ATH M70x here - flatter for studio use but they are both great cans. I cross reference against my studio monitors on them and tweak back and forth a little. (Focal Alpha 50s in a treated room)
AudioTechnica ATH M40x
I use the M70x right now, but if you only care about FPS games the M40x is actually easier to hear things with. The M70x sounds amazing, but it has this issue where the headband breaks pretty easily. Mine already snapped, so I cannot really recommend it lol.
I have never really spent money on IEMs so I cannot say too much, but the sound always feels kind of sharp and the highs are really piercing to me so I do not like them. If I wear them for a long time my ears start to hurt and it gets annoying, and I also had a hard time telling where footsteps were coming from.
We are not pro players so we do not really need IEMs anyway, and with headphones you can usually get better sound quality for cheaper.
People have been going deaf for years too. How well do the ATH-M70x block noise? These are the ones he says he uses. I don’t see a rating which tells me probably not very well at all.
Other over-ear headphones like Beyerdynamic DT 770 M are rated for noise reduction and are much better choices. John Mayer isn’t someone I’d take advice from.
Also, be *real* careful with the 70x, the swivels on the earpiece break really easily and AT charges a bloody fortune to repair them and won’t just sell you the parts 😡
Bro, do you wear a pair of glasses?
I have had a pair of m70-x since five years ago and I hate it for the same reason, until recently I found someone online mentioning wearing glasses messed up the low end response.
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