Good Monitor Headphones

sixsinisters · Post by **sixsinisters** » Fri Aug 14, 2009 5:47 pm

Hi, What your suggestion for under $150 worth of good monitor headphones?

I'm currently in the market, and been thinking about sony 7506 .. just need some more inputs .. thanks!

gtivr6fan · Post by **gtivr6fan** » Fri Aug 14, 2009 6:03 pm

I use atm40fs, pretty flat, closed back, good fit, great price. I also have Sennheiser HD555, little more punchy, circum aural design, great fit good price. Hope it helps!

anoteoftruth · Post by **anoteoftruth** » Fri Aug 14, 2009 7:19 pm

I use AKG K240 studio's and they work great for me, and are in that range.. There are some decent Seinnheiser's in that range that are closed back.. the AKG's are not closed back so you do get a bit of bleeding while recording if your close to the mic, but I prefer the AKG's as I feel its a bit more natural sound.. thats only my opinion though, some people swear by seinnheiser. I think the K240's are discontinued but they got he K240 MK 2's, which are just a improved version.. going for 180$ canadian in retail so I'm sure you could find them cheaper elsewhere.. just go into a music shop and try a bunch of them out!

earsmack · Post by **earsmack** » Fri Aug 14, 2009 8:01 pm

AKG K240 here as well. Great "standard" studio headphones. These are open ear though so you might not want to wear them if you are recording vocals since they will bleed. Otherwise, great sound and pretty comfortable.

Regardless of the phones you choose - listen to your music on a variety of setups (speakers, phones etc.) to learn how the phones you choose sit in relation to everything else.

anoteoftruth · Post by **anoteoftruth** » Fri Aug 14, 2009 8:26 pm

Agreed! When I first got the 240's, I loved them so much I never took them off.. then I noticed that even know stuff sounded great and clear and full in my headphones, I'd transfer it to my ipod and it would sound horrible and thin. I guess thats just where quality EQ's and mastering comes in (something I'm just really learning lately) .. so I would definately recommend taking earsmack's advice.. listen to it on everything to make sure it sounds good everywhere.

Assar · Post by **Assar** » Sat Aug 15, 2009 10:17 am

I totally agree on AKG K240S(tudio), which is semi-open.

kumasynthtones · Post by **kumasynthtones** » Sat Aug 15, 2009 9:33 pm

I bought the SVT's, man they sound good.

http://www.milianacoustics.com/

Christopher Winkels · Post by **Christopher Winkels** » Sun Aug 16, 2009 8:09 am

I have the AKGs as well.

I used to run a pair of (what I thought were decent) Sony headphones, but they were cheaply constructed and when the adjustment mechanism broke I decided to splurge on a nicer pair.

What a difference. Just to reference, I went back and A/B'd the Sonys against the AKG and it was the proverbial night and day improvement. Plus they feel as though they could survive much more abuse and are made in Austria rather than some country with dodgy manufacturing techniques.

sixsinisters · Post by **sixsinisters** » Sun Aug 16, 2009 7:59 pm

Christopher Winkels wrote:I have the AKGs as well.

I used to run a pair of (what I thought were decent) Sony headphones, but they were cheaply constructed and when the adjustment mechanism broke I decided to splurge on a nicer pair.

What a difference. Just to reference, I went back and A/B'd the Sonys against the AKG and it was the proverbial night and day improvement. Plus they feel as though they could survive much more abuse and are made in Austria rather than some country with dodgy manufacturing techniques.

Which model of sony did you refer to?
And which k240 is better? cos seems like there are several of that model (240s and MKII).

I was about to get the 7506 cos so many people swears by them, so i might wanna try first .. although never experience with their headphones.

anoteoftruth · Post by **anoteoftruth** » Sun Aug 16, 2009 11:22 pm

Hey, the K240 MK II 's are just the newest updated version of the K240's.. if you can find a good price on them I recommend those, but the regular K240 studio's are really great.. those are what all of us here are referring to.. and probably cheaper if you can find them online somewhere, as they are'nt being made anymore.

anoteoftruth · Post by **anoteoftruth** » Sun Aug 16, 2009 11:24 pm

I just wanted to mention too... I personally would never buy Sony's. Overpriced and usually poor manufacturing.

c7sus · Post by **c7sus** » Mon Aug 17, 2009 12:24 am

Sennheiser HD-280.

About $100US most places.

Christopher Winkels · Post by **Christopher Winkels** » Mon Aug 17, 2009 7:02 am

sixsinisters wrote:
Christopher Winkels wrote:I have the AKGs as well.

I used to run a pair of (what I thought were decent) Sony headphones, but they were cheaply constructed and when the adjustment mechanism broke I decided to splurge on a nicer pair.

What a difference. Just to reference, I went back and A/B'd the Sonys against the AKG and it was the proverbial night and day improvement. Plus they feel as though they could survive much more abuse and are made in Austria rather than some country with dodgy manufacturing techniques.
Which model of sony did you refer to?
And which k240 is better? cos seems like there are several of that model (240s and MKII).

I was about to get the 7506 cos so many people swears by them, so i might wanna try first .. although never experience with their headphones.

Crap... I just led you down the garden path, sorry. They're K271 Mk2s, not K240s. I'm terrible with model numbers. The Sonys are long gone (like I said, the head strap broke so once I had done my little experiment they were consigned to the bin.

I just wanted to mention too... I personally would never buy Sony's. Overpriced and usually poor manufacturing.

Very true, and I learned that the hard way.

anoteoftruth · Post by **anoteoftruth** » Mon Aug 17, 2009 12:55 pm

yeah I feel your pain.. anyone who knows that well usually learnt it the hard way haha. Damn Sony. They make a good gaming console I'll give them that but they are staying out of my studio haha.

Brian G · Post by **Brian G** » Mon Aug 17, 2009 1:14 pm

The Sony 7506 headphones work very well, while they are slightly hyped in the mids but for me and many others this has not been a problem. Mine for the most part they have been problem free ( one pair is abut 8 years old) they have been used in the studio and on location. Out of the three pair I have only one has either a semi blown driver and or lose wire near that driver. Hard to fix unfortunately so it gets used a a Mono monitoring pair

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For me the 7506’s have always been comfortable and always worked well in a noisy club when doing live recordings.

Also check out the Audio Technica M50 headphones, sound about the same as the 7506 but without the hyped mids a a bit more bass. I’ve only had a short amount of time with them in a friends studio who pretty much used 7506’s for studio and field work but now he pretty much uses the M50’s.

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