Let me start off with a disclaimer that I am rather severely hard of hearing (require good hearing aids to hear well...ish) caused by a bout with bacterial menigitis as a toddler, so take the following review for what you will.General Summary: With these, I can hear/feel bass, I can now (occasionally) hear things I couldn't hear before (eg: cymbals/high-hats on drums) and similar sounds (although my headphones are in the dangrously loud range of 85-90db+ range when I do so). Volume is not an issue with these by any means as I can actually turn them up to be loud enough to hurt my ears and force me to turn it back down (though I rarely ever have it that loud as my hearing is damaged enough as is lol).For music: The bass has will actually vibrate my headphones when turned up despite not having EQ tuned more towards bass (it's pretty flat which is another bonus as it gives you a better baseline for EQ control). I can hear certain things I never could before such as things in the "back of the mix", faint adlibs, subtle sounds such as cymbals and hi-hats on drums.For Gaming: Clarity is incredible and I have slightly more situational awareness when in games (though I still miss some things due to my hearing issues). Volume & sound feels rather "full" to me as well. I rarely ever have volume/sound issues in games with these headphones.For movie/video (youtube, netflix, etc): Outside of really soft speaking/whispering, I have absolutely no issue with hearing everything rather clearly (aside from added effects such as distortions of course, but I can barely understand that to begin with due to hearing). Even with distortions though, I can actually hear and understand it a little better than I have ever been able to with any other headphones I've ever used, personally. My previous headset was a Logitech Artimis which was surprising how good it was and until I got these, the Artimis headsets were the best I've ever used (though gaming focused)... Now? Sorry Logitech, but these are even better, however, with that said. Both are surprisingly affordable for their quality and neither use the dreaded "in-line controls" which always the weakest point and when that goes, the headphones stop working so any headphones without in-line controls will always be viewed far more favorably by me in durability... Speaking of...Durability: I've dropped these countless times (by accident... butterfingered klutz problems lol). Have accidentally "kicked" them, pulled a little too hard when there was not enough cord, and other various, minor mishaps common from daily use and they are still working fine with 0 issues or any actual damage.I have one minor gripe although I think that has more to do with my glasses (or me) than with the headphones and that is that sometimes I can't seem to make them sit comfortably on my head, but rotating the cups a little seems to help though it still takes a few minutes to get used to it again but once I do... They are incredibly comfortable and remain comfortable even after wearing them for 12+ hours a day as I do most things on the PC and at my PC most of the day, so I'm wearing the headphones more often than not.These are durable, powerful, and comfortable. The only drawback for me *personally* has less to do with the headphones and more with hardware/software of my PC which is I wish this came with an app that could read db output so I can be more conscious and careful of my hearing for it is more dangerous (for me). Thus it is more likely to cause damage for me as my starting volume is considerably higher by default due to hearing loss as the 70db range is what I need to hear well enough to follow along (I can *hear* the 60db range, but have severe trouble understanding as it's barely whisper level for me due to hearing). but that's really close to 80db range and I can easily cross over into that (and into the 90s) for long extended listening periods which can damage hearing if done for extended amounts of times.All in all, I highly recommend this product whether your hearing is normal or damaged. I have found no legitimate faults with this product. I would definitely purchase again in the future (doubly so if they create and include an app that can help keep track of db levels to add a layer of hearing protection much like apple does with their air pod ear buds and the hearing section of the health app). I would