Audio-Technica ATH-M30 Closed-Back Headphones

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Brand	Audio-Technica
Color	Black
Connectivity Technology	Wired
Model Name	ATH-M30
Form Factor	Over Ear

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Exceptional clarity and sonic accuracy for mixing
High power handling for tracking sessions
Circumaural design ensures superior isolation
Adjustable cushioned headband and lightweight design for maximum comfort
Gold-plated 1/8" (3.5 mm) stereo connector with strain relief and professional screw-on 1/4" (6.3 mm) adapter

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Sold By	Available from these sellers	Adorama	PHOTOTECH	Amazon.com	Amazon.com	AVBYFP
Color	Black	Black	Black	Black	Black	Black
Fit Type	On-Ear	Circumaural	over-ear	Over-Ear	Circumaural	over-ear
Headphones Form Factor	Over Ear	Over Ear	On Ear	Over Ear	Over Ear	Over Ear
Item Dimensions	10 x 4 x 11.5 inches	11.4 x 10 x 4.1 inches	6.69 x 4.33 x 7.48 inches	1 x 1 x 1 inches	11.4 x 10 x 4.1 inches	11.4 x 10 x 4.1 inches
Item Weight	1.05 lbs	7.80 ounces	0.66 lbs	0.50 lbs	6.70 ounces	0.52 lbs
Special Features	lightweight, volume-control	Model Sealed Dynamic Type	Lightweight	foldable	Output Sound Pressure Level 96Db/Mw	foldable

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A perfect choice for project studio engineers, home recordists and recording musicians, Audio-Technica’s ATH-M30 dynamic stereo headphones offer the highest level of sonic accuracy in a design engineered to provide maximum comfort for hours of listening. The headphones' low-profile, closed-back design provides exceptional clarity and superior isolation in high-volume listening situations. Features include: neodymium magnet structure; lightweight, adjustable cushioned headband; gold-plated stereo 1/8" (3.5 mm) connector with strain relief and screw-on ¼" (6.3 mm) adapter; ultra-flexible 11' cable with single-side exit.

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ATH-M30 Closed-back Dynamic Stereo Monitor Headphones

ATH-M30 Key Features:

Exceptional clarity and sonic accuracy for mixing
High power handling for tracking sessions
Circumaural design ensures superior isolation
40 mm diameter drivers, neodymium magnets and CCAW voice coils
Adjustable cushioned headband and lightweight design for maximum comfort
OFC litz wire cable, convenient one-side exit
Gold-plated 1/8" (3.5 mm) stereo connector with strain relief and professional screw-on 1/4" (6.3 mm) adapter

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Type: Closed-back dynamic
Drive Diameter: 40 mm
Magnet: Neodymium
Voice Coil: Copper-clad aluminum wire
Frequency Respons:e 20-20,000 Hz
Maximum Input Power: 1,600 mW at 1 kHz
Sensitivity: 100 dB
Impedance: 65 ohms
Weight: 7.0 oz (200 g) without cable
Cable: 11' (3.4 m), OFC litz wire, left-side exit
Connector: 1/8" (3.5 mm) with screw-on 1/4" (6.3 mm) adapter

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Product Dimensions

10 x 4 x 11.5 inches

Item Weight

1.05 pounds

Manufacturer

audio-technica

ASIN

B00007E7C8

Item model number

ATH-M30

Customer Reviews

2,728 ratings

4.4 out of 5 stars

Best Sellers Rank

#3,747 in Over-Ear Headphones

Is Discontinued By Manufacturer

Date First Available

October 2, 2001

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Long Lasting, Wow.

Reviewed in the United States on June 4, 2019

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Alright, so let me tell you the reason I'm writing this review. I purchased these sometime back in 2013.

I don't review many items.
When I do, It's because I gave it plenty of opportunity to break or develop some sort of flaw.
I won't write a review unless I'm very pleased or very disappointed.

These. Are. Amazing.

Since their arrival, I've used them almost daily (sometimes weekly, given the things that happen over the course of 6 years).

Sound Quality: They provide the sound exactly as it is. No enhancement, no filtering, no gain, just a very impressive range of sound.

Comfort: They're comfortable for those who don't wear glasses. If you wear glasses, you'll notice some minor discomfort after about 1 hour.

Durability: I can't believe it. Seriously. I've moved to 3 different houses since purchasing these.
I've run over the cord with a rolling chair on accident hundreds.. Err, actually probably thousands of times. On a hardwood floor, even. I've dropped them, gotten the cord caught in a vacuum (my wife, not me), plugged and unplugged them from audio ports, I mean I CANNOT STRESS THIS ENOUGH. THESE ARE DURABLE.

I promise you, when these develop any flaw at all, I'll update this review.
10/10 wouldn't reduce my 5-star rating if these fell apart today, would definitely buy again.

