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# 40mm pro-grade drivers 90° swiveling earcups 3-year warranty ATH-M40x

**Brand:** audio-technica
**Price:** € 229.75
**Availability:** ✅ In Stock

## Summary

> 🎶 Hear every detail, miss nothing — the pro’s choice for flawless sound!

## Quick Answers

- **What is this?** ATH-M40x by audio-technica
- **How much does it cost?** € 229.75 with free shipping
- **Is it available?** Yes, in stock and ready to ship
- **Where can I buy it?** [www.desertcart.com.cy](https://www.desertcart.com.cy/products/64875034-ath-m40x)

## Best For

- audio-technica enthusiasts

## Why This Product

- Trusted audio-technica brand quality
- Free international shipping included
- Worldwide delivery with tracking
- 15-day hassle-free returns

## Key Features

- • **Built to Endure:** Robust construction with premium materials ensures long-lasting durability
- • **Plug & Play Ready:** Detachable cables with gold-plated jacks plus 6.3mm adapter for all your devices
- • **Versatile Monitoring:** Swiveling earcups enable seamless one-ear monitoring on the go
- • **Precision-Tuned Audio:** Flat frequency response for studio-accurate sound monitoring
- • **Comfort Meets Function:** Circumaural design with plush earpads for fatigue-free, extended wear

## Overview

The Audio-Technica ATH-M40X headphones deliver studio-grade, flat and accurate sound reproduction with 40mm drivers and rare earth magnets. Designed for professionals and audiophiles alike, they feature swiveling earcups for one-ear monitoring, premium comfort materials, and a durable build backed by a 3-year warranty. Perfect for mixing, tracking, DJing, or immersive listening, these wired over-ear headphones come with detachable cables and a 6.3mm adapter, ensuring compatibility across all your audio gear.

## Description

From the manufacturer ATH-M40x The high-performance ATH-M40x professional headphones are tuned flat for incredibly accurate audio monitoring across an extended frequency range. Your studio experience is enhanced with superior sound isolation and swiveling earcups for convenient one-ear monitoring. Engineered with pro-grade materials and robust construction, the M40x excels in professional studio tracking and mixing, as well as DJ monitoring. - Cutting-edge engineering and robust construction - 40 mm drivers with rare earth magnets and copper-clad aluminum wire voice coils - Tuned flat for incredibly accurate sound monitoring across the entire frequency range - Circumaural design contours around the ears for excellent sound isolation in loud environments - 90° swiveling earcups for easy, one-ear monitoring - Professional-grade earpad and headband material delivers more durability and comfort - Detachable cable (2 cables included)

