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The AirPods Max are Apple’s most expensive headphones, with new models selling for over half a grand—that said, they’re also the best headphones Apple users can get. Not everyone can casually drop that kind of money on headphones, so any kind of discount is certainly welcome. Right now, Best Buy is selling refurbished AirPods Max for $339.99 (originally $549.99), which is cheaper than what Amazon sells them for.
Best Buy’s Geek Squad Certified Refurbished program offers a 90-day warranty, so if your refurbished headphones come with any defects, make sure you bring it up before those three months are up. Since you’re buying from Best Buy, you’ll also get three months of free Apple Music and three months of Free Apple Fitness+.
Apple’s event earlier this month revealed a newer version of the AirPods Max, with a few new colors plus USB-C charging, but it’s essentially the same otherwise. The older model, however, received an update with iOS 18, giving them personalized spatial audio support.
If you want to time your purchase, you can find them for $399 new on Amazon, like they did earlier this month, but there is no indication of how long that will take to happen again (but if it does, I’ll let you know).
The AirPods Max have active noise-cancelling (ANC), ambient awareness, and provide top-tier audio as well. They are one of the best ANC headphones you can buy and shouldn’t give you that weird pressure sensation when you turn them on. They have very good ambient awareness to hear your surroundings well (have adaptive EQ and spatial audio, which adjusts the audio automatically to you and your environment) and hands-free Siri, according to PCMag’s “excellent” review.
