[ThePolishPaczki]

I have a pair of Ath-m50's and I love their audio quality but I don't like how well they cancel out the noise during in home use. I like to know what's going on in my home when I listen to music as well and with Ath-m50's that hard to do on a medium volume setting. Are there any replacement earphones that leak sound more? 

 

[CaveManta]

If you really like the M50, and wish it were open-backed, you could modify them to be open-backed! Here is a thread detailing how it can be done. http://www.head-fi.org/t/542218/ath-m50-open-mod
If you choose to try it out, I wish you the best of luck.