Although we haven't had the necessary amount of time to "burn-in" the drivers in fully straight out of the box, it isn't surprising to still be amazed by how great the M50x sound naturally. The dynamic sound performance coming out of the 45mm drivers with copper-coated aluminum voice coils is stupendously clear, clean and most of all, accurately balanced and rich throughout the frequency spectrum making them an ideal headphones for listening to all types of genres. It actually almost sounds as if nothing is missing when purely looking at the M50x as studio monitoring headphones. What stands out is the M50x’ ability to separate bright sounding vocals and instrumentals into almost what could be described as layers - which creates a large sense of scale that’s obviously the exact opposite of cluttered and muddy-sounding audio. I was also surprised to pick up tiny little imperfections and details in previously listened-to tracks that I have never knew were there when listened to using other headphones and even speakers for that matter. It's astounding how well the M50x can deliver audio with such clarity and depth across the midrange and freshly cut highs.

But if you’re looking to bite into juicy, bass throbbing headphones you’d probably be disappointed with the M50x. They’re balanced, which means that aren’t biased towards one or two specific frequencies like the H6, which have a huge emphasis on highs and very little focus on lows. The bass on the M50x is well behaved and mindful of its fellow mids and highs. No ones is looking to get more attention than the other. You could say the sound signature of the M50x is harmoniously united and peaceful. Of course the same would be said regarding the M50.