hope that if they do the app, it is free or at least cheap and affordable (like 5-10 USD at most and not something like 50-100 USD).To the person reading this: I hope this review from someone with hearing impairments was helpful in spite of the fact that I have severe hearing damage. Thank you for taking the time to read this and have a great day/night.I am a classic music lover, and this product fits my needs perfectly. I was tired of putting up with shoddy designs that fall apart. Often it is the foam isolation that fails. In my lab I located a worn-out pair of Bose earphones, and I was determined to effect some kind of repair. I invented a new design that yields an earphone that is at least the equal of the best on the market, including Bose, Sennheiser, and even ATH.I will tell you how to do it.I begin by pulling apart the sticky elements that hold the earphone together, until I am left with a foam ring and a few pieces of cloth. The process continues --1. Stick the foam ring and pieces of cloth back onto the earphone cup.2. Mount a single layer of Beige Masking Tape over the cup, pulling on the tape edges to create a flat surface. An overlap of perhaps 3/16 inch between pieces of tape can be used.3. Fold the edges of the tape around the edge of the cup, to hold it in place.4. Apply a thin ring of Gorilla Expanding Glue to the surface of the tape and use your forefinger to distribute it uniformly over the entire surface in the thinnest possible layer. You want to minimize the weight of the resulting membrane.5. Set aside to dry - about two hours. I did this five times to perfect my technique.This process has unexpected consequences. The masking tape acts as a membrane interface between the cup and the ear. Before coating, the tape is floppy with poor frequency response. But as the glue dries, it permeates the tape, creating a semi-transparent membrane with perfect compliance to the sound wave. This may be observed in process.As the glue dries, the frequency response suddenly increases to equal that of the best of good headphones, and the new membrane will respond to every nuance in the available sound. Expanding Gorilla Glue is a MAGIC component in this design. The combination of Gorilla Glue and Masking Tape yields a new membrane that is unsurpassed in acoustical properties.An even greater surprise comes when we see there is no aperture in the new membrane. The cup is completely covered with a continuous membrane that delivers completecompliance with the sound wave. Then the great rolling bass and bell-like treble of the Steinway Model D concert grand piano is fully revealed.i replaced some sony mdr with this (because on the dangling cables got cut) and i just can say wow!! in credible sound and quality, if i want some focus time without interruption, put these on with some white noise and i can hear nothing elseI purchased these headphones on March 29, 2018, they have been amazing since the day they arrived, both with and without my audio interface. the bass is full and allows me to mix with confidence, love the plug in then lock in place removable aux cord function. really prevents having to replace and entire set of headphones due to an issue with one aux cord.I will be purchasing another pair as these current ones are going on old age peeling material and the longest cord just started interrupting audio due to long term use. I have since switched to the spring like optional cord it arrived with, my experience is still 10/10. I LOVE THESE HEADPHONES!I was looking to replace a set of Senheiser headphones I'd had for quite some years. The headphones had really seen better days as they are my "day to day" set that get used on anything from a laptop, mobile phone or even my Hi-fi or Sony Hi-Res Audio Player. I own a series of Beyer Dynamic headphones that are souley for studio use. Their impedance are quite high and in order for me to get the best from them I would have to get an additional headphone amp to carry about with me. For me that kind of defeats the object of what I need for my "everyday cans".As I am sure you have all noticed, it can be a bit of a mine field on here, well anywhere in fact when buying things and I include headphones. I am not into "blutooth" stuff, for me they affect the original source too much. I can't bare the whole "Beats" range or Bose. They really do sound like toilet ( putting it