Audio-Technica ATH-M50XBT2LAB Wireless Over-Ear Headphones, Black

Not For Windows
If you are looking for some general use headphones for windows 10 these are not it.The criteria I was looking to satisfy:-Quality sound for listening to music, online media, and video game immersion.-Mic for occasional chatting via discord.-Noise cancelling as much as possible, I want the outside world to disappear when I have headphones on.-Wireless. Too many times I get up to do something 6 feet away only to have my corded headset act as a leash.-Usable on a windows machine.I am not taking stars off for sound quality when in headphone mode, but I did learn I don’t like studio quality headphones as the sound is very flat and I like more bass as it turns out. Very neutral sound from these.Comparison is to an old coolermaster MH670 which someone recommended to me. I didn’t even know they made headsets until then. I’ve since purchased Bose for comparison since I’ve heard those are typically more bass focused.Here are the main issues I have with the ATH m50xbt2, especially having to do with my use case on a widows os:1. If you try to use headset mode, it will turn on aware mode. I tried all sorts of tricks from others on various forums who had this problem. Disabling devices, uninstalling drivers, pairing and unpairing. I could hear myself typing, clicking, the fan in my room, everything.2. If you decide you just won’t use it in headset mode and keep it as a pair of listening headphones you have to delete or disable the headset variant of the driver it installs every time you pair it. So every power cycle at least.3. Maybe it would be fixable if I paired the headset to my phone AND to the PC simultaneously, installed their app on my phone and manually controlled the headset from there. No. I’m not doing all that. I want to keep my phone at minimal apps installed. I read online this was a “fix” but I didn’t try it personally. Too many apps out there just siphoning your data.4. Band makes it tight on head but that’s just personal comfort. The size of the ear pads were fine for me however.It’s really too bad as I had heard good things from others about the m50x but I would avoid using these on a windows machine. Personally that won’t work for me so I’ll have to see about returning these. I don’t experience any of these headaches with the Bose I got to compare. The other headsets default sound profile also is a better fit to my listening preference.

Classic ATH-M50 Sound
It’s the super popular (among musicians and music producers) M50s, but with the support of Bluetooth. It’s great 👍