Klipsch Mode M40

Klipsch Mode M40 Review

The Mode M40 headphones from Klipsch offer excellent noise-cancelling and ample bass, but do they live up to their $350 price tag?It’s been kind of a long wait for the downright sexy Klipsch Mode M40 to show up at our review desk. Klipsch got them out the door to us in relatively short order, but nearly four months of anticipating giving these full-size, active noise-cancelling headphones a proper listen bordered on torturous. Our hands-on experience with the M40 at CEDIA 2011 was not unlike giving a freshman foodie their first taste of a well-executed risotto, then telling them they couldn’t taste any more for several months. Can you imagine? The craving! Finally, we’ve gotten our chance to spend some extensive one-on-one time with the Klipsch Mode M40, the company’s first effort at an active noise-canceller which stands to challenge similar models from the likes of Bose, Audio-Technica and Sennheiser-all companies which are well-experienced in the field of noise-cancelling headphones. In our Klipsch Mode M40 review, we describe our experience with the cans, discuss their pros and cons and rank them against similarly priced and featured headphones.