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# 40mm dynamic drivers 90° swiveling earcups collapsible & portable audio technica ATH-M40X Professional Studio Monitor Headphones, Black, Standard

**Brand:** audio-technica
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- **What is this?** audio technica ATH-M40X Professional Studio Monitor Headphones, Black, Standard by audio-technica
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## Key Features

- • **Durable Comfort:** Professional-grade earpads and headband built for marathon sessions
- • **Ultimate Portability:** Foldable design fits effortlessly into your on-the-go lifestyle
- • **Precision-Tuned Audio:** Flat frequency response for studio-grade sound accuracy
- • **Versatile Connectivity:** Detachable cables with coiled and straight options for every setup
- • **Ergonomic One-Ear Monitoring:** Swiveling earcups let you stay aware without missing a beat

## Overview

The Audio-Technica ATH-M40x headphones deliver professional, flat-tuned sound with 40mm drivers featuring rare earth magnets and copper-clad aluminum voice coils. Designed for studio precision, they offer 90° swiveling earcups for one-ear monitoring, a collapsible frame for easy portability, and durable, comfortable materials for extended use. Detachable cables (coiled and straight) enhance versatility, making these headphones a top choice for audio professionals and discerning listeners alike.

## Description

From the manufacturer ATH-M40X Pure. Professional. Performance The M-Series ATH-M40x professional monitor headphones are tuned flat for incredibly accurate audio monitoring across an extended frequency range.Critically acclaimed sonic performance. Cutting-edge engineering and robust construction. 40 mm drivers with rare earth magnets and copper-clad aluminium wire voice coils. Tuned flat for incredibly accurate sound monitoring across the entire frequency range. Circumaural design contours around the ears for excellent sound isolation in loud environments. 90° swiveling earcups for easy, one-ear monitoring. Professional-grade earpad and headband material delivers more durability and comfort. Collapsible for space-saving portability. Detachable cable (includes 1.2 m - 3.0 m coiled cable and 3.0 m straight cable). incredibly accurate audio monitoring The M-Series ATH-M40x professional monitor headphones are tuned flat for incredibly accurate audio monitoring across an extended frequency range. Your studio experience is enhanced with superior sound isolation and swiveling earcups for convenient one-ear monitoring. Engineered with pro-grade materials and robust construction, the M40x excels in professional studio tracking and mixing, as well as DJ monitoring. Comfort and convenience Critically acclaimed M-Series professional monitor headphones deliver accurate audio and outstanding comfort, perfect for long sessions in the studio and on the go. Contoured earcups seal tight for excellent sound isolation, with minimal bleed. And the pro-grade materials are durable, yet comfortable. Find out why online reviewers, top audio engineers, and cult followers agree, M-Series is an unmatched combination of audio and build-quality that gets the job done. Hour after hour, year after year. Superior sound isolation A circumarual design completely contours around the ears for excellent sound isolation in loud environments. compact storage The ATH-M40x professional headphones can completely fold up on themselves, allowing for easier storage and increased portability. Detachable cables The ATH-M40x comes with a detachable cable to allow for servicing if required. It comes with a two cables (straight 3 m, coiled 1.2 - 3 m). AccessorIes included The ATH-M40x headphones come with a carry pouch, as well as 3.5 mm female mini-jack stereo adaptor and screw-on 6.3 mm male jack adaptor.

