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Headphone Recommendation
Posted: 23 Mar 2009 5:41 am
by Bob Snelgrove
Guys
What's a good comfortable set of phones around $100 or less for home recording monitoring?
thx
bob
Posted: 23 Mar 2009 6:12 am
by Bill Terry
There are lots of opinions on this, but I just had the chance to use a set of Audio Technica ATH-m50. I liked them so much I bought a pair, 99.95 shipped on ebay. They seem to get consistently good reviews. The things I liked: good detail with little or no smear, nice low end without being muddy, clear top end, comfortable, good iso.
Just one guy's opinion, I'm sure you'll get more.
Posted: 23 Mar 2009 7:36 am
by Bob Snelgrove
Bill Terry wrote:There are lots of opinions on this, but I just had the chance to use a set of Audio Technica ATH-m50. I liked them so much I bought a pair, 99.95 shipped on ebay. They seem to get consistently good reviews. The things I liked: good detail with little or no smear, nice low end without being muddy, clear top end, comfortable, good iso.
Just one guy's opinion, I'm sure you'll get more.
Thanks, Bill
How long is the straight part of the cord? I hate curlies
bob
Posted: 23 Mar 2009 8:01 am
by Bill Terry
Bob,
You know I don't remember, but the cable was long enough (even coiled) that it wasn't a bother for me. I noticed that AT also sells a straight cable version according to their web site.
Posted: 23 Mar 2009 10:10 am
by Phillip Dokes
Get some Grado's, they're made in Brooklyn and they're the best by miles and miles. I think they run around $60 or 70.
Posted: 23 Mar 2009 11:25 am
by John Macy
Love my Grados--I use the model 125--a bit more pricewise than the above mentioned model (about $150), but they are awesome. George Massenburg says you can hear the grass grow in Grados. They are a more open back design, so not good for tracking with acoustic instruments or vocals...
Posted: 28 Mar 2009 8:22 am
by Bob Snelgrove
Any others?
I think I need closed back for recording?
bob
Posted: 28 Mar 2009 8:24 pm
by Brian McGaughey
Sennheiser HD280 closed back headphones. 100 bucks. Love mine.
Posted: 28 Mar 2009 8:48 pm
by Bob Snelgrove
Brian McGaughey wrote:Sennheiser HD280 closed back headphones. 100 bucks. Love mine.
Thanks, Brian
curly cord is a deal killer
bob
Posted: 29 Mar 2009 5:03 am
by Bill Terry
Bob,
I measured the straight part.. it's about 2.5 feet from the headphones to where the coiled piece starts, and about 1 foot of straight cable on the plug end.
BT
Posted: 29 Mar 2009 7:18 am
by Bob Snelgrove
Bill Terry wrote:Bob,
I measured the straight part.. it's about 2.5 feet from the headphones to where the coiled piece starts, and about 1 foot of straight cable on the plug end.
BT
Thanks, Bill
I usually have my daughter standing up about 6' away from the mixer for vocals. Just seems it would be uncomfortable to have the curly pulling on you!
We have just been monitoring through the speakers to this point but of course you get a little bleed over on the vocal track. Maybe not really such a bad thing?
thx
bob
Posted: 29 Mar 2009 8:22 am
by John Macy
They do make headphone extension cables...
Posted: 29 Mar 2009 12:43 pm
by Brian McGaughey
Unless I'm right at the headphone amp, I've got a 20 foot STRAIGHT extension on my curly corded phones.
Posted: 29 Mar 2009 2:52 pm
by Bill Terry
Ditto on the extension cables, I've got several.
Posted: 29 Mar 2009 3:25 pm
by Ron !
I do all home recordings with a wireless headphone.No chords that you have to worry about.
Radioshack sells them pretty cheap.I have a more expensive model(not radioshack).