Headphones and Microphone Recommendations

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SM58 is a great inexpensive vocal mic, so YES.

Sennheiser and Sony make decent reference headphones - try ones with good
isolation for outside noise.

Good luck.


"NoTomorrow" <invalid@email.address> wrote in message
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> Hi,
>
> I have just bought a Yamaha 01X and I'm after some decent headphones and a
> vocal microphone to do it some justice.
> However, I don't have a fortune to spend, so I was after some
> recommendations.
>
> I hear that the Shure SM58 is an excellent vocal microphone - is that the
> one to go for?
> In terms of headphones for monitoring, are Sennheiser the best make to go
> for? Do any of the Sennheiser headphones come with a 1/4 inch jack as
> standard?
> I hate using 3.5mm to 1/4inch adapters. I just have a bad history with
> them.
>
> Thanks for the help.
> NT.
>

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On Tue, 10 May 2005 15:50:54 GMT, "NoTomorrow" <invalid@email.address>
wrote:

>Hi,
>
>I have just bought a Yamaha 01X and I'm after some decent headphones and a
>vocal microphone to do it some justice.
>However, I don't have a fortune to spend, so I was after some
>recommendations.
>
>I hear that the Shure SM58 is an excellent vocal microphone - is that the
>one to go for?
>In terms of headphones for monitoring, are Sennheiser the best make to go
>for? Do any of the Sennheiser headphones come with a 1/4 inch jack as
>standard?
>I hate using 3.5mm to 1/4inch adapters. I just have a bad history with
>them.
>
>Thanks for the help.
>NT.
>

The SM58 is not a bad choice. It is rugged, reliable, and most singers
are familiar with it.

Avoid headphones which are intended for DJs. They usually have a hyped
bottom end.

All of the good headphones intended for studio monitoring by AKG,
Sennheiser or Sony come with a 1/4" adapter. Often it screws on, which
makes it more reliable. I've had a bad history with those things, too,
but I now have a procedure which avoids problems with them.

Unscrew it, add a drop of contact cleaner, then screw it back
together.

Apply heat shrink tubing so that it cannot be disassembled without
cutting off the head shrink.

That usually lasts for a year or two, then I replace the whole
connector with a Neutrik 1/4" TRS plug.

Mike T.