Product Dimensions | 28.96 x 25.4 x 10.41 cm; 235.87 Grams |
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Batteries | 1 Lithium Ion batteries required. |
Item model number | AUD ATHM40X |
Colour | black |
Compatible Devices | Desktops |
Connector | 3.5mm Jack |
Hardware Interface | USB |
Material | Aluminium |
Size | ATH-M40X |
Colour Screen | No |
Processor Count | 4 |
Linux System Requirements | pc |
Mac System Requirements | pc |
Windows System Requirements | pc |
Unix System Requirements | pc |
Voltage | 240 Volts |
Item Weight | 236 g |
Manufacturer | Audio-Technica |
Country of Origin | Japan |
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Brand | Audio-Technica |
Model Name | Audio technica |
Colour | black |
Form Factor | Over Ear |
Connectivity Technology | Wired |
Wireless Communication Technology | no |
Special Feature | noise cancelling |
Included Components | Audio-Technica Ath-M40X Professional Studio Monitor Headphones, Coiled Cable, Straight Cable, Screw-On Adapter, Carry Pouch See more |
Age Range (Description) | Adult |
Material | Aluminium |
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- 3 YEAR WARRANTY: With over 50 years of Japanese Innovation and Quality behind it, this comes with a 3-year warranty from Audio-Technica that covers manufacturing defects.
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ASIN | B00HVLUR54 |
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Customer Reviews |
4.5 out of 5 stars |
Best Sellers Rank | #1,574 in Musical Instruments (See Top 100 in Musical Instruments) #13 in DJ Headphones |
Date First Available | 20 April 2014 |
Manufacturer | Audio-Technica, Alphatec Audio Video Pvt Ltd |
Packer | Alphatec Audio Video Pvt Ltd |
Importer | Alphatec Audio Video Pvt Ltd |
Item Dimensions LxWxH | 29 x 25.4 x 10.4 Centimeters |
Net Quantity | 1 Unit |
Included Components | Audio-Technica Ath-M40X Professional Studio Monitor Headphones, Coiled Cable, Straight Cable, Screw-On Adapter, Carry Pouch |
Generic Name | DJ Headphones |
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Item Dimensions | 28.96 x 25.4 x 10.41 cm | 22.86 x 10.16 x 12.7 cm | 33.8 x 28.5 x 10 cm | 22 x 11 x 23.49 cm | 24.38 x 24.38 x 6.6 cm |
Item Type Name | DJ Headphones | DJ Headphones | DJ Headphones | DJ Headphones | Condenser |
Item Weight | 235.87 grams | 200 grams | 190 grams | 0.54 kg | 0.6 kg |
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ATH-M40x
The high-performance ATH-M40x professional headphones are tuned flat for incredibly accurate audio monitoring across an extended frequency range. Your studio experience is enhanced with superior sound isolation and swiveling earcups for convenient one-ear monitoring. Engineered with pro-grade materials and robust construction, the M40x excels in professional studio tracking and mixing, as well as DJ monitoring.
- Cutting-edge engineering and robust construction
- 40 mm drivers with rare earth magnets and copper-clad aluminum wire voice coils
- Tuned flat for incredibly accurate sound monitoring across the entire frequency range
- Circumaural design contours around the ears for excellent sound isolation in loud environments
- 90° swiveling earcups for easy, one-ear monitoring
- Professional-grade earpad and headband material delivers more durability and comfort
- Detachable cable (2 cables included)
Driver | 40 mm |
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Magnet | Neodymium |
Voice Coil | CCAW (Copper-Clad Aluminum Wire) |
Frequency Response | 15 – 24,000 Hz |
Maximum Input Power | 1,600 mW at 1 kHz |
Sensitivity | 98 dB |
Impedance | 35 ohms |
Weight | 240 g (8.5 oz) without Cable and Connector |
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Starting with the product, the box itself is HUGE. The dimensions make you think again whether you ordered a headphone or a subwoofer in it. But the contents inside are arranged properly and makes you think how much care Audio Technica has taken to deliver the product propely without damaging it during delivery.
Inside the box you'll find the headphone itself along with a pair of detachable cables(one 1.2m coiled cable and another 3m long straight cable), a 6.3mm adapter for connecting to various external amplifiers and DACs if required, a nice leather pouch(does the job of carrying the headphones on-the-go) and some paperwork. Both the cables have gold plated jacks along with the 6.3mm adapter. The cables are pretty thick and seems like a military grade construction. No questions in mind about the durability of the cables. They'll surely last for a long long time.
