First AirPods Max deal drops price just in time for Christmas

Showtime AirPods Max deal drops price just in time for Christmas

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Good news for anyone tempted by the Apple AirPods Max but are put off by their huge $549 asking cost: the dissonance-cancelling headphones have gone on sale, mere days afterward launch.

Authorized Apple retailer TigerDirect has the AirPods Max for $500, a savings of $49. There'due south an $eight delivery fee, merely this is nonetheless a solid Christmas auction for Apple'southward brand new headphones.

At the time of writing, both the green and pink colors are sold out, simply TigerDirect volition order more stock to conform new orders coming in. If you lot're property out for the argent, blackness or blue finishes, keep an eye on our Where to buy AirPods Max guide, where we'll be adding new deals once they announced.

Our AirPods Max review is in the works but by all accounts the AirPods Max are a great-sounding pair of headphones, with constructive active noise cancellation and spatial audio support for 3D-like sound. Most early reviewers concord they're very expensive, peculiarly adjacent to rival headphones similar the Sony WH-1000XM4, just this discount should help.

Stay tuned for hopefully more than AirPods Max deals, and to encounter whether they can brand information technology into our list of the best noise cancelling headphones you tin can purchase.

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James is currently Hardware Editor at Stone Paper Shotgun, but before that was Audio Editor at Tom'southward Guide, where he covered headphones, speakers, soundbars and anything else that intentionally makes noise. A PC enthusiast, he too wrote computing and gaming news for TG, usually relating to how difficult it is to find graphics carte du jour stock.