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title: "Audio Technica ATH-M50 Pro Headphones"
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# Accurate sound response Professional-grade audio Long-wearing comfort Audio Technica ATH-M50 Pro Headphones

**Brand:** audio-technica
**Price:** R360
**Availability:** ❌ Out of Stock

## Summary

> 🎶 Elevate your audio game with the M50 Pro!

## Quick Answers

- **What is this?** Audio Technica ATH-M50 Pro Headphones by audio-technica
- **How much does it cost?** R360 with free shipping
- **Is it available?** Currently out of stock
- **Where can I buy it?** [www.desertcart.co.za](https://www.desertcart.co.za/products/1035077-audio-technica-ath-m50-pro-headphones)

## Best For

- audio-technica enthusiasts

## Why This Product

- Trusted audio-technica brand quality
- Free international shipping included
- Worldwide delivery with tracking
- 15-day hassle-free returns

## Key Features

- • **Comfort Fit:** Designed for long sessions without fatigue, perfect for professionals.
- • **Versatile Use:** Ideal for monitoring, mixing, and casual listening alike.
- • **Durable Design:** Built to withstand the rigors of daily use in any environment.
- • **Precision Sound:** Experience studio-quality audio with exceptional accuracy.
- • **Stylish Aesthetic:** Sleek design that complements any workspace or studio.

## Overview

The Audio-Technica ATH-M50 Pro Headphones are engineered for professional monitoring and mixing, offering an accurate sound response and long-wearing comfort, making them a top choice for audio professionals and enthusiasts alike.

## Description

The adjustable headband is generously padded for ultimate comfort during long mixing sessions. A coiled cable at the left earpiece terminates to a gold-plated mini plug with included screw-on 1/4 inch adapter. Audio-Technica's sophisticated driver technology and superior components deliver exceptional power handling and very high SPL capabilities while maintaining clarity of sound throughout their extended range, with deep, accurate bass and outstanding high-frequency extension. The headphones feature propriety large-aperture drivers with neodymium magnet systems for ultra-efficient signal transfer. With the ATHM50 Headphones, Audio-Technica has achieved an exceptionally accurate response and long-wearing listening comfort.

## Features

- Audio-Technica has achieved an exceptionally accurate response and long-wearing listening comfort
- Designed especially for professional monitoring and mixing.

## Images

![Audio Technica ATH-M50 Pro Headphones - Image 1](https://m.media-amazon.com/images/I/51PrxhWbH8L.jpg)

## Questions & Answers

**Q: noise**
A: Event how they are not noise-cancelling they repel very good the ambient noises including voices, other music, animals, etc.

**Q: guitar**
A: imadick

**Q: are these headphones over ear and are they comfortable?**
A: They are over-the-ear (or more accurately, around-the-ear), and they are comfortable for short to moderate periods of time.  This is the trade-off with a closed headphone: they isolate nicely (block outside noise), but they don't breathe and will eventually make your ears sweat.  For an open set, I'd suggest the Sennheiser 558 or 598.  Both are outstanding if you're not worried about outside noise.

**Q: will the headphone jack fit all ipods/iphones? and are these specifically made for dj's?**
A: Yes both DJ equipment and all ipods and iphones there are two jacks one for each the DJ  one just screws off ... only problem you might encounter is you may need to take you case off for it to plug in because of the the thickness of the cable once it is in. It is very snug and secure though. They are the best headphones out there but you will probably need to remove your case if you plan on listening to them solely on your ipod or smartphone.

## Customer Reviews

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ 5.0 out of 5 stars







  
  
