Audio Technica ATH-M50

Hey bosiwollig,

 

First and foremost, why would you need sound isolation in your car? Assuming you're driving, that might not be safe, let alone walking in the streets with total isolation. In any case, I've heard many good things about the M50's isolation, so I'm sure it'll be sufficient for whatever you'll be blocking out.

 

As for sound quality, well, I haven't bought mine yet so I can't tell you first hand, but it seems that they would be appropriate for that genre. I've read so many raving reviews about the M50's that I had to hear it for myself. I'll let you know when I finally get mine, but you'll probably have decided by then, so I hope someone else with more experience can answer your question a little better.

 

Take care.

I find my M50s too big to walk around in the streets. You can try but you will look really goofy and get a lot of stares.

It isolates reasonably well. Not as good as IEMs but good enough for riding cars and in noisy places. It leaks noticeably when in a silent room but it's not anywhere as bad as open headphones. I would not be concerned about leakage as it is very little.

I have never heard the Creative Aurvana Live but I know that the Audio Technica M50 has deep extending and punchy bass which is much better than any headphone I have heard at a lower or similar price range. Be sure to order your headphones from a reputable site such as Amazon. My first M50s were fake from ebay and had really bad quality sound.

Hey man, I finally got a chance to take a listen to the M50's and I think they're beautiful. I was at Guitar Center, and it was fairly noisy in there, but when I put the M50's on, the isolation was wonderful. It's rather comfortable, too, much moreso than the Shure SRH440's that were on display.