Coming to the heaphones themselves, the headphones seem to have pretty good construction too. They are made of plastic but it isn't evident after having the headphones in hand. They surely don't seem cheap and are quite flexible to fit all head sizes. The cushioning of the earpads and the headpad is pretty good too. I've been wearing these headphones for more than 2 hours straight without any fatigue or any excess heat development in the pads. I've read a few complaints from other users about the headphones being tight on their heads but I haven't faced any such problem so far.
Now the most important part of the review, the sound quality. I'm not a studio mixer or any audiophile as the term is getting used to for everyone. I've been looking for a portable headphone solution which will give me pure original sound without any coloring of the sound. Biggies like Sennheiser and Sony do tend to color their music to a specific sound tonality. Audio Technica might be a new company for people but it has been producing some of the best headphones you can get, with a good range of in-ear headphones and over-the-ear Studio Monitor headphones. Studio monitors are meant for a specific purpose of producing accurate and neutral sound for studio monitoring. The ATH M40X have been specifically tuned extremely flat and neutral to produce sound as close to source as possible. This means you'll be able to hear every single instrument playing in the sound which maybe you might have never heard before. And these headphones do deliver extremely accurate sound. The soundstage is good enough, the mids, the highs and the lows, all the frequencies are laid down accurately. All the genres of music will sound awesome on these cans right from classical music to heavy metal and jazz music. And for those who might be confused whether these headphones have enough bass or not, these cans produce just the right amount of bass that needs to be produced. You can easily enjoy your EDM tracks too on these headphones and if you still need more bass, you can easily tweak your equaliser settings. But if you are looking for a flabby bass signature which most of the headphones out there are delivering, either change your mind or change your choice. I've seen some people posting that FLAC music is a must. They are not totally wrong. FLAC music tracks will sound the best on these headphones and the experience is worth a shot. However, if your mp3s are at 320kbps, it will still just pass. Mp3s don't sound that bad too unless the recording has been utterly downsampled to a very low frequency bitrate. In all, the headphones sound pretty awesome and will take your music experience to a whole new level.
Now this question has been popped quite a lot of times whether M50s are better than the M40s. It's a convention usually that higher the price of a product, the better it performs. But that's not always true. Both the headphones have almost similar construction, almost the same packaging with the M50s having a extra 1.2m staright cable for portability, the impedance, the frequency range, the padding and cushioning, it's all pretty similar. But there's a difference in the way both these headphones sound. The M40s have been tuned extremely flat for accurate monitoring of sound. However, the M50s have a 2 to 3 dB extra low frequency response. What that means is that the M50s have more bass production in their sound, which also makes the sound a bit more bassy and muddy than they should be. I've tried both the M40s and the M50s and the M40s sound better. Both the headphones have been advertised as Studio Monitor headphones, but the M40s do the better job. The M50s don't sound bad at all. They just sound a bit more heavy on bass than they should be and you don't get anything significantly extra and anything better for the extra 3000 rupess you'll end up spending on the M50s.The M40s are a better choice if you want a more natural and accurate sound. You can head up to sonic sense to listen the music reproduction of both the headphones.
And finally, the production of the music not only depends on the headphones but also on the source of sound. So if your phone doesn't seem to have a good DAC or if the headphones don't sound loud enough, invest in a good amp or DAC. Mobile phones will drive the headphones just fine for home use and outdoor use but only to a certain limit because of the relatively high impedance of headphones. A portable amp will definitely drive these headphones in a better way and will help to crank up the volume of these headphones. Now if you search for a portable amp or even DACs within a budget, Fiio is one of the only names in the market. I've been using the Fiio A3 as my portable amp and trust me. It's worth the price.
So that's it for the review. Hope that it solves all the doubts of anyone who's thinking of investing in a good pair of audiophile grade cans. Go for these headphones guys. It's the best you can get for the budget and is easily worth more than twice it's price. Buy these and enjoy the mesmerising audio experience which you've never experienced before! :-)




so I placed a return request and packed these.