bluntly and politely). Once you have taken these types out of the equasion, you either have cheap unknown brands or you have to step up into the real "Audiophile" area which can come at a huge premium and sometimes even then, you don't get the full benefit as they require an external amp to power the high impedance.I had a shortlist of brands from Grado, Senheiser and Klipische to Sony, B&W, Beyer Dynamic and of course, Audio Technica.I used a mixture of youtube reviews, customer reviews here and my own brand experience and audio knowledge. I was very close to getting a set of Grados, but I really want closed back designs as I may want to use them in either a broadcast situation or also in publice. There is nothing worse than being "THAT Person" with heaven knows what bleeding out of their earphones, intruding on other people's space when not only can you not make out what it is, but even if you could, you don't wanna hear it "second hand". So with that all in mind, I went for these ATH-M50x headphones.I listen to a vast array of genres and styles, plus of course whatever a multimedia feed on a mobile device or laptop web browser my throw my way and I am intending to challenge them.There are differing views on whether to "burn in" headphones or not. Now for me it depends. If they are a cheap brand or a "fashion brand" like beats or bose, I really would worry, but knowing Audio-Technica products as I do, their products really do benefit from a "run in" time. I am using a "self made" pink noise track. an hour long on loop (repeat) at 96khz, 24 bit. If you are wondering, which "colour" noise to use, for test and run in purposes always use pink noise. White noise has a slightly boosted top and mid, while the Brownian noise (not to be confused with the brown note haha) has a boosted lower end. The idea is to have an equal balanced frequancy range (which is what pink noise is) and let that play for...well however long you feel. THe usual time is about 8hrs upwards. Of course you can play music through them for that period constantly, but again, I want to burn in all parts equally so I use pink noise.So, anyway, back on topic, I have been burning these in for 8hrs and I am now listening to them while writing this "review".You really have to go a long way to beat the quality in both build and sonic performance of these headphones in their price range. These really do resemble a flat response headphone. What you hear is your playback device and audio file quality. Comparing the same track (bit rate and depth) with these headphones on my Lenovo Laptop verses my Sony NWZ-A10 High Res Audio player has never been so different. Via my laptop's internal soundcard the sound was "ok" nothing to write home about and they sound like I would expect from a £60 set of headphones. Putting them on a decent source such as the Sony....wow! Whole new dimension! Theres plenty of punch, warmth and depth, together with detail galore. Every frequency has "space". At no point do these headphones sound restricted or limited. Mid range is clear and smooth and the highs are very pleasent indeed. They are not "biting" and "shrill" at all. This kind of sound means that long periods of listening won't be fatiguing at all. I then took it them to try a 96khz at 24bit audio file. There is so much "space" in the audio. vocals are very clean and central, acoustic bass drums are heavenly. Lots of punch and depth, yet leave room so you can hear the resonant skin too. There is great channel speration. I find it very easy to "place" things in a mix with these on. Using a reference such as Doug Macleod's Exactly Like This album. It is a very natural sounding, open, listening experience.The build of these hedphones has been carefully thought through. The head band is very flexible and will fit pretty mch any head shape with comfort and ease. The actual Earphones themselves will rotate a full 180 degrees each. Again, making them fit ears and heads of all shapes and sizes. The "height" of the earphones adjusts very smoothly and they have a premium feel in general.In the box they provide 3 different styles of cable. A short one for mobile devices, a longer version for studio or hifi situations and then a "curly" version of the studio/hi-fi cable. As if that wasn't enought they give you a soft carry case (although I will buy a hard case for mine as I have a habit of throwing