ATH-M40X Professional Studio Monitor Over-Ear Headphones (Black)

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! :-)

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.

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.

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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.

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