I think Dolby Atmos has great potential. But for it to really work the artist and the studio has to put time and effort into it making sense. And I'm doubtful this will be the case in the long run unless Dolby Atmos and Spatial Audio become the norm in the industry as a whole. Why would artists...

With iOS 15 Developer BETA1 I also have the option to simulate Dolby Atmos / Spatial Audio on things that are not Dolby Atmos. Even this works surprisingly well for music but makes all other kind of content horrendous. Podcasts and pretty much any kind of spoken word will have way too much...

Some producers have done crap all with their Dolby Atmos releases. Listening to Linken Park and their Dolby Atmos tracks is just sad. In the End from Linken Park is simply worse in Dolby Atmos compared to regular stereo. Sounds like they simply tossed their original stereo track into a Dolby...

Not really. You can enforce «Spatial Audio» on non-supported tracks and that becomes simple Dolby Atmos virtualisation/mixing. But the tracks being labelled as Dolby Atmos are new releases of the songs coming from new masters where the studio has mastered them with Dolby Atmos in mind. This...

The AirPods Max is digital-only and I suspect that is for a very good reason. They won't sound any good without the computational audio/DSP. They have clearly been designed and tuned around this very active and high-tech DSP. Remove the DPS and they won't be any good at all is what I suspect...

It does look strange. But I think this is simply Apple going after Tidal HiFi, Amazon HD, Qobuz etc customers. Apple isn't a company that tends to believe in "snake oil" and going 24-bit/192kHz for audio doesn't really make much sense from a technical (or a physiological) standpoint. To me...

Sounds just like what I would expect music to sound like when you have up to 128-channels that can be utilised in a 360-degree sphere around you. The key to Dolby Atmos sound great for music will be the production actually recording and mastering it using additional channels in a meaningful way...

Hardly a surprise to anyone who knows how audio stream works. The chain goes from digital-to-analogue, analogue-to-digital, digital-to-analogue when using the minijack to lightning cable connected to the AirPods Max. The AirPods Max have digital inputs only. When you are using minijack which is...

I love good sound. I'm not an audiophile but I have some half-decent setups with my Shure SE846, my Hegel HD12 DAC+Schiit Magnius running fully balanced using a balanced cable to my Sennheiser HD800S and whatnot. But I have such a hard time believing people can actually tell the difference...

I can't say anything when it comes to the B&O BeoPlay H95's. I did, however, own the B&O BeoPlay H7 Gen.1, H8 Gen.1, H9. Gen1 and H9i. Out of all of these I enjoyed the H7 the most as the had a wider soundstage compared to the rest. I didn't enjoy the H8 at all because of the on-ear design but I...

One thing I really like with the AirPods Max that the Bose NC 700 and Sony WH-1000XM3 and WH-1000XM4 seems to lack entirely is the capability of using transparency mode while also using the headphones. If I remember this correctly (I don't have any of the Sony's myself anymore so correct me if...

I'm mixed. I feel the default profile starts to loosen up and shine at around 45-50% volume. At lower volumes I find balanced + slight or even moderate to sound better. When going past 60% volume I start to feel like I prefer the default over the balanced + slight/moderate due to the sibilance...

Indeed, but I find the sound profile much better with it set to balanced + slight or medium compared to the default profile. No doubt about it in my mind. Separation and clarity is much better with them set to balanced compared to having them on default. Disabling the tuning and I find vocals to...

Hmm.. These settings are acutally sticking for all my AirPods. I have already set my AirPods Pro to balanced + slight and this has been automatically set on my AirPods Max as well. No wonder why I can't fully understand why many reviews seem to claim that they sound darker compared to my own...

I have no clue who this booredatwork guy is but this sounds very strange to me. The Sony WH-1000XM4 isn't wide and spacious at all. Which is pretty much confirmed by in-depth reviews by the likes of rtings.com. So having him talk about the WH-1000XM4 as they don't feature v-shaped, narrow and...

I'm not having any issues with comfort. I can't really understand people complaining about them being heavy. Sure they are heavier than most of my other wireless headphones but it's not something I notice during use. I went for a 2 hour walk outside using the headphones yesterday and they didn't...

Good to hear others are having the same experience with the sound quality as I am. I was fearing my Apple bias was getting the best of me. But these do sound great and for being closed-back wireless ANC headphones there really is no contest. I've heard them all more or less, besides the BeoPlay...

Apple has clearly aimed for a more high-end audio profile on these. Where the Sony XM3's and XM4's are very dense, v-shaped in-your-face/head kind of audio which tends to bring the lower frequencies into focus that tends to overshadow the mid's and high's the Apple AirPods Max tries the achieve...

You are actually able to configure the button so it cycle through all three options (transparency, noise cancellation and off).

I forgot to mention one of the most annoying parts about the design.. Lightning for charging. I have only iOS and iPadOS devices and we have barely any Lightning cables around. Our iPads are using USB-C, our Mac's are using USB-C, our PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series X controllers are using USB-C...

I just received my pair. Way too early to really tell anything but I have a few first impressions. The build quality feels nice. They feel very solid, much more so than my Bose NC 700. The headband that looked a lot like the Apple Silicon cases don't really feel like their silicon cases which...

This one sure makes the AirPods Max sound way better compared to the Bose NC 700. But the whole setup makes for a bad comparison. Placing each headphone on a pair of microphones trying to record their difference while we are listening on completely different gear while trying to tell the...

I sure hope Apple is able to beat the B&O BeoPlay H9 and H9i. I have not tried their latest offering with the more expensive H95 but I've had the H7, H9 Gen1, H9i and H9 Gen2 and they sure look and feel premium and the H7 and H9 was really comfortable until they started featuring slimmer ear...

After using them for over one week they continue to really impress me. I haven't missed my Bose NC 700 at all. They are just much more convenient to use due to the size and they don't mess with your hair. I find the ANC to just stupidly good considering these are vented in-ears that doesn't even...

Got these today. I’m really surprised by the ANC. On my daily commute it did not feel noticeble weaker compared to my Bose NC 700. That is really impressive to me considering how comfortable they are. They are much more comfortable compared to my Shure SE486 using medium sized Comply foam tips...