Airpods Max Review + Sound Hacks & Tricks - How to make your AirPods Max sound way better!
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- čas přidán 28. 06. 2024
- Hey guys this is my honest review of the Apple AirPods Max Bluetooth headphones where I share my pros and cons about them and some sound tweaks on how to make them sound amazing. Enjoy! :D
PS: Sorry about the glitchy auto focus. My DSLR is very old. If this video does well I plan to get a new cutting edge DSLR for my next vid!
Video Contents
0:00 - Intro
1:56 - Comfort
2:33 - Build Quality
3:01 - Features
4:50 - Battery Life
5:23 - Sound Quality
7:27 - Sound Hacks
9:51 - Sound Conclusions
10:20 - "Smart" Case
10:42 - Outro
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www.apple.com/airpods-max/specs/
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WOW what a difference!! I love my Airpods Max now
So glad to hear that! Please share this vid if you don’t mind. Thanks! :)
@@Killyang i did already, thanks
SAME I WAS ABOUT TO RETURN THEM OMG
@@devinbaeten13 bro return them there are better sounding headphones for 100 bucks
@@shadouxg7150 Nah they work perfectly and they’re so comfortable I can wear them all day. Noise cancellation & transparency modes are phenomenal.
This really is nuts. I was floored originally by spatial audio and quality and it’s hard to believe this actually makes them sound better. The mids are so crisp now. Amazing stuff!
compressor time
That is for sure a big difference. Much better with the Headphone Accommodations set to on with Balanced Tone and Moderate. Awesome ! ! !
Woah! Didn’t think the sound could get better! Thanks man
For the pressure thing, go into the same audio/video settings and mess with the background noise. Not only does this receive the pressure, but it’s great for people like me who have tinnitus. Even better, you can just turn it on to relax as you can choose white noise, rain, water, etc.
Just got a pair today and added your tips. Thanks!
The only video that gives a actual way to make the music better. Thanks a ton
Thanks for bettering my music. There is a difference in enabling the settings you talked about👍🏼
Dude, this was of great help! Thanks!🙏
Thanks for the tip! It works wonders on certain songs, but for others the boost makes the highs too bright and noise artefacts get amplified. Not sure if my unit is faulty though.
Very helpful! Thanks for putting together
I’ve been used to the treble booster on EQ under music settings so I honestly do brightness with slight on. Superb clarity on high volumes. :)
Fantastic sound now, esp. on Apple Music. Thanks for the tip.
Great video. Thank you for the tips. I’m setting up my new APM and can really use them! 🌈💜👍🏻
Great video. Completely agree on the case. Thanks!
Very helpful video bro.
This was by far in a sea of AirPods Max videos, this has been the most informative and stand alone non copy and paste video I’ve seen since these things came out! Thank you so much!!
Thank you so so much for the excellent video, comments and advices. Youre great!!!
Sounds amazing I changed my settings and i did toggle back and forth to hear the difference.
Awesome to hear!
Im so happy i watched this 😸 trust this man, and follow the instructions!!!
Thanks, learned a few things here. I actually can hear a difference with the wired adapter while plugging into an iPad or similar and Apple Lossless files. The highs are crisper with less sibilance and slightly better frequency separation. Once you hear it, you'll know.
Interesting good to know. Perhaps I’ll try again and see if I can hear the difference.
Very well explained ..
Wow they really do sound way better. Thankyou.
i love the samples of bass mids and highs you cut out. came from your audioquest dragonfly video, you make very objective videos !
Thank you for the feedback!
Awesome review, excellent expertise, and something I had not heard of before. Thank you for this! You are making a difference in the universe!
Amazing 🔥🔥🔥
I wish I could leave more likes thanks for the content brutha
Bro thank you for this! It was very helpful!
That’s awesome to hear!
Great tip!
I’ve worn my AirPods Max all night without getting too hot or uncomfortable however I did fall asleep with them on LOL.. These are the best headphones I’ve ever used and I come from just using the cheapest available earphones and headphones and finally getting these they are the most expensive headphones I’ve ever owned.
