Perfect for use in home studios or by emerging audio professionals anywhere, the ATH-R30x is your gateway to the R-Series listening experience, offering all the features you could ask for in a pair of open-back reference headphones. Delivering professional-grade performance without compromise, these versatile headphones provide natural, immersive audio with a wide, detailed soundstage that brings depth and realism to every session.

The open-back design of the ATH-R30x headphones allows sound to flow naturally from the drivers, delivering clear, detailed audio with minimal distortion. The headphones’ spacious soundstage and natural clarity are achieved through Audio-Technica’s meticulous transducer design, relying on very little additional tuning or damping. As a result, the listener is treated to the type of immersive audio experience that only finely crafted open-back headphones can deliver. 
The ATH-R30x also features an adjustable headband that provides a secure yet flexible fit, evenly distributing weight for lasting comfort. This, along with the headphones’ soft velour earpads and breathable open-back design, ensures a comfortable, stress-free experience, even during extended listening sessions.

Open-back design
The ATH-R30x open-back reference headphones deliver sound directly from the drivers, with little additional tuning or damping. Allowed to move freely, the headphones’ enhanced 40 mm drivers provide a natural, immersive listening experience.

Lightweight design
The headband on the lightweight ATH-R30x (210 g) adjusts to provide a custom fit that’s made even more comfortable by the replaceable velour earpads and cooling, open-back earcups, allowing you to stay fully immersed in the audio even through the longest listening sessions.

Open-back vs. closed-back
Open-back headphones are ideal for mixing, mastering, and creating in a studio or other private space, open-back headphones provide a natural, spacious sound akin to that produced by a speaker monitor system.
Closed-back headphones, on the other hand, isolate audio from outside noise, making them great for musicians recording in a studio or anyone listening in public or noisy environments.


Key Features

Versatile open-back reference headphones are ideally suited for home studio production, multimedia content creation, and detailed everyday listening 

Open-back design allows unrestricted driver movement for a clear, natural sound signature 

Enhanced 40 mm drivers reproduce audio with clarity and balance, delivering well-defined lows, transparent mids, and smooth, extended highs that bring out the detail in any mix

Wide, realistic soundstage provides an immersive listening experience

Durable, lightweight (210 g) construction and a new headband design ensure long-lasting comfort

Includes a 6.3 mm (1/4") adapter


Specifications
Type: Open-back reference
Driver: 40 mm
Sensitivity: 92 dB/mW
Frequency response: 15 to 25,000 Hz
Maximum input power: 1,000 mW
Impedance: 36 ohms
Cable length: 3.0 m
Plug: 3.5 mm (1/8”) gold-plated stereo mini-plug
Weight (without cable): Approx. 210 g (7.4 oz)
Included accessories: 6.3 mm (1/4”) stereo adapter