ATH-M40x

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

Hi there. Efnote recommend the Audio Technical M50x or M40x. I own the former and it’s amazing. I managed to find mine second hand for about a hundred bucks Australia on Marketplace and have since bought multiple pairs new for other edrum projects. The M40x is a bit cheaper and you can sometimes find it new on sale.

If you opt for Audio Technica instead of AKG, I'd opt for an M40X instead of the M50X. Audio Technica went a bit overboard with the Low End on the ATH M50X, so they sound colored.

M40x is great.

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

Been gaming for years (over 35) with glasses. While brands differ i found 40mm over the ear with a padded band give me the least issue. I am currently using audiotechnia mx40. First pair lasted 6 years with daily use, 2nd set now 2 years old and going strong

Audio Technica m40x. They were our recommended to everyone at college and have been using them since 2020 with no issue. Someone told me they are also the flattest response out of the atm-x series