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Originally posted by palm the sound isnt very clear, rich or detailed. and the bass is way to deep/smooth warm. upper bass/down mid area pluss very high treble is almost not present

yeah. that's why the are studio standard for years

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Originally posted by boris_the_bear yeah. that's why the are studio standard for years

there are many standard things in a studio that aint very good really. look at the old version of yamaha monitors, they werent really that good. infact they where almost only midrange so that the producer would try to correct that and fill up with bass and treble, this way all records start sounding warm and bassy which again sounded good on crappy stereos which was part of the point. sony mdr-v6 are probably standard beacuse they are very cheap, very much avaliable and pretty good, + that people knows them and they are easy on the ears. u will have to double the price if not triple to get much more detailed sound but in many cases this is not important. a singer for example only needs to hear her voice and u dont need super headfones for that.

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Originally posted by palm there are many standard things in a studio that aint very good really. look at the old version of yamaha monitors, they werent really that good. infact they where almost only midrange so that the producer would try to correct that and fill up with bass and treble, this way all records start sounding warm and bassy which again sounded good on crappy stereos which was part of the point. sony mdr-v6 are probably standard beacuse they are very cheap, very much avaliable and pretty good, + that people knows them and they are easy on the ears. u will have to double the price if not triple to get much more detailed sound but in many cases this is not important. a singer for example only needs to hear her voice and u dont need super headfones for that.

Was gonna quote on the NS10's for fuck sake they needed paper going over the tweeter they were so harsh on the highs, still studio standard...

Standard dont mean shit really, it's the bare bones, the must have basics, not the best. I bought my 7506's 3 years ago, they've always sounded fucking shit to me. I tried to believe it was cause they were flat, etc. But they aint flat at all. The bass isn't there, just all mid and highs that are far to present.

Good vocal monitors? Yes I can belive that. Good DJ/Production phone? Simply no. Not for me, anyways. I enjoyed djing on the mdr 500's better. Even though their build was shit.

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the whole point of the NS-10s was thay they sound shit- like most peoples home hifi...
get a mix sounding good on a pair of ns-10s and it will sound good most places

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Originally posted by Freak the whole point of the NS-10s was thay they sound shit- like most peoples home hifi... get a mix sounding good on a pair of ns-10s and it will sound good most places

That was not the aim, it was a fortunate coincidence that the NS10's made mixes that had the disco smile (high bass and treble content) because they through out nothing but mid (apart from really shrill highs, hence the need to put paper over the tweeter on the earlier models).

Orignally NS10's were hifi speakers, and as I mentioned earlier they sucked ass. Much like the 7506's. And this was also decades ago, nowadays everything even budget speakers are quite capable of producing decent amount of sound and frequencies. These old rules do not apply.

Would you honestly wanna mix down some deep bass heavy techno or dubstep on a pair of 'monitors' that won't go below the mid 70hz range?

Nope.

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i didnt say it was the aim- or intention-of yamaha.
Ive worked in enough studios and sound related things to know what im talking about-both with regards to these and the sonys- but i respect your right to have a differing opinion.
We will hve to sgree to disagree.

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Originally posted by Freak i didnt say it was the aim- or intention-of yamaha. Ive worked in enough studios and sound related things to know what im talking about-both with regards to these and the sonys- but i respect your right to have a differing opinion. We will hve to sgree to disagree.

+1

also bear in mind, there's a difference between studio and reference, both in monitors and headphones

with a studio monitor or headphone, they color the sound to give you that warm punchy sound while reference monitors and headphones will tend to sound like crap to the untrained ear, however this is hardly the case, any studio i've worked in has had 2 sets of monitors, a pair of studio monitors flying from the ceiling and a pair of reference at ear level in optimum listening position

you get an accurate and flat representation of what the sound is actually sounding like, allowing you to tweak to your liking, yes, it will sound like crap to some but to those in the radio and recording industries it's a valuable tool to allow proper use of EQ and other plugins

what you hear is what you get and if it sounds good in that sound representation, there's a good chance it'll sound good on any speaker or headphone

in regards to the low bass response, that's what subwoofers were made for, no need to drive a speaker past what it was designed to do, that's why clubs have mid/highs and subs, proper pairing is what you need to do in this case

pros know pro audio, it's why we're pros that work in professional studios

as i said before, different strokes for different folks

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Anyone know where i can get replacement ear pads for the Sony MDR 7506 Thanks. Also how easy is it to change the pads has anyone ever done it before ? Thanks

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Originally posted by Vinyljunkie09 Anyone know where i can get replacement ear pads for the Sony MDR 7506 Thanks. Also how easy is it to change the pads has anyone ever done it before ? Thanks

contact your local sony retailer and they'll point you in the right direction, just simply ask about replacement parts for your mdr-7506 headphones

the pads are stretchy, they just slip on and off with a little persuasion

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Interesting thread!

Was searching for this pair at amazon, but seems like they have 2 versions of it?

Called:
1)Sony MDR7506 Professional Large Diaphragm Headphone
w/Blue stickers

2)Sony Pro MDR-7506 Headphones
w/Black stickers

Anyone knows the difference between them - Which one is the best?


And, in the Headphones section on Sony's homepage I can't find these phones, which I find strange. (Maybe since their kinda the same as the V6, which is listed, as stated before in this thread)
But anyways, It seems like they have the MDR-V500DJ phones as their DJ flagship (together with the 700). Anyone who have tried these, or knows the difference compared to the MDR-7506 - for dj use?

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I just got these on eBay, brand new for $58 incl. shipping. I've only had them for 30 minutes, but holy fuck are they impressive! I find them to be very comfortable, and the sound quality is spectacular even directly from my laptop. I'm glad I bought these.

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