Not after you own them for a few months. You really ought to look at some of the scuffs these things are picking up.
2. They sound great (compared to similar wireless options).
At it's price point? It honestly sounds "competitive", and that's putting it nicely. It stands toe-to-toe with the other headphones in it's category, but I feel like it should be demolishing them for costing twice as much. I honestly have no preference between the QuietComforts and the Airpods Max in terms of sound quality. That's really disappointing for $600.
3. They're fully integrated with all my other Apple devices, switching devices is super easy (I have a mac, iphone, and ipad).
I haven't had Bluetooth switching issues in ages. I've owned a few pairs of wireless audio headsets (Galaxy Buds, Surface Headphones) over the years, and I haven't had to manually switch devices in months.
4. The noise canceling is great.
The noise cancelling is good. Remember our friend the Quietcomforts? They cost half as much as the Max, sound just as good, and the noise cancelling on the QCs makes the Max sound like a pair of aluminum open-backs.
5. They have features like spatial audio and possibly other updates coming down the line.
Not lossless audio, apparently. I wouldn't be too confident in how much Apple cares about these headphones.
6. A power button isn't needed because of how it's designed.
Several early reviews said they would have preferred a power button to it's strange case, and some even reported that the case wouldn't properly put the unit into sleep mode when stowed. As far as I know, this is still an issue, and could have been fixed by engineering a $0.30 button on your six-hundred dollar headphones.
7. The microphones are great - which make this a great device for taking calls.
The microphones sound pretty standard for the Airpods range, which is to say middle-of-the-road. I've only heard the mic in action a few times, but it's lack of a conductive/internal microphone means that the audio comes off as distant and compressed. Even worse is that you can notice the software raising the noise floor (!!!) on the mic so you can hear the other person better. Besides that though, I don't have much to say on the topic. They're microphones. Apple's been doing this for decades, am I supposed to act surprised?
Not after you own them for a few months. You really ought to look at some of the scuffs these things are picking up.
2. They sound great (compared to similar wireless options).
At it's price point? It honestly sounds "competitive", and that's putting it nicely. It stands toe-to-toe with the other headphones in it's category, but I feel like it should be demolishing them for costing twice as much. I honestly have no preference between the QuietComforts and the Airpods Max in terms of sound quality. That's really disappointing for $600.
3. They're fully integrated with all my other Apple devices, switching devices is super easy (I have a mac, iphone, and ipad).
I haven't had Bluetooth switching issues in ages. I've owned a few pairs of wireless audio headsets (Galaxy Buds, Surface Headphones) over the years, and I haven't had to manually switch devices in months.
4. The noise canceling is great.
The noise cancelling is good. Remember our friend the Quietcomforts? They cost half as much as the Max, sound just as good, and the noise cancelling on the QCs makes the Max sound like a pair of aluminum open-backs.
5. They have features like spatial audio and possibly other updates coming down the line.
Not lossless audio, apparently. I wouldn't be too confident in how much Apple cares about these headphones.
6. A power button isn't needed because of how it's designed.
Several early reviews said they would have preferred a power button to it's strange case, and some even reported that the case wouldn't properly put the unit into sleep mode when stowed. As far as I know, this is still an issue, and could have been fixed by engineering a $0.30 button on your six-hundred dollar headphones.
7. The microphones are great - which make this a great device for taking calls.
The microphones sound pretty standard for the Airpods range, which is to say middle-of-the-road. I've only heard the mic in action a few times, but it's lack of a conductive/internal microphone means that the audio comes off as distant and compressed. Even worse is that you can notice the software raising the noise floor (!!!) on the mic so you can hear the other person better. Besides that though, I don't have much to say on the topic. They're microphones. Apple's been doing this for decades, am I supposed to act surprised?