Review: They get even better when burned in - I don't know about everyone else but it took me about 18 months to make my decision over which headphones to purchase. I had spent countless hours in Curry's testing the headphones on offer.. Bose, Skullcandy, JVC's etc... and never really finding myself happy with how any of them sounded. Mr previous headphones were a pair of Panasonic DJ200's (I think) which I bought from Argos for less than £30. For the price these were excellent - not tinny and not too heavy on the bass. There were already a number of reviews here praising these headphones as being neutral which ultimately helped my decision. I had been so disappointed with many of the those I had tried in Curry's - Bose sounded screechy whilst others had so much bass you couldn't hear any other detail in the music. A previous reviewer had posted a link to some Youtube videos tested the headphones allowing you to compare the sound of the input against the output from the headphones using a dummy head and some pretty smart recording equipment - and these were the most neutral (I prefer 'faithful') sounding - and I guess that helped to swing it for me. The other factor was price - there was no way I could justify paying £300 or so for headphones but did eventually set myself a budget around the £120 - £150 mark. If I hadn't found anything within my budget I would have given up, so the £80 I paid for these was icing on the cake. I use these for movies on my tablet and they perform admirably but it is music where they excel, for everything from Rock to Classical music. Oh and if you are a fan of 80's Electro Funk - you really wont find anything better... Excellent headphones - more than happy to recommend. UPDATE 07/12/17 - Having had these headphones for 9 months now I thought I'd report back.... No problems whatsoever - no breakages, no damage to cushions, I use them every day either to listen to music or while watching videos on Youtube or iplayer and still find them comfortable, and if anything the sound is even better when they have had time to burn in properly. I didn't go above 80% for the first 20-30 hours of use and I think this is important. Unlike some other reviews, I don't find the cushions to be uncomfortable, I wear these with or without glasses and even with masking hearing aids for my tinnitus. As with all wired headphones the twisted cable can be a bit annoying, but I cant really see them being able to truly replicate the sound in a wireless pair. Still very happy, and definitely the best headphones I've purchased.
Review: Ridiculously good headphones - Excellent set of cans, which have met and probably exceeded my expectations. Initially I was wanting some wireless cans, for use with my Denon mini system. One of the reasons for wanting wireless was to enable me sometimes to sit at the other end of the room. But to get the sound quality I was wanting, I was moving further and further upmarket, eventually looking at much more expensive Sennheisers, which in absolute terms I could afford, but whose cost (for something I could actually live without) I could not justify. So then I thought about wired ones instead. I wanted closed headphones (if I want to hear external noise and am happy to inflict what I am listening to on others, then I don't need headphones at all), and the M40X immediately appeared on my radar. I would have liked to try them before buying, as I do with all my other hifi & AV purchases. I spent a long time looking at what was available, trying them out, and would have been happy to buy in store anything that I might find that impressed me. But alas that was not to be. So finding nothing in the shops that worked for me, and having read many reviews, both on desertcart and elsewhere, I decided to get these. 100% satisfied! I already own and use a set of Sennheiser HD280 Pro, mainly on my main hifi system, and they were tested some years ago alongside many others before I bought, and cost me many years ago pretty much what they would cost me today. When I bought these M40X, I was able to test the two pairs side by side on both sound systems. No complaints at all about these - they come out of the comparison very well. So, specifics about these ones: FIT for me they fit very well, very easily, and are comfortable. We all have different shaped heads, so no one set of cans will suit everyone, but these seem pretty flexible to me in terms of adjustment. The earcups twist and rotate very easily, and the whole thing can collapse to quite compact. Go easily into the supplied soft pouch. CONSTRUCTION The practicality of a removable cable is less than it might seem, as only an A-T cable with its bespoke locking mechanism will fit. And as commented by another reviewer, surely it's better to let the cable come out if strained, rather than have it break. (I lost and expensive pair of in-ears like that.) BUT... it means I can use the straight cable rather than the coiled one! There are many of you who think that coiled cable is so much better, as it extends as required, but for me it's a pain - when extended it always tries to recoil itself and starts to tug on your head; and when not extended, because there is so much cable in a short linear distance, you can never forget the weight of the cable hanging off your left ear; and tangle-free? I have never yet had a coiled "tangle-free" cable, be it on a phone or a set of cans, that has not ended up in a tangled mass at some point and even as you try to untangle it, it fights back. But that's just my opinion, and with these cans you get the choice, as it comes supplied with both. APPEARANCE Black. I don't give a hoot what they look like - for me this is not a fashion item but part of my sound system, and function is far more important. So if you want some different colour, well, choose something else. But I am pleased that the money has been spend on solid construction and sound quality .... SOUND QUALITY My assessment is based on listening through a decent quality hifi amp to a source of known quality. Bass sounds like bass, treble like treble and midrange like midrange. I can hear no discernible coloration of the sound, so no addition to, nor substraction from, what is already in there. For me that is how I like my audio products. So yes, it means that if there are shortcomings, or even simply characteristics, in your source material then you will hear them. I have tried them with high quality FM, hiss-free but poor quality DAB, CD (old & new, rock, pop & classical), vinyl, and maximum available MP3 and WAV stored on a hard drive, connected where appropriate with good quality cables, so enough to made a balanced assessment. And my assessment is that I love them! Easy to listen to over a long period of time, and I keep wanting to try them with more and more. And the issue of listening at the other end of the room was solved by adding a QED 3m extension cable, which has had no effect on what I hear. Nine years on, and the outer coating on the earpads is coming off, leaving bits of black plastic everywhere. Fixed easily by a replacement set of earpads and headband, which actually feel better quality than the originals. So I can continue to use them!

