Audio Technica ATH-M50X

Best in price range

Blimey, Mighty Ape does some ripper deals on these headphones from time to time, Well pleased! Anyway, these things aside – for the longest time my go to studio monitor headphones for both movies and music plugged into an amp have been my Sony MDR-7505's. They have a very ‘authenic’ natural clear sound stage (a lot of directors use them on set), decent bass and what I'd consider precise sound delivery across the full spectrum. One problem, they're somewhat fragile but more annoyingly the ear pads disintegrate very quickly requiring frequent replacement (at least once a year!). Accumulated frustration pushed me to explore alternatives and after reading reviews I decided on a set of M50X cans and I'm well pleased I did! The build quality is excellent, being both solid materials yet very comfortable and decent quality long life leather pads. The 45mm drivers in these deliver top notch very ‘full’ sound stage. It's a warm kind of sound and hard not to love them. As far as using them with a mobile etc, I have no probs driving them to more than acceptable volumes with my iPhone, but to be fair the larger drives really do shine plugged into an amp and as such is were I'd recommend they get used most often.

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My hubby LOVES these headphones! He got them as a birthday gift. Fantastic sound quality, sturdy construction, and he likes the "locking" cord, so it can be switched out or replaced. He uses them with his computer games and to listen to music.

Audio Technica M50X Studio Headphones - Black ATH-M50X review

The Audio-Technica ATH-M50x are great sounding closed-back headphones for critical listening. They have an exceptional reproduction of ...

Best headphones I have ever owned

Hands down an amazing set of headphones, no doubt about it. Compared them to a huge rack of competitors at my local music store. By far the best sound for me... bass is there and it's tight but not overwhelming, mid is warm and clean, highs break through nicely.

Audio-Technica ATH-M50X review

The Audio-Technica ATH-M50X are DJ headphones reborn to better suit a mass audience. They're big and chunky, sure, but they also offer some of the best sound you'll find for around $150 (£113, AU$199).

Initial impressions. Not monitors. Not hi-fi. Not good.

I've only listened to this for a few hours. The headphones are not fully burned in. They sound wrong. The sound is synthetic and there's a lot of detail missing. This is compared to the Soundmagic E50 and HP151 as well as the Bose Soundlink 2 headphones.

"Great Pair of Headphones"

The built is amazing and quite sturdy. Good balance of sound from the bass to the mids, also very reliable to have on you for general music listening to audio mixing.

Fantastic Purchase

This is an excellent package. Audio-Technica have become one of my favorite audio companies. I have previously used Bose and a less expensive pair of Audio-Technica headphones for recording. With that being said, I am extremely happy with this purchase.

Audio-Technica ATH-M50x: The best headphones under £150

Audio-Technica ATH-M50x: Fun to listen to, comfortable and robust, the Audio-Technica ATH-M50x is an audio design classic

Audio Technica ATH-M50xBT Review

Audio-Technica's superb studio sound heritage shines brightly in this remarkable pair of Bluetooth headphones.