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AKG 702 for transparency / comfort
Senn's HD380 or 280 for alternate
Anyone used wireless ones whilst creating a track on ipad ?
I have but too much latency in the ones I tried.
I was thinking that might be a factor. Thanks @mgmg4871.
Just been looking at the ones with noise cancellation.
Could this have a negative impact on the sound quality ?
The issue I've found with noise cancelling headphones is the feature you're paying for is noise cancellation not sound quality. Also I would be concerned about wanted audio being cancelled in the process.
Yes, noise cancellation is great for pleasure listening in loud environments, but the technique of noise cancellation itself is going to change the sound. You do not want noise cancellation on your studio headphones.
AKG MK2, Bose AE2, both these headphones are around 120-130 pounds uk and sre very comfortable for long term wearing, both have fairly flat response, but I would never do a final mix just using headphones because there is a tendancy to overcompensate the bass aver under compensate the top end...
Using an external USB soundcard with the CCK makes an improvement on any headphones, even with my £20 JLab earbuds. I plugged them into my Focusrite Scarlett 2i2 and was quite surprised by the difference. Obviously not an option on the train, but something to keep in mind.
@Hmtx very true. I use Akai EIE and get amazing sound in headphones without extreme volume settings that can distort audio.
Koss Porta-Pro's are inexpensive, have great sound, and comfortable to wear. Note: I have the newer version with the the microphone and the older non-mic models and the ones with the mic have significantly thinner wires than the non-mic version .
I recently went to Big Lots and got some Polaroid Aviators for $10. Now I know this may sound crazy but I have had others check my hearing as well with this and they are pretty good sounding headphones! They sound better than a lot of other headphones I have had and I have had Bose quiet comforts. As far as flat response I don't know but I do know that I can track drums in these things easily
Agree on the Koss Porta Pros. Have the old style - same design and price for 30 years. Comfy with not bad sound. I also have the Apple earBuds - better sound but they make my tinnitus worse if used too long. On the desktop I use a pair of AKG 240 DFs. Great sound, very comfortable but can't be shoved in a pocket and taken out for waiting time music fun as easily as the earBuds or Porta Pros. Plus, the iPad just does not have the stones to drive the 600 ohm DFs.
No one said anything about the M50's? Bang for buck champs.
I'm using Shure SRH840. They are heavy but they are very good for booth, mixing and just listening. And they working with just 44Ohm so they sound good via an iPhone/iPad headphone jack too. But as with everything it's just a personal opinion.
I have a pair of AKG K550's. £99 from Amazon, really good!
Just got my Audio-Technica ATH-M50x one week ago!
They are brilliant!!!
@boone51
Hadn't seen this thread before, but quick question on the Klipsch S3's: I know this is all subjective, but I dislike headphones that are more treble-y and less bass-y (forgive the technical jargon). I take your review more seriously than the stack on Amazon, but a recurring complaint amongst some over there is the relative lack of bass. Could you comment on this? Thanks.
I gifted myself in June with a pair of Focal Spirit Professional, upon recommendation. They are truly amazing. One warning, though, they won't fit larger ears. Other than that, they are spectacularly flat and wonderful for hearing detail.
I tried a bunch of the "recommended pro models" before settling on the Sony MDR-1R. I find that it has an increased bass response over all the others I tried that I find very pleasing for listening and mixing. Yes, you have to be careful when mixing on headphones, but the best methodology is to listen to some reference material that you are familiar with and then mix your own material accordingly to get similar results. Personally, I found that with other phones, I was over compensating on the bass, pushing too much LF, whereas with the MDR-1Rs, I get a better overall product. YMMV, of course!
AKG K 271 MKII for monitoring, Beyerdynamics DT 770 Pro 32 OHM for iOS devices, Sony MDR-ZX610APB for lying in bed ;-)
@Kloon said:
I've heard that. I'm wondering why they weren't mentioned sooner.
Anyone else use these?
@johnfromberkeley said:
I am also interested in these. Anyone?
You can't go wrong with either the Koss Porta Pro or Koss PRODJ200. Great sound, comfortable, reasonable price, and lifetime warranty.
If you are serious about getting a flat response then you will have to factor in the shape and response of your own ears! Daft though that may sound, think of your ear as being a unique sound environment, like a room. You would tune a room to suit the monitors you bought, but you cannot do that with your ears. You cannot establish flatness by listening to music. You have to take along a tone generator. I use The Oscillator 1.2 app by Jonatan Liljedahl on my iPhone. I suppose you could wire up an audiophile hardware unit, but the store may give you short shrift, and the app is good enough.
Test the headphones by running the Oscillator and sweep up and down the frequencies. You will find some astonishing differences between even "good" sounding headphones, with some frequencies almost disappearing. This may be due to driver design, enclosure phase cancellation, or (most significantly) the physical shape of your ears, especially the width of the ear canal, to say nothing of the physiological response of the ear membrane and the mechanisms of the inner ear.
Find a headphone that does not feature subjective audible spikes or dropouts, but subjectively has a gentle curve that peaks somewhere about 1-2kHz.
In my experience you will have a very hard time finding any headphones, regardless of cost, that produce an entirely flat response with your ears. You would need to find a design that was essentially built for your ears, or you would need to get as close as you can and then tune the output for yourself.
Essentially, what you want is a headphone that has the inverse response curve relative to your ears. So, if you have a slight loss at (say) 1kHz, without a compensation in your monitoring system you will push 1kHz when mixing and mastering. It will sound good to you, but not to others.
In my experience you can find some very good headphone solutions for relatively little cost. Remember that the more you pay the more limited your options become.
For mixing and mastering follow the simple rules, and meter everything! That analogue carrier wave at 16kHz might not appear on your radar but anyone under 20 will be driven nuts by it!
Contrary to popular opinion, there is no such thing as a perfect monitoring system, but you can get to something quite useful for not much money if you only understand the territory.
I hope this helps.
I have the Audio Technica ATH-M50. As @ johnfromberkely said "They (indeed) are brilliant!!!" However I am no one to review headphones, I can tell you in my opinion that they have an exceptionally magnificent audio quality, they feel comfortable with extended use, they are not bass driven (like so many out there), and they are able to fold down to quite a small size for running on the go.
@helmutmaria said:
The Beyerdynamics sound great. And they are comfortable to wear. I use them most of the time.
They are about 140€.
I use Sennheiser HD558 headphones. These are so good they showed up the quality of my Focusrite VRM box so much that I no longer use it! They are on sale at Amazon for £122.18 at the moment.
Not trying to be rude or anything, but those of you who mention Koss Porta Pro in this thread are kinda clueless.
And yes, i own a pair of porta pro myself. But comparing them to professional monitor headphones is just weird!
I can easily say that i own too way many pairs of Headphones...
(Various AKG, Sennheiser, Soy, Philips, Koss etc, totaling well over 20 pairs...).
For iPhone/iPad a pair of cans that are easily driven is a huge plus, cans that need more juice just don't sound as good when driven from iPad...
So my current 'eargasms' are the Sennheiser Momentum Over-Ears which are very easy to drive without dedicated headphone amp...
Here's a pretty comprehensive review...