## Features

- Tuned flat for incredibly accurate sound monitoring across the entire frequency range
- 90° swiveling earcups for easy, one-ear monitoring. Collapsible for space-saving portability
- Detachable cable (includes 1.2 m - 3.0 m coiled cable and 3.0 m straight cable)
- 40 mm drivers with rare earth magnets and copper-clad aluminum wire voice coils
- Circumaural design contours around the ears for excellent sound isolation in loud environments and professional-grade earpad and headband material delivers more durability and comfort

## Technical Specifications

| Specification | Value |
|---------------|-------|
| ASIN | B00HVLUR54 |
| Age Range Description | Adult |
| Antenna Location | Recording |
| Audio Driver Size | 40 Millimetres |
| Audio Driver Type | Dynamic Driver |
| Best Sellers Rank | 868 in Musical Instruments & DJ ( See Top 100 in Musical Instruments & DJ ) 17 in Studio Headphones |
| Box Contents | Cable |
| Brand Name | Audio-Technica |
| Cable Features | Detachable |
| Carrying Case Weight | 0.25 Pounds |
| Colour | Black |
| Compatible Devices | Studio Equipment, DJ Equipment |
| Control Method | Remote |
| Control Type | Volume Control |
| Controller Type | wired |
| Country of Origin | Taiwan |
| Customer Reviews | 4.5 4.5 out of 5 stars (16,370) |
| Earpiece Shape | Circle |
| Enclosure Material | Faux Leather, Plastic |
| External Testing Certification | Não aplicavel |
| Frequency Range | 24000 Hz |
| Frequency Response | 24 KHz |
| Global Trade Identification Number | 04961310125424, 06940548415758 |
| Headphone Form Factor | Over Ear |
| Headphone Jack | 3.5 mm Jack |
| Headphones Ear Placement | Over Ear |
| Impedance | 35 Ohms |
| Is Autographed | No |
| Is Electric | No |
| Item Weight | 0.24 Kilograms |
| Manufacturer | Audio-Technica |
| Model Name | ATH-M40X |
| Model Number | ATH-M40x |
| Network Connectivity Technology | Wired |
| Noise Control | Sound Isolation |
| Number of Items | 1 |
| Product Features | Foldable |
| Sensitivity | 98 dB |
| Specific Uses For Product | Music, Studio Recording |
| Style Name | Studio M40X Monitor Headphones |
| Theme | Audio Monitoring Headphones |
| Unit Count | 1.0 Count |
| Water Resistance Level | Not Water Resistant |
| Wireless Technology Type | Bluetooth |

## Product Details

- **Brand:** Audio-Technica
- **Colour:** Black
- **Ear placement:** Over Ear
- **Form factor:** Over Ear
- **Frequency response:** 24 KHz
- **Headphone jack:** 3.5 mm Jack
- **Impedance:** 35 Ohms
- **Model name:** ATH-M40X
- **Noise control:** Sound Isolation
- **Sensitivity:** 98 dB

## Images

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## Available Options

This product comes in different **Pattern, Style** options.

## Questions & Answers

**Q: For a beginner on a budget, Obviously these would be better but how would something like the MTA-30X or MTA-20X compare for videography monitoring?**
A: I bought these precisely for videographic monitoring and consider my choice an excellent one. They're light, strong, compact, have good attenuation of external noise, comfortable in use and around the neck between use, don't require powerful preamplification so will drive well from cameras and/or mobile digital sound recorders (e.g. ZOOM) etc. etc.They have a pretty much perfectly flat tuning, so you can hear exactly what you're recording.They're ideal.As for comparison to other models/makes, I can only go by the resources I have, that is; check out "SonicSenseProAudio" on YouTube at https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCMyZJifcyFLUjQv553QTQ8wThey provide comparison videos that allow the listener to actually hear the difference between products (using some very clever and high end recording techniques) - and see specifically this video which compares the ATH-M(50, 40, 30 and 20)X series:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sj69-mWHV3E:-)