Review: One of the best headphones you can get in the market right now! - Firstly, I'll thanks desertcart for their quick and hassle free delivery. The package was delivered neatly and with good amount of package protection. Got the package within two days of ordering the product. Kudos desertcart! Starting with the product, the box itself is HUGE. The dimensions make you think again whether you ordered a headphone or a subwoofer in it. But the contents inside are arranged properly and makes you think how much care Audio Technica has taken to deliver the product propely without damaging it during delivery. Inside the box you'll find the headphone itself along with a pair of detachable cables(one 1.2m coiled cable and another 3m long straight cable), a 6.3mm adapter for connecting to various external amplifiers and DACs if required, a nice leather pouch(does the job of carrying the headphones on-the-go) and some paperwork. Both the cables have gold plated jacks along with the 6.3mm adapter. The cables are pretty thick and seems like a military grade construction. No questions in mind about the durability of the cables. They'll surely last for a long long time. Coming to the heaphones themselves, the headphones seem to have pretty good construction too. They are made of plastic but it isn't evident after having the headphones in hand. They surely don't seem cheap and are quite flexible to fit all head sizes. The cushioning of the earpads and the headpad is pretty good too. I've been wearing these headphones for more than 2 hours straight without any fatigue or any excess heat development in the pads. I've read a few complaints from other users about the headphones being tight on their heads but I haven't faced any such problem so far. Now the most important part of the review, the sound quality. I'm not a studio mixer or any audiophile as the term is getting used to for everyone. I've been looking for a portable headphone solution which will give me pure original sound without any coloring of the sound. Biggies like Sennheiser and Sony do tend to color their music to a specific sound tonality. Audio Technica might be a new company for people but it has been producing some of the best headphones you can get, with a good range of in-ear headphones and over-the-ear Studio Monitor headphones. Studio monitors are meant for a specific purpose of producing accurate and neutral sound for studio monitoring. The ATH M40X have been specifically tuned extremely flat and neutral to produce sound as close to source as possible. This means you'll be able to hear every single instrument playing in the sound which maybe you might have never heard before. And these headphones do deliver extremely accurate sound. The soundstage is good enough, the mids, the highs and the lows, all the frequencies are laid down accurately. All the genres of music will sound awesome on these cans right from classical music to heavy metal and jazz music. And for those who might be confused whether these headphones have enough bass or not, these cans produce just the right amount of bass that needs to be produced. You can easily enjoy your EDM tracks too on these headphones and if you still need more bass, you can easily tweak your equaliser settings. But if you are looking for a flabby bass signature which most of the headphones out there are delivering, either change your mind or change your choice. I've seen some people posting that FLAC music is a must. They are not totally wrong. FLAC music tracks will sound the best on these headphones and the experience is worth a shot. However, if your mp3s are at 320kbps, it will still just pass. Mp3s don't sound that bad too unless the recording has been utterly downsampled to a very low frequency bitrate. In all, the headphones sound pretty awesome and will take your music experience to a whole new level. Now this question has been popped quite a lot of times whether M50s are better than the M40s. It's a convention usually that higher the price of a product, the better it performs. But that's not always true. Both the headphones have almost similar construction, almost the same packaging with the M50s having a extra 1.2m staright cable for portability, the impedance, the frequency range, the padding and cushioning, it's all pretty similar. But there's a difference in the way both these headphones sound. The M40s have been tuned extremely flat for accurate monitoring of sound. However, the M50s have a 2 to 3 dB extra low frequency response. What that means is that the M50s have more bass production in their sound, which also makes the sound a bit more bassy and muddy than they should be. I've tried both the M40s and the M50s and the M40s sound better. Both the headphones have been advertised as Studio Monitor headphones, but the M40s do the better job. The M50s don't sound bad at all. They just sound a bit more heavy on bass than they should be and you don't get anything significantly extra and anything better for the extra 3000 rupess you'll end up spending on the M50s.The M40s are a better choice if you want a more natural and accurate sound. You can head up to sonic sense to listen the music reproduction of both the headphones. And finally, the production of the music not only depends on the headphones but also on the source of sound. So if your phone doesn't seem to have a good DAC or if the headphones don't sound loud enough, invest in a good amp or DAC. Mobile phones will drive the headphones just fine for home use and outdoor use but only to a certain limit because of the relatively high impedance of headphones. A portable amp will definitely drive these headphones in a better way and will help to crank up the volume of these headphones. Now if you search for a portable amp or even DACs within a budget, Fiio is one of the only names in the market. I've been using the Fiio A3 as my portable amp and trust me. It's worth the price. So that's it for the review. Hope that it solves all the doubts of anyone who's thinking of investing in a good pair of audiophile grade cans. Go for these headphones guys. It's the best you can get for the budget and is easily worth more than twice it's price. Buy these and enjoy the mesmerising audio experience which you've never experienced before! :-)
Review: Amazing. - TLDR: Amazing headphones. Buy it and I promise you won’t regret it, as long as you like accurate audio and not a basshead. But also spend a little extra and get the Brainwavz earpads. Just don’t forget to transfer the thin grey foam pieces (see the images) into the new earpads from the old stock pads. Final scores at the bottom. Here’s the detailed review, after over 2 years of use: SOUND: If you look at the frequency response curve from rtings, you’ll notice that there’s a very slight emphasis on the low end and the high end, giving it a very slight V curve, which you can definitely hear. But it’s very minor and the headphones are extremely accurate. Some people say more so than the m50x, but looking at the frequency response curve it’s evident that the m50x is more flat and more accurate. However, the m40x is not inaccurate by any means. If anything, they’re more pleasant to listen to and even for critical listening. I haven’t had as much time with the m50x, but I have had a few hours to test them out. But I didn’t mix anything on them, only listened. They seemed very revealing but I will not comment further as I haven’t had enough time with them. Judging solely based on the frequency response curve, I’d choose the m50x for mixing if i had the extra cash, but I’ve been using the m40x for over 2 years now and I can comfortably say that they’re more than capable of being mixed on them. Of course you’d want proper monitor speakers to mix anything but you get what i’m saying, right? The sound stage is narrow, which is to be expected from a closed back. The imaging is okay, though nothing spectacular. BUILD AND COMFORT: The build quality is excellent, though it’s to be noted that the pleather does wear out after a while (took me just over a year) depending on how rough you use and how oily your scalp is. But the good news is that the pleather layer can easily be rubbed off and removed completely, and in my opinion the grey cloth layer looks much better than the black pleather. Nice contrast it creates. The stock earpads aren’t great. Get any pair of brainwavz pads that fit, preferably the sheepskin pads they make. They’re immensely comfortable and durable. In my opinion they also reduce the boomy bass a tad due to the larger size, which makes the m40x even more accurate. However it’s extremely important to not remove the grey thin slices of foam that come with the headphones, placed between the driver and the earpads (check the images I added). You can easily pull it out from the stock pads and insert them into the new pads. It cuts some of the highs and without them the highs become shrill. Overall they’re built to last and I've had no major problems. The pleather does wear out but that’s what pleather does. SCORES Sound: 8/10 Comfort: 6.5/10, 9.6/10 with the pads replaced Sound stage: 6/10 Imaging: 5.5/10 Separation: 7.5/10 Sound isolation, passive: 7.5/10, 8/10 with the pads replaced.

