ATH-M50xBT

As an active gym go-er. Closest training style would be powerlifting/bb. AirPods Pro, have been hands down the best for my ears. Find the ear tips that fit your ears and they’re perfect. Gym tried: -Beats, move around a lot, fall off. Fall forward on head, fall backwards during bench. Did not enjoy -XM4, great ANC, don’t breathe great, too hot, too sweaty. -Moondrop aria, apple usb c headphones: any cables during workout make it hard to work freely so I don’t suggest them. Gaming, I’ve tried a few as well, but depends on your goal. I’ve used: -ATHM50xbt, first pair, solid, closed back, ok to start but I wanted something better -Sony XM4, if you need to focus and cancel all outside noise, when connected to aux, if you turn them on, anc turns on -Moondrop aria: I actually think I ruined these at the gym and they never sounded right after -Akg k712 pro: my absolute favorite headphones, I can wear them for hours with no issues, open back (need a quiet room or you really will hear everything else in the room too), great sound stage, I used to mostly play R6 and I could hear EVERYTHING, I was ass at aiming, but I knew where they were haha -KZ Zenith: mostly for music enjoyment, iPad with usb c to listen to lossless, definitely my favorite for this category Hope this can help a tiny bit

I have audio technica m50xbt and love them. 

1) Make sure you buy them from a music store and get a gift receipt. It is a pretty personal thing, so the option to return, try on a few, and exchange should be given, encouraged and also expected! Honestly, I would recommend just taking them to pick out what they want.... but I get that it is nice to have a physical item to "gift" even if it gets exchanged!!!! 2) Just some clarification - by "over ear" are you saying that the cups cover his entire ear, with the padding on the outside of the ear? Or just that they are not "in ear" like a pair of Airpods are? Best Gift Options: Over Ear (enclosed around the whole ear) **-** Audio-Technica ATH-M50xBT On Ear (not Airpods, but the foam sits on top of the ear) - HD25s If there isn't a preference, I would 100% go with the HD25s. Kinda an industry standard, absolute workhorses. 3) You don't want bluetooth for DJing 99% of the time (it can create latency). 4) You don't want noise cancelling. You want to hear the monitors, and the systems than do the noise cancelling change the audio and can also create latency.

If we're talking over-ear then the only answer is Audio Technica M50x bluetooth.

I was looking some time ago for a decent set of headphones for general music production stuff (recording and mixing), ended up buying the ath m50x and didn't regret it. Now, as an additional nuance, I actually bought the Bluetooth version and it was the best decision ever, even if it did increase the price a bit: now I have the traditional wired m50x, but I also use them via BT with my phone for general music listening, and, with the ath app for some EQ, they sound amazing for general spotifying.

Well, CD and CD-i was joint development with Sony. Blu-ray had bunch of developing companies (Sony, Panasonic, Philips, Pioneer and Blu-ray Disc Association). Lightbulbs? Yeah... I'll just go back to reading on the history on that. VCR, which format are we talking about? And LED, invention hasn't been attributed to one company, but four people. First commercial LEDs were manufactured by Texas Instruments. I'm not saying Philips hasn't had much to do in history, I'm just saying, that you need to fact check yourself when posting on the Intertoobs, because someone **will** fact check you.

Probably not listed, since they're not from Europe. Eurasia, yes. But quality wise, probably one the best headset manufacturers there is. I've had my ATH-M50xBT (the first version) for quite a while now, and while the ear pads are getting worn out (I'm a bit acidic as a person in any case, physically and mentally), all the different versions of the M50x use the same ear pads, and you can get them. And there's probably a reason these get used in professional settings as well...

No, there are differences between 1€ shit earbuds and proper headset (let's say for arguments sake, ATH-M50x). Yeah, there are insane people who are willing to throw hundreds of thousands into pseudo-scientific marketing bullshit, but there is a difference (in AQ and BQ) between cheap headphones and slightly more expensive headphones. Obviously, if your source outputs shit, doesn't matter what you plug into it, it's going to be shit output.

These are great. I bought the bluetooth version so I can use them to listen to music from my phone on the go. 50 hours of battery life and when I am practicing dj mixing or playing piano I can go wired so I don't have to deal with latency.