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

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.

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.

I bought these headphones for studio monitoring. When they arrived I immediately noticed the great sounds quality, crisp full spectrum sound (plus they come in red, which is dope). After a couple minutes of continuous wearing, my ears and the top of my head started to hurt.

This is the best .. The legendary ATH-M50 taken a great upgrade and here we have the ATH-M50X .. Could be a bit lighter but at this price range this is the best .. The absolute best .. There are other reviews which provide detail about the product so refer to that - I don't want to repeat it .. :)

I have had these headphones on my wish-list for a long while (I was waiting to buy an appropriate amp so I could drive them properly), and the sound quality is fantastic. These are defiantly not headphones for use with a phone/tablet (earphones are a better choice for them) as they require more power than they can provide, but if you have an amp or a computer with good quality on-board sound/ sound card or a USB DAC you will be pleased with these headphones. The only downside I have with them is that wearing glasses with them can be a bit uncomfortable.

The Audio Technica ATH-M50x is easily one of the most popular headphones in the world today. That means there's also a lot of cool and useful accessories available for this headphone and MajorHifi has put together a list of the 5 Best Accessories For Your Audio Technica ATH-M50x.

I have spent a long time looking for a pair of headphones that I could use on the road for mixing and mastering tracks, as I'm an audio engineer who travels quite a bit and it's extremely inconvenient to only be able to work at home on monitors.

The M50x may be more expensive than the outgoing M50 (which is now under £100) but it's worth it.

Improves on the M50's great design

Pricier than the model it replaces

The sturdy studio headphones from Audio-Technica has loyal followers all over the world and has survived all manner of fads and increasingly fierce competition. One

Open and balanced sound that is so pleasant that you can listen forever

No remote or microphone on the cord