Audio-Technica ATH-AVC200 Over-Ear Dynamic Headphones

I’m a streamer, so good audio is important to what I do. These have it, absolutely. Nice and clear, crisp and well defined.
The headphones are reasonably comfortable, too, if a little bit awkward. I expect I’ll adjust to that; there’s always an adjustment period with new headphones.

Only issue is that they’re very quiet. Part of that is going from isolation headphones to ones that don’t cut out all external sound. But even factoring that, they’re quiet compared to my old headphones.
Not really a problem, though, since I tend to keep everything turned down anyway.

It’s a decent pair of headphones as far as weight goes. It also has a self adjusting headband which is a plus.

The 2 things that make these 3 stars for me, is the cord while flexible, you can’t swap it out if it develops a short. As anyone can tell you with headphones, what normally happens? cord is normally the first thing to go b/c it develops a short somewhere along the cable. So this is annoying.

The other thing that gets me is the faux leather ear pads… as I’ve used more headphones, I’ve come to realize what I appreciate more-WHAT works better. The leather ear pads, while they do cover my ears just fine. They are too hot.

As far as I can tell, I can’t even buy a different set of ear cushions… ?

The sound quality ironically enough does seem to be better than my ‘Philips Fidelio X2HR’, which honestly surprised me. I guess it’s the “sharpness” of the audio, it just seems slightly better.

For the price, it’s an “ok” pair of headphones. But it could be a lot better with a couple of tweaks.

*UPDATE* Dec 27 2023

I wanted to give an update on these headphones.

The “Wrap” around the cord, leading to the headphones, the junction right where the cord goes into the headphones. That “extra” wrap around the cord, developed a split… and not too long afterwords, the headphones developed a electrical or grounding “short” of some sort.

I’ve only owned these headphones for slightly over a year. (1 year and 5 months roughly).

I’ve taken care of these headphones, to the best of my ability. Even modded the earphones with upgraded material… & so it’s a real bummer to deal with this.

I was skeptical to order a lower priced set of headphones. But Audio Technica delivered great sound at a reasonable price. Vinyl sounds great through these. Glad I took a shot on these.

Decent sound quality (I use it for the TV) , quite comfortable, but a bit flimsy.

I used to own a Bengoo rgb gaming headset and it is trash compared to this one. However, is the ATH-AVC200 gonna blow you out of the water? no. Its $30, but its amazing for a $30 headset. I would say that it is one of the best, if not the best $30 headset. The sound quality is great and consistent. My main complain would be the swivel on the ear cups. It keeps on swiveling outward when you dont want to and feels more like a bug than a feature. Overall it is a great headset.

If you’re someone who’s coming from those cheap $15-$30 rgb headset and looking for a budget upgrade headset for listening to music, watching videos, and gaming. I would highly recommend this to you. If you’re someone who already owns something like Razer Kraken or similar, or someone looking for a studio headset, I suggest you check out the ATH-M30x or 50x.

I love these headphones. I had some Sonys but I wasn’t allowed to use them in the area I work in because they had noise canceling (a built in mic). These sound better, feel better on my ears because of the large padded ear cups and the long cord allows me to move around my desk space without them getting yanked off my head. I recommend them to anyone working at a desk and looking for a reasonable priced set of headphones.