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[Video, The Verge] Hear how the best ANC headphones handle real world and lab tests
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Very timely, just when I'm looking for new headphones with noice cancelation. Noice noice cancelation.
Me too, and the quick connect and passoff with my various Apple devices makes the Max a clear standout. I can live with them being a close second to the Sony headphones, especially when the Max excels at the spoken word tests.
I just wish they didn’t look so goofy on the head.
I'm allergic to Apple, so for me they are the least interesting from the list. I just purchased the Sony's, I must be fucked up in the head to spend so much money on headphones but hey, it's "treat yourself" day. And the Apple's are of course unreasonably even more expensive... (see the other video someone posted here).
You probably did the right thing for headphones.
I’ve been looking for real data on the effectiveness of Sony’s MX5 vs Max vs others - specifically I want to see how well they do passive and ANC across the frequencies we are exposed to. And Verge have come through with this video: https://www.theverge.com/2023/8/31/23852241/we-took-six-pairs-of-headphones-and-a-dummy-head-on-the-subway
Its a good video, but its also got real data from some experts. If you are TLDW - then skip to the end for a table from the experts.
The Sony MX5 are head and shoulders above the rest (with the max second in most categories).
I mean, it IS the video I posted in OP 😂
And heavy. The Max’s are quite a bit heavier than competitors.
Perhaps Apple added metal weights again so the headphones appear more "sophisticated", like they did with Beats...
The necks thanks them for the extra sophistication. 🙏
I know it was a sorta joke… but I had to find out if it was true.
This link: https://www.ifixit.com/Teardown/AirPods+Max+Teardown/139369 provides an awesome breakdown on the contents and lots of X-rays.
It turns out the answer is no, although both batteries are in the right ear cup, and ifixit never do figure if there is a counterweight in the other ear. There’s just a gap.
And yeah… adding that weight was a crappy move and very un-apple IMHO. Their products should stand on their own and not require gimmicks like that. Having said that, this is Beats. Analysis showed that their products cost as little as $18 to make (including parts and assembly) - talk about cheap overpriced crap. The other few hundred dollars per set is marketing, distribution and profit. Shows what celebrity endorsements can get you.