There was a song which was in my 3 yr old htc desire 526g+ which I desperately wanted to listen, but can't as my 202 was broken. So I unpacked m40x-es and played it through my htc. HOLY LORD!! all my negative thoughts about these went away when the very first note came in. The music soon surrounded my face and I felt like sitting in a studio listening to near field studio monitors... nothing sounded in middle of my head. What took me by surprise was its tonality, these are a very natural sounding headphones, little narrow buy WAYYYYY better than my 202 in every regards. They fully encompasses my ears... clamping force took some time to loosen up and after that they just disappears on my head. Built quality is okay and can't be expected more at this price bracket. removable cable makes them more durable then you'd expect. You can play with some pad rolling, if you're not okay with comfort.
Coming to the sound... They absolutely destroys every headphone in terms of value and neutrality under 12k. Things can't be bettr than these unless you're going high-end.
Bass.. coming from 202, which isn't a bassy or warm headphone, bass has a good impact and extension. It isnt bleedy and vocals and guitars in mix can be easily separated. Bass isn't their main focus so can't rave about them.
Treble.. 202s were quite trebly and sibilance was there in most songs.. but treble on these is slightly rolled off. But after removing the foam shields, it was pretty good. cymbals and hi-hats have a character.. but extension and decay was okay-ish or good depending upon your taste.
Mids.. this was the area where I was sold on these. And Celine Dion's My heart will go on is a base song that I use to check the scaling and tone of hp. This song always made me emotional, but on these I got goosebumps. Ellie goulding's first time, love me like you do.. made me feel like sitting in a professional studio environment. Sam Cooke's A change is gonna come surrounded my head with music.
I mostly listen to Indian classical and world fusion which sounded amazing on these, inspite of them being closed cans.(these genres sounds the best on 598 se though).
All in all, these are a keeper and I will probably keep them even if I'll own a personal stereo setup. Let me remind you.. if you're going to buy these make sure you use a dedicated dac/amp with these to get the best outta these, I've bought q1 for them and they have improved their character and added a little warmth to them.

Reviewed in India 🇮🇳 on 13 November 2018
so I placed a return request and packed these.
There was a song which was in my 3 yr old htc desire 526g+ which I desperately wanted to listen, but can't as my 202 was broken. So I unpacked m40x-es and played it through my htc. HOLY LORD!! all my negative thoughts about these went away when the very first note came in. The music soon surrounded my face and I felt like sitting in a studio listening to near field studio monitors... nothing sounded in middle of my head. What took me by surprise was its tonality, these are a very natural sounding headphones, little narrow buy WAYYYYY better than my 202 in every regards. They fully encompasses my ears... clamping force took some time to loosen up and after that they just disappears on my head. Built quality is okay and can't be expected more at this price bracket. removable cable makes them more durable then you'd expect. You can play with some pad rolling, if you're not okay with comfort.
Coming to the sound... They absolutely destroys every headphone in terms of value and neutrality under 12k. Things can't be bettr than these unless you're going high-end.
Bass.. coming from 202, which isn't a bassy or warm headphone, bass has a good impact and extension. It isnt bleedy and vocals and guitars in mix can be easily separated. Bass isn't their main focus so can't rave about them.
Treble.. 202s were quite trebly and sibilance was there in most songs.. but treble on these is slightly rolled off. But after removing the foam shields, it was pretty good. cymbals and hi-hats have a character.. but extension and decay was okay-ish or good depending upon your taste.
Mids.. this was the area where I was sold on these. And Celine Dion's My heart will go on is a base song that I use to check the scaling and tone of hp. This song always made me emotional, but on these I got goosebumps. Ellie goulding's first time, love me like you do.. made me feel like sitting in a professional studio environment. Sam Cooke's A change is gonna come surrounded my head with music.
I mostly listen to Indian classical and world fusion which sounded amazing on these, inspite of them being closed cans.(these genres sounds the best on 598 se though).
All in all, these are a keeper and I will probably keep them even if I'll own a personal stereo setup. Let me remind you.. if you're going to buy these make sure you use a dedicated dac/amp with these to get the best outta these, I've bought q1 for them and they have improved their character and added a little warmth to them.

