humpty
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Hi guys, I'm sorry if this has been discussed many times but I have searched and read lots but not come to a conclusion. Many of the opinions on here seem to be based on gaming/movies/pleasure listening but I am looking for some headphones for music production, mixing in particular.
I know that you shouldn't mix on headphone but my circumstances don't allow me to get monitors so I'm looking for some decent headphones. I can only really afford about $100 so I'm tearing my hair out trying to decide. Bascially I want the headphones that are going to translate the best to all stereo systems...the holy grail for headphones I would imagine. I make dubstep/dub/reggae/electronica so good, accurate bass would be good, and I don't plan to record anything so leakage is not a problem.
I understand that open backed are the way to go for a truer sound but that said, I am getting seriously tempted by the M50s. At the moment it seems to be between those and the AD700. Both seem to be roughly the same price and the AD700 could be cheaper for me to get hold of with postage costs to my country (Office Depot in the USA stock the AD700 so I am investigating getting them shipped to my country, maybe avoiding postage costs).
Now this is the tricky bit. I keep hearing very different things about both headphones. Some say that the AD700s lack bass and some say that the M50s have too much bass. The comments about the AD700 remind me of comments about real studio monitors when hifi consumers hear them and expect big booming bass when tight accurate bass is what you actually need. Is this the case? Are they more just neutral rather than lacking in bass?
As the pair I buy will be my main mixing tool I quite wary about buying closed backs but I have heard so many good things about the M50s. But again, I don't think if this is from a mixing point of view. The comments about the accurate and strong bass end both excites and scares me...having good bass presence would be excellent but not if it is unrealistic and untransferable to other systems. The lesser soundstage in place of tight bass would actually suit me i think as most of my productions are electronic rather than real instruments. That said, good pan/reverb positioning is quite important.
I know I am probably asking the impossible but this is such a hard decision and I cannot try them anywhere in my country so I really have no idea which would be best - detail and openness with the AD700s or better/tighter bass with the M50s. I'm worried about getting either in case the bass is too light/heavy depending on which model I buy.
Also, if anyone has better recommendations then please feel free to mention them. I really hope you knowledgable people can help!
I know that you shouldn't mix on headphone but my circumstances don't allow me to get monitors so I'm looking for some decent headphones. I can only really afford about $100 so I'm tearing my hair out trying to decide. Bascially I want the headphones that are going to translate the best to all stereo systems...the holy grail for headphones I would imagine. I make dubstep/dub/reggae/electronica so good, accurate bass would be good, and I don't plan to record anything so leakage is not a problem.
I understand that open backed are the way to go for a truer sound but that said, I am getting seriously tempted by the M50s. At the moment it seems to be between those and the AD700. Both seem to be roughly the same price and the AD700 could be cheaper for me to get hold of with postage costs to my country (Office Depot in the USA stock the AD700 so I am investigating getting them shipped to my country, maybe avoiding postage costs).
Now this is the tricky bit. I keep hearing very different things about both headphones. Some say that the AD700s lack bass and some say that the M50s have too much bass. The comments about the AD700 remind me of comments about real studio monitors when hifi consumers hear them and expect big booming bass when tight accurate bass is what you actually need. Is this the case? Are they more just neutral rather than lacking in bass?
As the pair I buy will be my main mixing tool I quite wary about buying closed backs but I have heard so many good things about the M50s. But again, I don't think if this is from a mixing point of view. The comments about the accurate and strong bass end both excites and scares me...having good bass presence would be excellent but not if it is unrealistic and untransferable to other systems. The lesser soundstage in place of tight bass would actually suit me i think as most of my productions are electronic rather than real instruments. That said, good pan/reverb positioning is quite important.
I know I am probably asking the impossible but this is such a hard decision and I cannot try them anywhere in my country so I really have no idea which would be best - detail and openness with the AD700s or better/tighter bass with the M50s. I'm worried about getting either in case the bass is too light/heavy depending on which model I buy.
Also, if anyone has better recommendations then please feel free to mention them. I really hope you knowledgable people can help!