Headphones
Sunday, August 17, 2008
, Posted by Anonymous at 10:45 AM
Headphones will be needed if you live in a claustrophobically closed-in residential area, if volume is an issue , you live in an apartment complex, your mom and pops is in the bedroom next door, if you just want to hear the minor imperfections of your recording that you couldn't catch out loud, or if you are proud of your work aka conceited. If all you want to do is just listen because you "mix" and "masteR" your tracks with your monitors (speakers) then buy some cheapo $20.00 headphones and skip this info. If you're still reading that means you want high quality headphones. What's the difference? Think of standing by the sea as normal headphones, for those high-quality bastards think of being in the pacific ocean on a small raft suffering from scurvy, harsh winds and preparing to fight a fifty foot man-eating octopus. "What the heck!?!" Yea, that's the first thing you'll say when you put on your first ultra high-quality studio headphones. Of course, everything has it's imperfections and studio quality headphones suffer from being too intimate with your ear, too clear, or too muggy, too crisp, or too flat, too much on the high end of the audio spectrum adding unnecessary sparkle to your mix that just isn't there in actuality. What I mean is that these headphones may "flavor" or "color" your sound. Color? Like surround sound for example, voiceovers in a movie weren't really made with the intention of being heard by your ear, feet and spinal cord at the exact same time were they? So what you'll need are headphones that while great, reproduce your material with all it's ugliness hanging out in the sunshine with full glory like a fresh high school pimple. Professional headphones cost about $100-$400 depending on the size and brand.
RECOMMENDED STUDIO HEADPHONES (Sorted by price, lowest to highest)
AKG M 70 Headphones
Price: $29.99
Vic Firth SIH7 Isolation Headphones
Price: $45.99
Yamaha RHSMA Headphones
Price: 49.95
Audio Technica ATH PRO5Vs Monitor Headphones
Price: $69.99
Sennheiser HD280 Pro Closed-Back Headphones
Price: $99.99
Sony MDR-7506 Headphones
Price: $99.99
Audio-Technica ATH-M50 Studio Monitor Headphones
Price: $149.99
Beyerdynamic DT 770 Pro-80 Closed Studio Headphones
Price: $199.99
Ultrasonic Pro 750 Stereo Headphones
Price: $399.99
TOP OF THE LINE STUDIO HEADPHONES (Sorted by price, lowest to highest)
Sennheiser HD650 Open-Air Pro Headphones
Price $499.99
AKG K 701 Ultra Reference Class Stereo Headphone
Price: $499.99
Audio-Technica ATH AD2000 Open Air Dynamic Headphones
Price: $799.99
PROFESSIONAL QUALITY VERY SMALL STUDIO EARPHONES
M-Audio IE-40 Triple Driver Pro In-Ear Earphones
Price: $399.99
PROFESSIONAL QUALITY WIRELESS HEADPHONES
Sony MDR-DS6000 Wireless Surround Sound Digital 2.4Ghz RF Headphones
Price: $299.99
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