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AirPods Max unboxing featuring the AirPods Max in Silver, Space Gray, Sky Blue, Green, and Pink. In this video I also give Apple's AirPods Max a test for movies and music. AirPods Max feature Apple's spatial audio, noise cancelling and a transparency mode.
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0:01
Do you understand how deeply entrenched you will become if you dare make this purchase
0:06
These things live to sell and keep you and hold you constrained within the Apple ecosystem
0:15
You will never climb out of it. I promise you. And it gets scary when you start to think about what Apple might pull off with this thing, right
0:45
You could have specific mixes set up in advance by the artist or producer for the headset you're listening to
0:51
Who else has the power? Who else has the connections and the handshakes necessary to potentially deliver that
0:57
I'm just talking right now. It finally happened. I finally got my hands on the brand new AirPods Max from Apple
1:08
That's a lot of them as well. I couldn't just get one. Not at this point
1:13
I had been waiting so long. I was like, you know what? I want to show to people every single color because I kind of think it's a big part of Apple's identity right now
1:21
Is the color selection, whether it's phones or headphones. We're just seeing so many options
1:27
and it's, well, it's tickling people in all the right ways. I just wanted to show them all to you
1:33
and I thought, why don't we have an unboxing extravaganza? So we do have the green, we do have the pink
1:38
we do have the silver. What do they call this one, space gray? I mean, it's not quite black
1:42
Yeah, they call it space gray. And then we also have the blue ones over here on the right
1:46
And by the way, I picked up the super premium lightning to 3.5 millimeter audio jack cable
1:54
because this doesn't come in the box. unfortunately if you do you want to use a wired connection in order to listen to audio and i read
2:02
that you cannot use third-party cables this is a specialty cable that is necessary for this purpose
2:09
you can't use just a regular uh lightning to mini jack that you would find on amazon you need apple's
2:14
cable and they'll recommend it to you when you go to purchase one of these you're saying 550 lu
2:19
you're saying uh excuse me i'd like to have a cable in all the various adapters truthfully i don't
2:24
think apple even wants you to use this i think they want you to be fully wireless these things
2:29
these headphones are ultimately going to perform their best and be in their zone when they're used
2:36
with ios devices using an old-fashioned og connection i don't know it just doesn't seem
2:42
seem nearly as futuristic i'm gonna just i'm gonna just unbox some of these i'm gonna listen
2:50
maybe to a couple of them and i'm gonna get to the bottom of this whole thing that's the purpose of
2:54
this and i'm coming with a fresh mind i'm coming with an open mind i did watch a few videos but
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uh you know what i'm gonna try to treat it as clean as possible here the box a very simple
3:06
experience oh my goodness i just exposed the most controversial component in the unboxing experience
3:13
and uh well just to go with the product in general the smart case purse looking thing which
3:18
whoa it just has people all fired up it has the whole community just right fired up they can't
3:24
take it they can't stand it i don't even care that much you know it's funny maybe everybody else got
3:29
angry enough for me that i don't feel the need to get angry all over again one thing that does
3:33
kind of bug me is the fact that in order to put the headphones immediately into low power mode
3:38
you do have to insert them into the case instead of having some sort of manual turn off switch now
3:43
they will eventually go to sleep after five minutes if they're laying on the table
3:47
without the case this is something apple didn't really make clear initially and then uh they put
3:53
out a statement i think today actually stating that that would take place i wish there was some
3:57
kind of manual override or an option a little toggle switch if you did want these things to
4:04
go to sleep a bit faster depending on the way that you use them but anyways get used to the
4:08
fact that you now you're a purse guy you paid a lot of money here look at this no that wasn't
4:16
That could have been better. There we go. You paid a lot of money
4:20
You paid $550. Well, I paid more than $550. But if you buy this, you paid $550
4:27
Oh, it's my good. Ooh, okay. Strong scent. Strong scent. Smells like industry
4:40
Smells like a trillion-dollar company on the holidays. Let me take this out here
4:47
Oh, it is heavy. I have heard this people saying, man, they're a bit heavy
4:52
You got like a hundred grams on top of those world famous XM4s from Sony which I personally use And I can tell the weight difference right away i don know how much of it is the case but i sorry i sorry i not
5:07
all right look listen i'm giving it a fair shake it's just it's so funny that the way they did that
5:14
i don't know who presented it it must have been some senior level person a designer where they
5:20
were like absolutely that's the future right there it's an accessory and you're gonna own it with
5:25
pride obviously many have mentioned within the scene uh that this doesn't do some of the job
5:31
you would expect for a case to do as far as protecting the device you have a lot of exposure
5:36
around uh the ear cups here and the headband is fully exposed if you did throw this in a bag
5:43
i mean that's some delicate mesh right there could get poked or something like that you don't want
5:48
