Closed for recording, open for mixing · review
The only American listing here to name what its voice coils are made of — copper-clad aluminum wire over rare-earth magnets — in a collapsible closed-back with a single-side cable exit.
What it amounts to Names its magnets and its voice coil material, folds, and exits its cable on one side — three construction statements where most of this shelf publishes adjectives. It publishes no impedance, no sensitivity and no response, and it does not say whether the cable comes off.
40 mm drivers with rare-earth magnets and copper-clad aluminum wire voice coils. Circumaural closed back. A single-side cable exit. Collapsible. Tuned, Audio-Technica says, for enhanced detail with mid-range definition.
The voice coil is the finding. Two of the ten listings on this shelf say what their coils are made of, and this is one of them — the other being a European pair with OFC coils. Copper-clad aluminum is lighter than solid copper for the same conductivity, so there is less mass to move and the driver can respond faster. That is a construction argument, not a measurement, and it is more than eight listings here offer.
The single-side cable exit is the other detail worth the bullet it is given. A Y-cable runs to both cups: two leads to catch, two places to fail, and a cable across the chest when one cup is off. One exit avoids all three, and it is the kind of thing noticed in the second year rather than the first.
What it does not publish is the measurable half. No impedance in these bullets, no sensitivity, no frequency response — on a pair whose own tuning claim is about detail and mid-range. The two pairs on this shelf that do publish those figures are both European listings, and one of their pages explains why 32 ohms is the number that matters.
Nor is anything said about whether the cable detaches. In this maker’s own range the step up is sold on three removable cables, and this listing is silent — which on a pair bought to be folded into a bag is the part most likely to go.
The product record gives 290 × 254 × 104 mm (11.4 × 10 × 4.09 in) and 220 g (7.8 oz).
Read on the day this page was built: $79 at the American Amazon shop.
Read from Keepa on the day this page was last revised; stock and price both move without notice.
Prices quoted in this text were read on 2026-10-07. The live price is at the top of the page.
| Drivers | 40 mm (1.57 in) with rare-earth magnets and copper-clad aluminum wire voice coils — one of two listings on this shelf to name a voice coil material |
|---|---|
| Design | Circumaural closed back, stated to contour around the ears for isolation in loud environments |
| Tuning | Audio-Technica states it is tuned for enhanced detail with mid-range definition. No curve and no figures are published |
| Cable | Single-side exit. No length is published and nothing says whether it detaches |
| Portability | Collapsible — one of two listings here to fold |
| Dimensions | 290 × 254 × 104 mm (11.4 × 10 × 4.09 in), from the product record |
| Impedance | Audio-Technica puts nothing in writing on this in the bullets read. Two listings on this shelf publish one, and both are European |
| Sensitivity | Audio-Technica puts nothing in writing on this. |
| Frequency response | Audio-Technica puts nothing in writing on this. |
| Earpads | Audio-Technica puts nothing in writing on whether they can be replaced |
| Manufacturer reference | AUD ATHM30X |
| Amazon reference | B00HVLUQW8 |
| EAN | 4961310125417 |
It is lighter than solid copper for the same conductivity, so the coil has less mass to move and the driver responds faster. That is the argument; what it is not is a measurement. Two of the ten listings on this shelf name a voice coil material — this and one European pair with OFC coils — and neither publishes the frequency response or the sensitivity that would show the result.
Because the alternative is a Y-cable that runs to both cups, which is one more lead to catch on a chair arm and two places for a lead to fail. A single exit also means the pair can be worn with one cup off without the cable crossing the chest. It is the kind of detail that only shows up after a year.
Shown because the accessory names this instrument itself.
Details checked on October 7, 2026.
Tracking and everyday monitoring where isolation matters and the pair will be folded into a bag.
Amazon reports what buyers took in the month before this page was last checked: at least 900.
The figure is a floor, rounded by Amazon, and read through Keepa — it says what buyers picked, not what a maker claims.
Specifications: the manufacturer sheet for musical instruments and gear and the matching Amazon product page. Prices and availability: Keepa. Every figure on this page names its source.
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