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After a year or so of owning these headphones, they broke (picture provided). After emailing Audio Technica with pictures about my broken headphones, they instructed me to send them and any accessories I had to them in Quebec. Unfortunately, I had long lost a few of the accessories that came with the headphones, but I was assured it wouldn't be a problem and to send what I had. When I finally had the time, 4 months later, I got around to shipping the broken headphones to them. I had shipped it on the Thursday, and received a package on Tuesday (today) with a brand new set of M40Xs. Accessories and all. I have to thank Audio Technica for their hassle free support, it was very appreciated.


Reviewed in Canada 🇨🇦 on 25 July 2017
After a year or so of owning these headphones, they broke (picture provided). After emailing Audio Technica with pictures about my broken headphones, they instructed me to send them and any accessories I had to them in Quebec. Unfortunately, I had long lost a few of the accessories that came with the headphones, but I was assured it wouldn't be a problem and to send what I had. When I finally had the time, 4 months later, I got around to shipping the broken headphones to them. I had shipped it on the Thursday, and received a package on Tuesday (today) with a brand new set of M40Xs. Accessories and all. I have to thank Audio Technica for their hassle free support, it was very appreciated.


Muchos auriculares están diseñados con una impedancia más baja para que los dispositivos móviles puedan ejecutarlos fácilmente, con un sonido más alto. La mayoría ha ajustado el sonido, para uso comercial, todos los días. El acento en un bajo más pesado y más pegado está en todas partes, y en la mayoría de los modelos que he probado.
Así que debes ser claro contigo mismo: qué te gusta y qué quieres, qué tipo de música escuchas en su mayoría, movilidad, calidad, etc.
Atm, los estoy probando con "Greyhound" de Swedish House Mafia = el bajo es muy bueno, profundo, preciso y punzante. Casi perfecto, exactamente como me gusta. Las agudas son hermosas: nítidas y cristalinas, las medias y bajas son ligeramente más bajas, pero principalmente porque estoy tratando de ser muy crítico con ellas. Las voces son increíbles, la guitarra acústica y el jazz suenan simplemente brillantes. Algunas cosas con mi Bose QC 15 definitivamente no se pueden escuchar sin un amplificador y un volumen más alto.
Mientras hablamos de Bose, los probé todos: el QC 25 sonaba muy bien, pero el bajo dominaba la experiencia del sonido y AT 40x tenía una etapa de sonido más nítida y clara. La cancelación activa de ruido es donde Bose brilla, pero a mí nunca me ha gustado esa tecnología, siempre sentí que tenía claustrofóbicos en la cabeza.
Al final, mi elección más restringida fue Sennheiser Momentum on ear. Están a un precio especial de 139 euros en Saturno, y debo admitir que estaba muy cerca de comprarlos. Se ven hermosos y el sonido es muy elegante. El bajo estaba sobre ti, pero muy bien controlado y equilibrado y toda la etapa de sonido fue impresionante. Más escuchaba, me estaba enamorando más de ellos. Pero de alguna manera, el M40X sonaba como más me gusta, además de que Momentum está en los auriculares y la comodidad era mi principal preocupación. Estaban muy cómodos, pero aún así comencé a sentir algo de presión sobre mis oídos después de menos de una hora. Pero sonaban muy bien.
La calidad de construcción de M40X es muy sólida, he visto muchos modelos con el doble de precio y no tenían esta calidad. Están construidos para durar, por todos los medios. La comodidad es donde Audio Technica ha mejorado mucho en todos los modelos "X" y son ligeros y se sienten muy bien. Los cables incluidos parecen literalmente indestructibles, de alta calidad. Los llevaba puestos durante más de 5 horas y seguía disfrutando.
Al final, y en mi humilde opinión, obtuve esta experiencia:
Audio Technica m50x - hermano mayor, un poco más caro, en general tiene mejor sonido con bajos un poco más pesados, pero aún así M40X tiene un sonido más neutral y mejor (al menos para mí )
Sennheiser HD 518 = bueno, pero no tan bueno, con el mismo rango de precios, así que no hay razón para comprarlos.
Sennheiser HD 558 = muy bueno, la experiencia en general es excelente, pero M40X los superó, especialmente en lo alto.
Sennheiser Momemtum over ear = precio alto, pero realmente no pude encontrar cómo y dónde están mejor. Cuanto más escuchaba, más decidido estaba a evitarlos. Su llamada, pero la relación precio / calidad no está justificada por todos los medios, las diferencias entre ellos y M40X fueron marginales.