Dude you are amazing! It does sound better now! 😄
Solid advice
this is definetly one of the best reviews ive seen so far. Great video quality and ur funny and i now know how to set up these headphones. thanks
Thank you glad it helped you!
Thanks man
🎉🎉🎉🎉 man you are good. Thank you
awesome video pal!
Thanks!
You earned a subscriber
I will continue to provide better and better content over time. Thank you!
Holy S**** that hack works amazing!!! Now to work on making them more comfortable
I’ve had mine on for 10hrs I also sleep in mine BC of my job a lot of noise😉 thank God apple made these
Hey, nice tips and tricks! Great video. Could you please do an extensive review on Apple Airpod Max Headphones and Beo H95 Headphones that you briefly showed at the start of your video? I'm hoping to get one of those Headphones. Thanks.
I got a pair yesterday. $460 tax included new in sealed box. They’re awesome. Best over ear headphones I’ve ever had. And I’ve got a pair of the first Sony wired ANC headphones, a pair of Sennheisers and a pair of Marshall’s. The AirPod Max phones blow them away.
Thank you!
Thank you so much for your tips. Am now a subscriber. 👍
Thank you!
I agree that the the upper mids are a bit recessed, and that your recommended EQ settings are helpful. However, I don't agree that your recommended Accessibility Menu "hacks" are an improvement. Those settings are meant to help people who have hearing loss in certain frequency ranges. They don't work the same way that a traditional EQ does. They screw with the dynamic range, and that was apparent to me the moment that I tried it. It's similar to the old school "loudness" buttons on stereos...except a bit more targeted. That being said, I can see how it can seem like an improvement. Many people equate louder with better.
The keyword is “targeted” sound boost. While I do not know the exact frequency range that Apple is boosting with that setting I can assure you it’s not the same as turning up your overall gain/volume a couple notches. I agree with you that louder = better for most but if you compare a song at higher volume without the boost and then compare again at a lower volume with that boost on, the shaping of the sound is very apparent. The boost is definitely targeted somewhere towards the mids and upper mids. If iOS had a built in audio eq I would simply tell everyone to boost the 1 to 6khz frequencies to greatly improve the AirPods Max and call it a day. With that said your feedback is appreciated.
@@Killyang I agree that it's not the same as just turning up the gain/volume a couple of notches. It's also affecting the dynamic range, and that's why I have a problem with it.
The description under the slider for "Balanced Tone" spells this out. It says "soft sounds will be boosted slightly, moderately, or strongly". This is another way of saying that the setting tampers with the dynamic range. Part of what it's doing is compressing dynamic range.
To my wife's ever lasting annoyance, I've spent way too much money over the past decade in order to be able to listen to quality recordings over quite a few different quality headphones..and on the rest of the gear that goes along with them. I only say this to emphasize that I have a pretty good feel for what the music that I listen to should sound like, and the changes that those accessibility settings make sound wrong to me. But, like you said, it definitely makes the mids sound louder, so I'm not surprised that many people like the end result.
Thank you for that idea 💡 it sounds really interesting as it gives additional emphasis on mids and highs, BUT at the expense. Lows becomes inexpressive at all. Plus it adds up noice for certain music genres - not so good. Anyway, it was worth a try.
Try the slight setting instead. You should see a moderate boost in the mids and the low end will still be there. Also it depends which bitrate you are streaming at. If you have Spotify premium or Apple Music then you should be okay. Thanks for the feedback.
Holy Jesus listen to this man
Can you make a video for samsung galaxy headphones?
Thank you for showing us how to make AirPods Max sound better makes a big difference
If you make cool videos like this I’m subscribing to your channel
That's great to hear! Thanks for your feedback. I have been busy producing and collaborating on several music projects but I do need to make more videos like this. : D
How about spatial audio Dolby atmos and lossless !?
WOW. I got my AirPods max a few days ago and they just lacked in the mids so much that everything i listed to seemed quiet and boring. This makes it sound just like my AirPods pro’s but better and I love listening with them now. Thanks for saving me from returning these wonderful headphones omg
Haha yea I agree I would have returned my AirPods max too if I didn’t have this tweak!
