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Re: Headphone Recommendations? [message #103284 is a reply to message #103281]

Mon, 27 April 2009 22:48

Aaron Allen

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http://www.extremeheadphones.com/ if you need isolation that's, well..
extreme. I love mine to drum with live, nothing touches them. I think
they're a bit dark but I like that extra low end umpph live, and I got the
'black' series with the extended low end. They're pretty close to 30dB
isolation IIRC, and anything over about 100hz dies before it reaches your
ears with them.

I have the K240, this looks like the replacement model (240 Mark II).
Clarity is pretty good on my 240's, but they are very open and bleeding....
http://www.akg.com/site/products/powerslave,id,1063,pid,1063 ,nodeid,2,_language,EN.html

I have tried electrostatics, and thought they were pretty good but thin for
my tastes.. YMMV.

AA

"Larry Hogan" <ooglybong@nycap.rr.com> wrote in message
news:49f67eb7$1@linux...
>
> Thanks to everyone for your quick responses. I obviously have a lot to
> think
> about, more importantly to hopefully be able to check some of these out at
> local stores. Would Guitar Center (45 minutes away) be a good source, or
> might Best Buy (15 minutes drive) be just as good? (I would guess that
> Best
> Buy would carry more like "living room" types of consumer headphones,
> right?)
>
> I really don't use headphones much-hence my needing advice to think about
> getting a decent pair since mine are pretty old and crumbly around the
> padding.
> And the concept that a pair might be great for editing, but (what?) too
> harsh or exhausting to also mix with seems ironic, to say the least. It
> would
> have seemed like good 'phones would have been good 'phones. Ha. Guess I
> have
> a lot to learn.
>
> If a pair were really superb for both functions, my budget might be able
> to stretch a bit, so any more advice is still appreciated. :-)
>
> Thanks again.
> Larry Hogan
>
>
> "Gantt Kushner" <ganttmann@comcast.net> wrote:
>>
>>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
>

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		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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