APPLE AIRPODS MAX

Apple’s over-ear wireless headphones more than justify their premium price tag… for Apple users

View online review whf.cm/AirPodsMax £499 The AirPods Max arrived in 2020 as the most expensive pair of wireless headphones we had had the pleasure of wearing on our heads. At £549, they cost a good third more than the flagship pairs from Sony and Sennheiser, which made them vastly more expensive than the great majority of premium wireless noise-cancelling headphones. But it’s almost as if their release gave the green light for other headphones brands to enter this previously forbidden fray. In the past few years, the Mark Levinson No.5909, Focal Bathys and Bowers & Wilkins Px8 are three pairs that have launched with even higher price tags – and justified them as well, for that matter. So do Apple’s on-ear headphones still justify their premium? Yes, they do. They…

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What Hi-Fi? (Digital) - 1 Issue, September 2024

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