I recently saw that Finneas (Billie Eilish's brother and an incredibly talented producer) mains the M50x as his studio monitors. They are probably one of the best $200 you can spend for audio related things.

(Forward to 5:50) https://youtu.be/WmPZLz5k-Lc?si=Zm-gokaE9sNQZisl

[–] euphoric_cat@lemmy.blahaj.zone 1 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago)

i believe it. after i got my pair i started seeing everyone use them, kinda like that spiderman pointing meme. even well respected people, on the mkbhd podcast, everywhere. the mic thing your right about though

[–] Betty_Boopie@lemmy.world 1 points 7 months ago

Using a headphone in production =/= a good headphone.

Cans for mixing have a compleptly different sound signature than for music enjoyment. Unless you just love trebble, stuff like beyerdynamic and m50x are atrocious sounding.

They are a resolving headphone for sure, and very well built. They're not a bad headphone per-se but for normal folks they really need to stop being recommended so much.

Stuff like the Philips shp9500 and akg K371 are way more enjoyable, cheaper, and still pretty much indestructible. But the true advice is that audio is subjective as fuck, try out some stuff and find what you like. Trust your ears, not some dude on the Internet