Apple’s got new headphones in its lineup. Or does it?
The new AirPods Max 2 are the first proper upgrade to the company’s first and only set of over-the-ear headphones, which came out in 2020; the revised version in 2024 only got a USB-C port instead of Lightning, and Apple, again, just called them AirPods Max.
Now, the AirPods Max 2 are here, but the list of upgrades is once again pretty short. I’ve spent about a week with a pair to see whether these are worth their price; here’s what I found.
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