Spotify EQ - Rock
Headphones accommodation on - moderate
Headphones safety - turn off reduce loud audio
This will make it sound far better
Also don’t forget to turn off mono audio to experience the Spatial Audio
This is a fantastic review of the AirPods Max. Thank you for the tip. Discovering the Headphone Accommodation on my iPhone made my AirPods Pro sounded waaaay better! I had my EQ on Rock but switched to Flat after the tweak. It sounds amazing to my ears. I can hear the hi hats better. Incredible. Thank you! 🙏 PS. Can’t wait to get the AirPods Max on Boxing Day.
They do sound much better. Does this only work for apple products? I do not see the same results with Sony or B&O products.
Nice tip. Headphones sound much better now, less muddy and fuller. I have worn studio grade headphones before and the apple air pod max aren’t close, but they were never meant to!
100% true! They would be terrible for studio use.
Great review and some greater tips! Just one question though: you talked about value at the top of the video and compared the cost of these to some of the higher price professional headphone sets out there, and I *think* you implied you would give your opinion on the value of the AirPods Max. I didn’t hear that though - so *do* you think the value is there for these?
You’re right. Sorry I didn’t make that point across clearly. Even though they are a bit expensive the overall build quality, playback battery life and features are very solid but it’s really after applying the sound eq tweaks that the sound really stood out and therefore I would say they are worth the money.
@@Killyang That's great to hear (especially since I *just* purchased a pair. : ) (BTW, they are over $700 here in Canada). Thanks so much for the tip on how to make the sound even better. I'm enjoying that as we speak. P.S. thanks for your quick reply too!
Last night I received and set up my AirPods Max headphones. I was a little underwhelmed by the overall sound quality. Know that I have made the adjustment that you recommended, I love the sound quaility so much that I adjusted all of my Apple devices. Thanks for the great advise!
Is there a way to achieve this on macOS too?
Brightness and bar on strong, Spotify equaliser on loudness and put audio normalisation on loud … also in phone settings scroll down to music and put that equaliser on loudness 👍👍
Like those covers for the cans. Do you have a link to those?
Sure here you go! www.amazon.com/dp/B08RD64BTK/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_api_glt_fabc_J11EF70VMQSSVTNP9SP8
Nice review Sir. How's the bass ? (Gotcha) Thank you
So I have an ipad pro with the quadspeakers and noticed cool details within the best of songs I didn’t notice before. I’m sure theres a term for what I’m trying to say but not sure what it is. But if you get me, Are there good headphones that are capable of achieving the same sound the quad speakers produce?
Yes what you are referring to is called sound stage. There are some headphones that have very good sound stage. Look at beyer dynamic dt 990 pro or sennheiser hd 599. Both excellent and under $200. The AirPods Max have very good sound stage however.
It results in extra hissing noise along with the boost ( u can check by listening to relatively silent sections of songs after cranking the volume up) so i am not sure if this is a good idea ..
yes it depends on which type of music you are listening to. for example i noticed with classical music there is a bit of a hiss introduced. this is normal because the mids and highs are being boosted but in my experience for most genres of music the pros far outweigh the cons because unfortunately the mids are lacking out of the factory
Am I the only one who thinks the sound is better with left this option off? I've been testing A/B for hours now. I'm a music producer tho so my taste might be different to the typical music consumer. In my opinion the option boosts the high mids and highs which sounds kinda nice, but im missing some of the punchyness of the mids when turned off... sometimes i like the option sometimes I don't. When turned on I prefere the slight mode a lot more than the moderate or strong one !
you bring up a good point, for certain songs actually it's better to leave it at default setting. it really depends on the genre of music but for most genres for me turning that setting on brings a big improvement even at the expense of hurting dynamic range a little. It's totally up to user preference to turn the enhancements on/off and by how much of course... There is no official right or wrong answer.
@@Killyang True but the biggest no go for me is the noiselevel which is increased a lot by this option. I hear a lot of movie music and in the quiet parts it sounds so noisy with turned on. Even when something about the sound is better.
