At the retail price of MSRP, the AirPods Max has always been a splurge buy because - although it's a very nice headphone - it's so much more expensive than other headphones that offer similar performance. This Best Buy deal brings it down to a price that actually competes as long as you're open to getting a refurbished model.

The AirPods Max may be nearly four years old, but they’re still a great pair of noise-canceling headphones if you’re deep in Apple’s ecosystem and appreciate some exceptional (although, heavy) build quality.

Issue: The latest AirPods Pro (and even the $129 AirPods 4) get a more advanced H2 chip, which improves battery life and ANC performance and is necessary for Apple’s adaptive transparency mode. But the AirPods Max are stuck on the older H1 without any of the new features. Fix: None. It still has the H1, farcically.