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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.


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MUSIC CREDIT
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Intro: Laszlo - Supernova
Video Link:    • [Electro] - Laszlo - Supernova [Monst...  
iTunes Download Link: https://itunes.apple.com/us/album/sup...
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Outro: Approaching Nirvana - Sugar High
Video Link:    • Sugar High - Approaching Nirvana  
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Artist Link:    / approachingnirvana  

Intro animation by MBarek Abdelwassaa   / 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
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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