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The Apple AirPods Max may be the best over-ear headphones for Apple users, but the Beats Studio Pro headphones offer a lot of the same capabilities for almost $200 less. And with a current $170 discount on Amazon, they’re now a fraction of the price of the AirPods Max, and they even offer some features the latter lacks.

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Take advantage of this massive price drop on the new Beats Studio Pro headphones and save in your pick of black, blue, brown or beige.

The Beats Studio Pro headphones maintain the classic design of their predecessors, the Beats Studio 3, with few changes, but there are some under-the-hood upgrades that make them an exceptional pair of headphones. You’ll get outstanding noise cancellation to make your commutes an opportunity to relax and enjoy your favorite tunes. And enjoy you will, as these cans can pump out the tunes with aplomb, and they feature spatial audio, which tracks your head position to move the audio around you.

For the times you don’t want to tune out, the headphones still work great: The convenient Transparency mode helps you hear what’s going on around you even while you’re listening to something. To top it off, the Studio Pros’ mics are also adept at picking up your voice for calls, minus outside distractions. And though these headphones work great with Apple devices, they play nice with Android as well, even supporting high-res audio over USB-C.

Simply put, these headphones were already a bargain next to the AirPods Max, and this $170 discount — a massive deal not often seen on such a new release — makes them a steal you don’t want to miss.