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deviusdragger · Feb 9, 2012 at 10:49 PM

Why would it get him banned? Where do most fake products come from? He's just putting the puzzles together for people to see when purchasing headphones and making sure they're not fakes. To everyone else, i would suggest buying them off amazon.
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weipim said:
just no.1 should get you banned from a good community like headfi, really.
plz stop making us shameful with ur discriminatory comments

vaki · Feb 28, 2012 at 9:55 AM

Hey guys,

Is it possible nowadays to buy M50 for less then 159$ from an authorized dealer? Coz I haven't found any...

159$ is quite expensive IMHO.

Someone posted these can be bought for 120 or so. However, I want the coiled cable...
http://www.ebay.com/itm/Audio-Technica-ATHM50s-Headphone-ATH-M50s-studio-headphones-IN-STOCK-NEW-/270912807570?pt=DJ_Gear_Lighting&hash=item3f13a96292

jerg · Feb 28, 2012 at 11:54 AM

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vaki said:
Hey guys,

Is it possible nowadays to buy M50 for less then 159$ from an authorized dealer? Coz I haven't found any...

159$ is quite expensive IMHO.

Someone posted these can be bought for 120 or so. However, I want the coiled cable...
http://www.ebay.com/itm/Audio-Technica-ATHM50s-Headphone-ATH-M50s-studio-headphones-IN-STOCK-NEW-/270912807570?pt=DJ_Gear_Lighting&hash=item3f13a96292

The M50's are NOT worth $160. I got em for $120 less than a year ago, that's the ballpark price for what it's worth. The price is inflated as hell as of right now.

GigaFi · Feb 28, 2012 at 12:24 PM

Soundprofessionals have em for around ~140. Not great but not bad.

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vaki said:
Hey guys,

Is it possible nowadays to buy M50 for less then 159$ from an authorized dealer? Coz I haven't found any...

159$ is quite expensive IMHO.

Someone posted these can be bought for 120 or so. However, I want the coiled cable...
http://www.ebay.com/itm/Audio-Technica-ATHM50s-Headphone-ATH-M50s-studio-headphones-IN-STOCK-NEW-/270912807570?pt=DJ_Gear_Lighting&hash=item3f13a96292

cactus_farmer · Feb 28, 2012 at 12:37 PM

does anyone have a list of who is on the official Audio Technica dealer's list? Is Jaben on the list?

vaki · Feb 28, 2012 at 12:49 PM

the AT's authorized dealer list:http://www.audio-technica.com/cms/site/1e22eec97c088a8b/index.html

sry, it was list of US dealers only, however, they are based in Singapore (and they appear on that list:http://www.audio-technica.com.sg/our_dealers.php)

cactus_farmer · Feb 28, 2012 at 4:16 PM

Thanks - however, I bought mine in from a Jaben in Hong Kong.

Jaben in Singapore is listed as an 'authorized dealer', not an 'authorized chain store', therefore I'm assuming that only the Jaben in Singapore is authorized.

Hong Kong/China doesn't even appear in the list of countries with authorized dealers, so I'm assuming the Jaben in Hong Kong is NOT authorized, and the M50 I bought from them could still be fake?

Slow Drip · Mar 10, 2012 at 3:32 PM

For anyone looking to pick up a pair of the ath-m50s, coiled or straight, take a look at proaudio on Ebay. Their official company is BIG TIME AUDIO INC, which can be found on Audio-Technica's authorized seller's list. I wasn't about to spend the $159 which has now become the standard price. They do accept offers, I was declined at an offer of 120, but 130 sealed the deal. I have yet to receive the pair, yet their reputation seems to speak for itself.

Authorized Dealers List
http://www.audio-technica.com/cms/site/1e22eec97c088a8b/

Coiled
http://www.ebay.com/itm/370590495147?ssPageName=STRK:MEWNX:IT&_trksid=p3984.m1439.l2649

Straight
http://www.ebay.com/itm/Audio-Technica-ATHM50s-Headphone-ATH-M50s-studio-headphones-IN-STOCK-NEW-/370593336087?pt=DJ_Gear_Lighting&hash=item5649158b17

GigaFi · Mar 10, 2012 at 3:43 PM

You can get them at buy.com for $120 (new customers) or $125 (existing customers) right now.

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slow drip said:
For anyone looking to pick up a pair of the ath-m50s, coiled or straight, take a look at proaudio on Ebay. Their official company is BIG TIME AUDIO INC, which can be found on Audio-Technica's authorized seller's list. I wasn't about to spend the $159 which has now become the standard price. They do accept offers, I was declined at an offer of 120, but 130 sealed the deal. I have yet to receive the pair, yet their reputation seems to speak for itself.

Authorized Dealers List
http://www.audio-technica.com/cms/site/1e22eec97c088a8b/

Coiled
http://www.ebay.com/itm/370590495147?ssPageName=STRK:MEWNX:IT&_trksid=p3984.m1439.l2649

Straight
http://www.ebay.com/itm/Audio-Technica-ATHM50s-Headphone-ATH-M50s-studio-headphones-IN-STOCK-NEW-/370593336087?pt=DJ_Gear_Lighting&hash=item5649158b17

RyanH22 · May 14, 2012 at 12:19 AM

Do you guys think the silver and blue LE M-50's are being faked yet? I purchased mine like 1 or 2 months ago.

GigaFi · May 14, 2012 at 12:20 AM

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ryanh22 said:
Do you guys think the silver and blue LE M-50's are being faked yet? I purchased mine like 1 or 2 months ago.

That's pretty much when they came out, so very unlikely.

serious7 · May 20, 2012 at 5:13 PM

Do you think my m50 is fake? What made me think they were is because the "R" logo and the "Audio Technica" logo is not perfect. The R logo is not centered and the "Audio Technica" is slanted slightly at the headband. I also got the folded chinese manual too. I bought mine from Kijiji.

Here are the pictures of my headphone.

http://imageshack.us/g/841/img20120520174302.jpg/

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trance_gott said:
Here are pictures of my M50:
http://www.bilder-hochladen.net/files/6jb7-2l-jpg.html
http://www.bilder-hochladen.net/files/6jb7-2m-jpg.html
http://www.bilder-hochladen.net/files/6jb7-2n-jpg.html
[size=8.5pt]http://www.bilder-hochladen.net/files/6jb7-2o-jpg.html[/size]
[size=8.5pt]http://www.bilder-hochladen.net/files/6jb7-2p-jpg.html [/size]
[size=8.5pt]http://www.bilder-hochladen.net/files/6jb7-2q-jpg.html [/size]

Those headphones have a green board but mine is yellow.

MioAKG701 · May 21, 2012 at 11:59 PM

Hey people, I Bought a pair from Amazon.
Everything Checks out OK
Packaging
The stitching
The Sound Quality

Opened the Driver Casing
The Circuit Board was Gold and Grey as it should be
But...No Sticker
Should I be worried?

SONIC BOOM · May 22, 2012 at 12:04 AM

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mioakg701 said:
Hey people, I Bought a pair from Amazon.
Everything Checks out OK
Packaging
The stitching
The Sound Quality

Opened the Driver Casing
The Circuit Board was Gold and Grey as it should be
But...No Sticker
Should I be worried?

if its direct from amazon you should be fine

MioAKG701 · May 22, 2012 at 12:09 AM

Well...Its from a seller from Amazon
Not directly from them If thats ok.

Paid $147 for them
I didn't cheap out and buy Underpriced ones on Ebay
I dont trust Shmeebay anymore.

All asside
These Cans are AMAZING!

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