Earlier this year I was looking for the flattest (least &quot;colored&quot;) pair of headphones I could get for under $100 and after lots of reading finally went with the ATH-M40x. You all might have seen this model headphone go on sale now and again with mic bundles on Amazon&#x2F;B&amp;H, and wondered if these headphones are any good. This video (<a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.youtube.com&#x2F;watch?v=udLoAV7YmjA&amp;feature=youtu.be&amp;t=83" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.youtube.com&#x2F;watch?v=udLoAV7YmjA&amp;feature=youtu.be...</a>] (linked to 83s) really puts into perspective how muddled - aka &quot;colored&quot; - the popular pairs of headphones can sound.<p>I was skeptical of how this works - how do you record what the headphones sound like? This must surely be fake. However here is the making-of video and it really put into perspective for me how detailed sound engineering can get: <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.youtube.com&#x2F;watch?v=jnK1Gq7txYA" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.youtube.com&#x2F;watch?v=jnK1Gq7txYA</a>