Sennheiser Momentum on ear = mi siguiente favorito. Bajos profundos, pesados y bellamente divertidos con un gran sonido general. Lindo estilo.
Beats = Evitar, evitar, evitar. Por favor, hágase un favor y ahorre dinero, todos ellos son sobre el bajo, el bajo, el bajo y después de 2 minutos sentían que su cerebro explotaría ... la etapa de sonido era mala, la experiencia general fue decepcionante. Muy no recomendado.
Bose = lo siento para todos los amantes de Bose, pero excepto la cancelación de ruido (donde Bose es el campeón) no escuché un solo modelo que haya sonado mejor. Realmente intenté e incluso poseo QC 15, pero M40X fue un claro ganador y mucho más barato. QC25 fue realmente bueno.
Sony no tenía nada serio para emparejar M40X. He utilizado antes de 7560 y M40x son mejores.
Philips viene con la moda, pero Fidelio X1 también tiene un precio ridículo. Aunque el rendimiento fue realmente bueno, pero nuevamente estamos hablando de pequeñas diferencias, muy pequeñas.
B & W P3 = auriculares muy, muy buenos. Fue un placer escucharlos, en general, un gran rendimiento, pero tienen el doble de precio. Los mejores auriculares portátiles aquí, y se ven increíbles, pero muy caros.
Allí hay un número infinito de modelos de auriculares, pero me centraba principalmente en lo que recomendaban los usuarios y los expertos. Muchos modelos recomendados no estaban disponibles en estas tiendas, pero tenía una selección bastante amplia y algunos de los mejores y más vendidos estaban allí.
Entonces, intentemos cortar la historia aquí con la conclusión: Audio Technica ATH-M40X es probablemente los auriculares que más se pasan por alto en el mercado debido al gran y muy popular hermano m50x.
En general, un excelente escenario de sonido, un sonido neutro, increíblemente equilibrado y cálido con profundos, bajos precisos y controlados hace que estos auriculares sean simplemente una mejor compra en este rango de precios. No tienen competencia en absoluto en esta categoría de precios - período.
En cualquier caso, muchos modelos que cuestan el doble, o incluso más, no pudieron superarlos.
Y cuando se trata de bajos, aquí obtienes golpes de Muhamed Ali claros, hermosamente precisos y fuertes, en comparación con el tipo crudo, brutal, salvaje y descontrolado de Mike Tyson en la mayoría de los modelos que he probado.
Muy recomendable.
Ventajas:
- experiencia de sonido general hermosa, neutral, muy bien equilibrada. Amantes de los graves: son graves para mí, pero para algunas personas son planas: pueden ejecutarse con facilidad en dispositivos móviles con un volumen bastante alto debido a la buena impedancia (35 ohmios)
: construcción de alta calidad, muy duradera
: comodidad excepcional. cómodo durante un período prolongado de uso (más de 5 horas)
: los cables suministrados parecen imposibles de romper
; el diseño circumaural se adapta alrededor de las orejas para un excelente aislamiento del sonido en ambientes ruidosos (y les va bastante bien aquí)
- plegable para una portabilidad que ahorra espacio
- se ve bien, muy agradable
Contras:
- son plegables e incluso vienen con una bolsa de viaje, pero son auriculares bastante grandes. No viaje amistoso.
- desafortunadamente, no vienen con un cable de 1,2 m como un hermano mayor m50x, por lo que debe llevar 3 metros uno con usted. Lame, pero un precio más bajo debe justificarse de alguna manera.


Reviewed in Spain 🇪🇸 on 29 January 2019
Muchos auriculares están diseñados con una impedancia más baja para que los dispositivos móviles puedan ejecutarlos fácilmente, con un sonido más alto. La mayoría ha ajustado el sonido, para uso comercial, todos los días. El acento en un bajo más pesado y más pegado está en todas partes, y en la mayoría de los modelos que he probado.
Así que debes ser claro contigo mismo: qué te gusta y qué quieres, qué tipo de música escuchas en su mayoría, movilidad, calidad, etc.
Atm, los estoy probando con "Greyhound" de Swedish House Mafia = el bajo es muy bueno, profundo, preciso y punzante. Casi perfecto, exactamente como me gusta. Las agudas son hermosas: nítidas y cristalinas, las medias y bajas son ligeramente más bajas, pero principalmente porque estoy tratando de ser muy crítico con ellas. Las voces son increíbles, la guitarra acústica y el jazz suenan simplemente brillantes. Algunas cosas con mi Bose QC 15 definitivamente no se pueden escuchar sin un amplificador y un volumen más alto.
