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Tom’s Guide
Technology
Tammy Rogers

I want to watch TV with my wireless headphones — why is it so hard?

The Apple AirPods Max vs the Sonos Ace.

It's a Friday at the time of writing, and my parents both have the day off, so they want a lie-in. I have to be up for work so naturally, I am up before them. I fancy some TV to go with my breakfast bagel, so I turn my TV on, slide my AirPods Max over my head, and get to watching Masters of the Air with my Apple TV.

Morning bliss achieved. Bagel, TV, and fighter planes whizzing past my head in Spatial Audio. But there was a moment, somewhere between Austin Butler shouting down his bomber and spilling raspberry jam on my fresh T-shirt when I asked a question. "This is great. But why can't it work like this all the time?"

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