audio technica ATH-M40X Professional Studio Monitor Headphones, Black, Standard

I don't know about everyone else but it took me about 18 months to make my decision over which headphones to purchase. I had spent countless hours in Curry's testing the headphones on offer.. Bose, Skullcandy, JVC's etc... and never really finding myself happy with how any of them sounded. Mr previous headphones were a pair of Panasonic DJ200's (I think) which I bought from Argos for less than £30. For the price these were excellent - not tinny and not too heavy on the bass. There were already a number of reviews here praising these headphones as being neutral which ultimately helped my decision. I had been so disappointed with many of the those I had tried in Curry's - Bose sounded screechy whilst others had so much bass you couldn't hear any other detail in the music. A previous reviewer had posted a link to some Youtube videos tested the headphones allowing you to compare the sound of the input against the output from the headphones using a dummy head and some pretty smart recording equipment - and these were the most neutral (I prefer 'faithful') sounding - and I guess that helped to swing it for me. The other factor was price - there was no way I could justify paying £300 or so for headphones but did eventually set myself a budget around the £120 - £150 mark. If I hadn't found anything within my budget I would have given up, so the £80 I paid for these was icing on the cake. I use these for movies on my tablet and they perform admirably but it is music where they excel, for everything from Rock to Classical music. Oh and if you are a fan of 80's Electro Funk - you really wont find anything better... Excellent headphones - more than happy to recommend. UPDATE 07/12/17 - Having had these headphones for 9 months now I thought I'd report back.... No problems whatsoever - no breakages, no damage to cushions, I use them every day either to listen to music or while watching videos on Youtube or iplayer and still find them comfortable, and if anything the sound is even better when they have had time to burn in properly. I didn't go above 80% for the first 20-30 hours of use and I think this is important. Unlike some other reviews, I don't find the cushions to be uncomfortable, I wear these with or without glasses and even with masking hearing aids for my tinnitus. As with all wired headphones the twisted cable can be a bit annoying, but I cant really see them being able to truly replicate the sound in a wireless pair. Still very happy, and definitely the best headphones I've purchased.

Excellent set of cans, which have met and probably exceeded my expectations. Initially I was wanting some wireless cans, for use with my Denon mini system. One of the reasons for wanting wireless was to enable me sometimes to sit at the other end of the room. But to get the sound quality I was wanting, I was moving further and further upmarket, eventually looking at much more expensive Sennheisers, which in absolute terms I could afford, but whose cost (for something I could actually live without) I could not justify. So then I thought about wired ones instead. I wanted closed headphones (if I want to hear external noise and am happy to inflict what I am listening to on others, then I don't need headphones at all), and the M40X immediately appeared on my radar. I would have liked to try them before buying, as I do with all my other hifi & AV purchases. I spent a long time looking at what was available, trying them out, and would have been happy to buy in store anything that I might find that impressed me. But alas that was not to be. So finding nothing in the shops that worked for me, and having read many reviews, both on Amazon and elsewhere, I decided to get these. 100% satisfied! I already own and use a set of Sennheiser HD280 Pro, mainly on my main hifi system, and they were tested some years ago alongside many others before I bought, and cost me many years ago pretty much what they would cost me today. When I bought these M40X, I was able to test the two pairs side by side on both sound systems. No complaints at all about these - they come out of the comparison very well. So, specifics about these ones: FIT for me they fit very well, very easily, and are comfortable. We all have different shaped heads, so no one set of cans will suit everyone, but these seem pretty flexible to me in terms of adjustment. The earcups twist and rotate very easily, and the whole thing can collapse to quite compact. Go easily into the supplied soft pouch. CONSTRUCTION The practicality of a removable cable is less than it might seem, as only an A-T cable with its bespoke locking mechanism will fit. And as commented by another reviewer, surely it's better to let the cable come out if strained, rather than have it break. (I lost and expensive pair of in-ears like that.) BUT... it means I can use the straight cable rather than the coiled one! There are many of you who think that coiled cable is so much better, as it extends as required, but for me it's a pain - when extended it always tries to recoil itself and starts to tug on your head; and when not extended, because there is so much cable in a short linear distance, you can never forget the weight of the cable hanging off your left ear; and tangle-free? I have never yet had a coiled "tangle-free" cable, be it on a phone or a set of cans, that has not ended up in a tangled mass at some point and even as you try to untangle it, it fights back. But that's just my opinion, and with these cans you get the choice, as it comes supplied with both. APPEARANCE Black. I don't give a hoot what they look like - for me this is not a fashion item but part of my sound system, and function is far more important. So if you want some different colour, well, choose something else. But I am pleased that the money has been spend on solid construction and sound quality .... SOUND QUALITY My assessment is based on listening through a decent quality hifi amp to a source of known quality. Bass sounds like bass, treble like treble and midrange like midrange. I can hear no discernible coloration of the sound, so no addition to, nor substraction from, what is already in there. For me that is how I like my audio products. So yes, it means that if there are shortcomings, or even simply characteristics, in your source material then you will hear them. I have tried them with high quality FM, hiss-free but poor quality DAB, CD (old & new, rock, pop & classical), vinyl, and maximum available MP3 and WAV stored on a hard drive, connected where appropriate with good quality cables, so enough to made a balanced assessment. And my assessment is that I love them! Easy to listen to over a long period of time, and I keep wanting to try them with more and more. And the issue of listening at the other end of the room was solved by adding a QED 3m extension cable, which has had no effect on what I hear. Nine years on, and the outer coating on the earpads is coming off, leaving bits of black plastic everywhere. Fixed easily by a replacement set of earpads and headband, which actually feel better quality than the originals. So I can continue to use them!