have a pen in that bag. It's got a lot of wrapping going on
5:53
I'm gonna pull this out. Okay, there's the head. Oh, so the case also works to stop them from doing this
5:59
Which kind of funny they do that by default. I wonder, okay, they tap each other
6:10
Yes. So this is leather or I don't think so. It does have a nice soft microfiber interior
6:24
but all in all, I mean, I don't know what my expectation was for this material here. It
6:30
probably feels a little bit less robust than I expected. Look at these little protectors right
6:36
here oh delicate you pop them out those are quite nice looking indicators stitched in right and left
6:44
the ear pads themselves magnetically attach funny enough not funny enough not funny at all they'll
6:50
sell you uh ear cups replacement ear cups or different color ear cups for i believe
6:56
69 dollars which is as much as some other wireless headphones so the design is nice
7:04
maybe if it had have included an extra set in there we could have been very happy about that
7:10
with the easy replacement as far as adjustment is concerned we have this little slidey aspect
7:17
this little slidey piston piece so there's no clicking or ratcheting going on which is a nice
7:23
touch it's all metal and aluminum in the design very premium as we look around the device you'll
7:31
see your lightning connector on the bottom to charge these up i think you can get like an hour
7:35
and a half of usage out of a five minute charge so it does have some fast charging in there so
7:40
there was some hope that these would go to usb type c because you might hold on to them for like
7:44
five years and lightning is likely to be dead five years from now but anyway for now it's a
7:50
lightning connector you also have microphones all over these things not just for noise cancellation
7:55
but also for that transparency mode that i'm such a big fan of on a variety of headphone products
8:00
that currently exist, including Apple's very own AirPods Pro. Interacting with the headphone is no touch controls on the outside
8:08
Instead, it's going to be this digital crown. It's similar to the watch, but a bit larger
8:13
It's kind of an unusual location. So it's going to be on the backside
8:20
Oh, it seems to be in transparency by default. I hear my own voice so very clearly right now
8:27
It's uncanny and there's no lag. that transparency mode is likely superior to the transparency mode on my sony xm4s i have to say
8:39
uh so initial impressions there they're definitely comfortable i should try without the hat as well
8:45
i want to test this mesh headband it's a little wider than your typical headband and it does help
8:53
but it is a heavy headphone it's a heavy headphone i'll tell you that right now i've tried a number
8:58
of headphones but it is comfortable it is comfortable as of right now also inside the
9:04
package you've got your usual paperwork there's no apple stickers or anything like that below that
9:12
we have our only accessory in the package which is a lightning to usb type c cable that's how
9:19
you charge these up you need to bring your own power brick to the party something tells me if
9:24
you can afford the 550 on the headphones. The 35 for the cable is not gonna set you off if you need it
9:30
I mean, I'm just saying, it's sad but true. Why don't we go for something more flashy now
9:37
like this pink color, the official name here, pink with red headband, interesting
9:47
You're an idiot, Luke. All right. I'm just calling it a purse
9:54
I mean that what it looks like It the kind of direction that red has gone for Apple with the phones and other things It keeps on moving towards an orange coral thing pink thing
10:06
But in this case, the actual headphones are kind of a nice tone
10:10
It's like a rose metallic type of color. Are people going to flex these headphones
10:19
That is the question. Are we going to see them flexed in public or is it just strictly an at-home flex
10:26
Do you flex to yourself in the mirror? Maybe. I could just snap off the right ear cup on the pink one
10:36
and the right ear cup on the silver one. And I mean, you could even go one-on-one
10:42
I mean, we're talking about style after all. We're talking about flexing. This could be the ultimate scenario
10:48
It's quite possible. I wasn't going to select this one if I could only get one
10:52
because to me it's an unusual color for a gadget and it's darker the headband is actually darker
10:59
than i expected it to be that's a nice you could call that a nice blue all right so that's the
11:08
space gray and yeah and that's too too tough to say no to for me it's just simple if you were
11:20
going to design this thing and draw it on and draw it up in advance i don't know i just feel
11:24
like it will probably come out of your head in space gray it is only green that remains to be seen
11:30
now this one is interesting that is very minty that headband is the mintiest green i've ever
11:41
seen in my entire life so that is an interesting color combo can't say i would buy it uh however
11:50
it has some attitude to it. It has an energy to it
11:54
which is not pink and not blue. Because those two energies are well understood
12:01
The pink and blue energy. The green energy is far more mysterious
12:08
And then it's almost all of inside the ear cups. I mean, they're crazy
12:13
How do they make all these choices? This one, the case is just
12:18
not even like the ear cup or the headband. This case is its own thing
12:23
It's like an army green almost. So the green ones are definitely the wild card
12:27
and there's nothing wrong with that. I guess we might as well open up the cable
12:32
because I have been told that this is a special cable and this is why you cannot use the third party cables
12:40
