Yup. 

Those are supposed to be in the same league as the ATs (my retailer knew the headphones I was looking at and recommended them as an alternative). I almost bought them but I wanted fully closed back in case I ever need to track acoustic drums again so I bought the Senns. I'm curious how they work out for you because I may snag some in the future for an alternate reference source. Cheers.

"Sonico"
Anyone knows if this model suffers from the peeling off of the cushion's vinyl as cheaper models? I have this problem with my m40f's.
Also how they compare to the m40f's??

After more than 3 years of daily use, my M50s show no signs of peeling, compared to my M40fs which are much older and have peeled somewhat around the ears. Also, the M40fs are much brighter than the M50s and I use them for listening only and always check my mixes with the M50s. You can't go wrong with the M50s, but I suggest you take the time to try out different brands to make sure you are comfortable with your final choice.

Alegria


After more than 3 years of daily use, my M50s show no signs of peeling, compared to my M40fs which are much older and have peeled somewhat around the ears. Also, the M40fs are much brighter than the M50s and I use them for listening only and always check my mixes with the M50s. You can't go wrong with the M50s, but I suggest you take the time to try out different brands to make sure you are comfortable with your final choice.

Great to know that M50s are better quality!! I like my M40fs for tracking but the peeling is bad!! 

That stuff peeling off is par for the course on many cans..... I have a radio shack pair that did it and now my Yamaha's are almost finished peeling too. 

Can you guys not replace the ear pads on those headphones? I can replace the the pads and the cord fairly easily on the HD280s. I thought you could do that with most pro headphones.

I adore my M50s for reference and for tracking.

I check my mixes on M50's, Sennheiser IE6 buds and my Ultimate Ears In Ear Reference Monitors (they are extremely flat) as well as my Mackie HR824s. I only use my Sennheiser HD-600s on the non DAW side of the room. You could say they too are used to check my mix but only after all the others pass muster.

I've been using my M50s with my iPod recently while travelling to work.  Apart from great sound quality, they also keep my ears warm in the cold weather.  They tend to drain the battery quite quickly though.  I get less than 2 hours before it dies.

Personally/Professionally i would not use anything other than some Sennheiser HD-280 Pro's, but my wife, i think in an odd joke brought these Incipio F38 headphones home for me....ironically enough they sound amazing. But surely will deteriorate the longer their used..im pleasantly surprised with them...  

I love mine. I read that Focusrite used M50s as one of the reference headphones when they designed the VRM, and suggest M50s as a monitor phone for the VRM.