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I’ve been using Apple’s AirPods Max for a month now, wearing them every day in the hope of answering the question of whether they’re worth the very high price tag.
Apple has big competition in this sector of high-end consumer headphones, with the Bose NC 700, Sony WH-1000XM4 and Bowers and Wilkins PX7 all sitting at the top of our best headphones list and receiving high praise.
These metal-clad cans caused a stir upon release, mostly down to the £549/$549 price-tag. Launching your first pair of ANC headphones for almost double that of the biggest competition is ballsy move – but does it pay off?
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Spatial Audio is a limited feature across most wireless and wired audio devices, and it is mostly focused on delivering a different kind of music experience that would let users feel as if the sound is coming from everywhere. This feature resembles the Surround Sound capabilities which initially debuted with the popular audio company, Dolby, and now, it comes with Apple s AirPods Pro and AirPods Max releases.
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To achieve spatial audio, users would need a noise-canceling or noise-isolating capable audio device, and both of those are exclusive to later generations of the Apple AirPods, and it calls it the Spatial Audio. This feature is exclusive for Apple s AirPods Max and Pro, as both are the only noise-canceling audio device, in which Apple has integrated the feature with its settings.
Apple made a serious splash last year when it dropped the premium AirPods Max. The splash wasn’t due to groundbreaking specs, but rather the painful price tag. We’re used to the Apple Tax at this point, but the $549 sticker price is up there with paying $699 for some Mac Pro wheels. Is there any way to justify the cost? We’re putting the Apple AirPods Max vs the Bose Noise Cancelling Headphones 700 to find out which headset is worth your money.
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Anker Soundcore Life Q30 review: What do you get for the money?
The Soundcore Life Q30 are over-ear headphones capable of connecting to two devices simultaneously via Bluetooth 5.0 and support the two most widely used audio codecs, AAC and SBC. In addition to regular Bluetooth pairing, they offer NFC pairing by tapping your smartphone on the right earcup.
The Life Q30 are Hi-Res Audio certified as they’re able to reproduce frequencies up to 40kHz but there’s no support for near-lossless codecs such as aptX-HD, which is understandable given their price.
Included with the headphones are a carrying case, which isn’t of the highest quality but fulfils its function perfectly well, a USB-A to USB-C charging cable and a 3.5mm audio cable that can be plugged into the right earcup for wired listening.