Studio Headphone

[steko]

Anybody using AKG K1000s (not K100!)?

@ Tone (EE Don ): What you think about that (besides the bass boost)?: http://www.jdslabs.com/products.php?page=cmoy

[Tone Deft]

thanks for the headphone tips, I'm getting excited about this. dunno why I put off this part of my setup. I'll hit up the shops and try a few out.

@ Tone (EE Don ): What you think about that (besides the bass boost)?: http://www.jdslabs.com/products.php?page=cmoy

that's really cool, I love designs like that. looks like a basic active filter with gain control then you switch a resistor in and out to change the bass boost.

they use quality parts but their engineering is a bit wonky. if you look, that Altoids box is NOT an EMI shield until you scrape SOME paint or coating off the two halves, the paint and coating keeps them electrically separated. it'll work as a shield in two parts but the design could be improved.

also, if they designed their ground plane correctly they won't need bypass caps, those are a myth (admittedly I still design them in, I literally just did that on the design I'm working on.)

and who doesn't love blue LEDs? I'd design with them more but they have a high forward voltage and the world is going to lower and lower voltages.

[steko]

I knew you'd like that one...

EE n00b here...

Would there be advantages to my MOTU soundwise, running behind it? (besides volume & Motu is loud enough)

[Tone Deft]

I knew you'd like that one...

EE n00b here...

Would there be advantages to my MOTU soundwise, running behind it? (besides volume & Motu is loud enough)

I'd say it's an unknown and it would be dumb luck if it made your system's frequency response any flatter. seems like they're proper geeks but who knows if they ever ran a true FFT on it. they probably did, but it's an unknown.

I think it's more of a gimmic gadget or for people that want to have some bass heavy fun with their mp3 player.

are you in EE school then? I so wish I had the interweb when I was learning all that stuff, f-ing hard, more than a few of my textbooks have bent covers.

check these out:
http://www.falstad.com/circuit/e-index.html
http://www.phy.hk/wiki/englishhtm/RLC.htm
amazing resources for EE.

[3dot...]

Audio Technica ATH-M50 Professional Studio Monitor Headphones

http://www.audio-technica.com/cms/headp ... index.html

got it on ebay for less than 150 dollars

+1

Lovely sound, suitable even for mixing.. Great headphones

+3

[steko]

Thanks Tone!

Not in EE school (no way! ). I wrote "n00b", but actually meant I ain't know nothing about EE / EE-Zero... (so one wouldn't write n00b then???)

[McQ714]

Tone, you should check out the Ultrasone Pro headphones... that S Logic Plus is an incredible feature and the headphones use Neutrik connectors.

[chaibuka]

Beyerdynamic DT 770 are well liked and on sale for month of March.

http://www.guitarcenter.com/Beyerdynami ... 1126937.gc

[Paradigm X]

I have Sennheiser 650s, with a Meier headphone amp, love em, very similar to the mackies.

http://www.meier-audio.homepage.t-onlin ... ifiers.htm

A good site is headroom, tons of info, plus this frequency comparison tool; http://www.headphone.com/learning-cente ... -graph.php

use with this caveat ;

A "natural sounding" headphone should have a gentle hump in the bass (about 3 or 4 dB) between 40Hz and 500Hz. This compensates for the fact that headphones don’t give you the physical punch or 'impact' that the sound waves from a room speaker have; so a slight compensation for increased bass response is needed for natural sound. Headphones also need to be rolled-off in the highs to compensate for the drivers being so close to the ear; a gently sloping flat line from 1kHz to about 8-10dB down at 20kHz is about right.

You’ll notice all headphone measurements have a lot of jagged ups & downs (peaks & valleys) in the high frequencies; this is normal and mostly due to reflection cancellations in the folds and ridges in the outer part of the ear. Ideally however, the ups and downs of the frequency response should average out to a flat line. Large peaks or valleys over 3kHz in width usually indicate poor headphone response, and should be viewed as a coloring of the sound. Some small dips in the highs may actually be desirable and should exist in the 2kHz to 8kHz region.

[tylenol]

Audio Technica ATH-M50 Professional Studio Monitor Headphones

http://www.audio-technica.com/cms/headp ... index.html

got it on ebay for less than 150 dollars

+1

Lovely sound, suitable even for mixing.. Great headphones

+3

I do love these headphones...don't be fooled by the low price. Also there is a model with a straight cord instead of the coiled cord; for me at least the straight one is a bit more practical.

[gosinisha]

Audio Technica ATH-M40fs. love them.

[heavensdaw]

Just a quick update on this long and prolly forgotten thread..

I've just found a pair of these second hand for 75euros http://www.zzounds.com/item--AKGK240DF I'll let you all know my thoughts when they arrive!

Hd

[Taylor Barclay]

Hey I'm wearing the K240's right now!

I love them.

[Miki_Mundi]

I've just bought some KRK 8400's which are very nice