Over-Ear
Audeze Maxwell 2
88Outstanding
$330
Full review dataAudeze Maxwell 2 vs Beats Studio3: which should you buy?
Specs, scores and condensed review verdicts for the Audeze Maxwell 2 vs Beats Studio3, side by side. Where a product has no HearWiki score yet, not enough reviews have been aggregated to rate it.
Over-Ear
Beats Studio3
Not yet scored
$220
Full review dataScore breakdown
Each axis is a 0–10 blend of what reviewers scored, not a lab measurement.
Audeze Maxwell 2 leads on 5 of 6 measures.
- Audeze Maxwell 2
- Beats Studio3
HearWiki score
88
-
Sound
9.5
-
Battery
9.5
-
Calls
9.0
-
Value
7.5
-
Price (USD)
$330
$220
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 (2026) against Beats Studio3 (2019). The Audeze Maxwell 2 is the newer platform here: Bluetooth 5.3 against 4.0, Top codec LC3 against AAC and LE Audio (LC3). It also adds Multipoint pairing, USB-C, Transparency mode and Custom EQ.
- Maxwell 220267 yr newer
- Studio32019
What differsMaxwell 2Studio3
- Bluetooth
- 5.3
- 4.0
- Top codec
- LC3
- AAC
- LE Audio (LC3)
- Yes
- No
- Multipoint pairing
- Yes
- No
- USB-C
- Yes
- No
- Transparency mode
- Yes
- No
- Custom EQ
- Yes
- No
- Companion app
- Yes
- No
Platform
Everyday features
Level on: ANC type.
Specifications
Maxwell 2Studio3
- Type
- Over-Ear
- Over-Ear
- Price (USD)
- $330
- $220
- HearWiki score
- 88
- Not scored
- Released
- 2026
- 2019
- Availability
- Sold new
- Discontinued
- Driver
- 90 mm planar magnetic
- 40 mm dynamic
- Driver type
- planar
- dynamic
- Driver size
- 90 mm
- 40 mm
- Drivers per side
- 1
- 1
- Frequency response
- 10 Hz - 50 kHz
- 20 Hz - 20 kHz
- Impedance
- -
- 135.9 Ω
- Bluetooth
- 5.3
- 4.0
- Codecs
- SBC, AAC, LC3, LC3plus, LDAC
- SBC, AAC
- Multipoint pairing
- Yes
- No
- Battery life
- 80 h
- 22 h
- Battery life (ANC on)
- 35 h
- 22 h
- Full charge time
- 120 min
- -
- Quick charge
- -
- 10 min → 3 h
- Wireless charging
- -
- No
- Active noise cancelling
- Yes
- Yes
- ANC type
- adaptive
- adaptive
- Transparency mode
- Yes
- No
- Companion app
- Yes
- No
- Custom EQ
- Yes
- No
- Wear detection
- No
- No
- Controls
- buttons
- both
- Voice assistant
- -
- Siri
- Weight
- 560 g
- 260 g
- Detachable cable
- -
- Yes
- USB-C
- Yes
- No
- Microphones
- 2
- 2
- Call noise reduction
- Yes
- -
- Call NR technology
- AI ENC
- -
What reviewers said
Audeze Maxwell 2
No summary yet - we haven't aggregated enough reviews.
Beats Studio3
The Beats Studio3 Wireless are over-ear headphones equipped with adaptive active noise cancellation to help minimize background noise during use. They connect via Bluetooth and offer a battery life of up to 22 hours with ANC engaged, making them a solid choice for daily wireless listening.
- Pro:Effective adaptive noise cancellation
- Pro:Long 22-hour battery life with ANC on
- Pro:Comfortable over-ear design
- Con:No multipoint connection
- Con:No USB-C charging
- Con:Limited codec support (only SBC and AAC)
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