Monoprice Monolith M565C (2018) vs AKG K72 (2016)

The Monoprice Monolith M565C (2018) got praised by SoundGuys and Wirecutter - two highly trusted sources that perform in-depth hands-on testing. It was awarded the "Ranked 1 out of 5" title from SoundGuys and "Ranked 1 out of 4" from Wirecutter in their respective Over-Ear Headphone roundups.

As for our analysis of the AKG K72 (2016) - it's considered to be a great product by two reliable sources that do their own hands-on testing - it earned the "The best budget over-ear headphones." award from What Hi-Fi? and "Ranked 2 out of 8" from musicradar.com, which is no small feat.

We tried doing a direct Monoprice Monolith M565C (2018) vs. AKG K72 (2016) review score comparison but couldn't find any sources that tested both.

Next, we took a look at which sources liked them best and found that the Monoprice Monolith M565C (2018) most impressed the reviewers at Head-fi, who gave it a score of 9, whereas the AKG K72 (2016) did best in its What Hi-Fi? review - it scored 10 points.

Finally, we also compared their review scores to the rest of their competition - the Monoprice Monolith M565C (2018) earned an average review score of 9.0 out of 10 points and the AKG K72 (2016) received an average of 9.0, compared to the 7.5 average of Over-Ear Headphones in general.