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Production Headphones

OK.

It is time for me to get a bit more serious about this. BTW,
My name is ZIggy. Hello everyone

I need some advice on good production headphones. What do you
guys have? Which ones are good? What should I aim for? I
understand we want something that does not color the sound in
any way in order to get the true representation of the sound.
Also a sound card that will do the same is going to have to
come my way after I get the headphone

So far I am thinking of SENNHEISER HD-600 HEADPHONES.

Any advice will be appriciated.

Im sorry buts thats just an insane amount of cash to spend on a pair of headphones - If I had that much cash to spend I would check out the Sony MDR7609 - I think these were geared more towards production and not DJing. Save $150 bucks, put that towards a piece of hardware or whatever...

I use sennheiser hd280 pro, they give a really good sound for a reasonable price.

I use my Sony 700s, but I wouldn't recommend them. Mastering tracks with these will result in your tracks at the club being retardly bass heavy and your mids sounding muffled =P As long as you know this though you are in okay shape.

SENNHEISER HD-600 are great headphones.

Possibly one of the most neutral phones you can find.

But, like most high end headphones, they should really have a dedicated headphone amp. I know that when I plug my AKG K-401's into my kenwood amp (with computer input) i can hear static and other noise that should not be there. Its because headphone jacks on most amplifiers are bad, because companies dont plan for people to use actual good headphones that will reveal a poor quality source.

If your soundcard has a headphone jack, it may work ok, but probably not. Anyways, the minimum you would want to spend on a headphone amp would be $50US for a cmoy. You can get people to build them for you over at the Head-Fi forums, unless you want to do a DIY. If you want a quality amp, the 200+ price range is more realistic.

Also the HD-600 has a removable cord, and many people upgrade this to a Clou Red or Blue, or Cardas.. this is supposed to make the phones sound even better (dont bother with this unless you have a decent headphone amp).

Don't forget that producing also involves listening to sounds on normal speakers, not just headphones. In fact, you can better listen to plain speakers, because this will give you a much better understanding of the stereo placement of the track. Headphones are just too directional, so you may overuse stereo/panning effects.

But it is always nice to have some headphones, when you get a great idea in the middle of the night and you don't want to wake up your neighbours. However I do think that you could better invest your hard-earned money in getting some decent monitors.

Try a set of different headphones/speakers, whatever you go for, and get the most neutral ones. The ones that dont color the sound with too much bass, treble or whatnot.
Lost of people use only headphones for producing.
And if panning and stereo are a major concern, listen to your tunes on your speaker-based soundsystem afterwards.
Its not that difficult to get this right with headphones only.

Please do keep us posted about what you go for and why

Cheers.

AKG K 271 Studio's are nice

The 271's are nice but they are a bit Pricey..around the $250.00 mark. They sound damn good though and are very neutral.

Hey Guys,

Thanks for your feedback. I decided to go with Sennheiser HD600's
I hope they serve me well. They should be here in 1 - 1.5 week.
Next topic is, a sound card I shall make another thread.

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