Hey everyone, it's Lachlan from Lachlan Likes A Thing, and I'm here with an unboxing of
the new Audio Technica ATH-M50x in the limited edition royal blue colour.
First of all let me say thank you so much to Audio Technica Australia.
They've actually given me this unit to keep.
And as a bit of an Audio Technica fanboy myself this is a really exciting oppurtunity because
the M50 - the original M50 - was one of the first full sized headphone, actually it WAS
the first full sized headphone that I ever bought.
And it was my, and it was one of the beginnings of my entry into this whole crazy world of
headphone collecting.
So let's get right into it but again this is the limited edition so it comes in this
blue and tan colour.
I don't know how many units of the limited edition are being produced in the world.
I know that Australia was allocated about 300 and in the past Audio Technica has done
runs for about 3000, for example, for the 50th Anniversary version of the Pro700MK2.
All I know is that I'm one of the lucky ones to get this very very unusual and very very
cool colour.
So let's open the box.
Don't think we'll need any scissors for this thankfully.
We're just going to be able to flip it right open.
There we go.
And then we have this very minimalistic kind of Audio Technica logo here.
And here are the headphones.
Wow they look absolutely stunning actually.
You just don't see this kind of coloration on the headphone.
Obviously they normally come in kind of black or blue but nothing like this particularly
distinctive combination, Even the carrying case is colour co-ordinated in the same kind
of tan colour.
So as you see here, really nice looking stuff.
And then the instruction manual etc etc.
So we'll put these aside.
And then we have the headphones here.
Now the M50 is probably Audio Technica's most iconic headphone and you know, it pretty much
would get any one'd head turning as soon as Audio Technica announced they would be doing
a new version of the M50.
And this is the M50x.
Now as you can see this limited edition colour - I dunno, not everyone may like this colour
combination but I think it looks absolutely gorgeous and just something really really
quite different.
Now with the M50X it, the major chance they made with the M50x was the use of a detachable
cable.
And you can see the cable entry point here.
Now initially I wasn't as excited about the M50x because the initial reviews suggested
that it would not be that much different from the M50.
But recently Tyll over at Innerfidelity did a review of the M50X and he found with his
measurements and his own listening that they have improved the sound.
Some of the tolerance, some of the actual technical aspects of the sound with the M50x.
Now I don't know if this is production variation due to the measurements he was doing or they
really tightened up some of the things after many many years of producing these headphones.
But I won't complain, I'm certainly excited to have a chance to listen to these.
We'll just look at the cables, again they are in this really wonderful blue colour.
We get the coiled cable and the 3m straight cable.
But the new edition to the line is actually the, I believe 1.5m?
I'll have to double check on that.
But it is a cable that is more suitable for portable use because it is of a shorter length.
So about 1.2 or 1.3 meters actually.
So I've often said that the M50 is a great headphone but it's too often suggested as
a portable headphone and given the original version's either heavy coiled cable or very
long straight cable, I found it unsuitable for that application.
But clearly Audio Technica has learnt that people are using these as portable headphones
because they've chosen to include a portable cable in the box.
And as you can see here, the connector is 2.5mm.
I think it is definitely a proprietary kind of plug.
So it may be difficult to find an aftermarket cable for this, not that I think you would
want to for the limited edition because you'd want that colour.
But it just slots in here, there's a locking mechanism.
So, yeah - you know here we have the limited edition blue.
I think this looks absolutely fantastic.
I will leave any first impressions I have of the sound in the description of this video,
so just check that out below, sorry I had to move my hand into an awkward position there
- check that out below, down here.
And thanks again to all my regular subscribers.
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And happy listening, I know I will be having a great time with these!