Apple AirPods Max with USB-C charging are back on sale for $480

Apple’s over-ear headphones are back on sale at one of the best prices we’ve seen all year. The have dropped to $480. That’s $69 off the list price.

It’s not quite a record low price for these headphones. We’ve seen them drop to $450. But this is still a solid deal on the AirPods Max, especially if you’ve been waiting for a solid discount. It’s also worth noting that this is the updated model with USB-C chargingrather than the old Lightning port that Apple has .

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Apple’s AirPods Max are on sale for one of the best prices we’ve seen for them all year. You can snap up the over-ear headphones for $69 off the list price.

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We gave the AirPods Max a score of 84 in (yes, they’ve been around for that long without an update save, for the new charging port and colorways!). We felt that the sound was excellent and balanced with solid active noise cancellation (ANC) and an excellent transparency mode so you can hear what’s going on around you. In our testing, the AirPods Max met Apple’s promise of a 20-hour battery life with both ANC and spatial audio switched on.

We enjoyed the simple control system, which uses an Apple Watch-style rotating crown. The AirPods Max are lightweight and comfortable to wear as well.

On the downside, the AirPods Max still use Apple’s older H1 chipset, meaning that certain features available on some in-ear models aren’t present here. There’s no support for high-res music streaming services either. Still, if you’re embedded in the Apple ecosystem and are looking for an otherwise high-quality set of over-ear headphones, the AirPods Max are worth considering.

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