## Features

- 3 YEAR WARRANTY: With over 50 years of Japanese Innovation and Quality behind it, this comes with a 3-year warranty from Audio-Technica that covers manufacturing defects.

## Technical Specifications

| Specification | Value |
|---------------|-------|
| ASIN | B00HVLUR54 |
| Age Range Description | Adult |
| Antenna Location | Music production, podcasting, casual listening |
| Audio Driver Type | Dynamic Driver |
| Best Sellers Rank | #10,822 in Electronics ( See Top 100 in Electronics ) #94 in Over-Ear Headphones |
| Box Contents | ATH-M40x Headphones, 6.3mm (1/4") Screw-On Adapter, Carry Pouch |
| Brand | Audio-Technica |
| Brand Name | Audio-Technica |
| Cable Features | Detachable |
| Colour | Black |
| Compatible Devices | Laptops, Mobile Phones, Tablets, PC, AV equipment, Media Players and any other wired jack device |
| Control Method | Touch |
| Control Type | Volume Control |
| Country of Origin | Taiwan |
| Customer Package Type | Standard Packaging |
| Customer Reviews | 4.5 out of 5 stars 16,407 Reviews |
| Ear Placement | Over Ear |
| Earpiece Shape | Circle |
| Enclosure Material | Faux Leather, Aluminium, Plastic, Metal, Copper |
| External Testing Certification | Não aplicavel |
| Form Factor | Over Ear |
| Frequency Range | 24000 Hz |
| Frequency Response | 24000 Hz |
| Global Trade Identification Number | 04961310125424, 06940548415758 |
| Headphone Form Factor | Over Ear |
| Headphone Jack | 3.5 mm Jack |
| Headphones Ear Placement | Over Ear |
| Impedance | 35 Ohms |
| Impedance Unit of Measure | 35 Ohms |
| Importer Contact Information | Alphatec Audio Video Pvt Ltd |
| Is Autographed | No |
| Is Electric | No |
| Item Type Name | DJ Headphones |
| Item Weight Unit of Measure | 0.24 Kilograms |
| Manufacturer | Audio Technica, Audio-Technica |
| Manufacturer Contact Information | Audio Technica |
| Model Name | Audio technica |
| Model Number | ATH-M40x |
| Network Connectivity Technology | Wired |
| Noise Control | Sound Isolation |
| Number of Items | 1 |
| Packer Contact Information | Alphatec Audio Video Pvt Ltd |
| Product Features | Noise Cancellation |
| Sensitivity | 98 dB |
| Specific Uses For Product | Studio tracking, mixing, DJ monitoring |
| Style Name | Over-Ear |
| Unit Count | 1 Count |
| Warranty Description | 3 YEAR WARRANTY : With over 50 years of Japanese Innovation and Quality behind it, this comes with a 3 year warranty from Audio-Technica that covers manufacturing defects. |
| Water Resistance Level | Not Water Resistant |
| Wireless Technology Type | no |