Mientras hablamos de Bose, los probé todos: el QC 25 sonaba muy bien, pero el bajo dominaba la experiencia del sonido y AT 40x tenía una etapa de sonido más nítida y clara. La cancelación activa de ruido es donde Bose brilla, pero a mí nunca me ha gustado esa tecnología, siempre sentí que tenía claustrofóbicos en la cabeza.
Al final, mi elección más restringida fue Sennheiser Momentum on ear. Están a un precio especial de 139 euros en Saturno, y debo admitir que estaba muy cerca de comprarlos. Se ven hermosos y el sonido es muy elegante. El bajo estaba sobre ti, pero muy bien controlado y equilibrado y toda la etapa de sonido fue impresionante. Más escuchaba, me estaba enamorando más de ellos. Pero de alguna manera, el M40X sonaba como más me gusta, además de que Momentum está en los auriculares y la comodidad era mi principal preocupación. Estaban muy cómodos, pero aún así comencé a sentir algo de presión sobre mis oídos después de menos de una hora. Pero sonaban muy bien.
La calidad de construcción de M40X es muy sólida, he visto muchos modelos con el doble de precio y no tenían esta calidad. Están construidos para durar, por todos los medios. La comodidad es donde Audio Technica ha mejorado mucho en todos los modelos "X" y son ligeros y se sienten muy bien. Los cables incluidos parecen literalmente indestructibles, de alta calidad. Los llevaba puestos durante más de 5 horas y seguía disfrutando.
Al final, y en mi humilde opinión, obtuve esta experiencia:
Audio Technica m50x - hermano mayor, un poco más caro, en general tiene mejor sonido con bajos un poco más pesados, pero aún así M40X tiene un sonido más neutral y mejor (al menos para mí )
Sennheiser HD 518 = bueno, pero no tan bueno, con el mismo rango de precios, así que no hay razón para comprarlos.
Sennheiser HD 558 = muy bueno, la experiencia en general es excelente, pero M40X los superó, especialmente en lo alto.
Sennheiser Momemtum over ear = precio alto, pero realmente no pude encontrar cómo y dónde están mejor. Cuanto más escuchaba, más decidido estaba a evitarlos. Su llamada, pero la relación precio / calidad no está justificada por todos los medios, las diferencias entre ellos y M40X fueron marginales.
Sennheiser Momentum on ear = mi siguiente favorito. Bajos profundos, pesados y bellamente divertidos con un gran sonido general. Lindo estilo.
Beats = Evitar, evitar, evitar. Por favor, hágase un favor y ahorre dinero, todos ellos son sobre el bajo, el bajo, el bajo y después de 2 minutos sentían que su cerebro explotaría ... la etapa de sonido era mala, la experiencia general fue decepcionante. Muy no recomendado.
Bose = lo siento para todos los amantes de Bose, pero excepto la cancelación de ruido (donde Bose es el campeón) no escuché un solo modelo que haya sonado mejor. Realmente intenté e incluso poseo QC 15, pero M40X fue un claro ganador y mucho más barato. QC25 fue realmente bueno.
Sony no tenía nada serio para emparejar M40X. He utilizado antes de 7560 y M40x son mejores.
Philips viene con la moda, pero Fidelio X1 también tiene un precio ridículo. Aunque el rendimiento fue realmente bueno, pero nuevamente estamos hablando de pequeñas diferencias, muy pequeñas.
B & W P3 = auriculares muy, muy buenos. Fue un placer escucharlos, en general, un gran rendimiento, pero tienen el doble de precio. Los mejores auriculares portátiles aquí, y se ven increíbles, pero muy caros.
Allí hay un número infinito de modelos de auriculares, pero me centraba principalmente en lo que recomendaban los usuarios y los expertos. Muchos modelos recomendados no estaban disponibles en estas tiendas, pero tenía una selección bastante amplia y algunos de los mejores y más vendidos estaban allí.
Entonces, intentemos cortar la historia aquí con la conclusión: Audio Technica ATH-M40X es probablemente los auriculares que más se pasan por alto en el mercado debido al gran y muy popular hermano m50x.