**Q: What is the warranty for the product?**
A: 2 Years

**Q: How do these compare with the ath-m50x, how is the £60 difference justified?**
A: Ok I have the M40X and are a great headphone. The comparisons are as follows: M40X weighs 240grms, M50X 285Grms. M40X swivel to around 90 degrees while the M50X swivel to 180 Degrees. Fequency Response of M40X = 15-24,000hz and M50X =15-28,000 hz. Impedance on M40X = 25ohms and M50X = 38ohms. Drivers for M40X are 40mm while M50X are 45mm. You also get an extra 1.2 m cable with the M50X. Reason I bought the M40X is that they give a more neutral sound across the low, mids and highs where the M50X reduces the low and high meaning that you get a slightly deeper bass but reduced highs. I prefer neutral and so I can EQ the sound how I want to and if I record then I know it is flat across hte whole range.Hope that my answer helps

**Q: Any reason some people are saying they are uncomfortsble and fatiguing to wear?**
A: I have not found them uncomfortable. 
When I first got my headphones I placed them over the box to stretch them and left them overnight because I have a larger hat size. They have been fine since, are comfortable and only warm the ears and not roast them unlike some headphones.

## Customer Reviews

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ They get even better when burned in
*by I***N on 11 March 2017*

I don't know about everyone else but it took me about 18 months to make my decision over which headphones to purchase. I had spent countless hours in Curry's testing the headphones on offer.. Bose, Skullcandy, JVC's etc... and never really finding myself happy with how any of them sounded. Mr previous headphones were a pair of Panasonic DJ200's (I think) which I bought from Argos for less than £30. For the price these were excellent - not tinny and not too heavy on the bass. There were already a number of reviews here praising these headphones as being neutral which ultimately helped my decision. I had been so disappointed with many of the those I had tried in Curry's - Bose sounded screechy whilst others had so much bass you couldn't hear any other detail in the music. A previous reviewer had posted a link to some Youtube videos tested the headphones allowing you to compare the sound of the input against the output from the headphones using a dummy head and some pretty smart recording equipment - and these were the most neutral (I prefer 'faithful') sounding - and I guess that helped to swing it for me. The other factor was price - there was no way I could justify paying £300 or so for headphones but did eventually set myself a budget around the £120 - £150 mark. If I hadn't found anything within my budget I would have given up, so the £80 I paid for these was icing on the cake. I use these for movies on my tablet and they perform admirably but it is music where they excel, for everything from Rock to Classical music. Oh and if you are a fan of 80's Electro Funk - you really wont find anything better... Excellent headphones - more than happy to recommend. UPDATE 07/12/17 - Having had these headphones for 9 months now I thought I'd report back.... No problems whatsoever - no breakages, no damage to cushions, I use them every day either to listen to music or while watching videos on Youtube or iplayer and still find them comfortable, and if anything the sound is even better when they have had time to burn in properly. I didn't go above 80% for the first 20-30 hours of use and I think this is important. Unlike some other reviews, I don't find the cushions to be uncomfortable, I wear these with or without glasses and even with masking hearing aids for my tinnitus. As with all wired headphones the twisted cable can be a bit annoying, but I cant really see them being able to truly replicate the sound in a wireless pair. Still very happy, and definitely the best headphones I've purchased.

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Ridiculously good headphones
*by S***P on 18 February 2017*