😂😂 I love the Smart Case!!!! It’s a minimalist design which is what I like. After carrying around Sennheiser Momentum 3’s which have a LARGE case, the Smart Case is a godsend. I put protector cases on the ear muffs and it works just great for me. Perfect perfect perfect!
Focus breathing 😮💨
Idk but headphone accommodation really reduces bass in my opinion… I’d rather turn Spatial Audio on cuz it boosts vocals and bass is also a bit better
Yes, yes they are😎
All about that bass bo treble.
Although balanced with bass boosted is great for rap/hiphop dubstep bass-heads, clean and crisp, makes those few moments in other genres sound great when it kicks in. Doesnt overtake the mids or highs
There is an “even better” possibility to increase the sound in my opinion. If you have a hearingtest app on your phone it can make a profile of your hearing and you can also use that as a setting under accessibility. I use the app Mimi hearingtest. I compared the profile against the settings as you showed them but I find these even better. Obviously that can be personal.
Yes! Much better than the 3 standard selections under accessibility for sure! More people should know about this!
I made a sound profile with Mimi but can’t seem to figure out how to use it as a sound profile on my phone?
The price they charge for these,you shouldn’t have to be searching for apps to make them sound loud. This is the reason I’m returning these worthless gimmicky overpriced headphones. After three days and not being able to figure out why a pair of $100 skull candy headphones blow these “air pods max” out of the water. Only thing APM has is spacial audio and clear sound. Little to no bass and super low. Dafuq outta here with $500 headphones made of metal that you cant wear when it’s cold outside because condensation will build up inside and burn out the board 😂 Too bad I didn’t look at all these videos first of “boosting up” your volume to make $500 headphones sound good.
can you talk lossless with these wired
Shoud’nt you go with the “vocal range” to boost the mid frequencies ?
Vocal range is 1 to 4khz which is a smaller section of the overall mid range so boosting the entire mid range will naturally boost the vocal range as well.
I notice the difference in the sound when I turn on headphone accommodations.
This was a great review, definitely the best in its class. The only issue was camera work. Your camera kept changing focus, maybe how you edited your clips. Also the screen in the background was detracting from you and your message. If you change those, the video would be fantastic.
Thanks for watching and thanks for the feedback! Yes I did turn off autofocus in my later videos as I noticed it was always refocusing. I can also do something about the background tiles on the screen.
question from a spotify user: do i try out that accessibility thing by itself or with that spotify eq?
update, didn’t like the accommodations thing, but i’m loving the eq settings! my airpods max have been sounding quiet which apparently is normal but this gives them an extra punch
@@unafflicted I personally do both. Give the “slight” setting a try. If you don’t like it still it’s all good. Just use the Spotify eq. ✌🏻
Can i do this configuration from a Mac ?
Unfortunately this feature is only available on iPhone and iPad but you can use the built in eq in the Apple Music app or use a third party app like Audio hijack.
I still think the Sony’s x4’s sound better. Hopefully gen 2 will have an EQ that’s the reason why I returned them.
Better in what regard? Balance, separation etc?
@@seaninherts They have a dedicated EQ app. In other words, you can adjust the sound to your liking, despite having a punchy bass you can clearly hear every sound coming from the song you’re listing to.
@@thecooldude4564 Yes indeed. I have XM4, lost a set of XM3 revently - own a pair of momentum 3, gave away a set of QC35s and listening currently on th4e max’s. I know the price is REALLY hard to accept, but the quality is something else. No fiddling with EQ compares. Wish it did - however, it genuinely doesn’t matter what I think… if you love the XM4’s save yourself a fortune and grab then. They’re an AMAZING set of headphones.
Can u please try to connect them while wired, to any other audio jack tech(windows,ps or other) and tell me if they are still working and noice cancelation still make it possible?
I’m out of town right now but I will try and let you know 👌🏻
Hey so I’m back and I just tested it out and I’m happy to report that yes both transparency and noise cancelling still work in wired mode when pressing the toggle button on the AirPods Max! I also turned off Bluetooth on the laptop to make sure there was no way it was connected wirelessly.
