Over-ear · Headphones
Audeze Maxwell 2
Over-ear headphones, 80 h battery, best codec LDAC.
79.0Score
- #56 of 86 ranked
- #28 of 41 over-ears
Why this score
The score adds up these parts. Each part has a weight. A part counts as the average of its sources, pulled toward 80 when there are few sources.
Sound
40% weightcounts as 79.5Average of 1 source: 78.9
Experts
35% weightcounts as 78.5Average of 1 source: 77.1
Users
25% weightcounts as 79.0Average of 1 source: 77.9
Good: 3 ratings.
80 is the field average. A part counts as 80 + (average − 80) × N ÷ (N + 1), where N is its number of sources. One source counts half of the gap from 80. No sources count as 80.
Price
€330.57 at Geizhals.at · Geizhals.at listing, not checked live
Xbox version. All versions showed from €419 in another snapshot.
Prices checked 8 Oct 2026.
Specs
- Type
- Over-ear, closed-back
- Released
- 2026-01
- Drivers
- 90 mm planar magnetic
- ANC
- No
- Multipoint
- Yes
- Codecs
- SBC, AAC, LDAC, LC3, LC3plus
- Low lag
- 2.4 GHz dongle + LE Audio
- Wired
- Analog yes, USB-C audio yes
- Battery
- 80 h
- Weight
- 560 g
- Folds
- Not stated
- Cable notes
- Wired USB-C audio. The 2.4 GHz USB-C dongle goes up to 24/96.
Notes
Near the SoundGuys target and refined; bass roll-off, slight 7 kHz brightness. A heavy gaming headset.
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