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Re: Headphone Recommendations? [message #103347 is a reply to message #103286]

Fri, 01 May 2009 06:00

Sarahtonin

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Registered: April 2009
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I just like 'em cuz they're comfy, and nice to listen to real loud. :) But
I never mix on headphones, either. I like 'em just for tracking and
diagnosing.

S

"Martin Harrington" <martin@lendanear-sound.com> wrote in message
news:C61CFBA1.972D%martin@lendanear-sound.com...
> That's because they have an extremely false bottom end.
> As a location recordist / mixer, I, and indeed most of the location
> industry
> use the Sony's, but mainly so we can hear the rumble of a boom mic on the
> end of a pole, or traffic / Aircon noise.
>
> Martin H
> Lend An Ear Sound
> On 28/04/09 7:30 AM, in article 49f629c1@linux, "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
>>
>>
>
>
>

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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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