Headphones

[PaulClements]

In addition to the boom mic thread I posted ages ago I thought I'd see what peoples opinions on headphones are.

I've been looking at Grado Labs Prestige Series SR325i. They appear to offer excellent sound quality at a relatively low price.

I'm no sound guy so I need all the help I can get when it comes to these areas!

Cheers

Paul

[Paul Leeming]

Depends on whether you want enclosed or open air headphones, and what you are monitoring, but I personally use a pair of AKG271 headphones and am VERY pleased with the sound. Here's a good review of them:

http://www.dansdata.com/k271.htm

HTH

[PaulClements]

Thanks Paul, they sound (No pun intended) pretty good.

[Sam Druckerman]

HI Paul,

I use an older Grado headphone model in my 24 trk "music" recording studio, and there great... BUT,


Ty Ford is the Man for all things audio, and for location work he swears by......

"Sony MDR 7506".

[Bruce Allen]

Ty Ford is the Man for all things audio, and for location work he swears by......

"Sony MDR 7506".

7506es are great for location sound recording because:
1. loud
2. comfy-ish, decent isolation, small
3. uneven but detailed freq response helps you hear recording problems without straining your ears as much as you would trying to hear tiny glitches in a flat freq response phone. Those glitches might be magnified later, it's good to hear them now.

Don't worry, Sam, you made the right choice for your studio phones.

BTW I don't think you generally want open design headphones when recording sounds on set.

Bruce Allen
www.boacinema.com

[Jared VanLeuven]

Yeah, I love my 7506's.

This may sound whacked, but I hooked up my pair of Bose Acoustic Noise Canceling Headphones to the computer the other day (Sonys were being used), and scrubbed through my project and Wow! They were great for picking up stray transients and transition glitches. Yeah , I know - Bose - but I seriously picked up stuff I didn't hear on the Sonys. Weird.

[Martin Longrie]

7506's are great! Love'em

[Corrado Silveri]

I use the 7506 (feeling very good), when I can't use my Genelec system...

The 7506 are really good, with an incredible price/quality ratio, are commonly used in the pro-audio-environment, bla bla bla... Just like Genelec.

Have you ever tried to plug the 7506 to an iPod? Or a 8050A/7060B Genelec system?

Am I too obsessive with my love to the Genelec speaker?

[Julian Banos]

I use them as well. For speakers I chose Dynaudio in a blind test against the comparable Genelec, I thought I was going to go for the Genelec. A friend of mine sold me the Shure plug-in headphones (E4, i think) and I used them about 3 times while using a camera on my shoulder. They really help on this situation, because they dont take up any space. It worked for me.
Does any one know about wireless headphones?

[Corrado Silveri]

Sorry, forgot to mention my Ultimate Ears Super.fi 5 Pro... Use that only on my iPod, but those in-ear are really great!

And, yes, the Dynaudio are really sweet... Btw I just prefer the sound of the Genelec, it's all about personal taste I think.

[Jim Hoffman]

you can find a bunch of info and user reviews on www.gearslutz.com

[Julian Banos]

Hoffman: great link, thak you.
ElCurado: Genelecs are great, it was a really close call. But I am not that experienced either.

[Mark Thorpe]

I use a pair of A400's from AKG. Classic enveloped style, great sound reproduction. I've also got a pair of Active Noise Cancelling iLuv (don't laugh) envelope style headphones. Bought them for the iPod, great sound but the AKG's are by far the best of the two.

Cheers,
Mark.

[Andrew Benz]

you can find a bunch of info and user reviews on www.gearslutz.com

Great resource! Though be nice... ripping heads off is for sport... but they will bend over backwards if you know what you are talking about and be respectful when you don't.


7506es are great for location sound recording because:
1. loud
2. comfy-ish, decent isolation, small
3. uneven but detailed freq response helps you hear recording problems without straining your ears as much as you would trying to hear tiny glitches in a flat freq response phone. Those glitches might be magnified later, it's good to hear them now.

Don't worry, Sam, you made the right choice for your studio phones.

BTW I don't think you generally want open design headphones when recording sounds on set.

Bruce Allen
www.boacinema.com

Bruce is dead on...

I use 7506's (2 prs) for location...

Cheap sennheiser hd 202s (6prs) for bands...

Very nice open ear sennheiser 600s through an xcan tube headphone amplifier for editing on the mac... sounds incredible... it gives you a very accurate portrait of your aural landscape...

Cheers-- Andrew