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Danchou

Excellent closed cans

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By Danchou

Pros: Sound- and build quality, value, looks, soundstage and imaging (for a closed can)

Cons: pleather gets sweaty, some beats/ drums are overpresent

Overall: The ATH-M50 is a well built, beatiful HP. It has swivel earcups and comfortable high quality pleather pads. It comes in big white box with a leather bag and a 6,3 mm jack. (ATH-M50 and ATH-M50S are the same HP. M50s has straight(S) cable, M50 has coiled. Sound: The ATH-M50 sound great out of the box, but started to shine after ~50 hours of burn in. They sound detailed, refined and balanced, with a strong but controlled bass. The biggest quality of the M50s is, that they don't really do anything wrong. They performed pretty good with evrything I threw at them, and their sonic performance is outstanding in this price class. I think it is hard to dislike them at all, but...
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mattphones

Exceptional Value

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By mattphones

Pros: Price, Sound, Comfort, Quality. Loud.

Cons: can fatigue some when worn longer than 5 hours.

Nothing to add off of other reviews. Simply the best headphone purchase dollar for feature that Ive ever made. 
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Swollen17

My gateway drug into good headphones.

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By Swollen17

Pros: Comfortable, good bass.

Cons: Get a little warm on the ears after a couple of hours.

     I'm new to this so take everything with a grain of salt, but I play guitar, and piano so I have a pretty good ear even though I don't know what I'm talking about I know what I like, and I like these alot. This was my first real set of good headphones. I had some $30 AKG plastic things that I thought were great, and some Sennheiser CX380 IEM's before, and was happy with both. Compared to all my friends and there Skullcandys they were awesome. Then I got these, and I was blown away. The cliche of hearing new things in all my music, and being like listening to all my music for the first time again applied.      Like I said I'm new to this whole thing,...
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schjlatah

Perfect ƒ/x cost/quality/comfort

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By schjlatah

Pros: Clear sound, blocks atmospheric background noise, comfortable, affordable

I listen to music at my desk all day to help drown out the rest of the office noise, these headphones sound amazing and block out the rest of the office. They are comfortable and look pretty good. Sound quality is phenomenal. I can afford them.   The only down-side, and its a minor one, is that the metal jack housing (not the 1/4" jack itself, just the housing) is taller than my smartphone. When I plug it into my phone and set it on a table, my phone doesn't lay flat.
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doctorlol

Now that's what I call reality!

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By doctorlol

Pros: Value for money without the marketing hype!

Cons: Such a good fit, that they are a little warm on the ear.

A new subscriber, but with a good ear and old enough to avoid being sold by marketing alone. The ability to judge a number of over the ear headphones, without the need for active noise-cancelling, makes the choice of a purchase a predictable pathway. My budget allowed me to examine all contenders up to £500, or $750. I also went down to £100 or $150. I auditioned several headphones and then sourced the ATH-M50 from musicmatters in the NW of England. Delivered by FedEx the following day at no extra cost, BTW no vested interest in this or any other companies. I can just detect the difference with or without a portable amplifier, when connected to an iPod, better with the amplifier. I...
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Thisten

Great if you get them at the right price

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By Thisten

Pros: Solid bass. Soundstage is better than my V6's but not that great. Crisp highs

Cons: Ear pads can get sweaty after a while. Mids are a little recessed. Not that great for classical or bass light music.

I just got these cans a little over 5 hours ago and I'm impressed. Guitar sounds crisp and clear. Bassy songs really shine. Sometimes vocals may be a little quiet compared to guitar and drums. I would recommend these headphones to any one entering the hi-fidelity world. But i wouldn't buy them for $160 dollars. $130 would be a good price to by these headphones.
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Scrambled eggs

Amazing

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By Scrambled eggs

Pros: Everything

Cons: None

These were one of my first headphones back in the day (2 years ago) and i still haven't gotten over how good they are. The base isn't too overpowering, maybe a little bit less would be amazing. The mediums are nice and crisp and the highs are fantastic. They are a little bit cold when i put them on, but otherwise I recommend these to anybody trying to get into the audio world.
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awesomemathlete

Good Headphones

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By awesomemathlete

Pros: Good sound, closed, last a lot of drops (both the bass variety and the physical kind), sound good with all sorts of music

Cons: not the most comfortable original earpads, a bit heavier than expected but not terribly

Audio Technica did an outstanding job in this headphone set. They sound really good at all frequencies. When I listen to cds of Beethoven it sounds really proper and when I listen to some old Skream the bass really wobbles my head. If you would not consider yourself an audiophile, but enjoy good sound, what I mean is if you can't distinguish between 440 and 442 Hz but if you like higher fidelity audio and you do not want to pay 500 dollars, these are the headphones for you. They are very good and I think they will last me a long time.
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usmin

ATH M50 review

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By usmin

Pros: price, sound,comfort, design and that other stuff

They are a pair of great headphones for a great price and I love them. Everything is perfect and as a pair of starting headphones I think they're something thats worth trying out. Everything is pretty well balanced and I use them for about 9-ish hours a day on average and my ears dont get tired at all. They are very comfortable too. I have no problems with these headphones
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Asdfqwerty

Amazing

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By Asdfqwerty

Pros: Overall great, good mids, highs, and lows its also very, very well built, respond well to eq

Cons: ear pads, doesn't come with an actual case. Needs to be burnt in

These headphones are great, i listen from to a lot of different genres of music and these sound great in all of them. They are built very well, and don't seem like i have to worry about them breaking. At first they sounded decent, but now they have about 400 or more hours of burn in and they sound amazing now!! They have great bass that can be eq'd and amped to satisfy almost any basshead! I can also easily hear every little detail in a song,it is an absolutely amazing music experience!   Pros +great all rounder   +good bass   +can be made either really bassy or really non bassy through eq   +Very well built   Cons   -needs an...
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