## Product Details

- **Brand:** Audio-Technica
- **Colour:** Black
- **Ear Placement:** Over Ear
- **Form Factor:** Over Ear
- **Impedance:** 35 Ohms

## Images

![ATH-M40x - Image 1](https://m.media-amazon.com/images/I/612QNnTYz0L.jpg)
![ATH-M40x - Image 2](https://m.media-amazon.com/images/I/61jddaYw+WL.jpg)
![ATH-M40x - Image 3](https://m.media-amazon.com/images/I/51thiyqYfqL.jpg)
![ATH-M40x - Image 4](https://m.media-amazon.com/images/I/71Lrp97FNxL.jpg)
![ATH-M40x - Image 5](https://m.media-amazon.com/images/I/61r9qN-Zs3L.jpg)

## Questions & Answers

**Q: How does this compare to the M50?**
A: It depends on your application.  First, the M50 is now the M50x, which includes improved ear cups as well as three interchangeable cables (short, long, coiled).  The M50's have a bit better isolation than the M40's.  Sonically, the M50's has the flatter response on provides less coloration to the music than the M40.  I.e., the M50 is very, very precise.  You will hear the source faithfully and any coloration and soundstage needs to come from there because these cans, by design, will not provide it.  The M40 is a bit more musical and will be more forgiving with consumer grade gear.

In studio or for technical/critical listening, I'd go with the M50x.  For a live stage or personal listening, I'd seriously consider the M40x.

**Q: I have a big head.  Will the ATH-M40x work for me?**
A: I have an abnormally large head, probably top 5% of the population. The ATH-M40x at maximum extension are a tiny bit snug. It's actually a really good fit. If you have a "big" head, you're fine. If you regularly find you can't wear other brands of headphones, the M40s aren't especially roomy. Try them and be prepared for a return if necessary.

**Q: What about "noise pollution"? Will other people on the bus be able to identify the music i'm hearing, what is the critical volume these hp will out??**
A: As with all things, moderation is appropriate. If you want to throb your head and damage your hearing later in life, then things are different. Normal sound levels, with the ear pads cupped together, you cannot hear music, coming from the head phones, inches away from your ears. While on your head, you will hear the full range of music. Pay attention, you will feel the music, crisp and sharp, highs and lows, with good L/R separation. So unless your head is swiss cheese, even if it was, I think no one will hear anything coming from them, but you. I am speaking from experience, rural Sunday morning bedroom with the window open, light breeze through the trees, birds are content. I guess mating season is over.On the bus, with head splitting music? I think you are safe listening to top secret national defense briefings, in addition to any other music you can think of. That is, the bus is expected to be diesel/gas, in first or second gear, going 25+ MPH, and there are at least 10 people on board keeping to themselves. The headphones have good noise isolation, so your sound levels, depending on environment, will vary. You cannot hold a conversation, as that would be both difficult and rude, while wearing.All that to say NO, you are safe. The notion of critical volume is subjective. Since the object is to not damage hearing, critical volume is beyond the scope anyone should be using them. With that said, at 75% max volume on an iPhone in a relatively quite room, you will be able to identify the music for sure, with the ear pads cupped. Between 60% to 70% volume, you will not comprehend what is being listened too. At 50% you will hear no sound at all. On the bus, I suspect 75% to 90% is safe, while 100% volume could be heard quite clearly by the person sitting next to you. You could share your music with the ear cups opened out flat around you neck, without damaging anything.