En general, un excelente escenario de sonido, un sonido neutro, increíblemente equilibrado y cálido con profundos, bajos precisos y controlados hace que estos auriculares sean simplemente una mejor compra en este rango de precios. No tienen competencia en absoluto en esta categoría de precios - período.
En cualquier caso, muchos modelos que cuestan el doble, o incluso más, no pudieron superarlos.
Y cuando se trata de bajos, aquí obtienes golpes de Muhamed Ali claros, hermosamente precisos y fuertes, en comparación con el tipo crudo, brutal, salvaje y descontrolado de Mike Tyson en la mayoría de los modelos que he probado.
Muy recomendable.
Ventajas:
- experiencia de sonido general hermosa, neutral, muy bien equilibrada. Amantes de los graves: son graves para mí, pero para algunas personas son planas: pueden ejecutarse con facilidad en dispositivos móviles con un volumen bastante alto debido a la buena impedancia (35 ohmios)
: construcción de alta calidad, muy duradera
: comodidad excepcional. cómodo durante un período prolongado de uso (más de 5 horas)
: los cables suministrados parecen imposibles de romper
; el diseño circumaural se adapta alrededor de las orejas para un excelente aislamiento del sonido en ambientes ruidosos (y les va bastante bien aquí)
- plegable para una portabilidad que ahorra espacio
- se ve bien, muy agradable
Contras:
- son plegables e incluso vienen con una bolsa de viaje, pero son auriculares bastante grandes. No viaje amistoso.
- desafortunadamente, no vienen con un cable de 1,2 m como un hermano mayor m50x, por lo que debe llevar 3 metros uno con usted. Lame, pero un precio más bajo debe justificarse de alguna manera.




Pros:
- Reeeeally comfy, I wear them for hours and almost forget about their existence. Lightweight and not too tight.
- Excellent build quality and presentation. Everything feels premium and durable. Comes in a large box along with two cables, a jack adaptor and a cute faux leather pouch.
- Foldable and flexible. Some people will appreciate that feature. Nice clicking sounds when you turn the ear cups and still everything feels super durable.
- Totally neutral mix, excellent for professional use. I hate the bass boost most of the times and these ones are of the most accurate when it comes to playback. This doesn't mean they can't handle some serious low frequencies.
- Pretty decent sound stage. You get the feeling different sounds come from varying sources around you.
Cons:
- The foldability and flexibility may annoy some of you.
- No serious sound isolation. Of course this means your ears don't get sweaty, but if you absolutely need great passive isolation, you won't be satisfied. This also leads to another con:
- Sound leakage. Even in medium volume people around you can tell what you are listening to.
- Neutral mix means no impressive bass boost. Many of you who are looking for gaming/multimedia headphones may be initially unimpressed by that fact.
That is just my opinion of course, but I feel like you can't go wrong with these headphones when it comes to quality (especially if you are a musician or work in a studio). And I am not even taking into consideration the totally affordable price tag.

I love being able to change cable, 2 cables inside, also lot of cables available to buy, even with microphones.
I love and hate this free angle design, sometimes is annoying and sometimes is good to have. Sometimes my skin gets caught when opening.
Build quality is great, read that they can break easily but can't say anything after a month use.
When using for monitoring, perfect. Bass is flat which means it's not bass heavy. Lets just say if the bass is boomy on these, something is terribly wrong. So the sound is really flat. I mean really "terrible for listening" flat. Middle is really there. They can be really loud because of lower bass.
You can hear all the mistakes, even if you never knew there were any. Stereo imaging is awesome, if something is out of balance you know it and you hate it. Highs are flat. You can hear the clarity, but you feel like you need to volume up. But you don't need to.
I have had a lot of headphones and this ones are something different.
Let's now say something about normal casual listening. Loudness is good on iPhone 6. On iPad mini 2 is great. MacBook Pro - excellent, even too much power to handle if used with Boom 2. Lack of bass and lower ohms mean they can be used as standard headphones but I suggest buying shorter cable with thinner 3.5 jack. I have Spigen case on my iPad and jack can barely connect.
If you try to be smart and really boost the bass, you can slightly hear the difference between two ear cups in lows. Probably because of socket which is using some space in one earcup which is free in another. Probably that's why they're cheaper and less bass boomy than M50x.
