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Mon, 27 April 2009 19:26

Gantt Kushner

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MDR-7506's and V6's are too bright for critical listening. They're good for
editing because you hear EVERYTHING and I don't mind the low end, though.
But if ever there were a pair of cans to NOT mix with, 7506's are them!

Gantt

"Wayne Carson" <waynecarson@cox.net> wrote:
>I use Sony MDR-7506 and MDR-V6. They sound almost identical and each run

>about $100 bucks. I like the way they sound but haven't had great luck
>mixing with them.
>Wayne
>
>
>"Larry Hogan" <ooglybong@nycap.rr.com> wrote in message
>news:49f5fa71$1@linux...
>>
>> Greetings, PARISians,
>>
>> Still here after many a year but I've definitely been out of the loop.

>> (Fairly
>> frequent lurking, but too busy to contribute much. Sorry.)
>>
>> Two years ago, my wife and I moved. I had had a nice sound-proof studio

>> and
>> control room I had built back in the mid-90s, taking over 1/3 of my
>> basement,
>> but now I'll have to be rebuilding that. (My summer plan, hopefully.)

>> Anyway,
>> after ripping apart my studio and PARIS rig, I now need to get up and

>> running
>> again in a temporary area in order to finally complete a project started
>> a few years ago. My new home is such that I will probably need to do most
>> mixing/editing via headphones (with occasional real-world auditions via
my
>> near fields, of course) until I rebuild the studio.
>>
>> Any tips on some very good-to-great (yet hopefully cost effective)
>> headphones?
>> (What DO good phones go for?) I would like to be able to support local

>> businesses
>> and, of course, be able to audition the phones there, so hopefully nothing
>> too esoteric. Can I get a really nice pair for, say, less than $200.
>>
>> Many thanks in advance,
>> Larry Hogan
>
>

Gantt Kushner
Gizmo Recording Company
Silver Spring, MD
www.gizmorecording.com

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[Message index]

		Headphone Recommendations? By: Larry Hogan on Mon, 27 April 2009 11:10
		Re: Headphone Recommendations? By: Gantt Kushner on Mon, 27 April 2009 12:42
		Re: Headphone Recommendations? By: dnafe on Mon, 27 April 2009 14:08
		Re: Headphone Recommendations? By: Larry Hogan on Mon, 27 April 2009 20:44
		Re: Headphone Recommendations? By: Wayne on Mon, 27 April 2009 14:30
		Re: Headphone Recommendations? By: Gantt Kushner on Mon, 27 April 2009 19:26
		Re: Headphone Recommendations? By: Larry Hogan on Mon, 27 April 2009 20:34
		Re: Headphone Recommendations? By: Aaron Allen on Mon, 27 April 2009 22:48
		Re: Headphone Recommendations? By: Jamie K on Tue, 28 April 2009 11:18
		Re: Headphone Recommendations? By: Martin Harrington on Tue, 28 April 2009 01:29
		Re: Headphone Recommendations? By: Sarahtonin on Fri, 01 May 2009 06:00
		Re: Headphone Recommendations? By: Dave EK on Mon, 27 April 2009 15:31
		Re: Headphone Recommendations? By: Gantt Kushner on Mon, 27 April 2009 19:26
		Re: Headphone Recommendations? By: kerryg on Mon, 27 April 2009 20:18
		Re: Headphone Recommendations? By: Erling on Tue, 28 April 2009 01:22
		Re: Headphone Recommendations? By: Dale on Tue, 28 April 2009 02:40
		Re: Headphone Recommendations? By: AlexPlasko on Tue, 28 April 2009 09:41
		Re: Headphone Recommendations? By: Riich S on Tue, 28 April 2009 12:22
		Re: Headphone Recommendations? By: john Macy[2] on Tue, 28 April 2009 17:32
		Re: Headphone Recommendations? By: Gantt Kushner on Thu, 30 April 2009 06:08
		Re: Headphone Recommendations? By: Gantt Kushner on Thu, 30 April 2009 06:28
		Re: Headphone Recommendations? By: dnafe on Thu, 30 April 2009 14:30
		Re: Headphone Recommendations? By: Tom Bruhl on Thu, 30 April 2009 15:07
		Re: Headphone Recommendations? By: dnafe on Sat, 02 May 2009 14:48

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