Sound If you want heavy subby bass, these aren't for you. if you want clear, clean accurate reference headphones, for mixing purposes, they're great and excellent value Construction the cups are articulated so that they can swivel and turn very easily. That's a great thing if you're a DJ trying to mix and hold over one ear I guess but it's slightly irritating when you just want a well-made, easy to put on your head pair of headphones. That said, the construction feels very good quality. Comfort I think I have a fairly big head and these do seem to clamp to my head quite tightly, but the padding is generous around the ears and the top head band. So I have worn these a few of times for a couple fo hours straight with no discomfort. Recording Being closed cup, they are great for recording vocals and we have found no bleed when singing even very closely to a mic Accessories Came with a nice quality pouch, but you do have to fold the headphones down to get them in. A great thing about these phones though is the interchangeable leads - long straight and shorter curled. I really like the locking plug that attaches to the headphones so you can't accidentally pull it out. Conclusion For the money these are really good quality headphones and would suit a studio or live situation very well. the folding up design is a very, very minor irritation for me that somebody else would really like. I know nothing about DJing and listen mostly to recorded live acoustic music, rather than digital. Would thoroughly recommend them

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Very useful for mixing and monitoring as it's frequency response is very flat. Not that type of fancy or fun headphones. These are headphones for surgical mixing tasks. Highly recommend.

Estaba indeciso si comprar estos audífonos o no, ya que creí que les vendría mejor a alguien que trabaje produciendo música o editando audio. Yo solamente los quería para escuchar música y puedo decir que se escuchan muy bien! Vengo de escuchar música de unos simples audífonos de iPhone y quería dar el paso a unos cascos, no quería invertir mucho dinero en algo de 5mil pesos y me encontré con estos y muy buenas reseñas y confirmo lo que dicen: cumplen en calidad-precio. He escuchado muchos géneros de música y en todos se escuchan bien, los bajos se escuchan bien y son suficientes sin opacar la canción (como otro tipo de audífonos que le ponen mucho bajo que te retumba el oído y no te deja apreciar la canción). He escuchado detalles que no había escuchado antes y eso me maravillo, siento que disfruto mas la música y ahora todo el rato quiero escucharlas. Estéticamente se ven bonitos la construcción es de plástico sin ser premium, las almohadas son cómodas. Eso si después de cierto tiempo tengo que “acomodármelos” porque siento que aprietan un poco. Los auriculares te cubren toda la oreja, no tienen cancelación de ruido pero una vez te pones a escuchar música casi no escuchas el exterior (depende mucho el ruido de fondo, claro) Te incluyen 2 cables, uno de 3 metros y otro que parece ser de 1.5 enrollado. Yo uso el segundo porque el de 3 puede resultar incómodo. En conclusión si no quieres invertir una barbaridad en audífonos y quieres una buena calidad de sonido estos son una muy buena opción 👍

Premetto che non sono un tecnico del suono né un dj né un audiofilo esoterico. Sono un normalissimo appassionato di musica che cerca di ascoltarla al meglio delle possibilità delle mie tasche. Le ATH M40X sono per me le prime cuffie serie, ho sempre snobbato l'ascolto in cuffia prediligendo i diffusori e limitandomi all'ascolto della radio con gli auricolari del telefono. Attirato da questo nuovo modo di ascoltare ho preso le Audio Tecnica e devo dire che sono davvero contento. Le ho prese sfruttando la promozione di Amazon Warehouse pagandole circa 50€, sono arrivate il giorno dopo dalla Germania in perfetto stato, scatola intatta e cuffie senza neppure una riga. L'unico problema che ho riscontrato è stato che nella confezione c'era tutto tranne l'adattatore per il jack da 3.5 a 6.5. Ho scritto subito al servizio clienti che mi ha proposto un ulteriore sconto di 12€ in alternativa al reso. Beh che dire alla fine ho speso neanche 40€ per avere una paio di ATH M40x nuove, perfette e senza un difetto. Con due euro di adattatore ho risolto. Passiamo al prodotto: le cuffie sono molto comode anche per chi come me porta gli occhiali, nessun fastidio dopo una sessione di tre ore. Le ho collegate al mio ampli Rotel ed ho ascoltato diversi LP, scusate ma la denominazione vinile mi dà ai nervi...il suono è meravigliosamente asciutto, reale e spazioso. Non ho notato enfatizzazioni in nessun ambito, suono cristallino, sincero e straordinariamente appagante. Sono contento dell'acquisto, sono contento di poter ascoltare più spesso i miei dischi, anche quando non sono solo in casa come facevo prima, mi allungo sul divano, chiudo gli occhi e mi sento nel pieno di un concerto, anche se sullo stesso divano il resto della famiglia di ottunde i pensieri davanti a qualche fiction... Grazie ad Amazon ho potuto acquistare delle cuffie , per me, fantastiche al prezzo che avrei speso per un paio di auricolari bluetooth entry level. FANTASTICO!!!!! Dopo 5 mesi di utilizzo non posso che confermare quanto scritto in precedenza. Ottime