If you're going to celebrate a big birthday, there's no better way to do it in the tech world than launching a new product. That's even more the case if said birthday is a particularly meaningful one, like Audio-Technica's current anniversary.
2024 is the 50th year since it brought out its first-ever pair of headphones, remarkably, making it not only a heck of a lot older than me, but also older than plenty of its bigger competitors. In those years there's no doubt that Audio-Technica has made some of the best headphones on the market, too. So, it's only fitting that the headphones it's bringing out look sumptuous, too - the classic, open-backed ATH-ADX3000.
At £859 or €999, the ATH-ADX3000 is clearly a pretty expensive set of headphones, but we're actually impressed at how affordable that price is compared to some other limited editions that Audio-Technica has launched in the last few years. These still won't come close to rivalling a mainstream pair of wireless headphones on price, even high-end ones like the Bose QuietComfort Ultra, but they're potentially attractive to anyone looking to get into wired audiophile-grade hardware without spending literally thousands.
