spellchecker Posted October 26, 2004 Report Share Posted October 26, 2004 Looking for some advice for buying a decent pair of comfy cans. My current ones are giving up the ghost and are very noisy. More worried about the headphones not leaking loads of sound than anything else, as they're to be used for monitoring whilst recording, mostly.My budget is probably up at around 100 quid max. I've looked at a couple of different pairs of Sennheiser, but also AKG as well. Anyone got any tips or advice?ta Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
soundian Posted October 26, 2004 Report Share Posted October 26, 2004 Looking for some advice for buying a decent pair of comfy cans. My current ones are giving up the ghost and are very noisy. More worried about the headphones not leaking loads of sound than anything else' date=' as they're to be used for monitoring whilst recording, mostly.My budget is probably up at around 100 quid max. I've looked at a couple of different pairs of Sennheiser, but also AKG as well. Anyone got any tips or advice?ta[/quote'] You need closed headphones to minimise the sound leakage. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iain44s Posted October 26, 2004 Report Share Posted October 26, 2004 i just bought some beyer dt100's...i quite like them. they hardly leak at all and are dead comfy. they also sound really flat which is handy if using them for recording. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
soundian Posted October 26, 2004 Report Share Posted October 26, 2004 i just bought some beyer dt100's...i quite like them. they hardly leak at all and are dead comfy. they also sound really flat which is handy if using them for recording. They've got a lf rolloff though, fine for recording monitoring but nor for mixing/eqing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spellchecker Posted October 26, 2004 Author Report Share Posted October 26, 2004 well i was looking at these. The headphones are only ever going to be used for recording stuff. but of course i do e.q. a lot of the stuff post recording stages. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MTA Posted October 26, 2004 Report Share Posted October 26, 2004 well i was looking at these. The headphones are only ever going to be used for recording stuff. but of course i do e.q. a lot of the stuff post recording stages.Those are just the headphones I was going to suggest. I have used them in the Studio for recording and basic mix reference (though not as good as the HD580's for mixing) It is well worth getting a set.. Mark... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike iD Posted October 26, 2004 Report Share Posted October 26, 2004 if you can stretch to beyer dt150s they have the same build quality (and modular construction) of the dt100s but have better transducers with a full frequency range Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
threeornothing Posted October 26, 2004 Report Share Posted October 26, 2004 If it's sound isolation you're after, check out these http://www.studiospares.com/productdetails.asp?pid=54171&cid=2402&ctitle=HEADPHONES%20-%20OTHER>itle=HEADPHONES%20&%20SPEAKERS&p=1&gid=2 based on the sound design of ear mufflers worn by workmen operating pneumatic drills all day for a living, they're supposedely very good, especially for drummers to hear the mix rather than the ambient noise of the drums! I wants a pair very badly....for mixing....DON'T mix with headphones Although yes those senheisser's are nice and suited...anda bit more comfortable than the extreme isolation phones I'd guess! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MTA Posted October 26, 2004 Report Share Posted October 26, 2004 DON'T mix with headphones Why?? They really do let you hear things you would miss with monitor's alone.. I would not only use headphones, but they are very handy. I have a headphone setup which I take to different Studio's becaude I know the sound from them and I don't always know the studio..Mark.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mouse Posted October 26, 2004 Report Share Posted October 26, 2004 Go to one up. I had a pair of Sennheiser HD-433's, they were really good. Now I got HD-437's, slightly bigger and more powerful bass but very good Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
threeornothing Posted October 26, 2004 Report Share Posted October 26, 2004 Why?? They really do let you hear things you would miss with monitor's alone.. I would not only use headphones' date=' but they are very handy. I have a headphone setup which I take to different Studio's becaude I know the sound from them and I don't always know the studio..Mark..[/quote']Heh, I usually mix with headphones all the time due to being in a flat, although I'll admit that I change everything the second I blast it out through a decent set of proper stereo speakers...everything sounds too good through headphones MTA, being a man of the trade, have you came across the extreme isolation headphones I mentioned, and if so, do they do what they say on the tin? very tempted to pick them up as we record live in a "cave" and a lot of our recording is fluke/one off.....could be done with some better monitoring Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MTA Posted October 26, 2004 Report Share Posted October 26, 2004 Heh' date=' I usually mix with headphones all the time due to being in a flat, although I'll admit that I change everything the second I blast it out through a decent set of proper stereo speakers...everything sounds too good through headphones MTA, being a man of the trade, have you came across the extreme isolation headphones I mentioned, and if so, do they do what they say on the tin? very tempted to pick them up as we record live in a "cave" and a lot of our recording is fluke/one off.....could be done with some better monitoring [/quote']I have never tried them, so could not really say. but for recording in that situation it would be best to just get a good level to tape, then do all the EQ etc on the mix (if full multitrack).if you could try them or some of the same Isolation type then make a choice. some of the really good isolation headphones I have used dont sound too good.Mark.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spellchecker Posted October 26, 2004 Author Report Share Posted October 26, 2004 thanks for all the feedback.i do most of my mixing with a really old hifi, and some fairly average speakers right in front of my face. however, i find that referencing the headphones against the hifi, and picking somewhere in between, gets me the best mix. luckily the hifi has a 5 band eq instead of preset eqs, so setting everything flat gives a fairly honest mix.at the end of the day, it's the isolation i'm looking for. i hate listening to my vocals tracks on solo only to find some tinny wish wash of a mix rustling about in the background. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
threeornothing Posted October 26, 2004 Report Share Posted October 26, 2004 Better than the vocals I record, with drunk football fans, prostitutes and speeding cars in the mix Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
betamax Posted October 29, 2004 Report Share Posted October 29, 2004 Better than the vocals I record' date=' with drunk football fans, prostitutes and speeding cars in the mix [/quote']I always manage to get huge amounts of train noise in vocal takes especially (given that I live about three feet from the Aberdeen to Edinburgh line)Checking the train timetable to miss the trains does help a bit, but they often run latethe bastards Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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