Apple left many fans, in particular AirPods Max owners, baffled when it launched Apple Music's new lossless tier without support for any of its headphones. The folks at 9to5Mac have created a concept product called the iPod Max to pair with the AirPods Max to deliver pristine lossless audio quality.
https://www.notebookcheck.net/Concept-render-imagines-iPod-Max-Hi-Res-audio-solution-for-AirPods-Max.540689.0.html
An standalone ipod? In 2021
Seriously??
Let me guees, it must also have cutting edge technologies (5400rpm hard disk, and firewire cable).....
I have a better concept for you, just patch the existing hardware to support lossless format.
That's it.
That doesn't really help the fact that AirPods Max is not capable of supporting lossless audio through AUX.