Not to mention they're 120g lighter than the Max, since Beats aren't subject to Apples mandate of making everything out of metal.

Ah, an excellent example of the trade-offs we face. The plastics in your Beats-branded device are made from petrochemicals freshly brought to the surface of the earth and will be sent to a landfill for ever and ever after you are done with them, while the metal in the Apple-branded device was recycled before and will be recycled again.

Take your pick