AirPods Max?

[unborn widget]

Hello, I'm looking to buy AirPods Max and I'm wondering if I should hold off? Do we have a rough estimate of when the Max 2s will come out? From rumors, it was mentioned we may see a release before Christmas. Anyone have some further ideas of this?

[rain linden]

At this point, I would only buy them if you can get a nice discount on them. They’re starting to show their age, however more recent rumours are pointing to a new AirPods Max release next year, not at the very end of this year

New competitors from Bose, Sony, and even Beats are a better value

[unborn widget]

Thanks! I've tried the Sony ones and I'm not the most impressed, however, I was looking into the Beats Studio Pros. I haven't tried those but I'm open. I'm looking for something studio grade that I can carry around with wireless capability. A must have is noise transparency & noise cancellation which both the Beats Studio Pros & Airpods Max have.

I've heard great things about the AirPods Max in terms of sound quality. The only downsides are semi niche things for me. The only things I dislike are the lack of USB C & aux cable. I think the Gen 2 is rumored to pin both of those issues down. - if not atleast USB C it sounds like.

Feel free to toss any recommendations that are similar if you know of any. I'm looking for studio grade, wireless capable, features like noise transparency & cancellation.

[rain linden]

I don't know that much about each pair, but the biggest, newest competitors are the Bose Quiet Comfort Ultra, Sony MX5, and Beats Studio Pro

[crystal iron]

I own AirPods Max, great sound quality but the amount of bugs I’ve heard, it’s been a hell experience overall

that’s just my personal experience, others say it’s good

but I wouldn’t recommend buying them anyway, wait for 2nd generation