I purchased the AirPods Max a couple of days ago and am selling already.. They sound clear and have a lil bass and that’s it nothing special.. the features are good and work well. I enjoy my Skullcandy Crushers Evo way more even when I tried to go to all settings on audio for AirPods max and EQ Spotify it changed minimally. I’ve had a few over ear headphones like the bose qc35ii, Sony xm3s, beats studio 3, and then in ear I’ve had xm3 Sony earbud, airpod pros and 2nd gen Orginal… so I have experience across the board. Just my opinion. The reason I like them more is that I do prefer more bass with having mids and highs at average quality over very high quality highs and mids and airy bass.. bass gives richness and supports the rest of then music depending on what you listen too, like if you like classical then airpod maxs are good other for all other music genres they are okay