Hi, this is Wayne again with a topic “Audio Technica ATH-M50X Review!”.
Hey what is up guys mkbhd here – and these are the successor to what i called the best headphones under 200 period. So these are the audio technica ath, so in case you’re unfamiliar the m50s have been among the highest rated pairs of headphones out there and continually come down in price actually from north of 200 bucks all the way down to less than 120 us dollars on amazon. So the big question now here with the m50x, is how are these different from the m50s and is that difference worth it? I say worth it because the m50x is actually a little bit higher price. Now they come in at 189, bucks brand new still under two hundred dollars, but they definitely cost a little more. So here’s the deal they have the same awesome, build quality, same attention to detail the same super, flexible and very portable design ideas. And if you were looking at them from afar, you probably really couldn’t even tell the difference between these and the m50s, except for the little m50x badge on the side of these headphones, but really the biggest difference here between the m50x and the m50 is actually the Cabling, so you might have noticed by now that i’ve been holding the m50x with no cable attached. These guys come out of the box with no cables attached to them at all. There’S a three and a half millimeter headphone jack empty on the left hand, side to plug in some audio and in the box they come with three different cables included, and this may actually be the reason for the slightly higher price. So you get a 1.2 meter straight cable, a three meter straight cable, which is actually nine feet really long and a 1.2 meter coiled cable, which is my personal favorite. So you pick the cable you want to use grab the end that has the line on it, match it up with the left hand, side of the headphones twist and lock it into place, and now you have audio now because of this locking mechanism. You actually can’t use any third-party headphone cables. You can’t use those beats by dry cables, so you have to use one of the three provided, but what’s nice is they’re actually color matching with the headphones you buy so for the three different colors of the m50x there’s white black and this new blue color? There’S actually color matching cables and a bag that i happen to think. Look really good with that.
Blue version looks pretty sweet, so that’s really what the m50x is all about. Outside of that there are other minor differences. You know the top band of the headphone and the headphone cups actually feel a bit softer and more comfortable, while keeping that great noise isolating seal. The top band also feels a little bit more flexible too, so not as tight on your head.
So you can have an even more ridiculously large head, but with the audio quality and that sonic signature they’ve taken an if it ain’t broke, don’t fix it approach. The m50s had an excellent, balanced, rich sound with really rich, deep lows: balanced, mids, detailed highs. The m50x have that exact same excellent, balanced, rich sound. So i love that and for those asking i’ve been using the m50s for a number of years now for traveling airplanes, audio monitoring, while recording video editing just about everything – and i love them for that – and that’s a testament to how great the sound is from these Sub 200 cans.
You know these m50x don’t need an amp. They can sound great with your phone they’re very portable because they fold just like the m50s and they’re closed back and have a great noise isolating seal when they’re on their head they’re very comfortable. It checks pretty much all the boxes and if you’re gon na spend any sort of serious money on headphones, this is definitely something to look at for sure. So i guess what we’re trying to say here is the bottom line.
Is these headphones? Yes, are an amazingly good buy they’re a great idea to purchase. If you have the ath m50s, then they might not be necessarily a huge reason to upgrade unless you really want that removable cable, there’s also a mod i’ll link that right below the like button of the ath m50s that have a removable cable mod. So it doesn’t have the lock and twist mechanism, but you can buy m50s with a removable cable and you will still get that slightly lower price. So you might want to check that out i’ll have all the important stuff linked below.
So you can get the m50xs. The m50s or the m50s, with the removable cable anyway, that’s been it. Thank you guys for watching hope. You enjoyed and i’ll talk to you guys in the next article peace you .