Audio-Technica ATH-SR50BT Bluetooth Wireless Over-Ear Headphones, Black (ATH-SR50BTBK)

Initially I was pondering between these and the Sony XM3's and decided to pull the trigger on this instead. Now I've been using these for a couple of weeks with my iPhone and honestly? I don't regret it. I very much enjoyed these cans and I think you will too.Of course, since all phone manufacturers got smooth brain and thought it was the move to imitate Apple's ditching of the 3.5 mm headphone jack, it seems that getting Bluetooth was basically a requirement. Unless somehow you actually like dealing with weird adapters. Also, I was personally sick and tired of burning through Apple earbuds because of constant cases of me snagging the wire and proceeding to drop my phone or break the earbuds.Coming into these cans after research, I knew right off the bat the noise cancelling properties weren't all that great, but personally I didn't mind. I use my own car for transportation and don't live in a bustling urban city, so to me, something that can at least drown out low drones of airplanes and AC is fine. After all, they call it noise REDUCTION for a reason. It doesn't totally cancel things out, just reduces them. Also includes a hear-through mode!I know lots of people will be put off by the lack of USB-C on a modern product like this, but personally I don't mind. I'm very vigilant about charging my devices overnight while I sleep so it's not a problem. Plus, this thing has great battery life anyways so I rarely find myself running out of juice.But that's enough about features, what about sound? Honestly, these are great. They provide a more neutral sound signature compared to the Sony's. I know for some it's a bit boring, however it didn't hamper my enjoyment at all. What's more, as a requirement, I prefer neutral headphones to actually have good sound quality to back up the normally boring signature, and these very much deliver, as expected of Audio Technica.In even better news, the drivers are actually good, even when turned off and using the included cable. In testing, I didn't really notice a difference between being turned on and off in sound quality and staging, which is great! Do note however that if you do decide to use the cable while it's turned on that it becomes much harder to drive than when it's off.The last thing to note about sound quality is that it has surprisingly good sound stage for Bluetooth headphones. I was kind of shocked to be honest that it was actually equal to open-backs at the same or lesser price.As for comfort, these are very good. The larger drivers means more room inside the ear cups which is good for those with bigger ears as portable headphones like these tend to turn them into on-ears instead of their intended over-ears. The pads are a soft, smooth pleather with a cushy memory foam. There is padding on the headband but not as much as the Sony's. It's Audio Technica's signature of minimal foam on the headband, but it's not uncomfortable even after long periods. However, do note that these things will make your ears hot especially after turning on noise reduction for a while.Let's top this off with the nitpicks I had. First, let me start by saying the combination of touch controls and buttons and switches annoys me. You have this nice, satisfying clicky button for the quick hear-through mode, but then reserve everything else for a touch pad on the left ear cup. The touch sensor also is annoying in that you'll activate it even when just grabbing the headphones sometimes. It's a bit irksome and personally I would've preferred if they went all in for either touch or buttons.Also, when turning them on, it defaults to noise reduction. It's irritating to put these on and be immediately confronted with the head pressure created by this mode. And there's no way to change the default in the app, so you have to cycle back through hear-through to the standard mode via placing all your fingers on the cup, which sometimes isn't detected.I'm a bit miffed at the lack of including any sort of notch notation system for the headband adjustment. I'm a bit OCD and like my headphones on both ends set completely even, and the lack of any sort of marking on the headband bothers me. It's a minor complaint though.Last but not least, I don't have a problem with it but Audio Technica's app doesn't offer EQ for these. Fine by me, I wouldn't want to ruin the great sound signature.Overall, great headphones and I think they were well worth the price of $200. However, I do wish I would've bought these during the Christmas season when they were on sale for $120, as this price point does have some pretty tough competitors including Sennheiser with their PXC cans. I can definitely recommend these, however.

I bought this one to jam using wireless player. These have very good sound. I have been using ATH-M40x for years and like they are tuned flat so music sounds like the band has it mixed. The ATH-SR50BT headphones are almost tuned same and sound really good. I can listen to music for about three hours before I adjust them for my ears. I do rotate both of these and the Sennheiser HD 450BT headphones.

Let me start by saying I am very OCD.I received a pair of the Audio Technica SR50BTs and instantly fell in love. Quickly it turned into quite a headache but in the end, I'm mostly happy.So I got these headphones for work (Graphic Design) and I wanted something I could wear all day with glasses. They fit great and feel good. The sound is awesome and the noise REDUCTION, not cancellation works as its name suggests.After a few hours of using the headset, I realized my touch controls were working much worse than i expected from the reviews of it so I returned them for a replacement. The replacement arrived and the touch controls work, however, the replacement had a scratch on it. OCD kicked in and I couldn't drop the scratch in my mind. So I contacted Amazon and was told I could not get a replacement on a replacement, I would get a full refund and could rebuy it. I did just that and when they arrived they also had defects (a piece of hair was under the black coating on the earcup. I contacted Amazon and was told they didn't have anymore since and I could get a refund. I kept the original scratched replacement and was refunded a partial refund of $30.About the product itself:This headset is very attractive. The earpads are soft and comfortable even with glasses on. You can remove them to replace them by gently twisting them off, but they are very secure on the device when they are on. They do tend to cause my ears to get slightly sore after wearing them for a good 5 hours but not everyone will be doing that and the irritation is minimally and mostly caused by the shape of my frames more than the shape of the headset.In the box are a nifty little carry bag (leatherette) and some wires and instructions/warranty info. The case was not going to protect these headphones from any bumps or drops so I opted to buy a nice hard case from Geekria and im decently happy with my purchase.Sound:I listen to heavy metal when I work and it sounds great. It's bassy but not overwhelming and the vocals sound clean and clear over Bluetooth. I like the hear-through so when the boss calls for me I can hear them. The noise cancellation is not really cancellation but reduction and it does that well, We have the AC running in our large office and the printers and phone calls, etc. When I turn on the noise reduction the talking and printers all muffle and the AC is nonexistent.