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Studio Headphones With the Cable Still Attached

Audio-Technica’s ATH-M50x in black: closed-back studio headphones with 45 mm drivers, a detachable cable, and a fold that fits a bag.

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Why we love it

Wireless headphones are a negotiation with a battery. The ATH-M50x skips the meeting. A cable, a pair of 45-millimeter drivers, and a sound people still use when the recording has to be honest.

We love the studio facts that survived the commute. Closed-back cups, a fold that collapses into a bag, earcups that swivel, and three detachable cables in the box so the long one can stay at the desk. Audio-Technica’s spec sheet: 15 to 28,000 Hz, 38 ohms, about 285 grams without the cable, plus a pouch and a quarter-inch adapter. The listing’s warranty line is two years on parts and labor. When we looked, the black pair was $158 and in stock, sold by Technica House and shipped by Amazon. Audio-Technica’s own shop lists the M50x from $159.

It will not cancel an airplane. It will tell you what the song actually sounds like. The noise-canceling pair can keep the flight. These keep the mix.

The longer story

This is the Audio-Technica ATH-M50x professional studio monitor headphone in black, the wired one. Audio-Technica’s notes: closed-back dynamic headphones, 45 mm drivers with rare-earth magnets, a frequency response of 15 to 28,000 Hz, 38 ohms impedance, 99 dB sensitivity, and a weight of about 285 grams without the cable. The earcups swivel. The headband collapses. In the box: a carrying pouch, a screw-on 1/4-inch adapter, and three detachable cables (a coiled cable, a 3-meter straight cable, and a 1.2-meter straight cable). The Amazon listing lists a 2-year warranty on parts and labor. UPC 700621457916.

Good for

  • Editing, mixing, and the album you want to hear without a Bluetooth codec in the middle
  • A desk that already has a pair of travel headphones and still wants a wired pair
  • The black wired M50x, if that is the model you meant

Skip it if

  • You wanted the white one, the limited-edition colorway, or the Bluetooth version. This page is the black wired ATH-M50x
  • You need active noise canceling for a flight. These isolate. They do not cancel
  • The listing is a bundle with a boom mic, a stand, or a polishing cloth from another seller. This link is the headphones

When we looked, the black pair was $158, in stock, sold by Technica House and shipped by Amazon. The seller on a marketplace listing can change. The deal link is the Amazon page (/dp/B00HVLUR86) with our Amazon Associates tag threepaths-20. Confirm the style says the standard black M50x, wired, before you check out.

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