![]() They come with a USB-C to Lightning cable but not a power adaptor and cannot charge any faster with higher-power adaptors. ![]() A five-minute charge will provide up to 90 minutes playback. It takes about two hours to fully recharge the Max using a 5W or greater USB power adaptor. They lose 0.5% of battery an hour when left on standby out of their case. The Max last for about 20 hours with noise cancelling on or longer with it off, matching Bose’s NCH 700 but 10 hours short of the B&W PX7 or Sony WF-1000XM4. There is no headphones socket, but a 3.5mm to Lightning cable is available costing £35/ $35. The bottom of the ear cup has the Lightning port for charging. Great for watching on a train or plane, but a soundtrack that good deserves to have the movie playing on the best and biggest screen in the house. And it works for only a handful of apps at the moment, including the Apple TV app (Apple TV+ and iTunes) and Disney+. It does not work with the Apple TV set-top box or any other audio source. While it is genuinely great, it is disappointing that it works only with the iPhone and iPad as they have the sensors required to make it work. You also get properly implemented low-frequency effects, which would normally be produced by a subwoofer in a surround setup. You can turn your head but it will always sound like the dialogue is coming from the screen. When fed a 5.1, 7.1 or Dolby Atmos sound track the Max use motion sensors to detect the position of your head in relation to the screen, creating a pretty convincing surround sound. This virtual surround sound is nothing new but how it works for the Max is novel. In standard stereo, they produce more low-end grunt for explosions while keeping the dialogue clearly audible.īut they also have a special spatial audio mode, which acts as surround sound but with just two speakers. The Max are unique in that the film audio performance is a bit different from music. Presence sensors in each ear cup pause the music when you lift them off your ear or remove the headphones. Miles Davis sounds particularly sumptuous and they can just as easily make the most out of high energy EDM as chilled-out downtempo.īass heads looking for thumping low-end in every track will need to look elsewhere – there’s no equaliser to crank up – while they could be a touch more raw in grunge tracks such as the classic Smells Like Teen Spirit. They have plenty of punch in tracks such as Highly Suspicious by My Morning Jacket, aggression when needed in Dr Dre’s Next Episode and enough power to give a full rendition of the deep bass in Lindsey Stirling’s Crystallize. ![]() Subtle when needed, the Max can still highlight detail even in complex tracks such as The Who’s Baba O’Riley. Grand orchestral scores delight with dynamic range and a wider sound than most. Every tone is finely balanced but they are not flat, with a pleasing, full and well-judged sound that is good at any volume. ![]() Mids are precise and do not dominate, while highs sparkle with energy and clarity. The Max produce the sort of fantastic sound you should expect, joining a rare bunch alongside the B&W PX7 and Sony WH-1000XM4 that sound so good you will be able to hear new elements in well-worn tracks.īass is powerful and tightly controlled: present when needed but not overpowering. The soft-touch plastic fabric case looks a bit like a bra or a handbag and does not protect the headphones. The headphones go into a standby state when taken off or put around your neck for a few minutes but only turn off when slipped into the case. There is also an enlarged digital crown jog-dial button, as previously seen on the Apple Watch, which you turn for volume and press once, twice or thrice for playback controls. ![]() The top of the right ear cup has a button for toggling noise cancelling modes press and hold it to put the headphones into pairing mode or continue hold to reboot them. It all works very well.Ĭonnectivity with other non-Apple devices was solid, but only Apple devices, such as an iPhone, can change settings and remotely control features such as the noise cancelling. They also have the option of having voice assistant access using the “Hey, Siri” wake word and having Siri read messages to you as they come in. The Max have Apple’s H1 chips in them, the same as the AirPods Pro, which means they have the same strong Bluetooth 5 connection supporting SBC and AAC audio formats, plus instant pairing and seamless, automatic switching between Apple devices. The digital crown works very well, including when wearing gloves, which touch controls falter. ![]()
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