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Which earphone used by sound engineer/artist in making music??

post #1 of 5
3/12/10 at 1:16am
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just a curiosity, for the sound engineer and artist here who works in the studio making music and stuff, which earphone/headphone do you use? thanks
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post #2 of 5
3/12/10 at 2:45am
There are quite a few here who use headphones professionally. I'm not a pro, but am a big fan of pro headphones.

One model you'll find all over is the Sony MDR-V6. They're used for a lot of recording, at radio stations, everywhere. Sony has a full pro line of headphones. I like the MDR-7509HD and usually use them when I travel.

At the high end, the AKG K-1000, Grado HP-1000 and Stax 4070 are pro headphones.

Beyerdynamic makes several pro models, too, like the DT150 and my favorite, the DT48.

AKG and Sennheiser make a few as well, but I'm not familiar with them outside of the K-1000 and the widely used HD-600.
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post #3 of 5
3/12/10 at 3:26am
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Originally Posted by Uncle Erik View Post
AKG and Sennheiser make a few as well, but I'm not familiar with them outside of the K-1000 and the widely used HD-600.
Uncle Erik, is it your impression that the HD 600 is more widely used by the pros than the HD 650? Just curious.
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post #4 of 5
3/12/10 at 4:35am
I'm trying to understand what use an open headphone would be in a professional capacity. Mixing? Good monitors would be better, unless you have a bad sounding room, but if have a bad sounding room than you're probably not a professional. Recording instruments/tracking would be bad idea - click tracks/other tracks would bleed into the microphones.

Well, I imagine doing some sequencing and some minor mixing would be an option with open headphones, away from the studio at least.
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post #5 of 5
3/12/10 at 8:33am
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i was thinking of them using a bang & olufsen a8 since they are good in detail?
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