AirPods Max 2

Bose sound so bad to me. Extremely comfortable but awful sound. Zero sub bass compared to the APM2 as well.

lol Tuned neutral [https://www.soundguys.com/bose-quietcomfort-ultra-headphones-2nd-gen-review-boring-refresh-or-notable-upgrade-144545/](https://www.soundguys.com/bose-quietcomfort-ultra-headphones-2nd-gen-review-boring-refresh-or-notable-upgrade-144545/) [https://www.soundguys.com/apple-airpods-max-2-review-155613/](https://www.soundguys.com/apple-airpods-max-2-review-155613/) You can view the charts for yourself. EQ doesn't fix inferior hardware.

Fucking sucks. I was looking forward to the lightweight ones next year with updates. I really enjoy the comfort of the Bose and Sony, but they aren’t hitting the mark for me in terms of sound quality…Guess I’ll have to suffer again with the weight of these.

I have both. Take calls and work out with Pro 3. Deep work and travel for max

I use Apple AirPods Max combined with a hyper x standalone microphone. The sound quality is incredible as well as the microphone quality according to my friends. It’s seamless as well as it’s Bluetooth so you can walk around and also easily mute your mic. It’s my ideal setup personally.

Bose Quiet Comfort ULTRA. Ultra. Ultra. With the extra spend. I also love my AirPod Max's. They're a bit heavier but also nice. The Bose QCU are light and loud. Or put on the ANC and a 432Hz flow and you won't hear a kitten mewing beside you.

I bought a pair of Sony XM5s on my flight to US. I kept using them for a month at work, the headband dug into my skull. Even though I knew the AirPods Max would be way too expensive, I ordered them to just try and see if that price was justified. Only when I compared the same songs on the same music service I realized how good the APM sounded. To me their sound signature is high-end. They somehow manage to keep vocals bright and bass punchy at the same time. The Sony XM5s despite being top-of-the-line at the time sounded muddy. Through a strange series of events, I don't have those with me anymore. I now have Bose 700 NC. I got these for calls. They sound like butt for music. I can't afford APMs anymore. APMs may be expensive, but there is nothing in that price range that sounds this good, and has such elegant design.

At the time XM5s were the #1 NC headphones in the world. APM's lack of cross-compatibility with Windows and Android bothered me so I went on a quest to find great sounding over-ears other than APMs. In the end, it came down to the fact that for me, nothing beats the default sound signature of APMs. Right now I have XM5 earbuds. Even though they are much more expensive than Beats Fit Pro, I prefer how the latter sound. And they have the added advantage of being compatible with some Android features. I am yet to see a single over-ear headphone that looks good being worn, except APMs. Does that even matter for a headphone? It does to me.

I actually went with apple ones. The build quality seems better and the warranty is better and easier to do claims form. Having so many of the sony ones break in two years is too much. One of them only lasted a couple months before it broke. It sounds like my issue is not uncommon and they just are not designed to hold up to a lot of use.

you can remove the ear pads and soak them in warm water with laundry detergent that’s what i do but again heavy

they are very comfy but they are heavy so having your head bent with different forms they’ll constantly fall off

Im sure headphones like the apple max's can survive for a very long time if handled with respect, its just about figuring out how to change the battery since it wont last for more than a couple years