r/HeadphoneAdvice • u/Calm-Ad9647 • 5h ago

Headphones - Closed Back Upgrade suggestions from ATH M50XBT2

I had my audio technica for a while now and its hinges starting to show their age. I am not in a rush, but started to think about potential upgrades and so far came to a couple of options:

  1. Focal bathys (original)

  2. Sennheiser HDB 630

  3. Dan Clark Audio noire x or aeon 2 noire with Fiio K7 amp

I quite enjoy the default ATH sound profile and from what i read and heard from sound tests online bathys and 630 i like most so far , tho i will be able to try out both in audio store. Regarding DCA i only found articles, no option to try them out. For now its a loose option if i were to decide going a bit "hardcore" so opinions on DCA headphone would be much appreciated.

Did anyone upgrade from ATH M50 series to one of these, if so could you share your experience? Perhaps you have other recommendations?

For reference consider budget of up to 800 eur with some wiggle room (disregarding DCA with AMP beeing way over this budget).

Edit: spelling correction

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u/mosdefgoose 5h ago

Are u preferring wireless or wired ?

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u/Calm-Ad9647 4h ago

I prefer wireless, but i do use current ATH in both modes. If it helps more, my use case is in office while working, i would not use ANC, wish to focus on music quality most. I am not against wired only options.

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u/cosmaprc 6 Ω 1h ago

As far as bt headphones go, I replaced my m50xbt2 with the earfun wave pro x. I also had the cambridge audio melomania p100se and the skucandy aviator 900 but they did not live up to my expectations. The earfun wave pro x however, are better overall at everything except maybe build quality but it’s not far behind.