**Q: How do these headphones do with classical/acoustic music? Is the sound natural and sufficiently good?**
A: When i first got these headphones I listed to Ludovico Einaudi's CD and it sounded great, then I listed to The Early November acoustic Ep and that sounded amazing.

## Customer Reviews

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ One of the best headphones you can get in the market right now!
*by M***E on 25 April 2016*

Firstly, I'll thanks Amazon for their quick and hassle free delivery. The package was delivered neatly and with good amount of package protection. Got the package within two days of ordering the product. Kudos Amazon! Starting with the product, the box itself is HUGE. The dimensions make you think again whether you ordered a headphone or a subwoofer in it. But the contents inside are arranged properly and makes you think how much care Audio Technica has taken to deliver the product propely without damaging it during delivery. Inside the box you'll find the headphone itself along with a pair of detachable cables(one 1.2m coiled cable and another 3m long straight cable), a 6.3mm adapter for connecting to various external amplifiers and DACs if required, a nice leather pouch(does the job of carrying the headphones on-the-go) and some paperwork. Both the cables have gold plated jacks along with the 6.3mm adapter. The cables are pretty thick and seems like a military grade construction. No questions in mind about the durability of the cables. They'll surely last for a long long time. Coming to the heaphones themselves, the headphones seem to have pretty good construction too. They are made of plastic but it isn't evident after having the headphones in hand. They surely don't seem cheap and are quite flexible to fit all head sizes. The cushioning of the earpads and the headpad is pretty good too. I've been wearing these headphones for more than 2 hours straight without any fatigue or any excess heat development in the pads. I've read a few complaints from other users about the headphones being tight on their heads but I haven't faced any such problem so far. Now the most important part of the review, the sound quality. I'm not a studio mixer or any audiophile as the term is getting used to for everyone. I've been looking for a portable headphone solution which will give me pure original sound without any coloring of the sound. Biggies like Sennheiser and Sony do tend to color their music to a specific sound tonality. Audio Technica might be a new company for people but it has been producing some of the best headphones you can get, with a good range of in-ear headphones and over-the-ear Studio Monitor headphones. Studio monitors are meant for a specific purpose of producing accurate and neutral sound for studio monitoring. The ATH M40X have been specifically tuned extremely flat and neutral to produce sound as close to source as possible. This means you'll be able to hear every single instrument playing in the sound which maybe you might have never heard before. And these headphones do deliver extremely accurate sound. The soundstage is good enough, the mids, the highs and the lows, all the frequencies are laid down accurately. All the genres of music will sound awesome on these cans right from classical music to heavy metal and jazz music. And for those who might be confused whether these headphones have enough bass or not, these cans produce just the right amount of bass that needs to be produced. You can easily enjoy your EDM tracks too on these headphones and if you still need more bass, you can easily tweak your equaliser settings. But if you are looking for a flabby bass signature which most of the headphones out there are delivering, either change your mind or change your choice. I've seen some people posting that FLAC music is a must. They are not totally wrong. FLAC music tracks will sound the best on these headphones and the experience is worth a shot. However, if your mp3s are at 320kbps, it will still just pass. Mp3s don't sound that bad too unless the recording has been utterly downsampled to a very low frequency bitrate. In all, the headphones sound pretty awesome and will take your music experience to a whole new level. Now this question has been popped quite a lot of times whether M50s are better than the M40s. It's a convention usually that higher the price of a product, the better it performs. But that's not always true. Both the headphones have almost similar construction, almost the same packaging with the M50s having a extra 1.2m staright cable for portability, the impedance, the frequency range, the padding and cushioning, it's all pretty similar. But there's a difference in the way both these headphones sound. The M40s have been tuned extremely flat for accurate monitoring of sound. However, the M50s have a 2 to 3 dB extra low frequency response. What that means is that the M50s have more bass production in their sound, which also makes the sound a bit more bassy and muddy than they should be. I've tried both the M40s and the M50s and the M40s sound better. Both the headphones have been advertised as Studio Monitor headphones, but the M40s do the better job. The M50s don't sound bad at all. They just sound a bit more heavy on bass than they should be and you don't get anything significantly extra and anything better for the extra 3000 rupess you'll end up spending on the M50s.The M40s are a better choice if you want a more natural and accurate sound. You can head up to sonic sense to listen the music reproduction of both the headphones. And finally, the production of the music not only depends on the headphones but also on the source of sound. So if your phone doesn't seem to have a good DAC or if the headphones don't sound loud enough, invest in a good amp or DAC. Mobile phones will drive the headphones just fine for home use and outdoor use but only to a certain limit because of the relatively high impedance of headphones. A portable amp will definitely drive these headphones in a better way and will help to crank up the volume of these headphones. Now if you search for a portable amp or even DACs within a budget, Fiio is one of the only names in the market. I've been using the Fiio A3 as my portable amp and trust me. It's worth the price. So that's it for the review. Hope that it solves all the doubts of anyone who's thinking of investing in a good pair of audiophile grade cans. Go for these headphones guys. It's the best you can get for the budget and is easily worth more than twice it's price. Buy these and enjoy the mesmerising audio experience which you've never experienced before! :-)

