Who is the Audio-Technica - ATH-M50xBT2 for?
Solid mid-pack headphone. The 74.2 score lands in B-tier (68-77) — competent across the board with one or two specs holding it back from a higher tier.
Right buy if pricing matters and the trade-offs the formula penalizes don't affect how you use the device. Worth comparing against the A-tier picks in our best headphones list.
Mars Score is computed from 16 measured specs against the transparent formula for the headphones category. No editorial picks, no paid placement.
Pros and cons at a glance
No spec lands in the top quartile of the category normalization window. Strengths sit in untracked specs (build quality, ecosystem, etc.) rather than weighted axes.
- ▼Active noise cancellation — not supported.
Pros are specs scoring ≥75% of the category normalization range. Cons are ≤35%. Derived from the Mars Score formula — no hand-curated lists.
At a glance
- Driver size
- 45mm
- Battery life
- 50h
- Weight
- 307g
- Type
- over-ear
All specifications
Design
- Type
- over-ear
- Weight
- 307 g
- Water resistance
- none
Audio
- Driver size?
- 45 mm
- Sensitivity?
- 99 dB
- Transparency mode
- false
- Spatial audio?
- false
Battery
- Battery life
- 50 h
- Fast charge?
- true
Latest from the lab
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