Customer Ratings & Reviews

The Apple AirPods Max are a premium offering in the headphone market, combining exceptional sound quality with Apple’s signature design and ecosystem integration. The audio experience is immersive, with rich bass, detailed mids, and crisp highs, complemented by active noise cancellation that effectively blocks out ambient noise. The spatial audio feature enhances the listening experience, especially when watching movies or playing games. The build quality is top-notch, with a luxurious feel, though the weight might be noticeable during extended use. The price is steep, but for those deeply invested in the Apple ecosystem, it’s a worthwhile splurge.

these headphones are amazing!!! the mesh on the top prevents them from digging into your head and hurting like other over ear headphones. The noise cancellation is also phenomenal, I'm able to completely sleep on a plane and not hear anything. would buy again

Really good headset amazing sound only downfall is weight

Grest sound and quality. Long battery life. Expensive but high quality

Excellent sound and comfort. Really couldn’t beleive how great they are.

I purchased Apple headphones for my son for his birthday in February 2024. He hasn't taken them off since. I think that he's ignoring me when we are together but its the noise canceling that is so good he can't here anything but the music. Cool!

Incredible! Amazing sound quality, perfect noise cancelation and incredible transparency features. I really can’t stress enough how great they are, they’ve been great to mow the lawn, ride in the car, go on an airplane, and exercise with. They fit any use case with exceptional quality.

Very good, good fit, good sound quality, looks good

EXCELLENT FIT. SOUND PROOF!! COMFORTABLE AND LIGHT. WISH I PICKED UP A PAIR SOONER.

Best headphone, microphone combo I have ever purchased. I thought I lost my first pair so I bought another then found the first pair and kept both. Crystal clear sound, never drop calls. Sound is fantastic. I've never felt like I couldn't function without headphones to talk on the phone... now I do! One of the pads on the headphone fell off and can't be found. Challenging to find a replacement :(

Amazing sound quality the noise cancellation is great like no one is around very comfortable

Charges fast and great sound cancellation feature!

Great sound! Great Bass! Great surround sound!!!!!

Sound quality is superb. I find I get the most use out of these when I travel

Apple never has fhese prices ans they lure yih with a gift cars that Talleys the entire price .

Very very good sound quality and color was soo elegant

I love these. There was a lot of controversy over the weight or size but I think they are perfect. Battery life also works good.

excellent sound, weigth and quality. Have bought a few for different family members and staff and everyone has been very happy!

The best transparency & active noise cancelling modes!!!! Sounds great

Do not purchase these in the silver/white colorway. Unless you religiously clean them (which is a hassle) they will grow dingy with time. I've never had a problem throwing the ear cups in the wash, and carefully scrubbing the headband with detergent and water, but they will not stay proper white forever and you'll wish you bought Space Grey. If you're worried about the charging case thing, don't. I bought these and immediately threw it away. Reviews when I first bought the Max made it sound like this was some integral part of the headphones - it's not. I've never put them in that case once. I have had no issues with battery life just letting them be outside of the case. They don't take long to charge, and in the rare event they should get to critically low battery just set them to charge somewhere for an hour and they'll be back to nearly full power. The sound is great - incredibly clear, and enjoyable. Because they're wireless there's a cap on how good the audio quality you'll get from these is, but as far as wireless, convenient set-ups go it's really great. Apple made a big fuss about how easy they are to switch between Apple products but it's not quite as simple as you'd expect. They work great with the iPhone - pair them to the phone and they'll usually switch right over but: Your Macbook/iMac products will detect when the Airpods Max are close by, and tell you "nearby" but will require you to click to switch them over. This doesn't always happen on the first try and can require some finagling to get them to actually connect which can be a minor inconvenience that gets more frustrating over time. Additionally they tend to want to switch back to the iPhone, so if you're listening to audio from your Apple computer but accidentally trigger some sound on your iPhone you will lose connection and have to reconnect. I recognize these are distinctly first world, not-enough-to-complain about problems. The noise cancelling is actually shocking at first. Blocks out almost all the noise you could hope for and maybe a little more. Works great as a headset for phone calls and Zoom meetings but the aesthetic takes some getting used to - it's like having two aluminum bars of soap on either side of your head. Microphone quality is fine - pretty clear but you wouldn't record a podcast on it. That said, there is also a passthrough mode that uses microphones to essentially pipe in the outside audio as a means to let you hear what's going on around you, and participate, while keeping the headphones on. This is sort of handy, but most people will not engage with you because you have headphones on, and because these things are big it sends a pretty clear social message that you cannot hear, so the in real life usefulness of the passthrough for conversation is suspect at best. Sure, you can explain that "oh yes, I can hear you there's actually a setting..." but at that point just take the things off. The "head detection" is nifty. The inside of the cups have little detectors that can tell when your ear is inside and will turn the headphones on/off and pause your media as a result. This is tricky if you're trying to use them with only one ear to remain present in a room you're in as it will occasionally cut off audio because it thinks you're not listening. Prior to these I was using the Bose QC35ii headphones. These were an improvement on audio, and build quality. These are very expensive headphones. They feel expensive, but are they *really* worth $600 after tax? No, not really. Overall the audio/build quality doesn't justify the $300 price jump from similar models. If you like Apple, you'll like these, but next time I'll probably opt for a pair of headphones focused exclusively on audio quality.