    Overall value rates high
  

*by D***R on Reviewed in the United States on August 18, 2012*

Headphones are harder to compare than speakers.  With no way to do side by side comparisons with switching and impedance matching for volume control.. memory and impressions of how something sounded to you is more important.  For this listener, it is useful to break down the experience into some categories... and one of the more important bits for many can be what is sometimes referred to alternately as "sound stage", presence, or placement.  This characteristic tends to lump a bunch of aural clues and big "picture" sound into one coherent listening experience. For some, "neutral" within the whole--"balanced" is a characteristic that provides satisfaction.Got music?  Pick something you are familiar with, preferably not live music (that can contain lots of anomalies making evaluation harder).. .......Now listen. Then listen again. Close your eyes.  Listen.  What do you like?  What don't you like?For personal comparison and for you to know where I have been, I currently own Sennheiser HD595, Bose QC Series 2's, Razer Carcharias (gaming headset), Shure E-3, Shure SE-215 and Shure E-425 (earphones). I also briefly had a pair of Sennheiser PXC-450 Noise Cancelling headphones.  As a matter of disclosure, I tend to like a more neutral sound -with some bias towards brands like Sennheiser and their open headphones. .  For headphones and earphones I have tended towards a mid priced sweet spot of $200-300.  I have a Fiio E11 headphone amp that I use on occasion for volume control and boost.I listen to a wide variety of music but tend to concentrate mostly on ambient and/or beat oriented electronic, harder industrial rock, garage, muddy "shoegaze", and noise bands (not great for evaluating anything!) and a large variety of alt-folk-country-indie and corporate rock.Comments about source quality.  All CD's and digital recordings are not created equal... digital engineering is an art that some engineers have not mastered even 25+ years into the medium... so I am sensitive to compression issues on CD's, just as I am with compressed mp3 files on my ipod and computer.  Lots of recordings, over the broad range of current media--CD/vinyl/MP3/FLAC/etc simply have poor front end engineering and post production with too much compression or unbalanced emphasis on some aspect of the music.  Some CD's dating back to the late and early 90's really sound awful and have benefited from remastering. Maybe in persistent situations, blame the engineer or the artist who wanted that characteristic.  It all comes back to what you can hear, what you can't hear, and what you like as a listener.I recently was back in the market for another pair of closed headphones (because I put on those Bose and was disappointed for the last time!) and was not really looking at anything in particular--but I knew I wanted some closed cup cans.  I was led to the Audio Technical ATH-M50's due to a wide and enthusiastic following, probably driven by the price point and perceived quality for that price.  The number of positive reviews on Amazon and other sites for this headphone and the relatively low price made me purchase it sound unheard.Right out of the box the soft leather ear cups provide enough pressure to isolate you from the rest of the world, and do not seem too tight over extended listening.  The space inside seems large enough to properly accommodate my ears without rubbing up against driver covers.  Build quality seems high with solid plastic and metal and no obvious weak points along the cord connection or adjustable head pieces.Plugged into my computer the quality jumps out compared to the Bose.... Bose (muddy) compared to more defined M50. Bass on the AT -M50 is strong and well defined... drums do jump out slightly but not too much and with more emphasis than the more neutral Sennheiser HD595.  Subsonics in Crystal Method cuts are deep with no apparent bottom out. Vocals are upfront with a balanced presentation in the center.  On piano music, seemingly a problem for many recordings, especially as sampling rates are reduced, the M50 delivers a full range without some of the ringing I pick out occasionally. On Nine Inch Nails remastered version of Sanctified, the cymbals are bright, almost too bright. Vocals on this recording seem out of place and "canned".  Review of the original shows that that is exactly the way they are supposed to sound.  On Dino Lipatti played Chopin Waltzes, despite a known problem with signal to noise ratio from an early analog recording translated over to a digital medium, his piano sounds full range and front and center as it is supposed to be. No distortion in each played note. No mud. Lower notes produce balanced contrast with the faster pace middle and upper end of the piano. On Ishq's Bhakti, a current and highly spatial piece I have been listening to for a couple of weeks, the upper end shimmers and persists, standing out as not super neutral or flat but sounding great nonetheless. Environmental sounds moving in space seem wide enough. The spatial placement for most listening on the M50 does not quite match the openness of the Sennheisers, but the M50 is excellent for a variety of listening.In short, these M50's are far from flat and neutral, but they move in a direction that is pleasant, direct, and never overbearing in any particular way.  For this listener, pretty much what I expected.  And for the price, I have to agree with much of the crowd, these are a very good value that I would not hesitate to recommend to anyone within this price range looking for a comfortable closed ear headphone providing an excellent listening experience for most sources.  A solid 4.5 on overall value edging to a 5 for the purposes of Amazon ratings.STARSBuild...4.5Comfort...4.5Overall sound...4.5Lows...5Mids...5Highs...4Soundstage...4Noise isolation ...5Sound leakage (no leakage)...5Use without an amp (efficiency)...5Use with amp...5Appearance...4Portability...3Price to value estimate...5

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ 5.0 out of 5 stars







  
  
    Great for recording, Mixing, mastering. You name it! Get a pair!
  