stuff in a bag when in a hurry).All in all I am over the moon with these headphones. The Senheisers are like muddy plastic boxes in comparisson. These ATH-M50x don't "exagerate" anything to the point of being distracting and "untrue" to the original source, however they will only be as good as the source you use.If you listen to "chart" stuff, you will hear the compression and saturation that happens as they try to push stuff to the limit all the time. If you then try something recorded with some actual "air" and dynamics in it, you will hear just what I am talking about.If you like well balanced, honest sound, suitable for long periods then this is for you. If you have these in a short list. Wait no longer, just put them in your basket and thank me later.I, like many others here, made the huge mistake of buying these headphones based on a handful of reviews by trusted Youtube creators (*facepalm). The problem being that most of these Youtube creators either:A) Haven't really listened to any headphones of relatively decent audio quality beyond 'Beats' by Dre (which are also total garbage) or a pair of similarly overpriced brand name IEM's.OrB) Have simply been paid to promote certain products they were, more often than not, given for free.And sadly this is exactly what seems to be the case with these ATH-MX50's. Seriously to think that these have had so many positive reviews after actually having used them for a good few months now completely astonishes me, because in short these headphones just sound ABSOLUTELY TERRIBLE!!!!I'm sure defenders of these headphones will say things like "these headphones are meant to be for monitoring purposes so they're meant to sound flat and centred at all times and are not meant to have a wide sound stage" etc. etc... And that would be great if they actually had the the capacity for delivering detailed and accurate sound but they don't do that either. In fact while the bass and lower end is quite rich and punchy at times anything above that is just a total swampy mess of either muffled noise or ear-drum ripping treble, sometimes both!!! Which is actually quite an achievement if you think about it, but something that is completely unjustifiable at this price.So yes, in my opinion you should only buy these if you are some kind of masochist who likes to torture your ears and is looking to turn your entire music library into the aural equivalent of a CIA waterboarding. For the the price there are soooooo many better options out there, including:- Audio Technica's very own ATH-MX40's (almost £50 cheaper than these pieces of garbage).- Sivga 006's (beautiful well built closed-back headphones).- Superlux HD668B (amazing super budget open-back headphones, especially if you swap the pads).- Koss KSC75's (£15 earclips that still sound a 100 times better than the ATH-M50X's).- Taotronics Sound Surge 46 (great budget bluetooth headphones).- Philips SHP9500 (simply one of the best, if not THE BEST, open-back headphones for under £100).Though to be fair outside of these suggestions even a £20 pair of Sony's from the local market will sound better and be more comfortable than the ATH-M50X's.Additional:If it's too late and, like me, you've already bought these headphones then I've found the best way to make them almost serviceable as listening devices is to swap the stock pads for a pair of Misodiko ear cushions (search Amazon) then cut and place a layer of craft felt and a couple of layers of good quality kitchen towel between the new cushions and the driver of each earcup. They will still sound flat as hell but at least the nightmare treble wont dissolve your brain.(¡OJO!: hasta abajo hay una actualización al 2021)Dado que hay miles reviews por toda la web sobre estos audífonos, mejor contaré mi experiencia con ellos, esperando que en ella encuentren puntos a favor o en contra para comprar unos audífonos de $3000.Mi experiencia con estos audífonos fue reveladora; aun no se si me estoy tornando audiófilo pero creo que en esas ando y justo por la culpa de estos audífonos. En algún punto de mi vida tuve la oportunidad de escuchar unos Sennheiser HD800 y la experiencia como diría Enrique Iglesias, fue religiosa. Me costaba trabajo entender lo diferente y bien que se puede escuchar la música con un buen par de audífonos, sin exagerar, creo que estuve a punto de llorar de lo bien que se escuchan.