Hi everyone.
So I've been thinking about getting my first pair of "real" headphones after listening to music thru my cheap PC speakers for years.
After doing some research i came to conclusion that this headphones would be perfect for a poor noob like me. They are somewhat neutral in sound, good quality and relatively cheap.
I mostly listen to rock/punk/metal, jazz, blues, classical...so music with a lot of instruments. But now and then i listen to bass heavy music like trip hop, downtempo, some hip-hop and am worried that this headphones are gonna be too thin. So was thinking of saving a bit more and getting ATH-M50x. Now my question is, are ATH-M50x more versatile? And could you hear all the details you can hear with ATH-M40x? Or are M40x simply better headphones? And if so, how come M50x are so much more expensive and highly rated? I came across numerous articles/videos that praise M50x as one of the best headphones in their price range but has never saw M40x on some list of best headphones.
P.S. i need them for listening to music. Don't really play video games and sound in movies/shows is not really crucial.
P.P.S. sorry for my poor English.
M50x is a noticeable improvement over the M40x. It is on another level completely after you replace the original earpads with Brainwavz HM5 pads, as well as much more natural-sounding with acoustic instruments. At $200 and under here in the US, I'd say K553 and DT770pro are better overall headphones though DT770 strays from neutral more than the AT headphones. K553 and the Akai MPC/Denon D2000 are more neutral than the rest mentioned. You'll probably enjoy bass-heavy music on DT770 more. Sennheiser's HD380pro is another worthwhile consideration. See if you can demo HD380, DT770, and K553 or K545. You might like Ultrasones, too, for all you know, might as well demo some if you can. I wouldn't know which Ultrasones to recommend.