Good headphone

Archived from groups: rec.audio.tech (More info?)

Hello,

who can recommend me a good headphone please? I prefer a closed system.

Greets, Jurgen

Archived from groups: rec.audio.tech (More info?)

"Jurgen" <jurgenkotvis@yahoo.com> writes:

> Hello,
>
> who can recommend me a good headphone please? I prefer a closed
> system.

I've been impressed with the Sony MDR-7506's I picked up. Very useful
in live band recording situations providing solid bass and good
passive isolation, and also useful for critical mixing. I'm sure
there are others out there that are as good or better, but these work
for me. I think they were about $100 from a local Guitar Center or
Sam Ash or some such.


Best Regards,
--
/"\ ASCII Ribbon Campaign | Todd H
\ / | http://www.toddh.net/
X Promoting good netiquette | http://triplethreatband.com/
/ \ http://www.toddh.net/netiquette/ | "4 lines suffice."

Archived from groups: rec.audio.tech (More info?)

There are a lot of good dynamic headphones out there. Senheiser, Sony, Koss,
Audio Technica make some really nice ones. A good test is to get a test CD
with digital pulses. A digital pulse is one sample of digital audio at full
output, surrounded by digital silence (zeros). A recording of ticks at 10
per second or less will tell you a lot about a pair of phones. A tick should
sound totally dead and uncolored. If there is any tonal quality to it, the
phones are adding this as an effect of resonance and ringing. You might be
surprised at how different the ticks sound with different phones. It's a lot
harder to hear these effects with regular music. So pick the phones that get
loud enough for you without breaking up, sound good with music and have the
deadest ticks.

~James. )

"Jurgen" <jurgenkotvis@yahoo.com> wrote in message
news:42dbf5b3$0$32092$dbd41001@news.wanadoo.nl...
> Hello,
>
> who can recommend me a good headphone please? I prefer a closed system.
>
> Greets, Jurgen
>
>

Archived from groups: rec.audio.tech (More info?)

James Lehman wrote:
> A good mix starts with phones and gets tested on many different kinds of
> speakers.

Well, I agree on the latter.

Test with EVERYTHING from headphones to high-quality near-field speakers
to cheap-ass speakers to a $19.95 boom box to a monophonic 3" pocket
radio speaker to a car sound system to...

It should at least sound reasonable on all of these. That may mean it
isn't optimal on any of 'em. Finding the best tradeoff is where the
engineering -- and art -- come into it.

Archived from groups: rec.audio.tech (More info?)

"GregS" <szekeres@pitt.edu> wrote in message
newsbit3o$l1p$1@usenet01.srv.cis.pitt.edu
> In article <NcCdnWNwRK9syUHfRVn-rg@comcast.com>, Joe
Kesselman
> <keshlam-nospam@comcast.net> wrote:
>> James Lehman wrote:
>>> A good mix starts with phones and gets tested on many
>>> different kinds of speakers.
>>
>> Well, I agree on the latter.
>>
>> Test with EVERYTHING from headphones to high-quality
>> near-field speakers to cheap-ass speakers to a $19.95
boom
>> box to a monophonic 3" pocket radio speaker to a car
sound
>> system to...
>>
>> It should at least sound reasonable on all of these. That
may
>> mean it isn't optimal on any of 'em. Finding the best
>> tradeoff is where the engineering -- and art -- come into
it.
>
> I guess, if your trying to make a recording for the radio?

....or if you're making a recording for playback in a car, or
office.

Archived from groups: rec.audio.tech (More info?)

In article <QNmdndG1XopBZEHfRVn-vA@comcast.com>, "Arny Krueger" <arnyk@hotpop.com> wrote:
>"GregS" <szekeres@pitt.edu> wrote in message
>newsbit3o$l1p$1@usenet01.srv.cis.pitt.edu
>> In article <NcCdnWNwRK9syUHfRVn-rg@comcast.com>, Joe
>Kesselman
>> <keshlam-nospam@comcast.net> wrote:
>>> James Lehman wrote:
>>>> A good mix starts with phones and gets tested on many
>>>> different kinds of speakers.
>>>
>>> Well, I agree on the latter.
>>>
>>> Test with EVERYTHING from headphones to high-quality
>>> near-field speakers to cheap-ass speakers to a $19.95
>boom
>>> box to a monophonic 3" pocket radio speaker to a car
>sound
>>> system to...
>>>
>>> It should at least sound reasonable on all of these. That
>may
>>> mean it isn't optimal on any of 'em. Finding the best
>>> tradeoff is where the engineering -- and art -- come into
>it.
>>
>> I guess, if your trying to make a recording for the radio?
>
>....or if you're making a recording for playback in a car, or
>office.
>
>

In a car with who knows what kind of sound system, but may
be in a Monster Garage hot rod going 120 MPH, convertable of
course. Some people have offices in the darndest places.

But perhaps the orginal poster just wants to listen to some
music in a loud plane, and has nothing to do with recording?

greg

Archived from groups: rec.audio.tech (More info?)

wß wrote:
> ebyea <ebyea@aol.spam.com> wrote:
>
>
>>Jurgen wrote:
>>
>>>Hello,
>>>
>>>who can recommend me a good headphone please? I prefer a closed system.
>>>
>>>Greets, Jurgen
>>>
>>>
>>
>>The standard is the AKG 240M. Have had a pair for years and love them.
>> True to the recording because it's what studios use.
>
>
> I agree, good low end, excellent image, low fatique , decent price.
>
Third and I can't understand what everyone else in this thread is
yapping about. What is so hard about answering a simple question
without getting carried away?

Ohh and you won't ever find a more comfortable or durable set of
headphones at any price.