¿A que viene a colación los Sennheiser? Pues que desde ese día busco de nuevo esa calidad de audio y esa experiencia pero su gran contra, el precio, me limita a buscar opciones mucho más económicas. Aún veo lejano que me haga con esos audífonos.Entonces viene la búsqueda. Me he devorado reviews enteros de buscar unos audífonos buenos, bonitos y baratos.Pasé por las lineas económicas (y ni tanto) de Shure, Sennheiser hasta compañías experimentales como "1More" y jamás quedaba del todo satisfecho.Y por lógica, me topé con estos Audio-technica. Vine por el Hype de internet y me quedé por las ofertas de Amazon.Los terminé comprando a muy buen precio y mis expectativas eran muy altas, dado los miles de reviews de estos audífonos. Pero OJO, yo no entendía exactamente las frases que rondan por internet en los reviews tipo: "magníficos audífonos de referencia pero sin llegar a aburrir" o "Audífonos ideales para estudio dada su respuesta plana" etc, etc. De hecho, antes de estos audífonos realmente no entendía muchas cosas ya de grado profesional o audiófilo como: Graves ausentes, medios potentes, agudos chillantes; agudos cristalinos, sonido cálido, etc. Yo simplemente tomaba los audífonos y mi respuesta era simple: Me gustan o no, punto.Abro la caja de los MX50x y son más grandes de lo que creí, se sienten de muy buena calidad pero de un poco de uso rudo; me gustan.Y era tanta mi emoción que no pude esperar un segundo más y los conecté a mi laptop, puse en mi TIDAL mis canciones favoritas, me los puse y le di play...Decir que quedé decepcionado se queda corto. No sonaban como creía o como el Hype de internet me hizo creer que sonaban. Simplemente me estaban decepcionando bastante. Mi cabeza no explotó de lo bien que sonaban... solamente sonaban bien, a secas. No supe como reaccionar, acababa de gastar mas de $2500 pesos y el resultado no me había agradado.Primero pensé que era error del audífono y se los preste a un amigo que sabe mas de estos menesteres, me dijo que no tenían ningún problema, que incluso le gustaron mucho y que quizá compraría un par.Algo andaba mal, lei por todo internet sobre el "Burn" que tienen que tener los audífonos, ese periodo de "aclimatación" asi que los usé a diario e inclusive le puse sonido rosa para ver el resultado. Pasaron las semanas y sí note diferencia y me comenzaron a agradar, pero no a fascinar.Hice un poco las paces con ellos y di como resultado que quizá no tengo oídos sensibles o buenos.Los seguí usando casi a diario y un día se me olvidaron en casa de mis papás. Regresé a mi antiguo par de audífonos de Diadema (Sennheiser Urbanite ) y WOOOOW!!!, ¡¡sonaban bastante diferentes a como los recordaba!!Siempre han dicho que esa marca tiene fama por tener sonido "cálido" y por más extraño que se escuche, entendí perfectamente a lo que se referían. Los bajos se me hicieron algo altos, los medios buenos y los agudos cristalinos. Fue muy raro pero entendí mucho del sonido.Probé otros audífonos y otros y otros; me volví casi que adicto a pasar largas sesiones escuchando diferentes audífonos (comprados o prestados) y encontrando el que más me agradara o el que mejor se adaptaba a cierto tipo de música pero siempre tomando de referencia estos ATH-MX50.Tuve un par de Beats by Dr Dre (bastantes hateados por la comunidad audiófila) y me encantaba el BOOM que producían en mi cabeza. Pero al ponerlos un mano a mano vs los MX50 entendí por que los Beats son tan odiados en la comunidad audiófila; son bastante caros para la calidad de audio que entregan.Quizá aún no este cerca de hacerme de los Sennheiser HD800. Esos son unos MONSTRUOS (y hay más grandes) y quizá algún día me los termine comprando, pero mientras llega ese día, me siento con oídos mucho más educados y preparados.