These headphones impress thanks to their excellent craftsmanship, brilliant sound quality, and market-beating ANC.
The ability to use the Voice In capacitive control makes the M-200 ANC convenient for use anywhere.
The$499.99 V-MODA M-200 ANC headphonesare here, and boy, do they pack a punch.
But are these headphones any good?
Do they justify the relatively high price tag?
And are they better than other premium ANC headphones on the market?
In this writer’s opinion, yes, they are.
Read on to find out why.
What’s in the Box?
Excellent Craftsmanship
Let’s move on to how these cans look, eh?
They are over-ear headphones, meaning that they have two cups that sit overnotonyour ears.
The base headphones are primarily black in color.
I say base, because you’re able to actually customize these cans with your own design.
We’ll come to that in more detail shortly.
The only shot of color otherwise is the red right/left labels printed inside the frame.
Well-crafted and robust hinges attach the M-200 ANC ear cups to the headband.
The cups also pivot around their horizontal mid-point, to suit the contours of your head.
The left ear cup is free from any obvious controls.
The right ear cup is awash with buttons, though.
This is where the customization comes in.
As you’ve got the option to see, I have customized my V-MODA M-200s.
How Well Do the M-200 ANC Headphones Operate?
On to operating the headphones.
Thanks to the array of buttons, there is plenty of control placed in your hands.
The buttons are slightly damp when pressed, but that doesn’t detract from the ease of operation.
This would be the case with capacitive controls.
As mentioned, the volume control buttons sit at the top with the multi-function button.
The multifunction button, as you might expect, performs several tasks.
These are:
The ANC button is very simple.
It switches between ANC and no ANC.
However, if you have the feature, you may as well turn it on.
Especially seeing as you also have the Voice In feature…
Placing your hand over the left ear cup will reduce the volume and switch ANC off.
This means you might hear the world outside in crystal clarity.
Remove your hand, and ANC kicks back in, as does whatever you’re listening to.
you could further tailor the headphones using the V-MODA app.
Other than that, the app doesn’t do a huge amount.
Operating the M-200 headphones works perfectly, and I had no issue using the headphones during testing.
Well, I’m certainly not disappointed, and I don’t think you will be, either.
In my opinion, the headphones are excellent in terms of sound reproduction.
Spatially, the M-200 ANC headphones place instruments perfectly within the soundstage.
To the left is George Harrison, playing lead.
However, these headphonesreallyshine when it comes to electronic music.
Obviously, those all-important acid squiggles and squelches make for great listening on these headphones.
Just kick off the equalizer and boost that bottom end.
With this on board, transmitting the sound via Bluetooth won’t affect the audio quality.
All round, the V-MODA M-200 certainly deliver on the sound front, both in wireless and wired configurations.
Should You Buy the V-MODA M-200 ANC Headphones?
In a word, yes.
I wholeheartedly recommend the M-200 cans.
OK, so they might cost a little more than Sennheiser or Jabra’s offerings.
In myeyesears, most definitely.