Excellent set of cans, which have met and probably exceeded my expectations. Initially I was wanting some wireless cans, for use with my Denon mini system. One of the reasons for wanting wireless was to enable me sometimes to sit at the other end of the room. But to get the sound quality I was wanting, I was moving further and further upmarket, eventually looking at much more expensive Sennheisers, which in absolute terms I could afford, but whose cost (for something I could actually live without) I could not justify. So then I thought about wired ones instead. I wanted closed headphones (if I want to hear external noise and am happy to inflict what I am listening to on others, then I don't need headphones at all), and the M40X immediately appeared on my radar. I would have liked to try them before buying, as I do with all my other hifi & AV purchases. I spent a long time looking at what was available, trying them out, and would have been happy to buy in store anything that I might find that impressed me. But alas that was not to be. So finding nothing in the shops that worked for me, and having read many reviews, both on Amazon and elsewhere, I decided to get these. 100% satisfied! I already own and use a set of Sennheiser HD280 Pro, mainly on my main hifi system, and they were tested some years ago alongside many others before I bought, and cost me many years ago pretty much what they would cost me today. When I bought these M40X, I was able to test the two pairs side by side on both sound systems. No complaints at all about these - they come out of the comparison very well. So, specifics about these ones: FIT for me they fit very well, very easily, and are comfortable. We all have different shaped heads, so no one set of cans will suit everyone, but these seem pretty flexible to me in terms of adjustment. The earcups twist and rotate very easily, and the whole thing can collapse to quite compact. Go easily into the supplied soft pouch. CONSTRUCTION The practicality of a removable cable is less than it might seem, as only an A-T cable with its bespoke locking mechanism will fit. And as commented by another reviewer, surely it's better to let the cable come out if strained, rather than have it break. (I lost and expensive pair of in-ears like that.) BUT... it means I can use the straight cable rather than the coiled one! There are many of you who think that coiled cable is so much better, as it extends as required, but for me it's a pain - when extended it always tries to recoil itself and starts to tug on your head; and when not extended, because there is so much cable in a short linear distance, you can never forget the weight of the cable hanging off your left ear; and tangle-free? I have never yet had a coiled "tangle-free" cable, be it on a phone or a set of cans, that has not ended up in a tangled mass at some point and even as you try to untangle it, it fights back. But that's just my opinion, and with these cans you get the choice, as it comes supplied with both. APPEARANCE Black. I don't give a hoot what they look like - for me this is not a fashion item but part of my sound system, and function is far more important. So if you want some different colour, well, choose something else. But I am pleased that the money has been spend on solid construction and sound quality .... SOUND QUALITY My assessment is based on listening through a decent quality hifi amp to a source of known quality. Bass sounds like bass, treble like treble and midrange like midrange. I can hear no discernible coloration of the sound, so no addition to, nor substraction from, what is already in there. For me that is how I like my audio products. So yes, it means that if there are shortcomings, or even simply characteristics, in your source material then you will hear them. I have tried them with high quality FM, hiss-free but poor quality DAB, CD (old & new, rock, pop & classical), vinyl, and maximum available MP3 and WAV stored on a hard drive, connected where appropriate with good quality cables, so enough to made a balanced assessment. And my assessment is that I love them! Easy to listen to over a long period of time, and I keep wanting to try them with more and more. And the issue of listening at the other end of the room was solved by adding a QED 3m extension cable, which has had no effect on what I hear. Nine years on, and the outer coating on the earpads is coming off, leaving bits of black plastic everywhere. Fixed easily by a replacement set of earpads and headband, which actually feel better quality than the originals. So I can continue to use them!

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐ Great reference headphones, just slight reservation about the construction
*by J***. on 23 March 2021*

Sound If you want heavy subby bass, these aren't for you. if you want clear, clean accurate reference headphones, for mixing purposes, they're great and excellent value Construction the cups are articulated so that they can swivel and turn very easily. That's a great thing if you're a DJ trying to mix and hold over one ear I guess but it's slightly irritating when you just want a well-made, easy to put on your head pair of headphones. That said, the construction feels very good quality. Comfort I think I have a fairly big head and these do seem to clamp to my head quite tightly, but the padding is generous around the ears and the top head band. So I have worn these a few of times for a couple fo hours straight with no discomfort. Recording Being closed cup, they are great for recording vocals and we have found no bleed when singing even very closely to a mic Accessories Came with a nice quality pouch, but you do have to fold the headphones down to get them in. A great thing about these phones though is the interchangeable leads - long straight and shorter curled. I really like the locking plug that attaches to the headphones so you can't accidentally pull it out. Conclusion For the money these are really good quality headphones and would suit a studio or live situation very well. the folding up design is a very, very minor irritation for me that somebody else would really like. I know nothing about DJing and listen mostly to recorded live acoustic music, rather than digital. Would thoroughly recommend them

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