-------------------------------------------------ACTUALIZACIÓN 2021:------------------------------------------------------[Antes de comenzar: espero que los lectores a mi original review alcancen a leer entre líneas lo que estos audífonos son capaces de entregarte y lo que no, ya que se pueden topar como yo al principio, que no son lo que esperaban. Pero ya que la escucha de audio por placer se torna algo sumamente subjetivo; puedes toparte con audífonos que te fascina como retumba tu cabeza y está bien, pero creo importante tener un punto de referencia en audífonos ya que a la larga te ayudarán a desarrollar un oído más crítico y educado que al final te va a llevar por un mejor camino para encontrar tus audífonos ideales. Y mientras recorres ese camino, estos audífonos te dan un buen valor por tu dinero ya que son casi multifuncionales como a continuación explico]Viendo que mi comentario ha tenido buena respuesta, decidí hacer una actualización a 3 años desde que los compre. Y sumando que hay un detalle importante que mencionar: Pueden ser los mejores audífonos multifuncionales, solo por un detalle no lo son.AUDIÓFILO: Mi review del 2018 decidí eliminar la parte final y acortarla a la parte que digo: ..."ahora me siento con oídos mucho más educados y preparados" y la retomo para decir que es muy cierto. Me he estado haciendo de más audífonos y estos son un punto de referencia muy importante para probar nuevos audífonos.PODCAST / EDITAR VIDEOS: Estoy comenzando a hacer un pequeño podcast y estos audífonos son idóneos para una correcta mezcla y ecualización de audio. Te entregan buena claridad y aíslan lo necesario del ruido exterior (considerando que estés dentro de tu casa, oficina o estudio) y considera oportuno que traen un cable extra en forma de resorte muy largo ideal justamente para moverte dentro del estudio sin desconectarte.INSTRUMENTO MUSICAL ELÉCTRICO: suficientemente cómodos para pasar unas largas sesiones (3-4 horas) ensayando tus notas de piano, guitarra, bajo etc. y con muy buena claridad para perfeccionar tu forma de tocar. Para los bajistas cumple muy bien ya que tiene una frecuencia en bajo bien detallado y logrado. vuelvo a lo mismo, su buena aislación del sonido exterior también ayuda mucho.GAMING: cumplen muy bien, si bien yo prefiero los "open back" para los videojuegos, tiene como desventaja que dejan escapar el sonido y si se te cuela algo de el ruido exterior como tus hermanos peleando. Te incitan a estar encerrado en tu cuarto/oficina sin ruidos externos. No obstante, los ATH-MX50 son cerrados por lo que puedes estar en una sala de tu casa con tu perro ladrando y bloquean el sonido bien sin perder mucha espacialidad esencial para escuchar los pasos del enemigo.VIDEO CONFERENCIAS/ CLASES EN LÍNEA: Son fantásticos por las mismas razones que lo son para un uso Gamer. Tiene una muy buena claridad para escuchar muy bien a tu maestro o jefe (digo, depende también mucho la calidad del micrófono de tu profe o de tus compañeros de oficina)Pero es aquí donde estos audífonos les urge una actualización: ¡¡tener una entrada de 3.5mm en los audífonos!!. ya que su entrada es de 2.5mm lo cual, como se darán cuenta, es complicado ponerle un cable con micrófono. yo tengo un micrófono aparte pero me encantaría tener un micrófono ya acoplado directo al cable de los audífonos.Se bien que Audio Technica ya sacó un micrófono especial para estos audífonos, suele ser caro ($1,500- $2,000) pero si tan solo le cambiaran la entrada a un 3.5mm los harían los audífonos más versátiles del mercado.Cela fait un an que j'utilise ce casque et j'en suis entièrement satisfait.Il est livré avec une pochette de transport, 3 câbles et un adaptateur 6.5 mm que j'utilise pour brancher le casque à mon piano.Très bon casque, fidèle et équilibré. Génial avec mes morceaux en FLAC.Le confort n'est pas exceptionnel mais il reste agréable à porter.Le casque est également très solide, malgré toutes les chutes et toutes les tortures qu'il a enduré, il est toujours intacte.Le rapport qualité / prix est vraiment très bon. Je recommandeJ'espère que mon commentaire à été utile pour vous, si c'est le cas je vous demande de bien vouloir cliquer sur (oui) en bas, pour que je sache que j'ai été utile à quelqu'unDunque non voglio scrivere dettagli tecnici lunghi e noiosi che alla fine non interessano a nessuno. Ho comprato queste cuffie dopo aver acquistato la ath 40 x che ho rivenduto per prendere le nuove marshall major 3 ( belle ma fanno male dopo un ora di uso sulle orecchie). Ne ho provate tante tante tante altre: bose eccezionali per l’ insonorizzazione etc etc. Alla fine sono tornato alle audio TECHNICA ed un motivo ci sarà. Belle, comode, audio in ascolto idilliaco e meglio di bose a mio avviso. Inoltre rispetto alle ath 40 insonorizzano leggermente meglio pertanto COMPRATELE SENZA DUBBI E STATE TRANQUILLI PERCHE VI DARANNO SODDISFAZIONI. Lasciate perdere commenti con dati tecnici da COPIA ED INCOLLA che fanno i fenomeni. I bassi , i medi e gli altri si armonizzano benissimo