Over-Ear
Audeze Maxwell 2
88Outstanding
$330
Full review dataAudeze Maxwell 2 vs Sony 1000X THE COLLEXION Wireless: which should you buy?
Specs, scores and condensed review verdicts for the Audeze Maxwell 2 vs Sony 1000X THE COLLEXION Wireless, 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 leads on 6 of 6 measures.
- Audeze Maxwell 2
- Sony 1000X THE COLLEXION Wireless
HearWiki score
88
-
Sound
9.5
-
Battery
9.5
-
Calls
9.0
-
Value
7.5
-
Price (USD)
$330
$650
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?
Half a step newer
Audeze Maxwell 2 (2026) against Sony 1000X THE COLLEXION Wireless (2022). The Audeze Maxwell 2 edges ahead on platform, but only just: LE Audio (LC3).
- Maxwell 220264 yr newer
- 1000X THE COLLEXION Wireless2022
What differsMaxwell 21000X THE COLLEXION Wireless
- LE Audio (LC3)
- Yes
- No
Platform
Level on: Top codec, ANC type, Multipoint pairing, USB-C, Custom EQ, Companion app.
Specifications
Maxwell 21000X THE COLLEXION Wireless
- Type
- Over-Ear
- Over-Ear
- Price (USD)
- $330
- $650
- HearWiki score
- 88
- Not scored
- Released
- 2026
- 2022
- Availability
- Sold new
- Discontinued
- Driver
- 90 mm planar magnetic
- 30 mm dynamic
- Driver type
- planar
- dynamic
- Driver size
- 90 mm
- 30 mm
- Drivers per side
- 1
- 1
- Frequency response
- 10 Hz - 50 kHz
- 20 Hz - 40 kHz
- Impedance
- -
- 48 Ω
- Sensitivity
- -
- 102 dB/mW
- Bluetooth
- 5.3
- -
- Codecs
- SBC, AAC, LC3, LC3plus, LDAC
- LDAC
- Multipoint pairing
- Yes
- Yes
- Wireless range
- -
- 10 m
- Battery life
- 80 h
- 24 h
- Battery life (ANC on)
- 35 h
- 24 h
- Full charge time
- 120 min
- 210 min
- Quick charge
- -
- 3 min → 3 h
- Active noise cancelling
- Yes
- Yes
- ANC type
- adaptive
- adaptive
- Transparency mode
- Yes
- -
- Companion app
- Yes
- Yes
- Custom EQ
- Yes
- Yes
- Wear detection
- No
- -
- Controls
- buttons
- -
- Weight
- 560 g
- 250 g
- USB-C
- Yes
- Yes
- Model code
- -
- WH-1000XX/W
- Microphones
- 2
- -
- Call noise reduction
- Yes
- -
- Call NR technology
- AI ENC
- -
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