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Amazing.
*by M***G on 2 February 2017*

TLDR: Amazing headphones. Buy it and I promise you won’t regret it, as long as you like accurate audio and not a basshead. But also spend a little extra and get the Brainwavz earpads. Just don’t forget to transfer the thin grey foam pieces (see the images) into the new earpads from the old stock pads. Final scores at the bottom. Here’s the detailed review, after over 2 years of use: SOUND: If you look at the frequency response curve from rtings, you’ll notice that there’s a very slight emphasis on the low end and the high end, giving it a very slight V curve, which you can definitely hear. But it’s very minor and the headphones are extremely accurate. Some people say more so than the m50x, but looking at the frequency response curve it’s evident that the m50x is more flat and more accurate. However, the m40x is not inaccurate by any means. If anything, they’re more pleasant to listen to and even for critical listening. I haven’t had as much time with the m50x, but I have had a few hours to test them out. But I didn’t mix anything on them, only listened. They seemed very revealing but I will not comment further as I haven’t had enough time with them. Judging solely based on the frequency response curve, I’d choose the m50x for mixing if i had the extra cash, but I’ve been using the m40x for over 2 years now and I can comfortably say that they’re more than capable of being mixed on them. Of course you’d want proper monitor speakers to mix anything but you get what i’m saying, right? The sound stage is narrow, which is to be expected from a closed back. The imaging is okay, though nothing spectacular. BUILD AND COMFORT: The build quality is excellent, though it’s to be noted that the pleather does wear out after a while (took me just over a year) depending on how rough you use and how oily your scalp is. But the good news is that the pleather layer can easily be rubbed off and removed completely, and in my opinion the grey cloth layer looks much better than the black pleather. Nice contrast it creates. The stock earpads aren’t great. Get any pair of brainwavz pads that fit, preferably the sheepskin pads they make. They’re immensely comfortable and durable. In my opinion they also reduce the boomy bass a tad due to the larger size, which makes the m40x even more accurate. However it’s extremely important to not remove the grey thin slices of foam that come with the headphones, placed between the driver and the earpads (check the images I added). You can easily pull it out from the stock pads and insert them into the new pads. It cuts some of the highs and without them the highs become shrill. Overall they’re built to last and I've had no major problems. The pleather does wear out but that’s what pleather does. SCORES Sound: 8/10 Comfort: 6.5/10, 9.6/10 with the pads replaced Sound stage: 6/10 Imaging: 5.5/10 Separation: 7.5/10 Sound isolation, passive: 7.5/10, 8/10 with the pads replaced.

