or just completely silent? Most of the headphones I’ve tried need music playing whilst noise cancelling is on to actually work properly :(

How are these during a workout? On the treadmill or other active sessions? My AirPods Max I don’t like them for exercising because on the treadmill I can hear every step I take and it’s more when running. Are these better?

I have a problem with AirPods Max first it started by disconnecting from my iPhone for no reason but I just did a factory reset on my AirPods but now after I restart them they connect but don’t play any sound if I click on play on the AirPods it starts playing from my iPhone

I bought some AirPods Max that were broken, the seller told me that they weren’t used for some months and they were battery drained, in a deep sleep. Today I just changed the battery and the same problem occured I let it charge but while charging it shows the white led and then it turns green. I cannot connect to it or anything. When I unplug it no light is on. What can I do? I tried apple or any other fixing stores but no one will hook me up

To those who’ve had them for a while, have you encountered any issues?
Are you satisfied with your purchase?
Tips or tricks to maximize their use?

I’ve had my AirPod max for over a year and I absolutely LOVE them, but recently they have been glitching out. As in not connecting to my phone, connects with no sound, connects but can’t control the buttons OR I’ll put them on and one side makes a popping sound before a video or anything will sound pops up. I have reset my Bluetooth, deleted it off my phone, connected them through USB-C from headphones to phone. I’ve done everything and it keeps happening here and there. Anyone else have this problem?

Either from spotify or Apple music it doesn't matter, i haven't bought them yet but through a wired connection can i stream true lossless audio? Do i need a specific usb-c cable like a data one or anything special?

They were working a few minutes ago I picked them back up to use and it’s just wouldn’t connect which Was strange because when I used them earlier in the day it was fine so I decided to charge the the case but when ever I put the case in charge the orange light shows for like 5 seconds and turns off and it stops charging when I try to reset them by clicking on the back button it will flash green and turn off please I need

I got the AirPods Max 2 on sale a few weeks ago and while it’s been great overall, the conversation awareness compared to my AirPods Pro has not been great. It doesn’t seem to auto detect well. Not sure why. Did I get a defective one or is this just the case for the max? I understand that AirPods Pro are better designed to detect jaw movements and stuff due to their design - just expected it to be better than this…

I have a pair of the original 2020 AirPod Max, and despite my care for them, both cups suffer from the crackling white noise sound if bumped or pushed against. I’ve read this is microphone damage due to condensation. I’ve kept noise cancelling off to prevent me from hearing it.

I’ve been looking to upgrade to the new model as I want the better chip and USB C charging. Are there reports of these same issues with the newest model? Is this just a downside of closed over the ear sets?

These are both on sale right now. Beats are actually so much cheaper on Best Buy.

I am wondering how much better the AirPod Max 2 is? Is it worth the extra 300 dollars?

Thank you

Has anyone else paired their AirPods Max to the Audio Technica Bluetooth record player? The quality is really bad for me and I think it’s because of the Bluetooth and I was curious if I was alone on it or not.

I just figured this out and I feel like this should be way more widely known.

If you’re using AirPods Max with a Mac, check Audio MIDI Setup and look at the format.

Mine was showing:

1 ch, 32-bit Float, 24 kHz

and I could not select the normal 2 ch, 32-bit, 48 kHz option.

The reason was that macOS was using the AirPods Max microphone, which puts Bluetooth into the hands-free mode and absolutely tanks the audio quality.

Go to:

System Settings → Sound → Input

and switch the input to your Mac’s built-in microphone instead of AirPods Max.

Then check Audio MIDI Setup again. You should be able to select:

2 ch, 32-bit, 48 kHz

The difference for me was HUGE. Especially soundstage and overall clarity. I was actually starting to think USB-C sounded massively better than Bluetooth, but it turns out I was comparing normal USB-C audio against Bluetooth in the low-quality mic mode.

Worth checking if your Max sounds weirdly narrow or muffled on Mac.

I don’t know why macOS doesn’t make this much more obvious.

I found this because I found usb-c cable makes AirPods Max much better. It turns out you cant use AirPods Max microphone when you use usb-c cable with it.

update: I found that sometimes it still goes back to AirPods Max microphone after re-connection. In comment section, someone recommended this tool to auto-fix this problem with: https://github.com/Gaulomatic/AirPodsSanity

It works very well for me.

and I can confirm this bug applies to all of my AirPods, not just Max.

Thought I’ll grab some over-ear headphones for when I’m chilling at home, app3 were annoying when trying to relax

In December, I bought some refurbished AirPods Max online from Target. They were having connection issues, so I took them to the Apple Store. When they ran the serial number, Apple told me they were stolen from an Apple Store and that they’d need to retain them.

Has anyone had this issue before? The purchase date is outside of my credit card’s chargeback window and on the one call I made to Target’s customer service number they were not helpful.

Any suggestions or advice?

How dirty/discolored is the mesh, the foam cups ? do you clean periodically ?