Thank you, Audio Technica for making one of the few things in this world that impress me.

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icecold0027

Audio-Technica ATH-M30 vs. Sony MDR-XB500

Reviewed in the United States on February 22, 2013

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I bought both of these headphones at the same time, not sure of what I wanted. I like bass response but also audio clarity. My review is based off of sound and comfort. I'll start with comfort because that's easiest.

Comfort:
Even the best sounding headphones absolutely suck if they hurt after only 30 minutes of listening. This is the case I found with the M30s vs. the XB500s. After wearing the M30s for about 45 minutes, my ears began to get irritated. I cannot say the same for the XB500s. It's like the XB500s have two pillows resting against your ears. Comfort for the XB500s scores 5/5...the M30s get a 3/5. I feel like I could sleep in the XB500s. They are perhaps the best headphones I've experienced from a comfort standpoint.

Sound:
Sound quality is why we buy headphones. In my opinion, the quality of the M30s far surpassed the XB500s.In fact, the XB500s are already packed up and ready to be shipped back to Amazon (thank you for the awesome return policy and service Amazon). Don't stop reading now. The only reason the XB500s are going back is because bass isn't my fancy. Here are three different songs I listened to in testing the cans:

T.I. - Whatever You Like:
XB500 - Impressive. If you are a bass junkie, these are awesome cans. I like this song but it doesn't have a lot of audio components to it. I selected it because it's bass heavy. The XB500s definitely won hands down with this track.
M30 - Bass response was not bad by any means. The Sony's crushed them but they performed pretty well but didn't even come close to hanging with the Sony's. Again, the bass notes hit well but these headphones are made for an "all around sound". They got dominated it the bass arena.

Adele - Set Fire to the Rain:
XB500 - This song tells a completely different story."Set Fire to the Rain" has a decent bass line but the XB500s took it way to far. It was so much so that it was distracting to the lyrics. Mids and highs were completely drown out by the bass.
M30 - Seems like a perfect harmony of highs and lows for these headphones. The bass notes hit but not to heavy. Near the end of the song, I noticed notes and chords that I have not noticed before.

Call of Duty - Modern Warefare 3:
XB500 - I played this with a colleague of mine the day I got both headphones. The XB500s were awesome when firing the light machine gun. It somewhat felt like I had the actual gun in my hand because my head was literally felling every shot from the sound. The ambient sound was ok. Nothing was pronounced.
M30 - I must say I tip my hat to the XB500s in this example. I appreciated the response when firing the light machine gun but it was nowhere near the Sony's. The highlight with these was the clarity. I could easily pick up on the location of enemies (right, left, front, and back) of enemies based from the sounds. While I loved firing the light machine gun with the Sony's, the clarity of the M30s gave me a better advantage.

Bottom line:
The M30s win this battle because they are an excellent value. The XB500s will be returned, however, they are extremely comfortable and a great headphone but the bass was too overpowering. I will most likely return the M30s as well because of comfort even though they sound great. I'm listening to music while writing this review and they are already hurting my ear. Sound quality of the M30s is great...comfort, not so much (for me that is).I will be getting a set of V-Moda M-80s headphones (not the same price range I know). I haven't purchased them yet so look for my review over there shortly.

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Peter

Good for the price, but nothing special

Reviewed in the United States on May 15, 2014

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I'm a picky person when it comes to audio. I have found over the years what the majority will rate as great sound quality usually is not because most people have never experienced truly great sound quality. So the really good stuff doesn't get the most top reviews because it is usually doesn't get the marketing hype.

Instead you have to know what to listen for to appreciate it, and more often than not the most expensive or most popular item is far from the best. One of my overall tests is when you hear falws in the musician's performances! When you have good sound quality reproduction you often can pick out a slightly muffed-up note or a kicked mike stand that you never noticed before. I use known flaws I've found in recordings to check out new gear. With "regular" quality stuff you will never hear it (because the producer didn't mean for you to hear it) but with really good stuff: there it is! Just as if the musician was perfroming right in front of you. If you know audio stuff you know what I am talking about.

I bought these headphones for outdoor work. I expect to trash them, so I wasn't looking to spend much. I also wasn't expecting superior audio reproduction at this price, but some of the reviews were encouraging so I settled on these.

The build quality is OK. As mentioned elsewhere the cable is very long. A plus in the old days when your stereo wouldn't fit in your shirt pocket, but a little too much by today's standards.

The ear cups are too small in diamenter to completely cover my ears, which are of very normal size. That is annoying because they are an over the ear design that is defeated if they won't go over your ears. The foam is comfortable enough, nothing fancy.
The head band is padded and is comfortable with a good range of adjustment. Sound isolation is moderate to poor.

