Audio-Technica - ATH-M40x

I prefer the ATH-M40X as the 50's have too much bass.

From least to most favorite: Audio-Technica ATH-M50X - well-built, cohesive imaging, but some of the most unnatural-sounding headphones I've heard, having a huge hole in the lower mids, mud-fest in the bass, and harsh peaky treble Audio-Technica ATH-M60X - well-built, surprisingly spacious for how small they are, but still a hole in the lower mids and shouty ear gain, plus they're on-ear and therefore uncomfortable Audio-Technica ATH-M40X - well-built, decent all-rounder, but still lacks the lower mids and mid-bass is too boomy, plus the treble is a bit sibilant Sennheiser HD280 PRO - great isolation, large pads, cohesive imaging, but too much sub-bass giving me a headache, too dull yet grainy, plus the cable is microphonic, heavy, stiff, and non-detachable AKG K361 - the most tonally balanced overall, but not very impressive technically, having kind of a tinny timbre with metallic treble, mediocre imaging, and some of the worst build and comfort with a huge design flaw - earpads have a lot of compression with pressure affecting the FR, creating constant channel imbalance, so you have to be perfectly still while using them AKG K371 - the same but more natural timbre for the sacrifice of warmer and muddier tuning Sennheiser HD620S - nice build, comfort, and isolation, good clarity, but unpleasant, cold, harsh, focused, claustrophobic, fatiguing tuning with wonky low-end Adam H200 - nice build, comfort, and isolation, surprisingly spacious, good bass quality, but too shouty FiiO FT1 - the best all-rounder, most casual, most comfortable, solid tonal balance, spatial qualities, and bass quality, but too much bass and too peaky unrefined treble, making them sound fatiguing Beyerdynamic DT770 PRO 250Ω - the best clarity, sounding almost like an open-back, great all-rounder, great low-end and midrange, decent spatial qualities, decently comfortable, but too sibilant, making them unsuitable for a certain kind of music NOTE: I also had the 80 and 32Ω versions of the DT770 but didn't like them as much

Hello, I'm a music producer and recently my m40x's (which I've really loved) are literally falling apart, which blows because they still work, its just the headband (its beyond super glue at this point). I'm looking to upgrade, my budget is 300 or so (Cad, can go a lil higher), I need something that sounds reaaaally good, but is flat and natural as possible, i don't want any holes or boosts in the freq range. Also, what's the pros and cons of IEMs? Are they just fancy earbuds? Would they be better then over-ears?

ath m40x are the worst headphones ever, I bought a superlux 681 and found out bass existed for the first time

Audio Technica M40x. Hearing details in song for the first time.

For over ear I'd go ATH-M50x or M40x, also recently picked up a pair of Rode NTH-50's which I really like, very good isolation for on ears (better than their over ear NTH-100s) and sound decent. AIAIAI over ears with S05 speakers are alright but I can't get over the fact that there's much better headphones out there for much much less, you're paying for the brand and modularity with AIAIAI. Still love my AIAIAI's (and have enough parts for like 2.5 pairs of headphones) but I find them hard to recommend.

ATH-m40x, they aren’t bad per day but nothing that makes you go wow, or makes music fun, like you can take it or leave it when choosing between headphones and a stereo set

Ath-m40x + modmic over here. The headband PU leather is deteriorating but otherwise it's still going strong. Must be 10+ years.

I've had two pairs of the M40X break in exactly the same way, but my M50x I replaced the second one with has outlasted both. With EQ they sound like any other EQ'd closed back.

Get a pair of AT M40X, and AT2020. You'll be set for life. Headsets are garbage.