Audeze
Expected Apr 1, 2025
Features
Like near-field monitors, they remove your room from the equation and give you studio-quality sound anywhere
Durable, lightweight chassis featuring machined aluminum and spring steel
Compatible with virtually all audio interfaces or consoles
Designed in collaboration with award-winning producer/mixer Manny Marroquin
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What's in the Box?
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Conceived and refined in one of the world’s most acclaimed studios, the MM-500 is a purpose-built tool designed to deliver mixes that consistently translate and capture the emotion the artist intended. Lighter than the famous LCD-X, the MM-500’s sleek and sturdy chassis offers all-day comfort. Step up to the headphone used to mix Kendrick Lamar's #1 album "Mr. Morale & The Big Steppers" at Larrabee Studios: the Audeze MM-500.
Specifically designed to deliver mixes that consistently translate well Like near-field monitors, they remove your room from the equation and give you studio-quality sound anywhere. Durable, lightweight chassis featuring machined aluminum and spring steel Compatible with virtually all audio interfaces or consoles.
A Serious Tool for Every Situation
The MM-500 is designed to suit the requirements of long daily listening sessions under almost any condition. World-class studio monitor? Check. Quick reference on-the-go? No problem. Deep late-night listening? Done. With its ease of drive, comfortable fit and trustworthy sound, you can count on the MM-500 to deliver in every situation.
The Lifestyle of Headphone Listening
You need to hear everything at its most natural and pure – exactly when you need it – anywhere, anytime. Manny knows the importance of headphone listening in today’s world: studio to stage, cafe to beachfront, canal to jetway, the MM-500 is the reference to the soundtrack of your life.
Elegance, Comfort and Durability
Featuring extra-plush premium leather earpads, an adjustable spring steel headband, and a machined aluminum structure, the MM-500 feels substantial yet lightweight. Just like our flagship headphones, the MM-500 is hand-crafted in our Southern California workshop to provide years of reliable comfort in a package that calls out to be held, admired and listened to.
Elevate Your Professional Audio Game
Offering studio-quality sound, always within reach, the MM-500 is truly the next level of performance in pro audio. Whether you’re stepping up from our own LCD-X or from another brand, the MM-500 will be as much a part of your life as your favorite pair of sneakers.
What's in the box?
- MM-500 Headphone
- Braided Cable
- Economy Travel Case
- Certificate of Authenticity and Warranty Cards
Specifications
- Style
- Over-ear, open-back
- Transducer Type
- Planar Magnetic
- Magnetic Structure
- Fluxor™ magnet array
- Phase Management
- Fazor™
- Magnet Type
- Neodymium N50
- Diaphragm Type
- Ultra-Thin Uniforce™
- Transducer Size
- 90 mm
- Maximum SPL
- >130 dB
- Frequency Response
- 5Hz - 50kHz
- THD
- <0.1% @ 100 dB SPL, 1kHz
- Sensitivity
- 100 dB/1mW (at Drum Reference Point)
- Impedance
- 18 ohms
- Max Power Handling
- 5W RMS
- Min Recommended Power
- >100mW
- Recommended Power Level
- >250mW
- Weight
- 495g