The highs notes are a little overdone sounding all hiss and sizzle. The lows are a little muddy. The midrange is unremarkable.
The net result is an impression of inexpensive headphones, which these are. I think they are just fine since I didn't pay much for them, but the glowing reviews of their superior sound quality are simply not justified. They are good, not great. Not even close.

I would not buy another pair but that is based more on the lack of fit for my ears and the poor sound isolation, not the modest sound reproduction quality nor the quite adequate build qulaity.

Peter

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Manuel

Not the best budget headphones I had.

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on April 2, 2020

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For fairness I will compare this headphones only with other cheap headphones I owned:
Very average in everything.
The sound is very metallic and basses are super week.
They are quite comfortable at first but as soon are the foam looses its properties (the ability to go back to its original volume), it took a year for me, the inner part (the speakers) gets in touch with your ears and it becomes uncomfortable.
I would go with a different product for the same money.

Liedson

Excellent sound

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on August 2, 2013

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I have been using this pair of headphones for all kind of tasks: audio recording, listen to music, podcasts. They are very good for anything that involves voice, especially podcasts or tutorials because they are extremly light and confortable.

Comfort can be subjective. I say this because they compress your ears, which is great for sound isolation but can be quite unpleasant if you have big ears. In that case i would recommend something more open in terms of design like the Sennheiser HD 518.

Sound quality is simply amazing. You can clearly hear every instrument separately. Highs and mids are splendid. Bass is strong but you can only hear it, not feel it. It won't make your ears vibrate or anything like that. Still, it will make you hear new sounds in your favourite songs. Even songs like dubstep, it's a pleasure to hear in these headphones cause, unlike most headphones, voice is clear and vivid and so is the bass.

If you like music as much as i do, these headphones will be just the beginning. You will be so satisfied that eventually you will be wanting to escalate the sound quality and jump to new headphones like the ATH-M50.

Amazing headphones to start in the world of true sound quality.

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dgpictures

Great all round head phones

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on February 7, 2012

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I was looking for a reasonably priced set of quality multipurpose headphones and I couldn't have been happier when I got these out the box.

I've been holding off writing review for a few months because I wanted to give them a good testing period to see what they were like to live with, and I can report that I'm still as happy with them now as I was when they arrived.

I've used them as monitor headphones within my video editing set up in a studio environment and out on location during video production. But I'm also using them as my casual headphones for listing to my music and online videos.
The set has a decent cable length long enough to allow me movement when working, but also short enough not to become too much of a hindrance when using them casually. The cable feels quality too, nice and thick and terminated in a pleasingly heavy metal jack plug, gold plated of course.

I'm no audiophile, but I know there a many reviews online describing the precise details of the head phones sound quality, all I can say is that the detail and depth of the sound produced by these far surpasses anything else I own. I would also like to highlight the isolating qualities of these headphones, ok they're not as effective as Beyer headsets that I've used, but for the price and portability, these certainly hold their corner.

I have read other people's concerns about the protruding wires above the ear cups that connect across the head band, however unless you're planning to drag them through something similar to a thorn bush, I fail to see how they could be damaged in regular use, mine have been shoved and crammed into many bags and have suffered no ill effects.

In conclusion, quality, comfortable, reliable and affordable.

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Dominic Shaw

:Headphones that more worthy than the price suggests

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on April 27, 2013

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I doubt the quality at first but they are amazing :)

Really gets you immersed into your music thanks to the fact that they built for monitoring professional music :)

Best for iPod Classics, PCs and Macs I say.

Only downside is the length of the wire, yet that can be forgive :)

Though I do hope that in the future Audio-Technica make an update version of these headphones with less wire length, I still say get these now as they are so much better than for example - SkullCandy headphones (Break too easily; resulting in you spending more than £100 on the brand like me to discover the headphones are not good for everyday music listeners).

If you get warranty with these headphones as well, you likely save money (Yet, not needed to be honest as to this day they still working well with little to none wear and tear)

GET THE Audio-Technica ATH-M30 Closed Back Dynamic Stereo Monitor Headphones NOW :D

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Alen

I have had it for 4 years now

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on September 24, 2014

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I bought it from right here about 4 years ago and it is unbelievable how durable it is.. despite the fact that i dont even handle it with care.. it still is working perfectly fine and I have bought other headfones after this and they have broken much faster than this. of course its not invisible which would be ridiculous haha i had the tiny wire snapped which directly connects to the speakers ... but well being a bit of tech guy i soildered it myself and it works fine again man!

and yeah i also had the handles that hold the cans but i used a SUGRU product to fix it and now its even more better than before... well excellent product man! AUDIO TECHNICA YOU GUYS ARE FREAKING RIDICULOUSLY GOOD MAN KEEP IT UP

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