Thank you!!!!
@@Killyang One more question, is there any latency when they are connected with the wire ?
@@defectxrecords nope. Zero latency with either Bluetooth or wired. Well technically there is no such thing as zero latency but the latency is not enough to discern with normal human senses. 🤓
Aloha. From wich company are the protection for the pods? Thanks, Stephan
Aloha I just did an amazon search for “AirPods max silicon case cover” 👌🏻
Can the headphones be hacked to increase there volume
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I just did turned the Headphone Accommodations on but it seems like I can’t turn the volume higher or lower from my phone only from the rotation button on the AirPods Max itself, is that normal or?
Yea that ain’t normal. Try restarting the headphones?
Wow wow nice 😇😇😇😇
As a producer and engineer how can I hook these up to a interface ?
You can use the aux cable sold separately and then connect it to the interface using a headphone jack to quarter inch adapter. Having said that I would highly recommend against using these for any kind of mixing because they do not have a flat sound at all! Only for final listening from an listener/end user perspective.
Great review. A little advice is the auto focuser kinda messes with the eyes when you back in and out. I'd highly recommend just setting it manually center
it will give you a much better and cleaner video. The auto track focus is convenient but at the cost of quality... And you got all the other reviewer intangibles.
I agree with you. Thanks for the feedback. I will stick to manual focus for my next vid!
But can you update its firmware if there’s no case?
Yes you can. The bra case is only good to help preserve battery life.
5:06 where did you get that USB-C to USB-A adapter?
Amazon! just search "USB-C to USB-A adapter"
Dude what the hell!! I mean.. when I switch between this option on and off its like I walk in and out of room! Were the mids really that muffled?
Yessir massive difference huh! :D
Airpod max or sony xm5??
I haven’t heard the xm5 yet but from the reviews I’ve watched the AirPods Max still sound better.
How can I get rid of my crater?
Time to make the switch! :D
Hi. I have some questions. What's headphone you use in your music production? Or can you give me any suggestions?
Hi there for production I use the Audio Technica M50X. They have a great flat sound and to make them sound even flatter I pair them with the M50X sound profile from Sonarworks.
@@Killyang What do you think about dt770 pro? And is it okay to use headphones that have less bass for music production?
@@sokipper2007 I never used the dt770 but I did use the dt880 back in the days and I did not like them for production. They were bass heavy. You want a sound that’s as flat as possible but if your dt770 have less bass that’s even better so that when you produce you will naturally not put too much bass in your music. I still highly recommend getting the M50x
@@Killyang Thank you.
I NEED BASS
Holy friggin sht. Turning on the Headphone Accomodations in medium mode transformed these headphones into sound unbelievable. If you dont do this, dont bother spending so much for the headphones.
I have the sennheisers
Nice! how do you like them?
@@Killyang nice
“I remember”
One of my all time fav songs :)
@@Killyang Same here, man. 👍🏼
for me, the battery life is a bit too short, sony xm4 has 30hr battery
My apologies Android users are not SOL! There are lots of EQ options out there such as the equalizer & bass booster app to tweak your sound. I would recommend a +2-3db boost on the upper mid vocal range frequencies (1 to 6kHz) to make the vocals pop out more because that’s where the AirPods max are lacking in my opinion. Also some audiophiles have mentioned that the highs are tuned a bit too strong but I personally love hearing the high hats and cymbals in my music so that one is a matter of preference!
If you use the Smart Case after you have used the AirPods Max, it will not run out of power, because when the AirPods Max are in the Smart Case, they will turn off/sleep automatically. This is the main function of the Smart Case.
They also turn off on their own after 5 mins without the smartcase. The smartcase just saves you a bit of extra battery at the expense of hurting your eyes when you look at it. : D
I would just have bass aaaah I have AirPods max and I’m sad 😢
I wore mine for 5 hours when I first got them and my ears never got got
A winner is you! : D
But…seriously…how’s the bass?
😆