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Re:AirPods Max 2 by ebb_earl_co on Monday March 16, 2026 @09:21PM (#47407435)
The AirPods Max 2 are primarily Bluetooth headphones, but support lossless audio over USB-C cable, for what it’s worth.
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Re:AirPods Max 2 by zamalek on Monday March 16, 2026 @11:36PM (#47408300)
That is through a ADC then DAC, at least for the previous iteration, analog direct to the drivers was not supported. You would be compounding distortion, and largely throwing away what the external DAC+Amp had on offer.
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