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Audio-Technica
Audio-Technica is a Japanese audio company founded in 1962 by Hideo Matsushita — originally a phono-cartridge maker, now a broad manufacturer of headphones, microphones, and turntables. Its studio monitor headphones are a long-running industry staple.
- Founded
- 1962
- Headquarters
- Machida, Tokyo, Japan
- Known for
- Studio headphones & microphones
- Reviews
- 6 reviews
Latest reviews
Headphone· $169· 2026-08-03Audio-Technica ATH-R50x
The $169 open-back that half its reviewers call dead neutral and the measurements call gently V-shaped.
12 sourcesconsensus 757 contested
Headphone· $149· 2026-07-21Audio-Technica ATH-AD700X
The cult 'gaming' open-back — a huge, airy stage and no bass — that half the room calls a legend and half calls an urban legend.
11 sourcesconsensus 604 contested
Headphone· $109· 2026-07-15Audio-Technica ATH-M40x
Bought for being flatter than the M50x — a reputation its own measurements only half support.
13 sourcesconsensus 606 contested
- Headphone· $349
Audio-Technica ATH-R70xa
Audio-Technica's featherweight reference open-back, reborn punchier and brighter than the R70x — a mixing favourite that still needs a real amp and splits the room on its new headband.
consensus 749 sources2026-07-11 - Headphone· $299
Audio-Technica ATH-R70x
The underrated, featherlight reference open-back that wants a real amp — and still splits the room on bass, comfort and value.
consensus 728 sources2026-07-09 - Headphone· $150
Audio-Technica ATH-M50x
The default 'first good headphone' of the 2010s — loved as a fun, tough all-rounder, dismissed by enthusiasts as an overrated V-shape.
consensus 5916 sources2026-06-02