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

Product Information

All Audio-Technica products come with a one year warranty as standard meaning you can enjoy your product safe in the knowledge that you’re covered. Like most headphones without active noise canceling (ANC) technology, the ATH-M30x relies purely on analog passive isolation. With each one consisting of rare earth magnets and copper-clad aluminium voice coils, the ATH-M30x ensures a sonic precision unlike any other.

The biggest difference is that the M40x is definitely more neutral in the treble range, where the M30x lack a lot of detail and brightness. Guitar Guitar Limited trading as guitarguitar acts as a credit broker not a lender and is Authorised and Regulated by the Financial Conduct Authority, firm registration number 742103.I’m a serial apartment drummer, having lived in apartments for the last 15 years or so and trying to keep up my drumming chops at the same time. The noise attenuation is decent so you can focus more on the sound module than the tapping on the pads. For over 50 years Audio-Technica has worked alongside leading figures in sports and music broadcast to develop and hone a range of products that deliver on the highest level. The headphones have a circumaural, around-the-ear design that provides sound isolation in loud environments. All Audio-Technica products purchased from Audio-Technica Europe are guaranteed for one year from the date of purchase to be free of defects in materials and workmanship.

Clamping force seems to lean more towards loose for what traditionally would get deemed monitoring headphones.Today, their product rang offers a wide variety of microphones, headphones, and turntables as well as many other accessories. The bass line still came through very clearly and every single element that built up to the climax could still come through clean. Unlike in-ear monitors, over-ear cans are less finicky about achieving that and therefore, you get a more predictable outcome. The ATH-M30x is mainly plastic, which keeps things lightweight, with metal reinforcements in the headband. It sounds less boxy than the ATH-M20X headphones, but it feels like it’s lacking a little bit in clarity.

It’s not too bad for casual listening at home either, so long as you’re game for the aforementioned long cable. While the ATH-M40x has more volume in the mids and high bass frequencies, it also under-emphasizes around 2kHz. The ATH-M30x will probably make you feel like you got the better deal because it can do most of the same things for less money.A self-made man and audiophile, Hidéo Matsushita was the former Director of the Tokyo Museum of Modern Art. Each one utilises rare earth magnets and copper-clad aluminium voice coils to ensure a precise aural experience. While neither of the M-series headphones are perfectly “flat”, to my ears, the M30x sound the most balanced. Of course, it all depends on what you’d rather do with the extra money you’d save by choosing the cheaper one.