Thread: Headphone Recommendations

Headphones have blown up. I remembe a discussion here about sensible headphones for playback/editing (as opposed to monitoring whilst recording) but I can't find it.
Some Senheissers at around £100-£150 ring a bell.

Anyone care to suggest?

TIA

I use Beyer DT100s - I think they were around £120. Love em

Originally Posted by Zero

I use Beyer DT100s - I think they were around £120. Love em

Hmmm. Seem to be available in 16ohm or 400ohm. I'm guessing I'd need a headphone pre-amp for the 400ohm ones, would 16ohm be OK (just using PC soundcard out)

I seem to remember recommending the Beyer DT931s which you then pointed out are no longer made. So that's as good as my suggestion goes.

Here you go tim .... http://www.videoforums.co.uk/sound-r...monnitors.html


Recently I tried a pair of Bose quiet comfort 15 noise cancelling headphones. These would be superb for outdoor sound monitoring but the price is a little "restrictive" shall we say.

Originally Posted by enc

Here you go tim .... http://www.videoforums.co.uk/sound-r...monnitors.html

Ah-hah. Both those Senheissers are still made (HD595/555)

Originally Posted by enc

Recently I tried a pair of Bose quiet comfort 15 noise cancelling headphones. These would be superb for outdoor sound monitoring but the price is a little "restrictive" shall we say.

On out shoot on Thursday we were monitoring on Bose noise cancelling headphones. Whether they were the same model as these or not I don't know, they certainly looked similar. Whilst recording (ie when the monitored sound is very similar to the external sound) I thought I could detect a "pumping". Fortunately this wasn't evident on playback. I wonder whether this might have been to do with a phasing effect caused by the slight delay between the "live" sond and the monitored sound casuing the noise cancellation to have a strange side effect.

Any other suggestions for cans before I order HD 555s?

My favourites for recording are Sennheiser HD 25-1 headphones. They fit snugly and block out a lot of ambient sound.

But on the computer I have Beyerdynamic DT250s, I bought them rather than the DT100s purely because they are more comfortable for me (with lovely velvet bits).

Personally I would never use noise-cancelling headphones to monitor recording or mixing.

Too late, Rob. But that's probably to my advantage cost-wise. In the event I took the cheapskate approach and got the 555s. I suspect i wouldn't notice any difference between those and superior open-back cans.
For monitoring recording, I'm currently just using ear-buds. they cut out "enough". Agree about the moise cancelling headphones - they don't seem ideal for monitoring.

Seems like a good choice. Comfy earpads and good reviews (and you can use them to listen to music too!)

Originally Posted by Rembrandt Rob

and you can use them to listen to music too!

Please define what you mean by music. Noooooooo.......!