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐ Not your average cans...
*by Y***G on 13 November 2018*

When I first bought them, I was having a lots of expectations from these cans as everyone on internet was raving about how good these sound. As soon as I got them, I blasted some music from my redmi note 4 into these.. and they sounded absolute garbage, worse than my 2 yr old hd202ii. I was utterly disappointed. There was no separation, no details and everything sounded like a broke stereo setup and all voices were muffled. So, I thought to plug it into an audio interface, which is Scarlett 2i2. Again it was same shitty sound, treble wasn't there, bass was loose and boomy and mids were not defined. I was like " man! these are the cans everyone was talking about?". Now I was like my 202 is far better than this and this time I'll buy 3-4 units of them as those aren't durable(cable esp.). So, I returned them. After couple of days, I again bought them, as I was having a faith that AT isn't that shitty in audio as I've heard m50x, m20x before and they were great, Maybe the one I got was broke or defective. So, I ordered it again. And guess what happened this time? It was that same shitty headphone again. I plugged them into an iphone se, note 5 pro and what not? so I placed a return request and packed these. There was a song which was in my 3 yr old htc desire 526g+ which I desperately wanted to listen, but can't as my 202 was broken. So I unpacked m40x-es and played it through my htc. HOLY LORD!! all my negative thoughts about these went away when the very first note came in. The music soon surrounded my face and I felt like sitting in a studio listening to near field studio monitors... nothing sounded in middle of my head. What took me by surprise was its tonality, these are a very natural sounding headphones, little narrow buy WAYYYYY better than my 202 in every regards. They fully encompasses my ears... clamping force took some time to loosen up and after that they just disappears on my head. Built quality is okay and can't be expected more at this price bracket. removable cable makes them more durable then you'd expect. You can play with some pad rolling, if you're not okay with comfort. Coming to the sound... They absolutely destroys every headphone in terms of value and neutrality under 12k. Things can't be bettr than these unless you're going high-end. Bass.. coming from 202, which isn't a bassy or warm headphone, bass has a good impact and extension. It isnt bleedy and vocals and guitars in mix can be easily separated. Bass isn't their main focus so can't rave about them. Treble.. 202s were quite trebly and sibilance was there in most songs.. but treble on these is slightly rolled off. But after removing the foam shields, it was pretty good. cymbals and hi-hats have a character.. but extension and decay was okay-ish or good depending upon your taste. Mids.. this was the area where I was sold on these. And Celine Dion's My heart will go on is a base song that I use to check the scaling and tone of hp. This song always made me emotional, but on these I got goosebumps. Ellie goulding's first time, love me like you do.. made me feel like sitting in a professional studio environment. Sam Cooke's A change is gonna come surrounded my head with music. I mostly listen to Indian classical and world fusion which sounded amazing on these, inspite of them being closed cans.(these genres sounds the best on 598 se though). All in all, these are a keeper and I will probably keep them even if I'll own a personal stereo setup. Let me remind you.. if you're going to buy these make sure you use a dedicated dac/amp with these to get the best outta these, I've bought q1 for them and they have improved their character and added a little warmth to them.

## Frequently Bought Together

- Audio-Technica ATH-M40x Professional Studio Monitor Headphone, Black (AUD ATHM40X)
- Focusrite Scarlett Solo 3rd Gen USB Audio Interface for Guitarists, Vocalists, Podcasters or Producers to record and playback studio quality sound
- Audio-Technica AT2020 Cardioid Condenser Studio XLR Microphone, Ideal for Project/Home Studio Applications

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