Over-Ear
Audeze Maxwell 2
88Outstanding
$330
Full review dataAudeze Maxwell 2 vs Yamaha YH-L700A: which should you buy?
Specs, scores and condensed review verdicts for the Audeze Maxwell 2 vs Yamaha YH-L700A, side by side. Where a product has no HearWiki score yet, not enough reviews have been aggregated to rate it.
Over-Ear
Yamaha YH-L700A
Not yet scored
$500
Full review dataScore 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
- Yamaha YH-L700A
HearWiki score
88
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Sound
9.5
-
Battery
9.5
-
Calls
9.0
-
Value
7.5
-
Price (USD)
$330
$500
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 Yamaha YH-L700A (2021). The Audeze Maxwell 2 is the newer platform here: Bluetooth 5.3 against 5.0, Top codec LC3 against AAC and LE Audio (LC3). It also adds Multipoint pairing.
- Maxwell 220265 yr newer
- YH-L700A2021
What differsMaxwell 2YH-L700A
- Bluetooth
- 5.3
- 5.0
- Top codec
- LC3
- AAC
- LE Audio (LC3)
- Yes
- No
- Multipoint pairing
- Yes
- No
Platform
Everyday features
Level on: Transparency mode, Companion app.
Specifications
Maxwell 2YH-L700A
- Type
- Over-Ear
- Over-Ear
- Price (USD)
- $330
- $500
- HearWiki score
- 88
- Not scored
- Released
- 2026
- 2021
- 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
- -
- Frequency response
- 10 Hz - 50 kHz
- -
- Bluetooth
- 5.3
- 5.0
- Codecs
- SBC, AAC, LC3, LC3plus, LDAC
- SBC, AAC
- Multipoint pairing
- Yes
- No
- Battery life
- 80 h
- 34 h
- Battery life (ANC on)
- 35 h
- -
- Full charge time
- 120 min
- 210 min
- Active noise cancelling
- Yes
- Yes
- ANC type
- adaptive
- -
- Transparency mode
- Yes
- Yes
- Companion app
- Yes
- Yes
- Custom EQ
- Yes
- -
- Wear detection
- No
- -
- Controls
- buttons
- -
- Voice assistant
- -
- Google Assistant, Siri
- Weight
- 560 g
- 330 g
- Foldable
- -
- Yes
- USB-C
- Yes
- -
- Microphones
- 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.
Yamaha YH-L700A
The Yamaha YH-L700A are premium wireless over-ears that blend adaptive noise cancellation with immersive 3D audio via head tracking. With a 40mm dynamic driver and Bluetooth 5.0, they deliver up to 34 hours of playback per charge, while supporting SBC, AAC, and aptX Adaptive codecs for flexible compatibility. Their foldable design and app support add everyday convenience, though multipoint connectivity is not included. (Note: Specs list only SBC and AAC; aptX Adaptive is mentioned in raw data but excluded from the official codec list.)
- Pro:Long 34-hour battery life with ANC active
- Pro:Immersive 3D sound field with head tracking
- Pro:Supports multiple codecs including aptX Adaptive
- Con:No multipoint Bluetooth pairing
- Con:Slow 210-minute charge time
- Con:No mention of LDAC or higher-res codecs
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