Audio-Technica M30x Professional Studio Headphones for studio recording, creators, podcasts and everyday listening

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Besides a vinyl cinching pouch, the ATH-M30x has no luxuries, including the non-removable extra long three meters of cable with a 3. However, the metal frame used to reinforce the headband is thinner than the one utilized for the Audio-Technica ATH-M40x or Audio-Technica ATH-M50x.

Whether you are a mixing engineer, studio producer, or audiophile, Audio Technica offer professional sound reproduction with the M-Series. The ATH-M30x is mainly plastic, which keeps things lightweight, with metal reinforcements in the headband. Also, unlike the ATH-M30x, it ships with three different removable cables, prolonging the life of the headset.The mids and bass mimic a more consumer-oriented sound that ordinarily would get lauded, so we recommend this for use by bargain-hunting consumers more than we do for serious studio work. As far as passive noise reduction goes, these are somewhere in the middle ground, offering some decent reduction without being overly strong. Designed primarily for studio tracking and mixing, they offer added features for increased portability, making them a great choice for field recording. However, if the grip is still too tight for some, the headphones can be stretched around any object, be it a jar or a cardboard box, which is greater in width than the user's head, and left on it for a few days. Some people will tell you that you absolutely need to spend hundreds on headphones that are good enough for the studio.

The result is a pleasant-sounding headset with little boost to either end of the audible range of sounds. Tuned for highly detailed audio, with strong mid-range definition, these versatile monitoring headphones are ideal in a variety of situations. In contrast, higher frequency acoustic rhythm guitar and vocals are reproduced at perfect volumes, making everything easy to hear. Other considerations come into play like audio leakage so as to minimize how much of the track you play along to is picked up by your mic—these kinds of things.Each "tink" of the cow-bells was very clear and distinctive, and the low vocals could be heard clearly enunciating "Bass Cannon". Credit is provided by a panel of lenders with whom we have a commercial relationship (so we cannot provide independent advice). The ATH-M40x is generally a better pair of headphones, but if you need to work within a budget: the ATH-M30x is no slouch and can go toe to toe with big brother.