Over-Ear
Audeze Maxwell 2 ANC
88Outstanding
$430
Full review dataAudeze Maxwell 2 ANC vs HiFiMAN Ananda Bt: which should you buy?
Specs, scores and condensed review verdicts for the Audeze Maxwell 2 ANC vs HiFiMAN Ananda Bt, side by side. Where a product has no HearWiki score yet, not enough reviews have been aggregated to rate it.
Score breakdown
Each axis is a 0–10 blend of what reviewers scored, not a lab measurement.
Audeze Maxwell 2 ANC leads on 7 of 7 measures.
- Audeze Maxwell 2 ANC
- HiFiMAN Ananda Bt
HearWiki score
88
-
Sound
9.3
-
Noise cancelling
8.5
-
Battery
8.0
-
Calls
9.0
-
Value
6.5
-
Price (USD)
$430
$800
Generation & platform
The scores rank quality. This is the other question: is the newer one actually newer technology, or the same platform in a new shell?
New platform
Audeze Maxwell 2 ANC (2026) against HiFiMAN Ananda Bt (2019). The Audeze Maxwell 2 ANC is the newer platform here: Bluetooth 5.3 against 5.1, LE Audio (LC3) and ANC type Adaptive against None. It also adds Multipoint pairing, Transparency mode, Custom EQ and Companion app.
- Maxwell 2 ANC20267 yr newer
- Ananda Bt2019
What differsMaxwell 2 ANCAnanda Bt
- Bluetooth
- 5.3
- 5.1
- LE Audio (LC3)
- Yes
- No
- ANC type
- Adaptive
- None
- Multipoint pairing
- Yes
- No
- Transparency mode
- Yes
- No
- Custom EQ
- Yes
- No
- Companion app
- Yes
- No
Platform
Everyday features
Level on: Top codec, USB-C.
Specifications
Maxwell 2 ANCAnanda Bt
- Type
- Over-Ear
- Over-Ear
- Price (USD)
- $430
- $800
- HearWiki score
- 88
- Not scored
- Released
- 2026
- 2019
- Availability
- Sold new
- Discontinued
- Driver
- 90 mm planar magnetic
- planar magnetic
- Driver type
- planar
- planar
- Driver size
- 90 mm
- -
- Drivers per side
- 1
- -
- Frequency response
- 10 Hz - 50 kHz
- 8 Hz - 55 kHz
- Impedance
- -
- 35 Ω
- Sensitivity
- 115 dB/mW
- 103 dB/mW
- Bluetooth
- 5.3
- 5.1
- Codecs
- SBC, AAC, LC3, LC3plus, LDAC
- SBC, AAC, aptX, aptX HD, LHDC, LDAC
- Multipoint pairing
- Yes
- No
- Battery life
- 40 h
- 10 h
- Battery life (ANC on)
- 35 h
- -
- Full charge time
- 120 min
- 162 min
- Wireless charging
- -
- No
- Active noise cancelling
- Yes
- No
- ANC type
- adaptive
- none
- Transparency mode
- Yes
- No
- Companion app
- Yes
- No
- Custom EQ
- Yes
- No
- Wear detection
- No
- No
- Controls
- both
- -
- Weight
- 560 g
- 495 g
- USB-C
- Yes
- Yes
- Microphones
- 2
- 1
- Call noise reduction
- Yes
- -
- Call NR technology
- AI ENC
- -
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