Did Hans Zimmer really own the first-ever pair of AirPods Max headphones?

Date:
Wed, 08 Dec 2021 10:49:33 +0000

Description:
Film composer Hans Zimmer may have unknowingly owned the first pair of
AirPods Max headphones shipped out from Apple.

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Film composer Hans Zimmer is one of the most revered names working in Hollywood today, so its no surprise to learn that hes often sent very important packages from very important people.

One of those packages may have been a little cooler than others, though it sounds like Zimmer might have unwittingly received the first-ever pair of Apple AirPods Max headphones in the post.

In a recent interview with Apple Music , the Oscar-winning composer revealed that former Apple design chief, Jony Ive, gifted him a mysterious pair of headphones alongside a note saying, I made this.

Zimmer claims he experienced Spatial Audio for the first time with the
unnamed wireless cans, and so reached out to a friend at Dolby who told him: Well, they don't actually exist. I think you have the only pair.

To us, that sounds a lot like Zimmer was one of the first people outside of Apple to get his Hans (sorry) on the companys inaugural over-ear headphones .

He was clearly a fan of the audio technology they introduced, too. "These headphones arrive and I put them on and they're amazing, he told Apple Music, and I suddenly realized, 'Oh, we can do immersive. We can do Dolby Atmos . We can do all this.

I phone my friends at Dolby and I say, 'We have to do this. I want to go and do the whole soundtrack again and I certainly want to do the CDs again. I
want to do all this immersive experience,' he added.

Incidentally, Apples high-end wireless headphones were released in December 2020, but their Spatial Audio functionality didnt roll out to iOS devices until June this year. Android users had to wait even longer , but now Apple Music users on both operating systems can enjoy hi-res audio . Still pulling the strings

Another interesting revelation to come from Zimmers anecdote is the fact that former Apple exec Jony Ive the design chief with the famously calming
British accent seems to have played a leading role in the development of the AirPods Max even after leaving the company in 2019.

When he did depart in June of that year (to form his own creative design
firm, LoveFrom), Ive maintained that he would remain very involved with
Apple, though the company has never publicly named-dropped his involvement in any subsequent Apple projects.

Still, theres an outside chance that Ives private influence may continue to
be felt inside the company for years to come. Ferrari has hired the designer to assist with its push towards electric motoring, meaning Apple may attempt to poach Ives expertise on its own Apple Car project as the brand struggles
to establish a foothold in the automotive industry.

Ferrari is now a rival to Apple, of course, but given that Ive pledged to remain very involved with Apple even after leaving, theres no reason to believe he couldn't impart the occasional nugget of advice to his former employers. Apple Music Spatial Audio and Lossless guide: here's how to turn them on



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