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hey what is up guys I'm Kay PhD here and these are the successor to what I called the best headphones under $200 period so these are the audio technica ath m50x so in case you're unfamiliar the m50 s have been among the highest rated pairs of headphones out there and continually come down in price actually from north of 200 bucks all the way down to less than 120 US dollars on Amazon so the big question now here with the m50x is how are these different from the m50 s and is that difference worth it I say worth it because the m50x is actually a little bit higher price now they come in at 189 bucks brand-new still under $200 but they definitely cost a little more so here's the deal they have the same awesome build quality the same attention to detail the same super flexible and very portable design ideas and if you're looking at them from afar you probably really couldn't even tell the difference between these and the m50 s except for the little m50x badge on the side of these headphones but really the biggest difference here between the m50x and the m50 is actually the cabling so you might have noticed by now that I've been holding the m50x with no cable attached these guys come out of the box with no cables attached to them at all there's a three-and-a-half millimeter headphone jack empty on the left-hand side to plug in some audio and and the box they come with three different cables included and this may actually be the reason for the slightly higher price so you get a 1.2 meter straight cable a 3 meter straight cable which is actually 9 feet really long and at one point two meter coiled cable which is my personal favorite so you pick the cable you want to use grab the end that has the line on it match it up with the left-hand side of the headphones twist and lock it into place and now you have audio now because of this locking mechanism you actually can't use any third-party headphone cables can't use those beats by dre cables so you have to use one of the three provided but what's nice is they're actually color matching with the headphones you buy so for the three different colors of the m50x there's white black and this new blue color there's actually color matching cables and a bag that I happen to think look really good with that blue version looks pretty sweet so that's really what the m50x is all about outside of that there are other minor differences you know the top band of the headphone and the headphone cups actually feel a bit softer and more comfortable while keeping that great noise isolating seal the top end also feels a little bit more flexible too so not as tight on your head so you can have an even more ridiculously large head but with the audio quality and that sonic signature they've taken it if it ain't broke don't fix it approach the m50 s had an excellent balanced rich sound with really rich deep lows balanced mids detailed highs the m50x have that exact same excellent balanced rich sound so I love that and for those asking I've been using the m50 s for a number of years now for travelling airplanes audio monitoring while recording a video editing just about everything and I love them for that and that's a testament to how great the sound is from these sub $200 cans you know these m50x don't need an amp they can sound great with your phone they're very portable because they fold just like the m50 s and they're closed back and have a great noise isolating seal when they're on their head they're very comfortable it checks pretty much all the boxes and if you're gonna spend any sort of serious money on headphones this is definitely something to look at for sure so I guess what we're trying to say here is the bottom line is these headphones yes are an amazingly good buy they're a great idea to purchase if you have the ath em 50s then they might not be necessarily a huge reason to upgrade unless you really want that removable cable there's also a mod I'll link that right below the like button of the ath M 50s that have a removable cable mod so it doesn't have the lock and twist mechanism but you can buy em 50s with a removable cable and you will still get that slightly lower price so you might want to check that out I'll have all the important stuff linked below so you can get the m50 X's the EM 50s or the em 50s with a removable cable anyway that's been it thank you guys for watching hope you enjoy it and I'll talk to you guys in the next video peace