I have bought and used every level of headphones and IEMs over the last 30 years up to cans costing my $4,000.
The AirPods Max are THE best headphones I have ever owned...period.
And now with spatial audio, the quality of what comes out of those aluminium cups is profound.
If the price is too much for the snowflakes commenting above, then sorry peoples, they are not for you because you have no idea what a good set of headphones sound like let alone a great set of cans, which the APM truly are !!