Get 10% off all Jackery products with code LinusTechTips at https://www.jackery.com/?aff=27 Get 15% off the ModMic Wireless and other ModMic products at https://antlionaudio.com/linustalktips An Apple counterfeiter sent us a pair of fake AirPods Max to review, claiming they are the best replicas on the market and the best headphones under $200. Let's see if they're up to snuff. Buy (Real) Airpods Max: https://geni.us/KnYJ0l Purchases made through some store links may provide some compensation to Linus Media Group. Discuss on the forum: https://linustechtips.com/topic/1382816-they-obviously-lied-fake-apple-airpods-max/ ► GET MERCH: null ► AFFILIATES, SPONSORS & REFERRALS: https://lmg.gg/sponsors ► PODCAST GEAR: https://lmg.gg/podcastgear ► SUPPORT US ON FLOATPLANE: https://www.floatplane.com/ FOLLOW US ELSEWHERE --------------------------------------------------- Twitter: https://twitter.com/linustech Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/LinusTech Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/linustech TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@linustech Twitch: https://www.twitch.tv/linustech MUSIC CREDIT --------------------------------------------------- Intro: Laszlo - Supernova Video Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PKfxmFU3lWY iTunes Download Link: https://itunes.apple.com/us/album/supernova/id936805712 Artist Link: https://soundcloud.com/laszlomusic Outro: Approaching Nirvana - Sugar High Video Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ngsGBSCDwcI Listen on Spotify: http://spoti.fi/UxWkUw Artist Link: null Intro animation by MBarek Abdelwassaa https://www.instagram.com/mbarek_abdel/ Monitor And Keyboard by vadimmihalkevich / CC BY 4.0 https://geni.us/PgGWp Mechanical RGB Keyboard by BigBrotherECE / CC BY 4.0 https://geni.us/mj6pHk4 Mouse Gamer free Model By Oscar Creativo / CC BY 4.0 https://geni.us/Ps3XfE CHAPTERS --------------------------------------------------- 0:00 Intro 0:58 Counterfit Apple Products 1:55 The Note 3:29 The Boxes 5:32 Unboxing the "Fake" Headphones 6:13 Realizing They Are Actually the Real Headphones 6:23 Unboxing the Real Fake Headphones 6:43 The Pairing Process 7:10 PlasticGate & the Scale 8:39 Noise Cancellation 11:25 The Insides 11:50 Listening Test 13:42 EQing the Fake Headphones 14:14 Bluetooth Sluething 15:21 Teardown 15:40 Battery Life 17:00 Latency & the Android Experience 17:22 Should You Buy Them? & Outro