Welcome to my first-ever video review on the Audio-Technica ATH-M50
Studio Monitor Headphones. I am pleased to show you guys this wonderful product and hopefully this video will steer you all in the right direction. If you have questions AFTER watching the review and reading the description,
I'll try to answer them as best as I can.
Thanks for watching and I hope you enjoy the video!
A few notes that I edited out or didn't discuss in the video:
- Though I'm not a big fan of hip-hop, I listened to some
Waka Flocka,
T-Pain ("
Take Your Shirt Off"), and
Ying Yang Twins, and the bass response is VERY good. However, it is bass that is true to the track. If you are looking for headphones with a very strong, ear-shaking bass, these aren't your cans, or at least my pair didn't feel like this.
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Movies sound AMAZING. I watched "
The Matrix Reloaded" and "
Serenity" and the character dialogue is very crisp and the action scenes are unbelievably dynamic.
Sound effects are jaw-dropping, most notably in the fight scenes in
The Matrix.
Don't watch a scary movie with these because you will jump out of your seat!
- If you listen to music that is poorly encoded or has a low kilobit rate (128 kbps or less), you will hear it! You will not be able to stand low-quality music after pumping audio through these. Non-HD encoded music off of YouTube won't sound as good as it could be from a CD, through iTunes, or by other means. Very good for mixing and mastering audio and overall music editing.
- If your audio doesn't sound quite as good, either you are listening to low kilobit tracks, you have "possibly" heard better quality cans than these, or your headphones might be
...FAKES!
Make sure your M50s are legit by going here:
http://www.head-fi.org/t/513866/has-the-fake-ath-m50-arrived/210
I swear, the more that I listen to these headphones, the better they get. Simply stunning.
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**
Links **
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Amazon Product Page -- http://www.amazon.com/Audio-Technica-ATH-M50-Professional-Monitor-Headphones/dp/B000ULAP4U/ref=sr_1_1?ie=
UTF8&qid;=1338809872&sr;=8-1
~ Topping TP21
Digital Amplifier w/ Headphone
Output -- http://www.amazon.com/Topping-TP21-Digital-Amplifier-Headphone/dp/B005CRLZGE
Other
Video Reviews:
~ Headphone
Review HQ -- http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1Va7wOjbg4w
~
Quinn @ Snazzy
Labs -- http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nLrZ4AZNX6s
~ X4CTO -- http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PXQk0AfWZdY
Music &
Amazing Video Game Tracks:
(
Note: All music was heard through the Topping TP21 Digital Amplifier.)
~
Personal Music Tracks -- http://soundcloud.com/kenoji
~
SOR Remake Soundtrack -- http://sorr.doulifee.com/
+
Armored Core 2 - "
U-Turn" [229 kbps]
+
Armored Core:
Nexus (
Revolution Disc) - "
Apex in
Circle" [320 kbps]
+
Arc the Lad:
Twilight of the
Spirits - "Offense &
Defense" [196 kbps]
+ Bust-A-Groove 2 - "
Here Comes Trouble" [
181 kbps]
+
Dark Void - "
Above the
Canopy" [320 kbps]
+
DMC 1 "S (Sparda
Battle #2)" [225 kbps]
+
Dynasty Warriors 4 - "Cry for
Wind" [208 kbps]
+ Dynasty Warriors 4 - "Inteceptor" [211 kbps]
+
Fighting Force - "
Main Theme" [203 kbps]
+
Final Fantasy VIII - "
Liberi Fatali" [270 kbps] ~
OMG!!!
+
Jet Set Radio - "
Everybody Jump Around" [160 kbps] #
+ Jet Set Radio - "Sneakman" [160 kbps] #
+
Jet Set Radio Future - "
Funky Dealer" [160 kbps] #
+ Jet Set Radio Future - "
Humming the Baseline (
Remix)" [160 kbps] #
+
Parappa the Rapper 2 - "Mini-Game" [217 kbps]
+
Sengoku Basara 2 - "
Inspiration" [229 kbps]
+
Sonic 2 - "
Chemical Plant Zone" [320 kbps]
+
Sonic 3 - "
Hydrocity Zone (Act
1)" [320 kbps]
+
Sonic Adventure 2 - "I'm a Spy" [211 kbps]
+
Street Fighter EX Plus Alpha - "
Guardian of Light" [
192 kbps]
+
Street Fighter EX2 Plus - "Three
Tree" [
200 kbps]
+
Suikoden III - "Exceeding
Love" [
187 kbps]
+
Tekken 4 - "
Authentic Sky" [235 kbps]
+ Tekken 4 - "
The Inner Shrine" [
201 kbps]
+
Tekken:
Dark Resurrection - "
Hall of
Fate ~
Resurrection" [245 kbps]
+
Tekken Tag Tournament - "
Hwoarang Stage" [226 kbps]
+
The Bouncer - "
Echidna" [
220 kbps]
+ The Bouncer - "Mikado's
Theme" [240 kbps]
+ TimeSplitters 1 - "
1985 Chemical Plant" [230 kbps]
+ TimeSplitters 1 - "
Building Site" [217 kbps]
+
Viewtiful Joe 2 - "Concession
Stand" [224 kbps]
+
Virtua Fighter 5 - "
Snow Mountain" [192 kbps]
+ Virtua Fighter 5 - "
Temple" [192 kbps]
+
Zone of the Enders 2 - "
Beyond the Bounds" [192 kbps]
# = Don't let these tracks fool you. Though they are 160 kbps, they will floor you as to how clear they are. This is the "minimum" kbps that I recommend you listen to music at with these phones.
That's all folks!!!
- published: 04 Jun 2012
- views: 6357