Audio-Technica ATH-M40x Professional Studio Monitor Headphones

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Audio-Technica ATH-M40x Professional Studio Monitor Headphones

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Pros & Cons

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Pros

They work great. I feel my head hurting after 2 hours but with my headset i can go 6 hours. This is my second pair of this particular model after my 5 yr old ones broke at the pivot/hinge point right where it connects below the band connector on the l... Read More

These headphones are as acoustically flat as a pancake, as a set of monitor headphones should be. They have great directional imaging for footsteps and gunshots and whatnot. They sound much better than the keyboard by itself. They are also amazing for... Read More

Cons

The original ear pads are terrible. They use a proprietary connection to the headphone. The hinges are a weak point which broke after 3 years.

The quality of the product just isn't there. I contacted the manufacturer, waiting for response. Few hours later, email says the part is 27.

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Highlights

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Quality

Sound quality is great they felt really 34tinny34 when i first started using them but that had more to do with me being used to... Read More

All the sound quality comfortability and closedback noise isolation is here for 50 less

Build quality is not as nice as 50x and higher models clamps harder feel a little stiff and plastic not the best

Frankly it doesnt look or sound any better than the cables that came with the phones and it took me quite a while to get the th... Read More

Price

I was expecting longer lasting materials for that price

I feel like the only person who got cheated here was audio technica for the price lol

Packaging/appearance

Update the fake leather is now peeling off not only on the earcups but also on the headband

Im also hoping it will tone down the midbass range

Competitiveness

Top of the line hifiman sennheiser and grado and these 40x are incredible for the price

I prefer these to the next tier up m50’s and they are a better price

What i hear other than very bright crisp localized highs is a boomy overpowering punchedup midbass and mostly a midrange tha... Read More

Compared to the sennheisers audiotechnica has distortions

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Our engine has analyzed and discovered that 71.7% of the reviews are reliable.

This product had a total of 14,718 reviews as of our last analysis date on Dec 5 2023.