HF5 vs. HD380 for video editing/sound mixing?

I have the ATH-CK90 Pro, and they can be used as monitor, but I prefer the GMP 8.35 full size over the ear hps with great isolation. The inear hps are good and reproduce the voice area very well, but not so much sound separation low bass and sound stage.

Here is my recommendations,

1. GMP 8.35

2. AGK K-271MKll

3. M-50

4  HD-280

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Originally Posted by videocans 

Thanks for the info Acix. I would like to find out more about the benefits of using over the ear headphones in post and how they may excel over in-ear earphones. Read, is it worth spending the extra money for a good pair of over-ear headphones. Besides the better separation, how is the spacial quality,etc?

 

thanks in advance!

You'll need to try out for yourself and gain some experience with those models , or just some of them...

Field work = Sennheiser HD 25-1 ii - hands down.

However, is soundstage/imaging is a concern, you're probably going to have to move to open cans. I use the AKG k702 for video sound mixing/editing. With a good EQ they are very neutral, and have great soundstage. Others really like the Senn 600/650 for this. But isolation is for schiit with both. 

edit - didn't see you'd already gotten the 271's - let us know what you think of them. :)

Happy holidays!

Happy holidays.

I like a mellower headphone for working in video, as most times I'm listening to pre-sweetened tracks and interviews. Wild sound isn't always pretty, and there is little point in polishing up a mix too much for a rough cut. In truth, I've never liked finalizing mixes with one kind of monitor: when I used to edit commercials I'd check a mix across headphones, the in-suite JBLs, and the built in speaker on the client monitor. I do think you can use any headphone that you like, as long as you understand that it's going to impact your mix in a certain way. 

The biggest concern that I do have with mixing with headphones is missing 'plosives and sub-sonics, they just don't show up very well in many headphones; truck rumbles, mic noise, air conditioning, and other wild noises can generate allot of low end garbage that a headphone can underestimate. 

Makes sense JadeEast - and yes, definitely check across different outputs and systems. I have my headphones set up (via eq and crossfade) to mimic our editing room (Adam ARTist 5) - and then always check on consumer outputs... 

Mostly I just like getting my headphones to where I can reliably mix without fearing a complete rework when I get it in suite. 

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Originally Posted by JadeEast 

I like a mellower headphone for working in video, as most times I'm listening to pre-sweetened tracks and interviews. Wild sound isn't always pretty, and there is little point in polishing up a mix too much for a rough cut. In truth, I've never liked finalizing mixes with one kind of monitor: when I used to edit commercials I'd check a mix across headphones, the in-suite JBLs, and the built in speaker on the client monitor. I do think you can use any headphone that you like, as long as you understand that it's going to impact your mix in a certain way. 

 

The biggest concern that I do have with mixing with headphones is missing 'plosives and sub-sonics, they just don't show up very well in many headphones; truck rumbles, mic noise, air conditioning, and other wild noises can generate allot of low end garbage that a headphone can underestimate. 

I think if you working with video the most important area will be the human voice spectrum...as well most of the video work goes to the TV and WEB...

Most of the studio monitor hps will let you hear the truck rumbles, even the DT-48.