Quick! Apple AirPods Max headphones drop to a record low price at Best Buy

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Ready for an eye-opener of a deal? The AirPods Max is a pair of excellent noise-cancelling wireless over-ears and, although they fully justify their lofty price tag (gaining a full five stars from us) right now, you can make a stonking saving on that asking fee, for the next 20 hours and counting... 

You don't see deals on Apple's flagship AirPods Max every day, and this one is a limited-time belter that sees their price drop to the lowest we've seen to date! 

At Best Buy, the AirPods Max are available for just $455 in Sky Blue, Pink, Green, Silver or Space Gray finishes – that's all of the colorways. It's also $94 less than their launch price, $67 less than the deal that was offered on Prime Day and an extra $34 off the all-time low price Amazon served up just 19 days ago – a deal that's no longer available.

AirPods Max deal

AirPods Max headphones $549$455 at Best Buy (save $94)

AirPods Max headphones $549 $455 at Best Buy (save $94)
The AirPods Max are in stock at Best Buy right now and you can make a significant 17% saving – on all of the colors! This AirPods Max deal is available for just 24 hours though, so don't hang around...

Take a (quick) moment to read our AirPods Max review and you'll know that Apple's over-ear headphones are a top buy – despite costing significantly more than popular rivals from Sony, Bose and Sennheiser.

Sonically speaking, these are hands-down the best wireless noise-cancellers you can buy. They also marry that superb sound quality with excellent noise-cancelling, the uniquely cinematic spatial audio experience, plus a build quality you'd expect from Apple.

These will naturally appeal more to an iOS user and, disappointingly they don't support Apple Music's Hi-Res Lossless Audio tier (they're not alone here, no wireless headphones do), but if that doesn't phase you then you won't find yourself disappointed. 

There’s no denying that they cost a lot more than typical products in this class – even with this $94 discount – but, if sound quality is king, there’s equally no denying that they’re worth it...

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Becky has been a full-time staff writer at What Hi-Fi? since March 2019. Prior to gaining her MA in Journalism in 2018, she freelanced as an arts critic alongside a 20-year career as a professional dancer and aerialist – any love of dance is of course tethered to a love of music. Becky has previously contributed to Stuff, FourFourTwo, This is Cabaret and The Stage. When not writing, she dances, spins in the air, drinks coffee, watches football or surfs in Cornwall with her other half – a football writer whose talent knows no bounds. 

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