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Post by Jan Holm » Thu Oct 19, 2006 4:49 pm

wilxon wrote:If it is for music production then you dont want them to add or subtract frequencies to your sounds and samples.
Ooh my favorite subject. I for one dont want flat. I dont like
flat and if thats what I get, I'll compensate (not good)

I want monitoring that makes my favorite productions sound
perfect.

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Post by SubLik » Thu Oct 19, 2006 4:55 pm

Please can you explain?
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Post by kineticUk » Thu Oct 19, 2006 4:57 pm

SubLik, Jan and everyone else trust me ... just get the HD25's
(I'm telling you they are the rude bwoy headphones)
When you put them on and listen you'll be like 8O
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Post by PeReYrA » Thu Oct 19, 2006 5:00 pm

ANyone tried Sony MDR7506???

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Post by SubLik » Thu Oct 19, 2006 5:04 pm

Sorted.

I'd better get & make some music, I'm spending a lot of time online.

Byebye
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Post by Chris J » Thu Oct 19, 2006 5:05 pm

BeyerDynamic DT 990 pro

they need a little time to get into their proper sound, but after a few weeks they're above the rest. Shame about the cable.
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Post by franknputer » Thu Oct 19, 2006 5:14 pm

I have the MDR7506's. They're pretty good, standard pro audio issue if you need to travel, because they fold up nicely. I've always thought them to be too bright, but they work great.

Jan Holm - your criteria for headphones is a double-edged sword. If your headphones are "tailored" to sound a certain way, then you'll likely under-compensate for them, or perhaps not hear something that sounds really bad to someone else. It's really best to listen to as many different sources as possible, at different levels, and try to make it work on all of them.

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Post by Chris J » Thu Oct 19, 2006 5:52 pm

SubLik wrote:Sorted.

I'd better get & make some music, I'm spending a lot of time online.

Byebye

which one did you take ?
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Post by wilxon » Thu Oct 19, 2006 8:14 pm

SubLik wrote:Yeh I would like the headphones to have a flat frequency response & what I meant was I would like the low frequencies covered too. i.e as low as 15Hz- 22kHz.

Thinking about it will I be able to feel the frequencies as low as that as headphone drivers are pretty small?

Perhaps I won't worry about this too much now...

I'll just get the Sennheiser HD25's.
:lol: :lol:

Good Choice

:lol: :lol:

Try www.decks.co.uk (sapphires)for a really good price, phone em up and tell them that you have had a price £10 cheaper than what they are selling them for, they will just match it.

Next day delivery too

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Post by wilxon » Thu Oct 19, 2006 8:17 pm

Jan Holm wrote:
wilxon wrote:If it is for music production then you dont want them to add or subtract frequencies to your sounds and samples.
Ooh my favorite subject. I for one dont want flat. I dont like
flat and if thats what I get, I'll compensate (not good)

I want monitoring that makes my favorite productions sound
perfect.
8O I think you are a wind up. :wink:

If you are not hearing what its really like your productions wont sound the same when you play it else where. :!: :!: :idea:

Its your favorite subject - your theory is a very very unproffesional one. :?

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Post by wilxon » Thu Oct 19, 2006 8:18 pm

kineticUk wrote:SubLik, Jan and everyone else trust me ... just get the HD25's
(I'm telling you they are the rude bwoy headphones)
When you put them on and listen you'll be like 8O
I completely agree.

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Post by JamieG » Thu Oct 19, 2006 8:40 pm

Why are there so many people getting their knickers in a twist about frequency responce of the headphones. They are for monitoring NOT mixing!!


If you create a mix thats sounds good through headphones, of course its gonna sound crappy through loudspeakers!! This has nothing to do with the frequency responce of the headphones, but more to do with the addition of room acoustics (which you don't hear on headphones).


You really should be looking for a pair of headphones that produce a loud precise sound over all audible frequencies (at equal sound level over those frequencies, ie FLAT) so that you can hear exactly whats going in the sound and notice sutble changes.


IMO there is no contest, HD25's are the way to go, but you should try them to make sure they fit comfortably, etc. If they don't then you should consider another high-end, closed back headphone. Beyer-Dynamic are definitly second choice to Sennheiser, both are good, but HD25's come with excelent warranty and have easily replacable parts so will be the last pair of headphones you will buy!

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Post by formatk » Thu Oct 19, 2006 8:52 pm

Best headphones for non dj use are sony mdr-7506's... I think Sens.... are shite. If you wanna use phones for DJing, look at Sony MDR- V700's, they're loud and got a good sound... build quality ain't the best, and you shouldn't use them for a long time... can cause ear injuires, but you hear everything loud and clear...
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Post by formatk » Thu Oct 19, 2006 8:54 pm

HD 25's are poo, I can't understand why all you guys are raving about them?
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Post by xzusa8ky » Thu Oct 19, 2006 9:16 pm

HD 25-13 Nothing Else matters....:-)
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