that exist out there. I don't know if there's a DAC inside of this cable
12:45
or why it unlocks this functionality where the others don't. Is it more intelligent, this cable
12:52
Is it made by Apple, this cable? So it is a thin wire
12:57
I don't know how long is that? That's about four feet. If you did want to, you would be doing this and then that
13:05
Oh, you know where you would have to use this is if you were going to fly in an airplane
13:09
and you wanted to connect to the entertainment system on the airplane. Typically, you're not gonna be able to connect via wireless
13:16
So you would use this into here into the airplane setup or maybe possibly still need to go into a secondary adapter from here
13:25
I'm glad they at least make this but it's a bit of a sting certainly that you got pay 35 extra
13:32
You know what? Maybe they should have just put this in the box Just for what it for what it is
13:37
Maybe they should have just put that in the box This costs Apple $1 to make I would assume Okay Yes
13:45
Apple Magic. You see that is $550. That's what it's all about right there. I'm into the noise
13:52
cancellation right now. My own voice is very muffled. Kirk's test is barely there. I mean
13:59
it's canceled, but it's not complete fishbowl canceled. It's just one button. It's either
14:06
noise canceling or transparency, and it's a single tap. They tried to simplify it
14:11
The only other control I think you have, yeah, you have that control
14:15
and then you have your volume toggle, which makes a clicky noise to it
14:18
which is actually a little bit satisfying. It's a lot going on
14:49
There's all kinds of little enhancements happening, and it very difficult because how could you make the most out of a wireless experience if you just admitted okay fine it going to be wireless And Apple way is by putting smart chips inside of each ear cup
15:07
in order to do the computational magic variety of EQ and spatial awareness
15:16
and all the rest of it to try to enhance your experience. That's all fine and well when it comes to consumption
15:22
When you're trying to get immersed in an experience and you're trying to watch a movie yeah give me the magic tricks but if i'm trying to wear these
15:29
things on the final cut pro timeline you get a little bit worried about whether you're hearing
15:35
the actual thing or not because there's all kinds of uh well i can hear the eq i can hear
15:43
the interpretation and the enhancements but i'm on the winter wonderland track that's johnny
15:49
Mathis right there, and it feels magical right now. Okay, let me go do the pop music
15:54
I know you guys want me to do the pop music. I don't know. What's the song of the year? A lot of rumble, a lot of low end
16:08
I mean, that's what they're doing, right? That's what they're doing. I mean, they scooped it out in the middle
16:12
Those are the tactics that gives you that dynamics. That's what the average person, they pick up a pair of headphones
16:17
they say, oh, that sounds. What if I go and, you know, into something, some classical or something
16:30
This experience here doesn't feel like a $550 experience. Question is, if I were in Apple Music, I'm not an Apple Music subscriber, am I
16:38
I just signed up to Apple Music for you guys, all right? I probably didn't even have to do that, but whatever
16:49
I don't think this thing is tuned up for, uh, you know, some Mozart
16:56
But I'm just gonna go out and say in this limited experience right here, this is a, you know, electronic pop music
17:02
It's a 2020 thing for the most part right now. However, however, let's not forget my reaction to my first experience with spatial audio technology
17:12
which is completely unique to the category. Oh. Ha! Oh
17:23
If I turn my head, Bane is talking in a movie, but Bane stays here
17:31
Bane is always here, and your brain is doing some weird ysis of how realistic the source of audio is
17:38
based on your ability to pinpoint your impression of where that source exists
17:46
it sounds so subtle and unnecessary but when you experience it it's like it's something to it
17:54
it's a movie theater it's a movie theater in your pocket that's the killer functionality
18:03
that's the killer feature as far as i'm concerned that's the big difference maker compared to
18:08
anything else that i've tried however i do need to try the wire i did spend 35 on a lightning to
18:15
Mini jack cable so I might as well try it see if anything changes this part
18:20
Where does that go and then does it automatically switch over? I wonder we go like this
18:26
We go back on yeah i might be able to tell a little bit of a difference on the wire uh it might sound a little
18:50
bit better to me on the wire holy moly comprehensive i don't know this is it's such a tough product
18:57
right it's like to come into a new segment like over the ear headphones and to come in at a price
19:04
point of 550 with your first product it just feels a little bit conceited and particularly in 2020
19:10
where it's like maybe the disposable income isn't so readily available right now as a headphone
19:16
sitting here today i can't possibly tell most people to go out and spend 550 on it it's just
19:22
not going to change your life in a 550 way it's not going to feel like a new playstation
19:27
if you're on a fence you do not need to run out and get it if you already knew you wanted it before
19:32
you clicked on it you still want it and you should probably just find a way to get it i guess that's
19:38
how this whole thing works isn't it i don't know you like something you get it feel special for a
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minute uh i've been doing that for a while it's called unbox therapy probably gonna keep doing it
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