Swapped their ATH-R50x pads for R70x pads and added AKG foam, which tamed the treble a good bit.
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Bought the ATH-R50x for CS2 but it gave them no competitive edge over a friend's $100 IEMs.
Just bought the ATH-R50x and finds it well worth it, with the best bass they have heard on an open-back without ruining the mids and highs.
Reviews the ATH-R50x as a featherweight, dead-neutral scaled-down R70x with lean bass, and notes it fixes the peeling headband of their old M50.
After a couple of weeks with the ATH-R50x, likes them and has been tuning them with parametric EQ.
Really enjoys their ATH-R50x, upgraded with the slightly larger R70x pads.
Owns the ATH-R50x and HD 560S; the R50x is fine even with their large ears and sounds newer and slightly better.
Loves almost everything about their ATH-R50x, but the ear pads are too small and cause discomfort.
Their ears fit inside the ATH-R50x pads but it feels crowded, so they are considering bigger pads.
Owns the ATH-R50x and HD 560S and finds the R50x more of an all-rounder with a vast soundstage.
Their ATH-R50x review: it ruined closed-backs for them.
Thinks the ATH-R50x is underrated; it sounded more balanced to them than the R70x they tried in store.
Pleasantly surprised by the ATH-R50x after returning the FiiO FT1 twice: great bass and treble, slightly less resolving than the DT 990.
Owns both; the ATH-R50x has more bass and slightly better soundstage and imaging than the HD 560S, which is more forward and fun.
The stock pads on their ATH-R50x are a little too shallow, so they bought Brainwavz replacements.
Won an ATH-R50x on eBay and calls it their best-invested $100 in an open-back competitive gaming headphone.
Bought both and kept the ATH-R50x over the HD 560S: more comfortable, more fun and more immersive.
Bought the ATH-R50x and dislikes it: thin, too treble-focused and boring, lacking soundstage despite being very open.
A week in, loving the ATH-R50x as a second mixing and work headphone, hearing individual snare and kick hits better than the DT 770.
Their first over-ears; the ATH-R50x fits nicely and seals well thanks to the soft pads.
First impressions of the ATH-R50x after years with the R70x: they hear excess treble where the R70x has a more correct 5 kHz dip.
Finds the ATH-R50x incredible for the price after years with the R70x.
Bought the ATH-R50x after trying and returning the Fidelio X2HR, which was too heavy.
A few days in, likes the ATH-R50x a lot: surprisingly comfortable despite shallow pads, with great bass.