Let me talk about texture first. The top is elastic mesh, and the earmuffs are made of memory foam. These two points are critical because they are much cooler than leather earmuffs when worn in summer. The material of the earmuffs is recyclable anodized aluminum, which inherits Apple’s consistent environmental protection style. The telescopic part is stainless steel. Such a heavy pile of materials caused it to be very heavy. However, due to the top mesh support and weight distribution, it is not so unacceptable. But it cannot be denied that wearing it for a long time is not good for the cervical spine. Perhaps the same is true for other headsets, but to a different degree.
Attention! This headset has a special place, it does not have a shutdown button! Therefore, this smart sleep set is very important. When you put the headset in, it will enter a sleep state with ultra-low power consumption. Here comes the most important point! ! There is currently no way to purchase the official smart dormancy kit!
Let’s talk about sound quality and noise reduction, as an example: if the sound quality of AirPods Pro is boiled water, then the sound quality of AirPods Max is just a large glass of soda water. As a relatively amateur headset player, I dare not say how good its sound quality is, but this is the best sound quality Apple headset I have ever heard. Flat with Sony WH-XM1004. The low-mid frequency is obviously powerful. The human voice and the high pitch feel are intertwined. Even if the volume is turned on, the human voice will not be distorted.
Needless to say, noise reduction is an industry benchmark. Better than AirPods Pro and equal to Sony XM4. But what really opens the gap is the transparency mode. The transparency mode of AirPods Max makes you feel as if it is no different from without headphones.
Then there is battery life. As the official website claims, it can take more than 20 hours to turn on noise reduction. It takes longer to turn off the noise reduction, and the battery life is definitely enough.