So don't think you can outsmart them, pay more money for m50x if you need more bass.
Also, comfortable as presented. I don't sense them on my head, light and enjoyable.
Would not use them only for DJing. Would rather buy Technics RPDJ1210 again.
They block a lot of noise from outside, that is true, but they are not as good as Technics. Can be used for DJing, true, but there are better choices.
Also, even if they're on your head, people around you can hear what you're listening. If you're sharing room with someone, they will hear the music.
So overall, great headphones for under 100. Great flat sound for monitoring.
If you like bass go for m50x. If you need flat monitor headphones buy these.
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So after more than a year a review still stays. Sound is amazing. Build quality amazing.
Comfort is not the best one though, however that's always problem with closed headphone, read the below for more information.
Just to add I have tested M40x and M50x one by one on the same source and I can tell you M50x sounds different with more bass and treble. They ARE NOT that much better. If you are more into casual listening, M50x would be better choice. However, true flat sound is coming through M40x, not M50x's. I can easily confirm that. I can change my headphones to M50x's as that is "Better" model but I will not do that as M40x have more balanced sound. M50x is more as HiFi choice by far as per comparison.
So only issue I can add after more than a year of using them is that they are NOT comfortable, not at all. First I thought they are good however I have tested other brands in a while and there is a huge difference. They are really tight (had same issue with DJ headphones however that is good, not bad) and you just cannot used to have them on your head after some time, it's just frustrating to have them for a longer period. However sound is something you will absolutely love or hate. If the score is between 1 and 100 I will give them 94 without any issues. After them K240 MK2 Studio headphones sounds dull and with something missing. However K240's are 10 times more comfortable to have on head.
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Update 03.01.2019
With sad news after more than 2 years I can say I no longer have these M40x. I just don't need them anymore. It's like an old car which you don't need once you both latest BMW. I have moved to M50x and I can say that although there is a lot of hatred going to them, M50x is still an upgrade from M40x. M50x has more treble and more bass, some people say that is unnatural however it is just different and actual improvement. Driver moved from 40mm to 45mm hence the difference. I can say that after a while I haven't even realised that big change as the change isn't that big. So if you will not miss bass or high treble then spending less for M40x is better choice as I noted before. Only thing left is that M50x does feel more expensive than M40x. You get extra short cable (which you don't get with M40x) so if you count that cable being £20 then difference falls in really narrow field.
ONLY thing I can say now that much MUCH better choice which I can say replaced my M40x sound is SHURE SRH840. This headphones are amazing, sturdy design, Excellent balanced sound and flat response. I use them for monitoring. Not as portable as M40x due to different build but damn, these SHURE's are something.
I should do some webpage review as now I have Magni 3 for a proper review and have tested DT770, DT880, K701, K240 mk2, SRH840, M40x, M50x. I still stick with K701 with bass mod as best causal home listening headphones however others still have significant use in other cases like monitoring/producing/mastering.
Also, I will touch one thing which this headphones are like selling which is FLAT SOUND. You will NEVER get Flat sound in headphones. NEVER. There is either Middle spectre based Headphones which these are, or V shaped Bass/treble headphones. Reducing Bass does improve flatness of sound however also removes sound picture and extensive response. If you truly want FLAT sound go to Monitors with sound isolated room. I can for sure say that there is much much more image and sound with DT880/DT770 than from M40x, hell even from M50x. On 250ohm version these show something that you will not hear even with super extra expensive monitors. That is the reason I will not part ways with them as for critical listening they are as brilliant as it gets. However listening youtube videos on them is so bad experience that I don't wish anyone to experience. Run away from them if you do wish to do that. Or buy Sony.

Eso si, no son audífonos de calle. Sus cables son muy largos y gruesos, los audífonos son muy grandes para traerlos cómodamente y no tienen el mejor agarre de todos a la hora de caminar. Pero si planeas usarlos en casa o en tu trabajo son perfectos.
También tienen muy buen aislamiento pasivo de sonido. Si estás en un avión no van a bloquear por completo el sonido pero es mejor que si estuvieras escuchando a un bebé llorar a lado de ti.
En general son audífonos excelentes para profesionales de audio y entusiastas del audio. Los recomiendo usar con un buen dac y pistas sin pérdida para tener la mejor experiencia de sonido.