which headphones should I get?

Sep 3, 2007 at 12:12 AM Thread Starter Post #1 of 23

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I am leaning toward the dt770 because they have all super positive reviews. I am wary of getting the behringers because they don't cost very much, but the reviewers of the hd280 said they were better. I have read that the hd280 are good too, but I don't know what to get.

I am looking for the best headphones regardless of money under $200 (maybe under $300 if they are godlike headphones) for studio work and general music listening. Thanks
 
Sep 3, 2007 at 12:31 AM Post #2 of 23
You've got an apple, a fig, and a spark plug in there--a huge difference in price and style of things that aren't even comparable on any scale known to man. Perhaps you need to think about it--and read more posts here for a while and do some searches--to try to figure out what it is that you really want before you spend any money.
 
Sep 3, 2007 at 12:33 AM Post #3 of 23
what it is I really want is a good pair of headphones. By good I mean studio reference quality. I want to hear every mistake that's in there. The HD280 seemed to be good except a problem in the mids and too much bass according to reviews.

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a huge difference in price and style of things that aren't even comparable on any scale known to man


Price doesn't matter but preferably under 200. I am looking for a something that will be professionally accurate for studio sound work.
 
Sep 3, 2007 at 3:11 PM Post #5 of 23
From what I've read here the 770 is also a BASS monster. So all of them might nog be for you, i don't know what else to reccomend. Maybe an IEM (In Ear Monitor), they are known to be very detailed.
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Sep 3, 2007 at 3:25 PM Post #6 of 23
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what it is I really want is a good pair of headphones. By good I mean studio reference quality. I want to hear every mistake that's in there.

Price doesn't matter but preferably under 200. I am looking for a something that will be professionally accurate for studio sound work.



The Sony V-6 or 7506 may be a couple to look at, or the Koss MV1. Another one that's getting lots of good words are the Equation Audio RP21. Then there's the Beyer DT250. Lots of good choices, and they're more! Just gotta pick the signature that you most enjoy.
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Sep 3, 2007 at 3:59 PM Post #7 of 23
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what it is I really want is a good pair of headphones. By good I mean studio reference quality. I want to hear every mistake that's in there.


HP-1000.
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Sep 3, 2007 at 4:32 PM Post #8 of 23
The only pair of phones on your list that I have heard is the DT770s. As a musician myself who mixes and masters his own music with a DAW, I would never, under any circumstances, use the DT770s as a headphone for mixdown and mastering. And for whatever it may be worth, I think they actually sounded dreadful while listening to my music as well. Sucked out mids, grainy unimpressive highs and overwhelming flabby and bloated Bass. Needless to stay, the DT770s didn't last long in my collection. For the particular applications in which you want to use a pair of headphones, and given your budget, I personally would choose the Equation Audio RP-21s any day over the DT770s.

But honestly, the best way to go for music mastering and mixdown is a pair of decent nearfield monitors, such as these for example:

Behringer TRUTH B2031A Active Monitors

Any serious recording engineer will likely tell you the same thing - nearfield monitors are the way to go. If you can get your music to sound great on a pair of nearfield speakers, then you significantly increase the odds that the same music will sound good on all manner of medium used for musical playback, be it a pair of iBuds, cheap car speakers, all makes and models of headphones, mid-fi home theater loudspeakers, all the way up to and including the most expensive esoteric loudspeakers on the planet. The same simply can't be said if you master your music using a 'colored' pair of headphones.

If studio monitors were absolutely not an option for some reason and I had an unlimited budget, I would pick a pair of Grado HP-2s as my pair of mastering/mixdown headphones, closely followed by a pair of properly amplified AKG K-1000s. The reason being that both of those phones have come closest (to my ears) to a pair of nearfield monitors out of all of the headphones I have heard or owned in my entire life.

So yea, if you can stretch your budget to $300, then I would suggest getting a pair of decent monitors for studio mixing and mastering, and then supplement them with a pair of decent headphones for music listening enjoyment with any money you may have left over. Good candidates for $99 or less would be Denon D-1000s, RP-21s and Alessandro MS-1s, for example. If you are still adamant about using a pair of headphones for everything, then the RP-21s would be a decent choice. Even though they are a bit colored, and not exactly nearfield level phones, they were created for studio work, and to my ears, they would do an 'ok' job when used for mixdown and mastering.

Good luck.
 
Sep 3, 2007 at 7:31 PM Post #9 of 23
thanks man you rock hardcore

edit: have a good f'ing day. GREAT POST!!!

edit2: I was looking at the rp21's and I found one called the rp22x which is more expensive. Are the rp21's still better? Just wondering thanks a bunch!
 
Sep 3, 2007 at 8:36 PM Post #10 of 23
i hated the HD280's. although they were detailed enough, the bass was.....iot didn't have half the bass i was expecting.

at $300 the worlds you oyster.

i would go above the Denon's D1000's RP21's and HD280's and go for a pair of AKG K701's.

http://search.ebay.com/search/search...701&category0=

I think these will be the headphones i go for in the near future, but the fact that i've just put my money into the Super fi 5EB's doesn't really help my 'K701 fund'.

Under the $200 range, try the Equation Audio RP21's for great bass, The Denon's D1000 (instead of Grado or Alessandro) for fine detail, weightier bass than the Grado's and unparalleled comfort, which Grados aren't exactly famous for.

think about Ultrasone as well.

http://search.ebay.com/search/search...trypage=search
 
Sep 10, 2007 at 9:22 AM Post #13 of 23
Great bass = clean, tight; not muddy
 
Sep 10, 2007 at 7:26 PM Post #15 of 23
Sony 7509HD My Vote
 

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