Should you buy … Apple’s AirPods Max?

(Martyn Landi/PA)

After the success of its AirPods in-ear headphones range, it felt inevitable that Apple would eventually branch out into bigger, over-ear headphones.

The result is the AirPods Max, Apple’s first own-brand, high-end, noise-cancelling headphones, which have been designed to take on the market leaders Bose and Sony in the premium sector of the market.