Audio-Technica ATH-R50X Professional Open Back Headphone

Overview

Designed to tackle all types of professional audio production, the ATH-R50x offers a wide, open-back sound with extended bass and accurate upper midrange, providing a clarity and punch that’s perfect for a variety of critical-listening tasks.

The ATH-R50x professional open-back reference headphones are designed to provide a natural listening experience with an expansive soundstage that’s ideal for all manner of critical-listening tasks. The headphones’ drivers are modelled after those in the original ATH-R70x, now re-engineered to deliver bass that’s surprisingly powerful for an open-back model, while bringing vocals and lead instruments forward with natural clarity that preserves overall balance. Additionally, the fully open earcups provide greater comfort than closed-back models.

Features

Authentic Open-Back Sound: Unrestricted Driver Performance for Natural Audio Reproduction
The ATH-R50x headphones are engineered to deliver pure, powerful sound directly from the transducer, offering an authentic open-air experience with minimal distortion. The broad, realistic soundstage with extended low-frequency and a clear midrange is the result of Audio-Technica transducer design with very little additional tuning or damping.

Designed for Demanding Audio Production
Open-back headphones provide detail and accuracy, reproducing sound with lifelike timbre and dynamic nuance for a truly immersive and natural listening experience. The ATH-R50x is a pair of professional reference headphones designed to transition easily from the studio to home and everywhere in between, giving engineers and other audio pros an excellent option for all their projects.

Precise and Spacious Open-Back Sound
Perfect for mixing, mastering, or creating—in the studio or at home—the ATH-R50x is the perfect all-around production tool, delivering accurate and dependable reference across stereo, surround, and immersive formats.

Custom Comfort
The lightweight design of the ATH-R50x is a testament to streamlined engineering, where each component is meticulously chosen and assembled to enhance its minimalistic aesthetic. The new headband and lightweight construction combine to provide a comfortable, long-lasting tool built for extended use.

- Professional open-back reference headphones with extended bass and accurate midrange provide exceptional all-around performance for demanding audio production
- Fully open-back design allows unrestricted airflow to eliminate internal resonance and provide extremely quick transient response
- Proprietary 45 mm large-aperture drivers with rare earth magnets and copper-clad aluminum wire voice coils
- High-efficiency magnets and pure alloy magnetic circuit design reduce distortion and ensure accurate and extended high-frequency response
- Acoustically transparent, aluminum honeycomb-mesh housings provide a natural and spacious open-back sound
- Lightweight (207 g) design ensures long-lasting comfort
- Detachable 3.0 m cable with 2.5 mm twist-lock connectors at the headphones and 3.5 gold-plated stereo mini-plug
- Includes a 6.3 mm adapter and a carrying pouch

Specifications

Type: Open-back reference
Driver: 45 mm
Sensitivity: 93.3 dB/mW
Frequency response: 5 to 40,000 Hz
Maximum input power: 1,600 mW
Impedance: 50 ohms
Input jack:  3.5 mm (1/8”) stereo headphone jack
Weight (without cable): Approx. 207 g (7.3 oz)
Included accessories
     Detachable cable (3.0 m (9.8’) / 3.5 mm (1/8”) gold-plated stereo mini-plug)
     Detachable cable (1.2 m (3.9’) / 3.5 mm (1/8”) gold-plated stereo mini-plug)
     6.3 mm (1/4”) stereo adapter
     Pouch