Tarkovsky
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I'm a techy/producer/interviewer for a student radio station about to invest in a portable recorder for interviews and gigs and I am looking for a good sturdy pair of phones to go with it. The particular recorder is the Fostex FR-2 LE. It's phones output impedance is 32Os. It's also got a dual phono out. Apparently the headphone amp in it is Rubbish.
Features that I think are important to me are
-Solid construction
-Faithful as opposed to friendly reproduction of sound
-Accuracy in the mid range, bass detail is less important to some extent, and treble shouldn't be too harsh as to avoid headaches
-They'll have to be closed so I can be sure what I'm hearing is coming from the mics, though not in ears as I don't feel much like trading earwax with my comrades in airwaves
-If I like them enough I may use them in-studio, in fact that would be really useful, though I have a certain lack of a quality headphone amp despite a middling DAC in my Mbox 2, AND if they sounded good with music as well as all this that would be marvelous - In general I listen to Jazz Punk and Electronica
Other factors
-I'm quite happy to buy and carry a battery powered headphone amp, in fact I was looking to invest in one anyway, with reasonable life if such a device exists!
-I like mods, tinkering, second hand items and ebay, though it's been a while since I've looked at a circuit diagram
-A budget of ooh, say £140 or $280, which can be extended a bit
-I'd rather a set up that was really good at the faithful monitoring if it comes to that - as the old saying goes, students can't be choosers
Thanks for reading for all that!
Zak
P.S. some more of the details of the recorder can be found here if it's any use to you
http://www.solidstatesound.co.uk/fostex_fr2-le.htm
Features that I think are important to me are
-Solid construction
-Faithful as opposed to friendly reproduction of sound
-Accuracy in the mid range, bass detail is less important to some extent, and treble shouldn't be too harsh as to avoid headaches
-They'll have to be closed so I can be sure what I'm hearing is coming from the mics, though not in ears as I don't feel much like trading earwax with my comrades in airwaves
-If I like them enough I may use them in-studio, in fact that would be really useful, though I have a certain lack of a quality headphone amp despite a middling DAC in my Mbox 2, AND if they sounded good with music as well as all this that would be marvelous - In general I listen to Jazz Punk and Electronica
Other factors
-I'm quite happy to buy and carry a battery powered headphone amp, in fact I was looking to invest in one anyway, with reasonable life if such a device exists!
-I like mods, tinkering, second hand items and ebay, though it's been a while since I've looked at a circuit diagram
-A budget of ooh, say £140 or $280, which can be extended a bit
-I'd rather a set up that was really good at the faithful monitoring if it comes to that - as the old saying goes, students can't be choosers
Thanks for reading for all that!
Zak
P.S. some more of the details of the recorder can be found here if it's any use to you
http://www.solidstatesound.co.uk/fostex_fr2-le.htm
