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the audio technica ath em 50s are among the finest headphones under $200 and have been compared to headphones of a much higher price and still come out on top but on video they've never been compared to monsters very finest they're top-of-the-line beats pros until now so just as a preview I have the lowest prices I can find in the description below this video but as of right now the m50 s run around a hundred and sixty dollars while monsters beats by dre run up around four hundred dollars so with the build the m50 s are a very highly adjustable and pretty comfortable pair of headphones actually I've worn them for hours on end doing all kinds of audio stuff and they're pretty soft on the inside and overall their build quality is right where it should be the beats pros are a very rigid pair of headphones on the other hand you can see that they're made almost entirely out of aluminum so they're very very sturdy but that means that they also don't adjust as much and they do try to make up for that with this very very very soft material on the headband and in the ear cups but they still hurt my head after listening for a shorter period of time than an 50s did both pairs of headphones are adjustable they have these little notches on the side so you can adjust them to the size of your head which is nice especially if you have a huge head or a massive never mind anyway one of the weird quirks about the beat pros is that they have a rigid circular ear cup which is not the natural shape of the ear the m50 is actually fit better with more of an oval ear Cup and another Hardware difference between the two that actually goes in favor of the beats this time is that the m50 s don't have a removable audio cable while the beats pros have two audio jacks and a removable cable which allows you to daisy chain multiple headphones together and listen to the same audio source that being said the cables itself are mostly the same just the monster cable is red yes red oh and the cable is a bit shorter with the beats and also just FYI the beats pros have a special feature that DJs around the world will probably never use but they can swivel ear cuffs back as you can see honestly it's not that hard to just brush your hand back and move the the ear cup back without the hinge but hey it's it's a feature for your for inner DJ no but I've honestly never seen someone buy a pair of headphones for this feature but it could be you you could be that Mouse you boss mode boss level type bow status bow okay I'm done both pairs of headphones come with these soft carrying pouches the monster cable one being a little bit more flashy red and black and everything with the audio technica one being a little bit more subdued just a chilled gray color but when it really all comes down to it people are in it for one main reason and that's audio quality that's why people spend hundreds of dollars on headphones is because they're trying to get better sound quality generally and to be perfectly honest the m50 sound better than the Beats prosed hmm I thought I was gonna get punched in the face for saying that high five or don't hit your screen just or thumbs up on this video do you know how many people I see walking around like this like this and like this seriously really then I even plugged in you're making these a $400 fashion accessory a $400 necklace please don't do that I admit it in this swag category these are hands-down amazing looking okay I got it I can't do this anymore these are amazing looking headphones they are hands-down classy Bravo these are sexy if you value that category at all yeah these are excellent headphones but in every other category it's the em 50s that take the top mark and that's really where the value comes in is when you really decide how much you're going to spend on headphones and where you're going to put your money yeah that's what you want to consider so what I'm asked which is better I generally recommend the EM 50s to people who value sound the most so the N fifties have a very balanced very accurate very crisp punchy sound very rich bass these make excellent studio monitors people who want to listen to music and hear things that they've never heard in a song before that were mixed in if you value this rock solid build quality and you don't mind paying a little extra for the name and you know you really don't like the looks of the EM 50s and you don't mind the slightly overpowering bass or the lack of mids and some of the comfort issues and you don't mind the price premium then you should probably go with the beats pros either way there's been mkbhd if you like this video give it a thumbs up that really does help me out and I appreciate it and just a quick shout-out thank you guys for all the people who have subscribed to my videos at the past couple weeks it's been quite an interesting growth pattern but good to see you guys new people on board either way thanks for watching this video and uh mkbhd signing out peace