Blorp
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Hey guys, first post here.
I'm looking for some over-ear, closed back headphones to use for mostly Baroque and Renaissance music. I think that the best way to describe what I want is 'clarity'. My music tends to have a lot of different instruments playing at once, and I'd like to be able to hear all of them. So 'strong bass' isn't as important as 'clear bass'- if there are two string basses playing along with a bassoon, I really want to be able to hear the differences in timber more than I care about shaking my eardrums out of my head. Also, the sound signature I'd want for a purely vocal early Renaissance track is not what I'd want for a late Romantic violin concerto. To use the bass example, I wouldn't want particularly powerful bass on the Renaissance track because then it would sound muddy, but if I had that same bass on the Romantic track it would sound like something was missing.
For that reason I'm thinking that I'd want some studio headphones. I don't really care how they look, but a really long cord would be kind of a pain in the ass. I was thinking about the ATH-M50 headphones since they have a coiled cord and are somewhat collapsible. I also understand that they are quite durable, which is very important. I would be wearing these outside/generally traveling with them so it would be nice to not instantly lose my money. Since I'm a music major I will never actually make any money so it would be nice for these to last a while.
Are the M50s generally considered decent headphones? Right now Amazon has them for $160 which would be doable for me fairly soon. I know that this can be a contentious issue for some people- basically if the consensus is that these don't suck and have a clear sound then that's fine by me.
(edited for an attempt at clarity.)
I'm looking for some over-ear, closed back headphones to use for mostly Baroque and Renaissance music. I think that the best way to describe what I want is 'clarity'. My music tends to have a lot of different instruments playing at once, and I'd like to be able to hear all of them. So 'strong bass' isn't as important as 'clear bass'- if there are two string basses playing along with a bassoon, I really want to be able to hear the differences in timber more than I care about shaking my eardrums out of my head. Also, the sound signature I'd want for a purely vocal early Renaissance track is not what I'd want for a late Romantic violin concerto. To use the bass example, I wouldn't want particularly powerful bass on the Renaissance track because then it would sound muddy, but if I had that same bass on the Romantic track it would sound like something was missing.
For that reason I'm thinking that I'd want some studio headphones. I don't really care how they look, but a really long cord would be kind of a pain in the ass. I was thinking about the ATH-M50 headphones since they have a coiled cord and are somewhat collapsible. I also understand that they are quite durable, which is very important. I would be wearing these outside/generally traveling with them so it would be nice to not instantly lose my money. Since I'm a music major I will never actually make any money so it would be nice for these to last a while.
Are the M50s generally considered decent headphones? Right now Amazon has them for $160 which would be doable for me fairly soon. I know that this can be a contentious issue for some people- basically if the consensus is that these don't suck and have a clear sound then that's fine by me.
(edited for an attempt at clarity.)