*by J***E on Reviewed in the United States on October 11, 2011*

Okay, so let me first start by saying, I am no pro when it comes to mixing, mastering and producing music. I do it for a hobby and for fun, I may pinpoint however that I know a good sound when I hear it. I recently upgraded my studio with the MXL genesis microphone and the Edirol UA-25EX preamp. So I started recording and doing my thing with the same pair of $20 pair of sony headphones I've been using for a long time... I started realizing that all my mixes, my vocals and everything sounded drowned out and like garbage, I could mix and mix forever to no success, I could mix for 5 days straight and It would still sound drowned out and muddy. The treble and the highs were terrible. Lows drowned out everything. I realized it wasn't my mic or preamp ETC. as the pro's music sounded similar to mine, drowned out and lackig major in treble, highs, mids. So then I started looking at the obvious. I got a $600 microphone, a $300 preamp, a $250 MIDI controller.. and a $20 pair of headphones.. So lets cut to the chase I started looking around for headphones. These stuck out with all the great reviews, I went and bought me a pair and it just arrived today. I went back to my mixes and a few projects of mine earlier. Instantly I was able to pinpoint issues in high's and low's I wasn't able to pinpoint before and adjust it accuratly with precision! The soundstage and seperation between the two speakers, is so precise. Shaping vocals speaker to speaker is so accuratly heard, You know where everything lies in the sound.Straight out of the box they sounded great, I admit as they get burned in hour by hour the clarity sticks out more but if you were using what I was using before then the immediate change straight out of the box is automatic statisfaction.Highs 5/5: I now know exactly what Hi-hats and cymbols are suppose to sound like. They sound so crystal clear and accurate. It amazes me. I've never owned a pair of headphones with such clarity when it comes to the high end.Mid 5/5: Amazing. I've never heard vocals come out the way they do in the M50's. So amazing, any midrange sound is just so accurate and put together ever so greatly. The mids are rendered beyond anything I have heard before, I've never been able to mixdown vocals like this before and automatically know what I need to change in the EQ process to get the sound I want. Let me explain, previous projects I would sit hours on end mixing down vocals with previous pairs of cans and get nothing in return but more work in equalizing a sound I couldn't achieve. It was like I knew what I wanted to hear but couldn't hear it, therefore I couldn't achieve it. Now, with the M50's, I can go back to previous projects, pinpoint the issue and adjust it accordingly with no problem as I can hear every midrange sound from vocals, viola, cello, alto, tenor, oboe, etc.. You get the point. Their there, you can hear them with complete accuracy and clarity.Lows 5/5: Holy man, Kicks, BD's all sound amazing. I've head headphones with bass before but not like these. To me it has always seemed like people this day and age, especially kids into rap and what not are stuck on Bass. Therefore going to your local retail to buy a cheap pair of headphones, lows always seem to cut away the beauty of the highs and mid range sounds as thats what companys seem to focus on. Not in the M50's. You get a hell of a kick that just sound perfect, you'll know exactly what I mean when you got bass booming perfectly with no effect on the vocals. The vocals sound stunning right alongside of the highs, they all fit perfectly together.Isolation 5/5: Look, I've heard complains about these not being as isolating as they should be. I had these things on today, if a train drove through my house, I wouldn't hear a damn thing. A stick of dynamite could go off right outside my house and I probably wouldn't hear it. I just wanted to throw that out there. Thanks to the swivel however I could keep one ear open ;)Comfort 4/5: To me these are very comfortable. It's like they are made for my size head (I got a tiny head btw). I can see how somebody with really big ears and a big dome may have issues, however they fit perfectly on me. I can see later on how the thin layer of padding on the top of the headband may wear out but I'm used to most headphones just having plastic for the headband. So for me it's like wearing a nicely snug fit pillow on my head. Love it.Portability 3/5: Let me say these things are huge. Take the subwoofers out of your car and stick them on your head (Maybe not that big). They do got some gerth to them. But they come with a nice carrying case that I'll probably never use, however this is a very minor setback! The quality of the sound makes up for the portability of these cans.Appearance 5/5: These cans look sweet. They are very stylish looking headphones!Construction Quality 4/5: I've had these for not even a day. To me they seem very sturdy and tough. However I'm a bit worried about the swivels on these becoming loose and wearing out one day. I'll drop an update possibly in the future once I get some wear and tear in on these.Bottom Line: If you need a good pair of headphones mainly for music production. I'd say grab these and you won't be disappointed. It's very easy to catch your errors in a mix and pinpoint your problems. Your solution to all listening problems is right here. Everything sounds so well put together and spacious, all my previous headphones everything sounded distant yet cramped together. These have an oustanding soundstage compared to anything I've ever used. Get a pair.UPDATE: The only issue I have had, since the purchase of these. Is I still use them daily, they still sound amazing. The only issue I have is the padding on the headphones has developed cracks and it is a bit uncomfortable to wear. But they still sound primetime.

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ 







  
  
    THE BEST AND THE BEAST
  

*by R***5 on Reviewed in India on February 12, 2014*

thank god i bought it a week before coz i bought it for 9500 and now 16000 , about the performance when the headphone is in ur head u wont listen or think anything , i am a graphic designer and editor so for me when i put head phones i wont think of anything want to do work with hearing songs , had skull candy uprock pretty descent ,but no details in it after a certain point of time its like a pain in ass all u hear is boom boom its irritating while working , so looked for a nice headphone which satisfies every need , tats when i seen some reviews and finally i decided to get it and u cant explain the experience over all wonderfullllllllllprosdetail , bass was nice wont hurt ur ears  , mids was too good , when compare to this price range models so comfortablecons lows has little bit less details

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