The Apple Beats Studio Pro should meet this reasoning for $170 (on Amazon, $350 on apple.com - guess that explains the AirPods Max pricing) & the battery lasts twice as long. I have 2 near my Apple TV just so everything plays nice together.

The Beats Studio Pro doesn't use the H1 (or H2) chip, so is notably missing automatic device switching, if that's a thing that's important to you.

The sound is worse