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English colour name not stored, since the maker's English page could not be read"}},{"url":"https://www.audio-technica.co.jp/product/ATH-M50xBB","kind":"manufacturer_page","accessed":"2026-10-06","fields":["model_numbers","variants"],"notes":{"model_numbers":"ATH-M50xBB is a limited production model in metallic blue with matte black, with the same specification table as ATH-M50x. Japanese release date 2018-04-13. No JAN code is published","variants":"Same driver, response, sensitivity, impedance, weight, plug and cables as ATH-M50x. English colour name not stored, since the maker's English page could not be read"}},{"url":"https://www.audio-technica.co.jp/pdf/support/ATH-M20x-50x_UM.pdf","kind":"manual","accessed":"2026-10-07","fields":["manual_url","warranty_years"],"notes":{"manual_url":"Shared ATH-M50x, ATH-M40x, ATH-M30x and ATH-M20x user manual. Mostly pictures with Japanese text","warranty_years":"Japanese warranty certificate on PDF page 1: one year from purchase. This is Japan coverage, not a global warranty claim."}},{"url":"https://www.prosoundweb.com/audio-technica-introduces-next-generation-m-series-headphones/","kind":"press","accessed":"2026-10-06","fields":["release_date","launch_price_usd","series","markets","variants"],"notes":{"release_date":"Audio-Technica launch text published 2014-02-07: the new M-Series headphones are available February 2014","launch_price_usd":"U.S. MSRP: ATH-M50x $239 and ATH-M50xWH $239. Street prices were lower","series":"Audio-Technica has remastered its M-Series line of professional monitor headphones","markets":"U.S. MSRP published for the launch","variants":"Same $239 U.S. MSRP for ATH-M50x and ATH-M50xWH"}},{"url":"https://www.thomannmusic.com/audio_technica_ath_m50_x.htm","kind":"retailer","accessed":"2026-10-06","fields":["release_date","form_factor","driver_magnet","earpad_material","in_the_box"],"notes":{"release_date":"Available since February 2014","form_factor":"Circumaural. Design: Over-Ear","driver_magnet":"45 mm driver with neodymium magnet system and CCAW voice coils","earpad_material":"Earpads made of faux leather","in_the_box":"Includes 6.3 mm adaptor and bag. The page also lists Peak SPL 99 dB and Max. SPL 97 dB, which were not used"}},{"url":"https://www.musiciansfriend.com/pro-audio/audio-technica-ath-m50x-closed-back-studio-monitoring-headphones","kind":"retailer","accessed":"2026-10-06","fields":["colors","status","markets","variants"],"notes":{"colors":"Colour options Black and White. The maker's Japanese page names the white model WH (ホワイト)","status":"In stock in the US store on the access date","markets":"US store","variants":"UPC 4961310125455 on the White option, matching the maker's JAN code for ATH-M50x WH"}},{"url":"https://www.soundguys.com/audio-technica-ath-m50x-592/","kind":"review_site","accessed":"2026-10-07","fields":["form_factor","wearing_style","foldable","anc","measured_frequency_response_notes","microphone_type","connection_types","cable_connector_headset_side","passive_wired_listening","wireless_receiver","charging_port","volume_control","carrying_case","frame_material","earpad_inner_dimensions_mm","ear_cup_material"],"notes":{"form_factor":"Reviewed under Over-ear headphones","wearing_style":"Metal notched headband adjustments with hinges for folding and fit","foldable":"You can flip the closed-back ear cups 90 degrees in either direction from neutral, and the arms articulate to fold it down","anc":"Passive isolation only, without active noise cancelling","measured_frequency_response_notes":"SoundGuys measurement against its house curve. 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This describes the mixed structural construction, not the ear pad covering.","earpad_inner_dimensions_mm":"Spec table: Ear pad internal opening 65 x 60 mm. Text: about 6.5 cm x 6 cm of space around the ears. The page does not name the axes. Read as height 65 and width 60, since an ear is taller than wide. Depth is not stated","ear_cup_material":"Mainly plastic body with metal only in the notched headband adjustments. Matches the DJ Booth review"}},{"url":"https://www.musicradar.com/news/tech/namm-2014-audio-technica-reveals-new-m-series-headphones-591670","kind":"press","accessed":"2026-10-07","fields":["announce_date"],"notes":{"announce_date":"January 2014. Article published January 23 reproduces the maker launch release dated January 20. The month is stored because other January previews predate the release date."}},{"url":"https://docs.audio-technica.com/eu/DOC_ATH-M20x_30x_40x_50x.pdf","kind":"manufacturer_pdf","accessed":"2026-10-07","fields":["spec_sheet_url","other_certifications","max_input_power_mw"],"notes":{"spec_sheet_url":"Official technical construction file. ATH-M50x specifications are on PDF page 7. Image-only PDF, checked visually after OCR.","other_certifications":"Self-declaration on PDF page 9 lists RoHS Directive 2011/65/EU and EN50581:2012. This is manufacturer conformity, not independent certification.","max_input_power_mw":"PDF page 7: 1600 mW at 1 kHz. The existing value is unchanged."}},{"url":"https://www.ifixit.com/Teardown/Audio-Technica+ATH-M50x+Teardown/135646","kind":"review_site","accessed":"2026-10-07","fields":["drivers_per_side","earpad_attachment"],"notes":{"drivers_per_side":"Complete speaker disassembly in steps 2 and 3 removes one speaker. Step 4 repeats those steps for the other earpiece. No extra sound transducer is listed.","earpad_attachment":"Step 1 removes the cushion compression fitting from its track. The pad perimeter stretches over the cup edge into a groove. This is not a clip or twist-lock pad mount."}},{"url":"https://www.mixonline.com/technology/audio-technica-ath-m-series-headphone-ear-pads-review","kind":"review_site","accessed":"2026-10-07","fields":["earpad_attachment"],"notes":{"earpad_attachment":"Replacement-pad installation slides the lip into the small groove on the perimeter of the cup and stretches the pad during mounting. This independently explains the original-pad compression fitting described in iFixit step 1."}},{"url":"https://www.rtings.com/headphones/reviews/audio-technica/ath-m50x","kind":"measurement","accessed":"2026-10-10","fields":["measured_bass_amount_db","measured_treble_amount_db"],"notes":{"measured_bass_amount_db":"Test bench 2.3. Public featured result Bass Amount: Balanced (0 dB), relative to the RTINGS target curve, as shown in whole dB. Detailed numeric results are behind the RTINGS paywall and were not used","measured_treble_amount_db":"Test bench 2.3. Public featured result Treble Amount: Balanced (0 dB), relative to the RTINGS target curve, as shown in whole dB. Detailed treble sub-band results are behind the RTINGS paywall and were not used"}},{"url":"https://djbooth.net/pro-audio/audio-technica-ath-m50x/","kind":"review_site","accessed":"2026-10-21","fields":["ear_cup_material","headband_material"],"notes":{"ear_cup_material":"Review of July 2014: the ear cups are plastic-framed, and the headphones are almost all plastic including the hinge and swivel points. 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