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EgosXII
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Headphones instead of monitors help...

i'm on a tiiight budget, sadly, and have no spare cash for nice monitors atm, and won't for a while since i'd prefer to spend my money on other production equipment first...
i'm yet to buy a proper AI even (using the inbuilt AI on my novation xiosynth): i'm looking at getting a echo audiofire 4 in the next month, as it seems like it's the best card in it's price-range (PLEASE advise if this is an incorrect assumption)

Anyway, so! i'm gonna get some decent headphones and use them for production, which i'm pretty much doing now anyway in place of good monitors, using my ATH-Pro5 MS headphones which i use for mixing: they're pretty average, so i'm looking at some AKGs atm...

again, i have a really limited budget, and am looking at spending around $200-300aud, or $135-200US, as the aus dollar is fkd atm

any headphones you guys think work well for production purposes??

anyone else use predominantly headphones for production!?

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junkie_vince
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It really comes down to personal taste. I use headphones Sony MDR-7506. They are cheap, fit great & don't fatigue my ears. I think the best thing for you is to test as many pairs as you can in you’re price range.

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EgosXII
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quote:
Originally posted by junkie_vince
It really comes down to personal taste. I use headphones Sony MDR-7506. They are cheap, fit great & don't fatigue my ears. I think the best thing for you is to test as many pairs as you can in you’re price range.

cool, i think that's deffinitly true come to DJ headphones as it's really more about comfort etc, and less about clarity of sound (in a loud environment), was wondering if people had experience with quality of sound for different cans, like between AKG or sennheiser...?

i guess they'd be similar as far as my n00b ears could tell anyway
just thout i'd ask

thanks for the reply

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Ry Thomas
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I use AKG k701's to do a lot of my arrangement on o keep the noise down, everything translates extremely well

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Fledz
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AKG K240S. It will always be recommended here and for good reason.

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Eldritch
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Registered: Nov 2005
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Re: Headphones instead of monitors help...

quote:
Originally posted by EgosXII
...i'm looking at getting a echo audiofire 4 in the next month, as it seems like it's the best card in it's price-range (PLEASE advise if this is an incorrect assumption)

Good choice. You can't go wrong with an Echo interface.

quote:
Originally posted by EgosXII
...so i'm looking at some AKGs atm...

Again, good choice. Go with the K240S. You might have trouble finding them as they are discontinued. But the K240MkII or the K242HD are replacements for the K240S (The K240MkII is the better choice).

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Beyer
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Registered: Nov 2004
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AUDIO TECHNICA ATH-M50

Seems to be the new kid in town. Being praised by many audio engineers and knowledgeable people in the business.
Fairly good price too! I might have to order these.

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I've the K240 MkII's...Love 'em.

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quote:
Originally posted by Beyer
AUDIO TECHNICA ATH-M50

Seems to be the new kid in town. Being praised by many audio engineers and knowledgeable people in the business.
Fairly good price too! I might have to order these.

I wouldn't buy these for mixing EDM. I have no doubt they would be popular for recording rock bands etc, where you need isolation...

AKG240 are best, IMO. They were/are the industry standard for a reason. BeyerDynamic make some nice, but more expensive, open headphones though too.