[noobguy]

I am new to the whole audiophile headphone thing. I have been using my Sennheiser HD200's for years djing and have no problem with them for that.

Now I am moving on to production. I am currently living in Japan and can't play loud music as it seems to be taboo here (especially in the suburbs). I plan to buy some Yamaha NS-10M before I go back to New Zealand as they are very easy, and cheap to buy here and seem like a safe bet for mix down.

I plan to send off any completed tracks of a high calibre to be mastered in the UK by the exchange or metropolis or someone similar.

I will be making heavily reggae influenced jungle (drum n bass) dance music. It will have male and female vocals, as well as sythesizer, sub-bass, deep kicks, snares and rolls.

I need to be able to hear the exact point where I have compressed the amens too much and which frequencies I need to EQ.

I will not be using an amp.

I will be using the headphones straight out of my laptop soundcard.

If I have money at a later date I may buy a DAC. I may also upgrade my onboard soundcard. Most likely I will not buy an amp.

As I stated the headphones are just the first step in a chain of mastering.

I have narrowed my list down to

Shure SRH840
German Maestro 8.35D

Both are said to be flat enough for my purposes.

I would really like to get some K701/702, but concensus is that they need amping. They are also open. As my wife will be on the other side of a curtain while I am making beats it would be considerate to have as little leaking as possible.

Please let me know what you would consider the best choice for my purposes.

 

[Mink]

This may help you:
Comparison of four closed cans - M-Audio Q40 vs. ATH-M50 vs. Shure SRH840 vs. GMP 8.35 D monitor

 

[noobguy]

Best Studio (mixing) closed : K271/272 vs SRH840 vs HD280/380 vs 8.35D

I also just found this too

I didn't see them before though

Oh well still worth the post.

Any more specific help appreciated

Thanks

 

[oqvist]

If you don´t need isolation I would go for the 435S

 

[lejaz]

I wonder how the new Ortofon O one and O Two measure up against the Shure 840. I haven't been able to find any reviews yet since they're new, but they're priced about the same as the Shure and, FWIR, they don't need an amp.

 

[noobguy]

a good review of the ortofon one here

djforums.com - The Worldwide DJ Community » Blog Archive » Ortofon O-One Headphones

 

[lejaz]

Great review...thanks for the link, noobguy! I always wanted to try the ultrasones s-logic technology, and now it seems there's a more balanced ultrasone available for studio and dj use.